White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-04-23
WHITE CLOUD. KANSAS: q
thursday. :::::A April q, 1868
The BAH Opens.

The hall Opens.
In the last Troy Patriot. We end The
following:
HoxoRABLE.-When We came to Troy
to establish the Patriot Office, the County
Treasurer promised the delinquent tai
list for 1858 to us. 1t was given to the
Chief last year. This promise was repeat.
ed several times. in presence of many cit
liens. during the year. This Spring.
without ever intimating anything Of the
kind. it was sneakingIy sent OF to the
Chief.
We do not caro- go much for the loss
Of the tax list. ss We 60 to know that the
people Of Doniphan County put into Of.
fee q man whose word ia of no more val
ne than that Of the present County Treas
urer.
The facts Of the matter are about
these /: The County Treasurer had inten-
ded giving the list to the Patriot. but it
became evident. from the size Of the two
lists. that it could not possibly be done
at that Office. The Patriot had not the
type and sorts to put up single Town
ship of the list of 1861. and not more
than two Townships Of 1862. He prob
ably had made arrangements to borrow
sorts from another Office but with these
even. be could not have put mp one-fourth
Of the list. 1t was apparent that if he
undertook the job. the publisher Of the
Patriot must either make failure, or take
the list to some Office ont of the County.
snd have it gotten out in the form of an
extra. while there was a newspaper in
the County that could do it. To view Of
these circumstances, the Treasurer SUBJ
United the matter to the County Com
missioners, and they ordered that the
list be sent to the Chief They could not
sea the propriety Of sending the work
outside the County. merely for the bene-
fit Of one individual. when it could be
done in the County.
We did not expect the list. and did
not care about taking much pains to get
it; for at present rates. the pay'is not
nearly sufficient for the amount Of work.
BIT we had the list when the pay was
fair, and We shall not reject it when the
pay is less. We are very confident that
we should not have abused our Comfy
Treasurer, had va not received the list
Again the law cnntempiates that all
such work should be given to the pspe-
with the largest circulation in tie Coun.
ty. We are ready to compare lists with
the Patriot. at any time. In view of this.
the Treasurer and County Board could
not we'll have done otherwise than give us
the list.
The article in the Patriot may be regar.
ded as the opening guu against the Coun.
ty Treasurer. All will admit that he has
been an efficient officer. and has done
things about as nearly on the square as
they can be done. Yet the editor of the
Patriot seems to consider that he. by con-
descending to publish q paper in the
County, is entitled to all the County
patronage. If it is not given to him,
the offending officer must walk the plank.
IF the Pstroit has commenced its crueade
against the Treasurer at this early day.
we predict that it will be sick of the
Job long before the first frost. next Au.
tumn. When the Patriot asks the PEG
pie to discard faithful officer for not
holding it in due reverence. the people
will begin to inquire what benefit the Pa.
triot has been to the County. They will
search its files, for the various articles
published in favor of Douiphan County
interests. They will anxiously look for
the articles in favor of the railroad. But
they will soon perceive that the Patriot
had no room for such matter, on account
Of the press of Atchison advertisements.
and editorial puffs thereof. They will
consider the reason an sufficient. and then
discard all County officers who refuse
their exclusive patronage to the Patriot
We guess G.