Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28
"A FEW NAKED FACTS.

I.1auc our biltS lOW UCSauSC vi SpeClal
spite, which. it is claimed, we enter
tain against our neighbor, L. A. Br&n-
ner of the Union, justice to ourselt
demands that we give publicity to a
few simple facts, which will show the
utter falsity of the wrong motives
with which We have been charged.
We have not been actuated by any
motives Of spite or i'll will towards
anybody; but after due consideration
We resolved, especially as an advo
also with the conviction thst, one
wrong should not become the foun
dation of others, to charge the coun-
tv no more than individuals, for the
same kind of work.
Well, on the 2Sth of August. 1869,
tile County Republican Convention,
which assembled at the Court House
passed resolutions, strongly advoca
ting retrenchment and reform, in eve
ry department of expenditures of the
county, and also assuring the public
that in case of the success of the Re-
publican ticket, the expenses of prin-
ting for the county would be redut ed
one half. We endorsed those reso
lutions. S. Watson was nominated
as Commissioner upon that platform.
During the canvass following, and on
several occasions we advocated econ
omy in county expenditures. And
we well remember an incident that
followed. Our good natured friend
Jonathan Maffett, who was then q
candidate for re election. meeting us
on the street "Cuneo, you are pitch
ing in to county extravaganza ,and yet,
when you come with your bills, you
don't want the Commissioners to cut
them down" We replied, with con-
siderable emphasis. ''If any bills for
county printing, which we may in the
future present. do not conform to
what we preach, and you (the Com
missioners) do not cut them down,
you are big fools. mark it." Mr. Maj
felt, we are sure. remembers the con-
versation and we think will cheerfully
bear testimony to the fact that from
that hour, our bills have conformed
to the same. Time passed along
the election came and went against
US in the county, but that did not
change our determination. The first
bill we presented amounting to S25,
was for publishing Times of holding
Courts in '70,"for which we were paid
S45 the pear before, and on a former
year as high as $72 Bvtbe last exhib-
il we see that Mr. E. Zimmeiman,w was
paid the same amount that we ASKED
and no more. We don't know whathis
original bill was. The next bill we
presented was for "notlce to contrac-
tors" for the Infirmarv, $3.50. The
original bill Of Mr.. Zimmerman, for
the same work was $24, which the
Commissioners cut down to our
amount SIT so Then came our bill
for publishing Tabular Statement OF
the number of horses, cattle, &c. in
the State, which amounted to $42
The bill of Mr. Zimmerman. for the
same was less than last year and more
than ours. Here again the Commits
sioners reduced this bill down to the
same amount as our original bill,
namely S42. And when the last ex-
hibit made its appearance, we learned
that for this very same work for
which we asked S42, and deemed that
a fair compensation. Mr.. Zimmerman
last year was paid S120 See Annual
Report last year in the Republican of
November 10th, 1870. Our next bill
was for publishing Notice TO tax pay
ers, for 1870, six times, for which we
presented bill of $50. For this
same work Mr. Zimmerman presented
bill of Si0O, which was allowed in
full Notwithstanding the proteststions
of Mr.. McClain. And, as will be seen
by reference to the last Annual Ex-
hibit, for the very same publication,
Mr.. Zimmerman was paid $3.50 last
year. Lastly, comes our bill for pub
fishing the Annual Exhibit of Re
ceipts and Expenditures of the coun
ty for the last current year. which two
years ago was published to weeks.
last year not at all. We had not for
gotten our preaching and presented a
bill OF 394. That is what it came to
according to our rates of charges,
making little allowance for unne
cessary space occupied. Mr.. L: A.
Brunner presented bill of $3.50. for
the same publication. When we pre-
sented our bill, that Of Mr.. Drummer.
was already in, anu We had no idea
as to what charges he intended to
make. When these two respect
i've bills came up for the considera-
ton of the Commissioners, MIR. Nc
Claim took the position that if P.
Cunco could afford to do the publ
cation for S94, Mr. Brunner ought
to be able to do 50 too, and earnestly
protested against paying one Office
more tnan the other, for the same
work. But he was overruled by the
other gentlemen, and after deduc
ton of $50, the balance Of Mr.. Brun-
ners bill, still amounting to 5000, and
more than double our bill, was allow
ed, to which action Mr.. McCIain en-
tered his protest on the journal.
We have made the above explana
ton, as before stated in justice tc
ourself, and have no complaint te
urge against the Commissioners
Our bills, which we regard as reason
able, were allowed, and if they SCI
proper to pay other parties, for rea
sons best known to them for the sam,
work, double the amount we asked
it is theirs and the peoples business
not ours.
II will thuS l,a coan fl,ot our ro