The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-04-03
THE BowLlN9 1REEN EXECUTIVE
C0MlfIT1'EE,


cation. The ~vomsiunicatiou is shrewdly
drawn nWd presents WrEumontgapologetic
rtcriminatory, and plausible. Indeed, in
point of sopbislry, II would do credit to the
genius. -oi su-.philsdsiphiar THE
whole aIgumelt in the ,caso ~ betwesp
\ perrgsbWg and Bowling GFaep, partakes Of
tho character Of crimination and reesImina
tlon, which promises au extension Of eud
css Duration, IL. sll this array Of local
logic iherc is a deliberate Attemptto il.
more The rights Of ftuxipayu iu tlOlbalnnce
laoi Wood County, and a inqiiihst dread 81
! the lpllot box. " 'S'D .y r
Iii II il boltrae as the Bowling Greon llxcch
tive Committee state ino their Gommdhica
ton, that thb factous minority haeo at,
Tempted 10 overthrow and sct aside The
fairly expressed viii Of tho people, there
can bs uo, jist reason offered why the pol
icy Of tuSatijn Tor The erection Of couuty
buildings altqnId not be Presented TO tho
/ people. That argument, however is unten-
ablcj Tho act Of the Bowling Green Commits
siouers, by which they attempted TO fasten
s23 600 o9 tho taxpayers Of Wood County,
evidently demonstrate that lhey,at least
had some doubt about this1airly Expressed
wiloi tho people. Reasoning on tho prin-
Cipic that bird In tie hand is worth two
in he bush, they determincd 10 make tho
most Of their official power and authority
in othor words they were bound TO go the
"wlOle hog on tile question Of removal
aud thus veto tho action of their fellow
oiizens. So Ear from waiting TO see
whether the people of Wood County de.
sired better buildings than those at Ptrryst
burg or not those Copwissioners dclib
eraiey attempted TO oysde that policy.
by au' horiziug the Auditor 10 place on the
tax duplicate $4,000 for Courthouse,
ss,0Oo for county Offices, aud 5000 for
jail. That was done with tho suppostjon
That tho restriction Of $4,000 applied
only to contract for one building, or class
Of public works. Against this dangerous
stretch Of authority, numerous protests
were entered, and the Commissioners did
not rescind their order until after tlfeir
scnior counsel from Toledo Fad conferred
with them. We olnnot, therefore, accept
the sophislical reasoning OF the Executive
'Cthihittee about their change of opinion,
artcr The commissioners bad Visited o.
lawa,and viewed thecomly buildings in that
place. The county buildings at Ottawa, have
,,lraady cost more than 100000 OF that,
ho Commissioners are we'll aware, aud that
too ina county with only two thrds,Qf the
trritory aud population Of Wood County
Such being The case it Isl very evident
tlmt the necessities Ufbusihess liEtlis coun
~ VIII require buildings Of larger dinen
sious, and moro costly than those at Ottawa
Ia view of this it would have been well
had tho Commissioner regarded The H.
tercsts OF the county at large, pot merely
Of Bowling Green. A jnst aud straight
forward policy should have induced them
to hive ught instruction by vote of the
people, as In the case Of the county !nfrma
ry,. Tho cost of the lrfrmary farln, land
building will not he oneIourth as largo hs
that of the Courthouse and Jail. If it was
propes TO submit the lesser matter of tax
alton to the vote of tho people, why not
act on the same principle with the lurger
amounts IL must not be forgotten that
tho citizens Of Wood, outside Of Perrys.
hhrg and Bowling Green, possess tho lars
est interest in this question. To them 1t
is not scheme Of speculation to pro,
mote tho lrisiness interests Of Perrysburg,
or to enhanco the value Of town lota in
Bowling Green, The question which now
presents itself to every coisiderate manfis,
as 30 what action in the premises will best
meet lle necessities OF business and pro,
mote tho wellaro of this county. When
wa consider the rapid increase in popula,
ton aud wealth which is manifest every.
where throughout the county, and also
consider in connection Herewith tao cor.
responding increase of its public business
II will he seen that the erection of It's Off
ciOl buildings should not depend on merely
local aspira ions, or personal caprice. The
Commissioners were elected 10 discharge
their duties in good faith towards the coun-
ty at large, Not merelya detached portion
of il. In relation thereto tue action Of the
Ccmmis sioners has clearly been of IAN ex
parto character 10 which they are seeking
to mako al, other interests subservieut,
Whilst tho bowling Green Executive Com,
mittee state that bcg will net ask the
county for a doRdi lhc.v Commisson9rS
have authorized the County Auditor to
place $40 600 ON The duplicate, Thatorder
has not been resoinded Il is still on their
Journal, and is held in abPyacc, ouly BY
that Injunction. at which the Committee
] demur Our friends will therefrom per.
Give that actions speak louder than words,
The Executive Committee may not ask for
/ a dollar, bn. their Commissioners have at
tempted, by most exit aordinacy stretch OF
individual authority, to abstract Sg3
from the pockets Of tho taxpayers, IL
they have not succeeded, tho fault ia not
theirs. With the evidence of this dolib-
crate attempt 10 perpetrate mn act of in.
| Justice towards the taxpayers, ami the
voters at large, we have los AL confidence
in plausible theories aud mere wordy prop,
oSitions, and shall strenWouslyr oppose the
I eyy Of a single dollar Of tax Tor the srsc
tion OF buildings Allowing Green, nplsss
it's policy DO submitted 20 vote OF the