Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-29
= DAVENPORT, IOWA, SATURDAY OCTOBER 29 1854

PEF7r HaAnHsss.-It has been The Gus
tom Of the managers Of the s64s Agricul
taral Society for two years past to solicit
bids from the principal newspaper Offices d
The State for printing the society premium
list. Regularly, IS directed. has Edwin
Smith, ESQ.,. treasurer Of the society, solo.
tied bids from the nevspaper Offices here
and the publishers responded. The pro
posals were forwarded, and each time the
figures Of this Office were the lowest, and
the job belonged to US had honest men had
the management Of the business; but in
both instances the Executive Board decided
to ignore our bid and give the printing to
Mark Miller, publisher Of the Iowa Home
stead. In justice to Mr.. Smith and several
other members of the board Of officers We
would say that they had nothing to do with
this swindle, but condemned it in unquali-
ficd terms unjust and unmanly. But Q
stop has been put 10 this style Of business,
for at the meeting Of the Board at Burling-
ton, and in order TO head of the dishonest
acts Of the Executive Committee, q
resolution was adopted requiring the
secretary to solicit proposals for doing this
work, and have them laid before the Board
at its January meeting, for action, and that
the lowest responsible bid take the job.
BY this means justice will be done and
tricksters headed off. 1--WE do not envy the
members Of the Executive Board their feel
ings, when they consider that such a rcso-
luton lad to be passed to keep them within
the bounds Of honesty.
We intend to bid again this year, and
this time We give these pets Of the Execu-
tive Board fair warning that if they 60 that
job again they have cot to do it at loss,
unless they smouge" on the quantity Of
material, as Mark Miller did on the last job.
PRETTY Goop The Gazat.e charges that
something must be rotten about U,r Demo-
Arat Office, because $50 many copporleads
Of Scott county have so suddenly taken an
interest in the welfare Of Der Demokrat
subscribing to its issues. etc" In this MORN
ings' Der Utmok,m we find very effective
reply to the Gazette's ialsehoois. The eii-
tors Of that paper give the following list Of
American subscribers TO their paper in Scott
county:
ID. L. Shorcv, Thos Robson,
NJ D. Snyder, Geo. Murray
Two Republicans and two Democrats !!
Mind you they take weekly papers-not the
dai'y. D. S. Shorey is Republican city
ofiicial-of course he takes Dor Dsmokrdt.
n. D. Snyder is candidate on the Rerub
lican ticket for county ofiicc-He subscrib-
cd about six weeks ago--about the time he
was nominated OF course he must have
Der Democrat Messrs Robson and Murray
are ocrats-farmers-who take the pa
per because they have mind to. We have
not questioned their motive. They pay 50
cach-S4 per year. The profit on weekly
paper, for ono year at 80 per year is now
about three cents per copy. Six cents, then
these Democrats put in to induce Der Dom
osves to let Lincoln slide. Messrs. Shorcy
and snyder, are equally liberal in their sup
port Surely tho Gergan Organ # this city
ought to be prosperous concern. The
proprc or is ready, however, to take more
subscriptions, and says he shall not refuse
any mans money-Copperhead or Lin
colnite
VIII the Gdsetto tell us if this is all the
"Copperhe cad support that it knows Of,
that Der Dlmosrat gets? II so, hadn't it
better shut up. !
DEMOCRATIC TOWNSHIP NomINATloNs.-At
a meeting Of the democracy Of Davenport
township, held this afternoon pursuant TO
call, the following nominations were made
lor township Offices: n.
For Supervisor--Thomas Robeso Painter
For justices Of the peacc-Bcnj.
and II. '. Giidoa. arrick,
For Township Trustecs-James w
Fritz Baurosc, James Carlin.
For Clerk-Adolp. Rruhn. ohn
For Constahles-E. A. Tillebcin, j
Andrews.
The following Township Committee was
appointed for the ensuing year: Thomas
Russell. NJ. Riley. j, II DOxsce.