The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-11-01
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10 the Citizens Of Seneca County.

ex State House Commissioner, ard
late County Treasurer By accident,
charging State Auditor Goldman with
doing rdirty work. the Trustees Of
Loudon township with cheating the
County Ofhoers out Of about $4,000,
through their 'impudent dcmsnds, =
and myself with ''ipoxcusablo and
dishon9rable conduct" all Of which is
done through q virtuous love Of the
"honest tax payers Of this county" I"
The object Of the communication Is
designed as an excuse for, OF psllisiion
Of tho charges Of gross Ignorance, or
willful official misconduct ofour court
house officials, on or about the ist Of
March last, as shown by the Expose Of
the Loudon Township Trustees, just
prior TO the election.
am alluded to In such terms as to
demand a reply, slthoughI ] had moth
ing Whatever to do with the publica.
ton made by the trustees, having been
absent from homo at the time Of, aud
three weeks previous to is publication.
Mr.. Stickuey admits tho fact that
the Rslief Find ,cas IL he County
4redvry at thc four scueraI fimc, "a
iUd' called for, but charges mo with
acting dishonornbly by Withholding
the fact that kaow Il was there. ~
Mr.. Stickney says: When Mr.. Fos-
ter called / had, in my mind the s7,-
6s4 withheld by j. II. Goldman, not
even thinking any reference was had
to what had been sent by warrant TO
Auditor Hoffman," &C., "and not
kno,oing az tie time but what this
portion received had been distribu.cd.
Now what are the facts? On the
occasion Of this call Mr.. Stickncy
said to me that no Relief Fmd, schat-
opcr, had been rsceircd. He also said
that Auditor Goldman gave as an
ercr~ i. 'ot paying him any Relief
Fund, that 70 (the Auditor) was
awaiting legislative action. Mr..
Hcilman and the County Commission.
crs said, the same day, that there
scos no Reiief Find IL hc Treasury
Auditor Hcilman said the same thing
ON TWO previous occasions, aud their
mouih.piecc, Recorder Martin. wrote
one Of our Trustees, saying "There is
no Relief Fund in tho Treasury, that
the Loyal Legislature of Ohio had
concluded to give II to tho money
lenders and let the poor soldiers
widows and orphans root hog or do
On my return from Columbus (it
being about one week aftor this con
ycrsation cccurrcd) Mr.. Stickney
said to me- "Chatlie, I feel mortified
to think | lied to you about the Re-
lief Fund, il was hore all the time. .
Mr.. Hickman made tho same admis.
sion at this time, and both declared
on their honor that they did not
know they had II. sp Ns5a
With much propricty and entire
tru,hfulncss, might charge Mr..
Stickney with uttering what he knew
to be wicked falsehood, when he
shys he thought l WAS enquiripg
about the Relief Fund withheld by
Auditor Godmnn; but will not
will simply say that hois ,coadstslly
forgs.fM.
This Relief Fund is paid out by
tho State Auditor to the different
counties upon the returns they make
OF the number Of necessituous fami.
lies in the county. The amount col.
lec'ed BY the county on accoant of
Relief Fund, has nothing TO do with
the amount received by tho county.
No one knows this bo,ter than Mr..
sticknoy Mr. Stickney made no
claim on the Auditor Of State for the
amount collected il Seneca County,
and uttered no protest for not receiy-
ing Il. The facts arc. our County
Auditor mado no returns for noces.
sitous families as required by law,
consequently the Auditor was not
,fhcially informed that we had any
uecessitous families. Yet, instead Of
withholding money, no paid Mr..
s,icknsy about $1,000, knowing that
there must be some need of this fund
In Seneca county.
Mr. Stickuey charges the Trustees OF
Ioudon township with making "im.
Ppdent demands" aud that one Of
their aumper, honest old Joel Hale,
(than whom soldier never had a bet.
tor FREUD has "red face, 4
Now wha, were these "impOdeut
demands y !Simply 70 eoa,pef ,kess
Cburthouss efseials to 40 hsiir dufy.
They never gave LOudon township
one cent more than she was justly
entitled to. The charges that this
township received $4,000 moro than
was it's due, is simply to say that Mr,
s'ickney aud these Court-hoase of.
eisls have been out.witted by these
"red faced trustees" While on THO