The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-09-22
From the Oregon Reporter.
TO THE PUBLIC.


cation ID the Idaho Union of the 18th of August
4 1866. over the signature OF P. j Malone, reatv
to his connection with the Oregon Reporter, W
who were members of the Democratic Count
Committee CT Jackson county during Malone
entire connection with the office. and who ar
perfectly conversant with all the facts in relation
to the same, as d simple act of Justice to MI
Fay and ourselves, and in order to put the Dem
ocracy of Oregon and Idaho, on their guart
against him, desire thus publicly to correct hi:
mistatements of the truth.
Mr.. MaEone,s assertion that the Reporter was
published "for Fay's beneft-to] get for bin the
Democratic nomination to Congress'-is totally
untrue. The paper was not intended as the organ
| of Mr. Fay, or of any other individual, nor was
it conducted as such. Nor was there any such
contract, or even understanding, between the par
ties Interested, either expressed or implied.
His statement that on his arrival in jacksonville
from the North he paid into the REPORTER office
$500,less $3.50. is equally devoid of truth. From
Mr.. MalOnes own letters and statements, he OBJ
tanned 337 subscribers north of Portland, nine
out of tel, Of whom paid him in advance. At
four dollars per annum, the price OF subscription,
these 337 subscribers would represent an aggre-
gate of 81 ,348. OF this amount Mr. Malone re-
ceiyed not less than s 300. not one dollar Of
which was paid into the Reporter office, excepting
$50 paid Mr.. F. R. Stuart, his foreman leavinga
balance due that gentleman OF $40, which is vet
unpaid. We win add that Malone while in Idaho.
acknowledged to Mr.. Shipley, then resident of
that Territory but now Of Jacksonville, that he
Obtained $500 for subscriptions to the Reporter
He also acknowledged to distinguished Demo.
Graf in Albany, while on his return, that he OBJ
tanned $2,5n0Sfor subscriptions We have every
reason to believe that the amounts thus acknowl-
edged are far less than the sum actually received
for the Reporter. He has therefore not only failed
to account for what he charged himself with, but
has not charged to his account the actual amount
received. When Malone returned from the North,
besides Observation-Disclosures to Stuart, he owed Mr..
Fay for money advanced for the use of the office
during his northern trip, and $50 to j. S. Drum,
for Office rent, besides numerous other small debts
These debts were not paid by Mr.. Malone then,
nor have they been since.
He also owed debt of $500, incurred. soon af.
ter obtaining the press. in this wise: He demand
ed a loan OF 5000, which was immediately obtained
for him j. Vt. Miller, Wm Bybee, s. D. Fay'
and j B. White becoming his securities, upon his
solemn assurance that the debt would be paid be-
fore the note for the amount which these geDtle>
men executed fell due. 1t is perhaps scarcely
necessary to to add that Mr.. Malone has not paid
a dime of this indie btedness. While Malone was
connected with the Reporter be supplied the sub
scribers to the Corvallis Union (Which died on his
handsl with the paper for their unexpired sub
scriptiOns. This was done with ink paper. and
material which did not cost him cent: or at least
for which he has not paid, and which should be
justly charged to him. Thus some three or four
hundred dollars OF his private debts were paid out
Of our pockets. 10 aa
Mr.. MaloDe's assertion that the publishers of
the Oregon Reporter, or their agent, Mr.. Fay
agreed to furnish the subscribers Malone obtained
in the North with-the paper for the consideration
Of his note for $3.50 is atrocionsly false So far
from this being true, the publishers absolutely re-
fused to supply those subscEipers-in which refu
sal Mr.. Fay coneurred-ualess Malone paid over
5he subscription received. This he said he could
not do, as he had spent the money in San Fran
cisco in the purchase Of the press he afterwards
.ook to Idaho. The publishers could not afford to
furnish 337 persons with the paper for one year. |
gratis, which they would have to do if they were
supplied at all for according to Malone's own
he had embezzled the money received
from those subscribers. Further, it is simply alb
'urd to suppose that any person acquainted with
he facts, and knowing him as well as we then |
lid, would accept Malones note for $L8O-sup-
posing it to be solvent, which it certainly was not
IS the consideration for furnishing 337 persons,
whose subscriptions amount to 81 ,348, fora year.
$50 would not pay for the paper alone, exclusive
II ink, press-work. wear and tear of material
printers wages, etc. This single fact is alone suf
iclent to brand his whole story with falsehood
His statement that ourselves, or Mr. Fay, as our
agent, forcibly took possession OF property belong
ng to him. to the value of $240, is as false as 9th
of the truth heretofore noticed
The whole amount of property in the Office, be-
ongng to him, would not exceed $40, and he had
aused the Office to incur debts far exceeding even
lis estimate of the property belonging to him
We would have gladly permitted him to take out
the office everything which he claimed, if he
lad had honesty enough to pay the debts due from
i'm, or had eVea manifested a disposition to do
o. But he certainly is the last person who should
complain of the retention Of others goods, for he
ecreted and took away with him large amount
bili>head paper.a and other valuable stationery,