The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-11-11


l say discontinue it, and l guess that
is the opinion of nine-tenths of the tax
payers of the county. But let us see
a little further. Take for instance the
Treasurer's notice. Any good COM
positor will set it up in four hours time.
If any boy in your office was longer
than half day at it you would curse
him for all that was good and bad and
besides kick him out of doors. After
it is set up it is no more trouble, takes
no more ink or paper to print it than
any other matter. Then SURELY $50
is a VERY LIBERAL PRICE for it. You
would do it and be glad of the job for
a private individual for $40. Yes,
rather than miss it you would take S..
But you charge the county $56,25,
and say you "work for the county at
the same rates you do for INDIvIDU-
AIS" You can "tell that to the ma
rines," Dick, but nobody in the county
will believe you. Why, just look at
the matter? You said a year ago that
the gross receipts of your Office were
only about $4,000. Now let any body
look over the above statement of work
done by you for the last year, and then
inquire is this about oNE-THIRD the
work Hatton and all his hands have
done for the last year? 1t is near ones
third your eLtire receipts if your
statement is to be believed. Why,
Dick, there is big Gle OUT some
where. This work did not constitute
the tenth of what you did the last year,
and it is all humbug. You charge
PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS no such prices.
Then how lid it happen that short
ly after I exposed these frauds that
you changed your rates so REMARKA-
BLY,, sticking in that for each "addi-
tional insertion over three that you
would charge so cents per square, !"
and ''for tabular advertisements double
price?" la! hal ha. you smelled a
"mice" about that time. Another
evidence of your every REMARKABLE
HONESTY" But you say you edo no
work for the county that you are not
requested to DOLBY the county officers. ="
"Never solicited a job-never drew a
copper from the Treasury except upon
orders of the Auditor;" and if you
have committed frauds sit has been
with the knowledge and consent Of
the Auditor, Treasurer and Commits
sioners, and then inquire if any body
supposes they would permit frauds?'
Well, Dick, somepeople happen to
KNOW A LITTLE about these things and
your habits and disposition. Now the
fact is these men happen to KNOW
what kind of aman you are, and they
want to haveno difficulty with you
They knowhow you treated McMath
johnson, and the AgriculturalSociety
They knew full we'll that if they did not
give you this work you would attack
them in your paper, abuse them in ev-
cry possible way, and then REFUSE To
ADMIT ANY REPLY; and if at any time
afterwards any of them should be can
didates for nomination or election you
would use EVERY INFLUENCE in YOU
power to defeat them. Hence they
have not in many instances been al
BOLD AND FEARLESS in their course
with you as they should have been.--
This is the way in which these outra'
geous abuses have crept into the ad
ministration of the affairs of our coun
ty. And let me tell you the time ha;
NOW COME when the officers WILL at
tend to you; if they do not, THE PEG
PIE WILL ATTEND TO THEM. Why be
fore you came to the county nearly al
the blanks, in fact all, except a few
for the Auditor and Treasurer, were
furnished by the officers themselves
and why should not all beso furnished!
All these officers are paid FEES al
though they WROTE the papers used
The blanks arc obtained because i
takes less time and work to fill up {
blank, than to write the whole paper
The blanks save work to tie officers il
doing that for which they are pai'
FEES. This is so as to every blank yo'
have printed except those for the As
SCISSORS. But you were quick to per
ceive howyou could getmuch largerpay
out of the County Treasury than from
the officers themselves; and thus yo1
got the above practice introduced; an
other evidence of your every REMARK
ABLE HONESTY"
But you say, II for fee of $1(
got you an extra job of about $780,