Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-11-11
Auditor and Commissioner An
nual Report.

The Editor of the Register,
week after week has been whin-
ing and complaining, because the
Commissioners Of this County
have not published, in accordance
with his notions of duty, an item,
lied statement of the expenditures
of this County. He wants re
port that will show to whom and
for what every dollar has been
paid A statement such as the ed
itor demands would cover an en-
tire page OF his paper in the small
est type he has in his office. And
now let us say to the tax payers Of
the County, for whom this sapient
editor processes such amazing ten
der care and unauthorized guardi-
anship, that there by hangs a tail, "
the magnitude Of which we will ex-
plain, so that every taxpayer may
be able to see at a glance why this
selfconstituted guardian of the in
terests Of the tax payers of our
county, is so anxious to have
lengthy itemized statcmentpublish
ed. And now for the taH. We have
already said that if the statement
which Gould demands so persist
emily, (and accompanies with cen
sures upon the Auditor and Com
missioners, insinuating that there is
some mysterious reason for not
complying with his demands J were
published as he claims it should be,
it would fill one page of his paper
set in the smallest type he has in
his office, and if published in the
papers, would cost the county
three or four times what it did last
year. From this statement OF
facts, the taxpayers of our county |
will knowhow to appreciate Gould's
pretended sympathy and tender
mercy for the taxpayers Of Fay
cite County So it will be seen
that his whole object in demanding
n complete itemized statement to
be published, is not for the benefit
of the aX-payers but himself and
wholly for his own interest; it is
that he may draw money from the
County Treasury. What does he
care for the aX-payers? 1t is mon
ay he wants, and that is in plain
what his continued grum
bling about the publication Of an
itemized statement means. 1t is
Gould and not the people of the
county thot demands such a publ
cation.
AS a general rule you may set it
down in your books MS a true max
i'm, that the man who is continually
making the greatest professions of
sympathy for the dear people and
the oppressed tax-ridden commu-
nifty, like Gould does, cares little
for them or how much taxes they
have to pay SO that he is able to
stuff his own pockets, at the ex-
Dense Of the said taxpayers.
So far us our own interests are
concerned we have no demands to
make, If the people Of the county
desire such a publication, and the
county officers are satisfied that the
people demand it, we are satisfied
they will obey their wishes on the
subject if it does cost money
But Gould nor ourselves have no !
more right to demand OF the Off
'ers the publication Of such a state
nont as he asks for, than any pri-
ate individual, and modesty might
eem sufficient reason why we
hould leave the matter entirely
With the people and the county Of =, :,
cers, from the fact as we have b.
hown above, that publishers may !,
g supposed to have a personal and s.
lterested motive in having an item, ai
.ed statement published in the IL
ewspapers, as neighbor Gould de- Y,
laRdS it shah be, IN