Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-05-28

There are several hundred more Demo
Gratis in Laportc County than there are Re
publicans in Marshall, yet a Democratic
paper cannot subsist there, simply because
it cannot get the County patronage and
plumber the Treasury, unfortunate !iigants
and dead mems estates, in the shape of
exhorbitant charges Tor advertising, &c.
There Is no Democratic paper in Porter
county, for n similar reason, and until re
Gently the Democracy of st. Joseph were
without a local organ. Do not these Facts
prove that the little Plymouth Democrat
would soon reach its bottom dollar, dry up,
aud give up the ghost, were il deprived OF
official pap? Before it got the free run of
the county treasury. it led a precarious ex
istcnce, suspending frequently for weeks
at time, never scarcely appearing on
time, and when il did make lis appearance
as barren of news rs last years almanac,
half full of dead ady.'s, and changed pro-
prictors nearly every moon. When we
started here in the iall of 1856, the elder
Mcdonald aud Plalt Mcdonald were run
ming 1.-THE former as editor and the latter
aspublisher. 1t was then flourlshing be-
cause ii had the County printing. In
few months the elder Mcdonald retired,
and Daniel and Platt Mcdonald became
editors and publishers, Owe speak from
memory, and may not be exactly accurate
as to the order of the changes that occur
red) 1t apparently continued to flourish
under this dynasty for a year or so, but in
1853 the Republicans carried the county
and elected every officer who had any
patronage to besiow. Soon it began to
show evidences Of decay and in a short
time whoppcd over and died outright,
- al. - -.
ing that the. establishment had not paid
running expenses for some time. In n few
weeks ar months Billy Burns purchased
the material and revived the paper, but
under his administration it was very irrer-
tilar in its appearance, and after the fol-
lowing election fiickered out entirely. A.
c. Thompson was the next owner, and
few months sifliced TO convince him that
there was no money in the concern, and
he was forced to succumb to the situation.
He had spent his Bottom dollar long be-
fore he gave it up, and was in. debt besides
to his merchant, grocer and butcher. Os-
borne & vanvaikcnbnrgh next undertook
to the run the thing, and although for
portion of the time they enjoyed some Of
the Comfy patronage, they announced
that the Office had barely paid running ex
peuses, without Welding them cent for
their services. Not very encouraging, we
should say. IL. Harvey became the next
owner, paying, or agreeing to pay npmi-
nal sum for il, if Mr. Osborne would agree
to edit ii ayear for riothing BY this time
all the County officers were Democrats,
and Harvey determined to make the con-
Germ pay, in the only way it could be done,
viz: BY charging those wio had no power
to help themselves nearly quadruple prices
for advertising He was successful and in
an unguardcd moment boasted of his pros
perity, which proved his undoing. The
Democratic officers held the victims, often
poor widows and helpless orphan children.
while Harvey skinned them. BY this
means and by charging exhorbitaEf rates
for the County printing. he made it pay
big. As.an evidence of his Unsuitable greed
and determination to make money at all
hazards, we will stale fact we have allu-
ded to before Notwithstanding tue Le-
gisIature of 1923, raised the price for
Publishing the delinquent list, from so to
60 cents per tabular description, not con-
teri with double the price formerly paid
he actually charged Sfe and some cents
for publishing the head lipes, affidavit, &C.,
and il was allowed bs< the Commissioners.
not only once but twice, contrary to all
former practice, as no printer had ever
thought Of making such charge before.
II is unnecessary to say that the law did
not Justify any such Charge. OF course
such man would make money in any bu- ]
siness-even a Democratic country print
ing Office would yield him stamps in album
dance, under similar circumstances. But