Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-07-16

af' n. q, uRuiiltOnI mr. Heury heyhOluS,
formerly Treasurer and now Democratic
candidate for Auditor, presented an ac-
count Of $249 for taxes which he claims
were not paid by Mr.. Hamilton, notWith-
standing the books OF Treasurer, kept by
Mr.. Reynolds show that Mr.. Hamilton's
taxes we're paid. Now, the question
arises which ia correctf Mr.. Henry
Reynolds, or Mr.. Henry Reynolds bOoks2"
That is sample of the silly stuff
that appears each week in a little
ragged sheet printed--not on SO
lealthy q spot as "Lake Shore'-
but opposite the Hotel stable.
Henry Reynolds was formerly
Treasurer and now Democratic
candidate for Auditor" He made
an excellent Trcasurer-alway
accommodated everybody in a
seasant' and gentlemanly manner;
no person ever uttered a word of
complaint while he was formerly
Treasurer" He will make just as
good an Auditor as he did Treas
urer. He had a right to "prcsent
an account of S249 for taxes" if
that amount was due him. Let us
sec about it, however. For an In
stanco-John I. Raper, whodolights
in printing slang that somebody
writes about his political opponents,
enters the Trcasurer's Office to pay
his taxes to Henry Reynolds, Treas
nrer, when about the following con
versation occurs. iE.'lJ i-
Mr. Rdper.-"Mr. Reynolds, / want
to pay my taxes and haven't money
enough. 1t would accommodate me
if you would write receipt for my
taxes, and l will pay you part of
the amount, and you credit it on the
receipt, and hold the receipt few
days, and / viii pay you tho bal
lanco."
Mr. Reynolds, HeaSaref.--'T can
do SO, sirswith pleasure, if it will
accommodate YOU"
The receipt is thon written, part
Of the money paid into the Treas
ury, the amount paid is credited on
the receipt, and the receipt held by
the Treasurer. Mr.. Raper walks
I.Off, thinking chat Henry Reynolds
isa very clever man to accommodate
him when times are SO hard, After
while the time comes for the
Treasurer to cease receiving taxes,
and Mr.. Raper has not paid the
balance Of his taxes, but Mr.. Rey
nolds has marked the amount paid,
and then takes the balance due
from Mr. Raper out of his own
pocket and places it into the Treas
ury, while the tax-receipt still re-
mains in his possession. That is
the way it is done sometimes.
Henry Payne, while Treasurer,
used to do the same thing Treas
urers in every county in the State
| of Ohio do so. 1t may be wrong,
but we don't think man can be
found who will say il is wrong. In
hard times people like to be accom-
modated when they have to reach
to the bottom Of their pockets for
the last dollar, particularly when
they have to pay taxes. Y .-s, 's9s.''i y +
"The books of the Treasury kept
by Mr. Reynolds, sho# that Mr..
Hamilton's taxes were paid" says
the sheet above mentioned. Sup
pose "ths books do show that Mr..
Hamilton'staxe were paid" :" is that
any proof that Mr.. Hamilton did
not ask Reynolds to write a tax
Il ~ =
receipt, mark the taxes paid, and
tell him to hold the receipt until he
could get money to pay him2 If
Henry Reynolds, while Treasurer,
wrote receipts for taxes for A, B, @,
or eany other man. and marked
the taxes paid, and then paid their
taxes outof his own pocket, hehas
| q right to present accounts for the
same if he holds the tax receipt Of
Ia, B, g, or s'nny other Man. sasr