The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-12-15
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
HENRY h. WEST Ealtor and Pro-
l. prletor.
How Monroe County Pays Her
DehtS

OillceTS Vi IuOHIOc SOuulS TlSSleu lilu
twisted to get out of paying printing
bill contracted by them several years
ago, and more than satisfying to know
that, with all their smart manipulating,
they were checkmated. A bill Of some
two hundred dollars, perhaps, was made
by them with the Springfield Co.. Print
ing Company, some two or three years
ago, and at time when there was no
money in the treasury. The Auditor,
however, drew his order on the Treasu-
rer fur the amount, and the. order was
presented promptly, but no payment
made. The agent of the Company car
ried the order home, and at regular III
tervals since then, presented it to the
Treasurer. bit with no better result than
at first The same reply, mo money"
came from the Treasurer as often as the
order was presented, Finally the Com
pany became impatient, and determined
to "York it out of them ifpossible, and
few days ago sent their agent, differ
ent man than the first one, into Monroe
The county, fortunately for the Printing
Company; ;are engaged in building court
house and have plenty of money in the
Treasury for that. purpose. The agent
presented himself at the Office and with
common, unpretending air, asked for
two hundred dollars. 'Have you an
order 2" asked the Treasurer. eyes,
SIR" was the reply. The Treasurer
turned the rusty bolt and threw open the
doors of his massive safe and counted
out the S20e,supposing that he was pay
inc one Of the Court House contractors,
but the agent thought differently, al
though he kept that matter to himself
until he had safely deposited the money
in his pocket book, when he threw out
the order and unceremoniously made his
exit, without even thanking the officer
for his kinGnass. What was his surprise
upon discovering the order to be one for
printing which he had on several former
occasions refused to pay, we are left in
doubt, but it must have been very great,
and we imagine we see him buzzing and
spluttering around the office, like fly in
a bottle, and swearing vengeance upon
the sharper" Right away he started
to recover the money, and meeting the
agent upon the street, accosted him and
demanded the money. ''Not any" said
the agent. II have already put it into a
draft ane sent it off. You are just lit
tie too late. Had you met mea moment
ago would have had it, but now it's too
late"
The officer was beaten, and although |
he had been deceived in paying it, yet it
was no double dealing on the part of the
agent. He had simply kept his mouth
shut, and let the officer deceive himself.
Upon examination of the books of the
Auditor the agent ascertained that Sc
ries of resolutions had been passed by
the County Commissioners forbidding
the payment of any money to parties out
side of the county for printing, and re-
quiring all such bills to be paid by the
officer making the contract, out OF his
own pocket Hg - E -
1t is probable that the editor of the
Spirit was instrumental in gettiug up
thsse resolutions, as he is the only party
directly interested, and it gave him full
scope to exercise his powers of goagtng
and a good opportunity to pick the pock-
cts of the taxpayers of Monroe. But
the Springfield Company got their mon
ey, without interest to be sure, yet we
presume they feel well paid. The Treas
urer may have to ante the sum him
self, and if he does he'll make himself
better acquainted with the Court House
contractors in the future.-Morgdn Go.
The above is false from beginning to
end, and we brand the editor of the Her
aid as silly liar and base calumniator.
Why he descends to falsify SO basely we
cannot tell, unless It's his nature. The
facts are:
FIRsF-The agent of the Springfield
Printing Company did not present him
self at the Treasurer's Office. /
SEcoND-The agent aforesaid did not
receive 5000 from the Treasurer.
THlRD-The agent did not "put it into
a draft"
FoURTH--"The officer was'' not cheat
en-" ''e-o -@N f.S @a'
FIFTH-There are no resolutions on
the Auditors books passed by the Coun-
ty Commissioners forbidding the pay
ment of any money to parties outside of
the county for printing, and requiring all
such bills to be paid by the officer ma
king the contract, out of his own pock
et," and no one but fool would assert
anything of the kind.
SIxTH-There is an order on the Jour
nal forbidding officers to purchase of the
Springfield Company, because their pa
per denounced all Democratic officials as
PUBLIC CRIMINALS"
SEvENTH-As there are no resolutions
like those cited sit is'' not probable that
the editor of the Spirit was instrumental
in getting up these resolutions"
EIeHTH-tPowers of goaging" belongs,
by right, to the Herald establishment, as
will be seen from the following extracts
from letter by Mr.. SrANBERRY, Radical
Prosecuting Attorney, published in the
McConnelsville Conservative, March 10,
1868: f7
"Mr. Brown (editor of the Herald,
charges Mr.. II. Johnson for whole col
umn six months about $40 90, while he
charges the taxpayers for one-fourth
column, same time, S93 90; and for five
sixths of a column six weeks Sl20 00,or, |
in other words. when he works for Mr..
johnson he makes $50 90 per column
per annum, but when he works for the
tax payer he makes at the rate of SSS2
per column per annum, and if anybody
stands between him and the money-box /
Of the public he must be stricken down
4 refer to bills in the Auditors office to
prove what say