The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-13
THE MAT. r STATED.
PLYMOUTH, Ind. May Z, 1869.
Ed. DEMOCRAT:

dividuals affected, are dependant on
your courtesy for privilege of reply
In your remarks about the corporation
election this week, you use my name,
and I assume that your are willing
your readers shall hear me on the 9TH
er side. You arc mistaken in several
Of your conclusions. In the first place
no radical" ticket was elected. In
the second, l did not "vehemently''
protest &c. In the third, you,
mistake the cause of the defeat of the
democratic tict t.
For long de past there has been
an irrecorcil e feud between the cor
porate authorities and the fremen.
The fire department numbers over one
hundred men. Finally, the board pass
ed an order disbanding the fire COM
paDys and forbidding them to interfere
with the property of the fire depart
ment, ordering the marshal to assist
the engineer the board had elected in
enforcing obedience, and passing an
ordinance inficting severe,penalties for
any violation of their orders by the fire.
men. The fire companies were made
up of democrats and republicans alike,
and they de6ed the board and refused
to disband, or regard the ordinances,
or permit the engineer of the board to
interfere with the property in any man
ner.
When the assessment for taxation was
made, there was great dissatisfaction
with it.
Last winter, the board and the citizens
got into difficulty about auctions and
licenses, and large number of the
business men we're highly indignant.
This spring when forced collection
of the taxes began, an investigation
disclosed a very unsatisfactory state of
affairs as to the appropriation and ex-
penditure of the funds of the corpora
ton and the manner in which its ac-
counts had been kept.
Mr.. Corbin and yourself were the
attorneys for the board, and among the
scenes occurring at different times
many hard and bitter things had been
said by Mr.. Corbin on one side and va
rious citizens on the other.
When the forced collection was be-
gun, there were many delinquencies on
the duplicate yet business firm who
had not been delinquent but who we're
obnoxious to the corporation attorney,
were first pounced upon by the Mar
shall. This was construed into a per-
sonality and their friends we're incens-
ed.
was employed as an attorney by a
number of prominent property holder:
to investigate the question of the legal
ity of the taxes, and became fully sat-
isfed that collections could not be en-.
forced, procured atemporary restrain.
ing order and applied for Injunction
The time of hearing was fixed before
Judge Osborne and he took the papers,
but being in the Circuit Court returned
them, saying he could not get time to
examine them, and the restraining or.
der expired by its own limitation.
was absent at the time, and before I re.
turned, many had paid in their taxes
some under protest, and at this juncture
the new tickets were nominated.
Now it makes no difference whether
all these things were right or wrong
reasonable or unreasonable, the fac
existed that there was very general dis
satisfaction among the people regard
less ofparty, and especially among the
fremen and traders) with the demo
cratic board and their advisers.
On Thursday { am told, for 1 wa;
not here, the democrats nominated :
ticket. 1t was not very strong tickle
but nearly all the men on it were very
good men. On Friday II am told
for 1 was not present the citizens me
In joint convention with the fremen
pursuant to separate calls, REGARDLESS.
of party, being at least one-third dem
ocrats, nominated what they called ;
citizens ticket. Three trustees, the
Clerk and Marshall being democrats
and two trustees and the asses sor bein,
republicans. Ny name WAS used a
trustee for the second ward. 1t wa
done without my knowlede or consent
l heard Of it in the street next day.
decided at once that L would hay,
nothing to do with it. and I did not
On Sunday aud Monday 1 was asked i
intended IN RIM IN s,oru;t. MN nam,