The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-22
THE COUNTY TREASURY.
mE ANNUAL srArEMENr.
THErAxKEE CARPET.BAGGERs.

We had hoped ere this to have publish
ed the annual statement of receipts and
expenditures At the Stark County Treasury
for the year ending September 1st, 1859,
it being the first year of JOIN STKEL,
EsoR. as Treasurer. We should suppose
there had been ample time for the prepa-
ration Of the statement, and the taxpayers
Hre anxious to see, examine and learn what
Is done with the amounts collected from
them in the shape OF taxes for State,
County and local purposes. rs -.r
Sta County's proportion of the four
or five hundred millions gathered yearly
for the support of the radical Grant ma
chine at Washington, can only be-ascer-
tanned by approximate calculation. Es'
tinAting Ii by our population, the people
of Stark county pay every year for this
Grant Negroizing arrangement over ONE
MILLION OF DoLLARSi
Y Farmers, and lAbOring men think of
fhisl ~.
In the annual statement Of our county
affairs, prepared by the Auditor or Clerk
Of the County Commissioners, our taxpay-
ers see the amounts collected and learn
what is done herewith by items. Thus
can our people see at = glance the trHnsAe-
lions Of the year. The $500 paid for the
old Williams barn for the InhrmAry, win
there be seen; and the sums paid for Its re-
movAl and rebuilding win also be given.
This statement win, likewise, name and
explain many other items of expenditure,
al going to show. what has become of the
money. Lat our readers examine when it
Is published, and consider. Now, we AlludS
to this matter in no fAult-hnding or cap
tiOua spirit, but with view of drawing
public attention to these AL important
matters. The fact that 1--WE HUN.
DIED THOUSAND DoLLARs have been
received and paid out at the Treasury
once Is sufficiently startling to engage the
attention Of all. Let US have the state
nent.
But for the mean personal attack of the
RKP and RKr upon Treasurer Steel, we
should probably not have rec urred 10 these
Treasury matters, It was in reply to This
uncAlled for assault, that we called AT the
Treasury ofice and learned there the con-
dition of things, and prepared our article
Of last week, showing that on the 10th
inst, there was but IS cents in the TreAsu-
~, although the commissions had bOr-
rowed twenty thousand dollars few dsyB
before. As = public journalist it was
bquite proper we should give these facts.
Our reader win remember The REP and
Ru, with rs usual neanness, said of Mr..
Steel. l...-. n - 7.i ~ -.
- There has not been such . state of
s'things In that office since the county was
: fis1oFEAnized. We don't know that Mr..
aSteel Is TO blame. BE probably does the
'best he knows how. But the taxpayers
'sfesl that they do not want to Be trihed
''wIth any longer, and they are not al
s'conhned 10 one party"
u99 We might almost say to our nsighbOrs,
eve thank the Jew for: teaching us those
Z words, n as II has led to full Vindleahon
b of an honest and faithful public officer. In
loour article w sssailed no one-merely
stated the gene1L condition of things IN
the County Treasury, calling attention 70
single item or two. Treasurer STxEL Is
The mere custodian of. the funds; and AZ
4. an old and hOnOred citizen Of Stark county.
Is the right man in the right place. JON
6uxIs as = stone mason and . farmer, Z
Justice: OF the Peace, SC, has been . use
= ful man In his time, in this county; and
we do not propose to allow the organ Oi
the hungry cArpet-bAggsrs TO traduce and
witty his fair fame. We call upon the
honest people of Stark COuntytO vote the
ertire Democratic ticket, composed as it H.
Of coed citizens of acknowledged worth.