Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-04-07
He [the editor of the CHRoNIcLEl finds fault

with us for being nominated ior Scnool Dlrec-
TOR Our friends know that We urged them not
10 nominate u.s. but they insisted, ana we DOW
TO the majesty of their will If elected we VIII
serve the public to the best OF our aolll1y.-l
Every one knows that it is a thankless position
And although the present Board, 10 compete
the building and pace .,ur schoois ll III ts
sands Of dollars on their own indlVldual paper,
and their paper is now out tor thousands oI doI.
lars that tnis mans children and others might
he educated mis- slanderous tongue Is upon
them day and night. Our Schools are seconu 70
none in the State. and our scnool euInce Is tile
nride of the place and credit 10 the county,
and all this Is mainly due TO the two slnglemeh
in the Board who have given their time and
personal energies to It's e3nPiet1n onai VINO % nn
fortunately for the community IN wnicn He
resides, does not possess the frst prlnclple Vi d
gentlernan.-Gazetteo OF last week
If the editor of the Gazette was an
honest man he would not so persistently
misrepresent us. We did not IND 1auit
with him because he was nominated,
but because he persistently declared that
he would not be candidate and after
wards permitted the use of his name.
When he asserts that We have slandered
the present members of the school
board he simply lies, lies like dog;
knowingly, wilfully, maliciously lies,
for he knows we have never uttered,
through the columns of our paper or
otherwise, one slanderous word against
either of them. The thick skin and cal
Ioused conscience of such man as we
are dealing with, can be penetrated only
with q sharp instrument, vigorously
thrown, and we have no disposition to
trifie with him.
We did not intend to say anything in
relation to the election to be held next
week in this school district, but thought
we would leave the matter, being local
one, to the people to consider without
any attempt to influence them. The
above article, however, is so startling In
its declarations that we feel that we
would not be doing our duty to the peo-
pie of the district to permit it to pass
without notice.
The Gazette assures us that the pres
ent Board has borrowed THOUSANDS
UPON THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
on their own individual paper. By
what authority do these gentlemen bor-
row these large sums of money on their
own private account? What have they
done with the money? Why havethey
never made any report of their expendi-
lures? These are questions that need
answers, and the gentleman who edits
the Gazette would have done more to
restore confidence among the tax payers
of the district if he had given suscinct
account of the whereabouts of these
large sums of money, instead of lieing
upon and abusing the editor of the
CHRONICLE. The people of the district
authorized these men to build school
house, and levy a tax of eight thousand
dollars, which with the money on hand
and the proceeds of the sale of the old
school houses they deemed sufficient to
build the new house. This Board, with
out consulting the people, secured the
passage of a special act of the Legisla-
tuTe authorizing them to issue bonds for
$4,000, and subsequent special act in
creasing the amounts to over $50, 600, in
addition to all they have collected by
taxation. They have thus very largely
exceeded the authority given them by
the people, and one of the Board now
assures the people that in addition to
all this they have borrowed thousands
upon thousands of dollars" on their own
private names. Is it judicious, in
the face of all these facts, to continue
this Board in office? Is it not, rather,
the duty of the people to change the
Board in order that full report of its
proceedings may be secured and state
ment made as to what has become of all
these immense sums of money? For
not one single word of satisfaction has
ever been given by this Board as to
what has been done with the money.
Whether the editor of the CHRONICLE
does or does not "possess the first
principles of gentleman" has nothing
to do with this question, but, whether
the man who was clerk in the Treas
urers office of this county when a large
deficiency occurred shall be allowed to
handle or control these large sums o.
money without properly accounting for
it, is a very different thing, and of for
more Importance to the people who have
to foot the bills. And, whether a man
who will vilify his neighbors as the
editor of the Gazette has, and encourage
all kinds of rowdyism and drunkenness
by abusing the officers who enforce the
lou apI lnfanHi,an tla rnyrdioc nd
saloon keepers who violate it, is the
proper person to place at the head ofour
schools, is question of more 'impor-
tance in the election of next Monday,
than the one raised by the Gazette as to
the character of this paper, and we think
the people SO understand it.
AND what are the factse When the present
Mayor was inducted into.office we had q flourish
ing temperance society, a Looge of Good Tenn
compiishing much good, but by his tyranny
and maliciousness in the discharge of his duty,
almost everybody became disguised, The Tenn
perance Society went down-the Good TEN plars
surrendered their Charter-and such was the
contempt for the authorities that many times
through mere wantonness, scenes were en-
acted that would never have been thought of
had the laws been administered by persons for
whom the public had a proper respect. The
people in the country became aroused against
the town because of the high-handed outrages
of its Mayor. The County Seat question was
sprung, and had 1t come to q vote itwould have
received h undreds of votes by parties who did
not desire its removal. but through disgust tor
its officials would have voted for removal.
The opposition have been busy for days in
getting up mongrel ticket with the present
Mayor at its head, hoping to divide and con-
quor, but as yet they have failed. They have
been unable TO find enough soreheads in the
Democratic rarty to help make a ticket. Some
half dozen tickets have been made, but none of
them would stick,
The above from the last st. Clairsville
Gazette, is the work of malicious
ScQundrel'n an irnnrant ass Or hnth