Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-10-10


sOmedisciple Of "butternut" Democracy, who
thinks snore ef party tIas shan M velhre Of tlg
county or q 2 financial prOspetiiy q be county
somuseaicaiss the following brIlliaut IDEAS in the
hsssdnger 81 last Friday: |
Iaulsf,seo, shat No. slnsDOs tl.aFdSIan candidtie l
County orde and that Ne oen u pay, and IL paying
the liberal price offs cents the dollar II Is doubt
m h Iassnsos, y elected e have The order. he may buy
cunt Of County, Bridge. and lnArmary Orders held
bS tlearm q rets4s sheldon.
II is a notorious fact known to every man In
the county, who has been obliged to take coun-
ty order hhatit would not % rescs,aed Il the pf
fice of the Treasurer, and for months past mer-
chauts aud tEadsameusof Fremont have refused
to receive them. forme than IS cents on the
dollar; and some declining to take them at that
discount We have known them refused at 20
ilcenis on the dollar t.ye =, y
Mr.. SEELDoN is not 'gOr and nsuer has been in
sths market buying up county orders" That
they are taken at the store Of Roberts 4 sheldon
in exchange tor goods, as AL merchants have to,
IS all true. He aud any other businesss man can
do better with their money. But the following
idea we think should be an inducement for ev-
} cry man in the county to vote for Mr. SnKLDoS;
Judging from my knowledge Of the man. should sup.
pose septerest To be the main and controlling object
with Mr. snEtpoN in seeking election and after he ha,
BY some Of HIS speenlAting friends, imagine bis SFsa
ersstin the condition II the County finances win
Do VIC wanta Commissioner who will look 70 his owr
interest and leave farmers and others who may have
orders. "to whistle for pay cell them to him io
rs eentA on the dollarl trust not
That's it in nutshell; we want Mr.. S. elect.
ed for the reason that he is a man who would
manage county finances as he manages his own
business. We want a man who viii so look af.
, ter the peoples money, that county orders will
not be refused for taxes that they will not be al
discount Of 25 to 30 per cent, but that they
viii always be redeemable dollar for dollar. >
The County is forty tt0xsand dollars IN deJt, anC
the interest on the debt alone at 6, 8, and 10 pc
= cent, is Increasing the Indebtedness at the rat
of three thousand dollars per year. This Iarg'
" debt has been made within the last five or si,
" years and for whatH At this ratio of increase il
five years more the tax payers Of SanduskJ
county win have a debt of one hundred housa,s,
dollars on their hands, and which they must pay
If the people want to save their County Treasu
ry from bankruptcy, we advise them to vote fol
: WILLIAM B. SHELDoN Hc will see that matters
= dic ~ CohuuONcu thdb diiN otuc
: class of citizens who hold county orders can ge
dollar for dollar" and not be obliged to take I.
7 cents on the dollar as they now are.
! There is no possible way whereby Mr.. Shell
4 Dox could obtain money from the Treasury OF
: county orders to the exclusion of any other cit
! zen. The idea is ridiculous.
: The writer then says:
Our candidate Mr.. fNM1N Ia farmer one or the neo
pie in fact and not connected with clique fspeca
but who will look to the interest of the whole
ty. and has eaxe Of his to grind"
would therefore ask Of all parties and especiali,
every Dcocut TO 90 to the Polls and support Mr. IENAN
he being man every qualified, having had expert
rule, being both competent and honest.
. A great part of the enormous debt of the coun.
: ty has been made under the administration o.
Mr.. INMAN; that is a sufficient answer to hil
competency" What caused the debt? viii
some one tell3
: In the exhibit of receipts and expenditures o
the county for the year ending Sept /, 1862
published in the Messenger last week, we Sc,
that Mr.. hMAs drew S24O,55 from the treasur,
for services as Commissioner. We ask the ia,
payers Of the county if "his own axe has no
: been ground" at their cost2 ~.
. We ask every true Union man. and every on,
!. who desires a reformation in county fnauees, q
vote for WV. B. SuKLpos