The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-04-26
The Ex-Tax Collector for Middle Wood
berry '.Puts his Foot in it, Again!

The EX-EaX Collector for MIdHIe WOOD
berry s.PutS his Foot in it, Again
The Bedford Inquirer, of last week,
contains an article under the caption of
"Where the Taxes Have Cone" in
which occurs the following language:
"Compelled at last to investigate the
matter or have others investigate it,
two or three of the party magnates,
with the officials of the Poor House
establishment, set themselves to work
last week, and after couple days ar
duOuS labor, succeeded in discovering
deficits and mistakes to the amount of
about Ten Thousand Dollars"
The above is false in several particu-
lars. /. There was no compulsory Gin
vestigation." A settlement was had
between the Poor Directors and Mr..
Blymyer, late Treasurer of the Poor
House, to which both parties assented.
Nobody acted in the capacity of ''par
ty magnate," but Mr.. Blymyer had his
attorney and the Poor Directors had
theirs. The settlement covered the
whole of Mr.. Blymyer's time as Treas
urer, (Which commenced in 1866 and
was made in the most thorough and
careful manner. 2. Mr.. Blymyer's in
debtedness to the county, as ascertained
by this settlement, does not amount to
Ten Thousand Dollars, as stated by the
Inquirer. The sum which Mr.. Bly,
myer owes the county is $1,000, just
s., 900 less than the HQuireT's figures.
So much for this subject The Inquirer
asks:
"WilI not the keepers of the Democ-
racy in this county give us an eXplana-
tiOn of the amount and character of the
discoveries they have made in the Poor
House establishment? ?''
We are not ''the keepers of the De-
mocracy," nor of any other party, but
we will answer this question to the
hearts content of the demagogues who
PROFOUND it. The amount" of ''the
discoveries" (ye gods what English y
isgiven above; the character of thesame
will appear from the following: Mr..
Blymyer, in his annual statements to
the County Auditors, received from
Collectors, made numerous mistakes in
the amounts with which he charged
himself. Ut must be borne in mind
that this settlement extended through
ten years and that the interest upon the
sums with which Mr.. Blymyer failed
to charge himself, is very heavy.)-
These mistakes were all carefully cor
rected and Mr.. Blymyer cheerfully ac-
uuiesced in the correction. When the
amount due from the latter to the coun-
ty, was ascertained, he at once gave
ample security for its speedy payment,
and the whole matter was settled salts
factorily to both Mr.. BIymyer and the
Poor Directors.
The Inquirer seeks to make capital
out of the errors committed by Mr..
Blymyer 1t dares not say that those
errors were wilfully or dishonesty
made, for its editors know as every
body in this community knows, that
Mr.. Blymyer is man of undoubted in
tegrity. But it seeks to bring odium
upon the Democrats, by laying the re-
sponsibility for these errors at their
doors. Now, what are the facts con-
nected with Mr.. Blymyer's appoint
ment as Treasurer to the Poor House?
Who gave him that office? Why, Mr..
GEORGE d. SHUCK, of Bedford bor-
ough. and Mr.. GIDEON ID. TROUT,
of st. Clair township. These two gen
tlemen formed the majority in the
| Board of Poor Directors IN 1906, when
Mr.. Blymyer was appointed, and it was
during the three gears Of JIr. &buch's
term that large proportion of those
errors occurred. In fact it is, in
great measure, the interest upon the
deficits in Mr.. Blymyer's account du-
ring those three years, that swells his
Indebtedness to the county to so heavy
a sum. Now, we say nothing about
the integrity or capacity of Messrs.
Shuck and Trout, but as the Inquirer is
so anxious to place the responsibility
for Mr.. Blymyer's mistakes upon the
Democrats, we have thought it well
enough to remind its editors that two
Dro,,oin ont oontIapoan in their own mar