The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-09-17

The Republican Of last week evin ced a
desire to bet 81 900 that the receipts Of
St. 10. county for 1867, for county purpo-
ses, were 1900 less than the receipts o!
Marshall county. At least that was the
only Ineligible inference to be drawn
from an article IN that paper on that sub
ject. So understanding the matter a
couple of gentlemen visited the RcpuJ L.
can Office Tuesday last. and proposed to
accept the offer, in the spirit that it was
made. and then made four other PROPOSE
tons all OF which We publish below. None
of these offers have yet been accepted. If
there is ore particle of honesty or man.
hood about the radical leaders of this vi
cinity, they will not attempt to palm of
their lies on the people any longer when
they know they are lies. The exhibits
show the true figures, and they know they
cannot be disputed.
Copies of these proposals were left at
the Republican Office, and they fully un-
derstand the chances for peculation, and
up to this time manifest disposition to
even back down from their own offer:
$1,000, That the receipts aad expendi-
lures Of ST. 10 for 1867, ending May 81 =,
1868, were greater than the receipts and
expenditures of Marshall for same year, by
the exhibit of the auditors Of beth coun-
ties, made May 81, 1868.
$1,000, That the receipts of st. 10.
county were SIC. 900 greater than the re-
ceipt; Of Marshall county for 1867, report
May, 1867, as per reports Of two coun-
ties for said year-leavipg out of the
question the court house tax Of this coun-
ty.
$1,000, That the average tax levied for
county purposes in the republican counties
Of the state of Indiana, for the year 1867,
will exceed the average tax levied for ike
purpO es in the democratic counties of the
state by over $1,000. The vote of 1864
for president being the basis to determine
which are republican and which are demo-
cratic counties.
$1,000, That the receipts of ST. 10.
county for the year ending May. 1868,
were not $4,000 less than the receipts of
Marshall county, as shown by the county
auditors published exhibits of the two
counties, for said year
$1,000, That the expenses of the state
four years Of lS6i-5-6-7 were greater
than any single year of a democratic adj
ministration in the state prior to said time
WESTER FELT PROPHECIETH
Uncle Johnny Westervelt evidently
thinks the gift of prophecy is one Of his
accomplishments. 1t is not definitely
known whether he is thus favored because
he threatened to sue the Presbyterian
church OF this place (beiore his nomipa
ton for representative, Of course), or fol-
an equally christian-like display of his
virtues in other ways. He prophecies
that he will reduce the democratic major
ity to $50 Oh representative Phew!
Our friend Col. Sumner, who ran fo
county clerk OH the radical ticket, las
fall, had also prophetic cast. He propb
ecied that he would be beaten by ~ votes
he was laid on the shelf by the larges
democratic majority ever given in Mar
shall county-6l4l Assuming the gifts
of Westervelt and the Col to be equal,
school-boy may easily arrive at the result
As ~ is to GA, so is $50 to the maio-it,
under which Westervelt will find himsel
buried next month.