The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-09-19
" WHO CAN TEs,I.,"

"WIiO CAN rELI,"
An article with tho above heading ap
peared in the last Democrat, purportiue
to have been written by "a Rcpubli
can 1t is an easy matter for mean
lying loafer, to make false charges
against his betters, when he can do i,
without being known. 1, is way that
towards have. Let "a Republican, come
out over his own name aad we will at.
tend to his case. Till then we will only
say, in reference to his pretended quota
ton from what he saws VIC said, two
years ago, that his Cessation is false in
every particular, and the writer is liar
Of the sneakingest kind.
The publication of the communication
by the Democrat opens the way for US
to "telr' some things that ought to be
known. Before speaking of them we
will just say in regard to the publication
Of the "probate notices. in the A1rcr'i
ser, which troubles the Democra. so
much, that it was done without any So
icitation on our part. The County Judge
handed the notices to US and we publish.
ed them. No questions were asked or
answered on either side. OF course we
did not refuse to publish them. We sup
pose the Go. Judge can tell why he gave
the notices to US. We have not been to
Democratic officers and offered to adyer-
tise and publish notices for less than
living rate, aud then, when we failed,
told our contemporary that we hoped he
"did not think We were in earnest about
making that bid The publisher of the
Democrat cannot say as much with ref.
erence to Republican officers. Since the
county printing is Of such great impor-
lance to the Democrat and its friends. j:
may not be amiss to let the people know
hov the Democrat and its publishers
have been fed from the county treasury.
While the late publsher.of the Democrat
had charge of the paper, he had most of
che county patronage; but this did not
suffice, and he was paid from the county
treasury about $1,000, last year, as sort
OF swamp land agent, Ga few such agents
would s~amp the county,. What good
ne did is more than we can tell, except
to oil his own pockets. Last year the
Democrat published the tax list. and was
paid S63s for it-thirty cents for each
tract Of land when the law allowed not
more than twenty cents. lie had inst
~ much law for charging and taking 81
for each tract of laud "a he hal to charge
the thirty cents. If any one has any
doubts as to the above statements, he can
ind the amount paid, in the county
clerks office, and the law in section -6t
of the Revision of 1860. 1t was moth
ing more nor less than robbing the c.o.n.
~ OF over $40. No Fort was ma. NV
the treasurer to get the lis published at
less rate, as the law directed him to
DO. This year the tax list was again
published in the Democrat What is to
be paid for it We do not know, but we do
know, that the law says that SIT shall be
the duty Of the treasurer to &c. in good
faith, and procure the publication Of said
delinquent list for the lowest sum in his
power" and that the treasurer did not
make any effort to procure the publica-
ton of the list at the lowest rate. Is it
any wonder that the 2 D,ocratis worried
about the county n ..a upon which it
hos lived. We make no complaint that
that the patronage of Democratic officers
Is given to the Democrat, for that we cx-
pect, but We do complain that thc coun.
y treasury should be bled unlarfuNy to
support sheet TIA. don't know to day
where it will be to morrow. If the DEM.
ocrat wishes to be personal towards us or
allow its correspondents to be SO, we can
and may "tell'' some other things, that
"a (sore -headed) Republican" and the
Democrat had rather would not be
known.
L ~ Col. Merritt declines the nomiua.