Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-15
'Thriee is He Armed Whose Quarrel
is Just"

"Thrlee 10 he Armed whose quarrel
is Just"
Three weeks ago we gave plain, unvaru-
ished statement, setting forth our authority for
publishing the Commissioners report, &C., at the
same time published the law governing the Com
missiJners and the Common Pleas Judge 10 the
premises. that our readers might be able to judge
for themselves the true merits Of the case in
question.
In reply to this The following twaddle appear
ed in the Sentinel:
"Motber Timmons Of the JOURNAL promised |
his readers last fall IN publish the Commission
ers report, with which. and that other fearful |
instrument, the Investigating Committees Re-
port, he was going tn revulutionize things gem |
orally in Wood county. All his fond hopes went |
Tor naught, but when the Commissioners report |
came out, under his promise, he published Il |
leaving out a column Of figures which of itsel |
made the work Illegal, and for which he knew |
he had no shadow Of right to draw pay, and
yet wha, does this pathetic, whining, honesty
shrieker do but send in his account for $12 which
he knew to be downright attempt to rob the
Taxpayers. lie never thought Of getting pay for
II until a lawyer told him be could collect II by
law, when he rushed to the Treasurer s office for
the purpose of plumber ing the county Of the
amounl OF his trumped up claim"
LIST. We did promise our readers TO publish
the Commissioners report--with the report Of
the investigating committe-which promise We
fulfilled in July, lS7O putting the Commission
er's report in less than two columns followed by
the report Of the committee through four consec
utIve weeks ofover nine soid columns of our
small type, which exhibited the transactions of
the county business in a light that, had II been
properly dealt with, would have displaced the
Commissioners for malfeasance in Office. This
report We published with the. understand
ing from Judge PILLARS that we were to get no
pay for 1t, which we give his letter further along
! 70 show.
I'd. We lid not leave out a column of figure
in tho report published last October-which
| EvERs made a pretext to spread over two col
umns for abouta dozen scattering fgures-but
gave the same figures in recapituation at the
foot of the report in order to save space.
Sd. We gave the report one insertion-al
that was required-in the space of 72 inches
while EvERs made the same matter cover 1l2I5
inches, and published il three weeks, at the ex-
pense To the county of $225-the amount he has
dared not publish after we have asked him two
| or three times to do 50.
4th. We did not ''rusb 10 the treasurer's Of
fce." Since the Ring has had control Of tha
office, We have found it Of but little use to rush
bill was not allowed, consequently we had no
order TO rush with. Had we been fortunate
enough to secure an order on the treasury, and
hadthe treasury been unable to redeem that orde.
as il has frequently been so, there is not the
shadow of doubt but what we could have dis
p osed of il to EvERs or some Of the other hang
ers on about the Court house, alta sacrifice
and more than probable the mouey could baYe
been got out Of the treasury safe to pay for th
same order.
In the same Ssnt incl with the Commissioners
report will be found the 'Treasurer's Statement
to the Tax payers which is made to cover the
space Of three columns: while the same matter
was never made to occupy two columns of the
JOURNAL. Allowing the Sentinel to occupy two
columns, the extra column amounts to $40, just
81 more than our b i'll for the publishing of the
whole Of the Commissioners report.
The ax-payers have abundant. cause for con.
graduating themselves on having such "faith
fnl' ISentinel to guard their IN terests.
The county advertising is but one item. Ifal
others Of the nmerous contracts to be let by the
County Commissioners are lavished on the spec
al favories who will work for the interest of tn,
little ring that seek to make one source throu gt
which "aIl blessings flow" the amount will il
time become burdensome.
Some three months since we heard the ques.
tion asked Of one OF the hangers-on at the cour
| low tha ptv Oh f;sit,
pay per annum?"tt The reply was "about So 600
this with the omission of the price at the bot
tom of all legal advertisements that now appear
in the Sentinel, and then draw your own conclu
sions.
II the county advertising is really costing tn
taxpayers 50 600 per annum and we will def.
any one to discover anything to the contrary b.
the report Of the the Commissioners if hal
of that amount would be an item worth saving
0 we will contract any day with the Commission
: ers to do all OF it for 81, 500 per annum.
Feeling satisfied that an effort was being mad
to suppress the first Commissioner report
which had been invest igated by committee ap
pointed for that purpose, we wrote the following
letter to Judge PILLARS
a JOURNAL OFFICE, May II, 1870.
q Hon. JAMES PILLARS. -Dedr Sir /: Some tim
o since you were pleased to appoint Committe
' consisting of Messrs. LAsKBY and TYLER to ex
anime the Wood County Commissioners Report
a The state of facts exhibited by the testimon
' presented to that Committee, which also are con
6rmed by the county records, indicate gross b.
q msmanagement Of the county business II moth
ing worse. On public grounds such acts should
therefore, be duly exposed, and the public inter
5 ests be defended by just administration of tn
0 law.
? From the silence which now prevails in regart
I TO that report, am apprehensive that an attemp
will be made to prevent its publication and there
by screen the county officers concerned, from tn
n consequences of their acts.
In view OF the Importance of having oficin
duties justly and legally performed in this coun
ty, where, from physical causes our road an
ditch system are easily made the sources Of pee
ulaion and Of official corruption, do most earn
estly entreat your Honor to exert your judicia
power so that justice may be done between tn
people and their public seryants.
Yours, Respectfully,
JANIS TIMMoNs.
= To this we received the following reply:
e TIFFIN, May %, 1870.
$ JAMES TIMMoNs.-Friend: l have got hom
e from Marion, and have your letter OF the lit
N inst.
a There is, apparently, ground for your appre
n henslon, that the report of Tyler and Laskey o
It the transsc t ions, &C., ofthe Commissioners
y your county may be Suppressed. But it is onl
: apparent.
The secret, or, rather, inside Of the matter,
nj tins The report of the committee was not sui
~ milted unul the latter mart of the last term 4