The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-07-19
MORE REFORM.

our Jeiotm iteis''poi 80 :.
growing acsleratc. There was Il time
when tie La was cdiiorial!y opposed TO
any grabbing" of money from the tan
payers; but that system meets with ITS
hearty appreciation now-indeed, 1t has
itself become one Of the leading and
must perSisteut ''gr.bbers'' in the county.
Our Legislature passed a law at The last
session providing that where there are
two newspapers printed in a county, each
having Jona tide circulation to annual
SUBJ cr;bcrs of five hundred cop.cs. the
County Collector shall advertise the dc
%linuuent tax list of the county III that
m,er which shall bid TO do it for the
least sum. This is the proper and only
true plan to avoid ''gous:ng' or over
charging. We said 50 Il few months ago,
| before We knew it was the law, but the
Era violently and Indignantly replied
| that they might do things in that way IN
some other state. bat the Liberal
Missouri Legislature did not commit such
| foliy. But the very brilliant newspaper
over the WAY has had to one more
acknowledge itself in error. and he now
has another tiac opportunity for taking
a.ncw dcpar;ure'-for the law he con-
,,cmncd was then aul is now IN opera
ton. The Collector. in accordance with
this new and just law, notified the two
establishments of the time for bidding,
and the Era proprietor presented Il BID
at the same time with ourselves. Our
bid wa, found to be the lowest, and
Colonel Conoycr formally awarded the
| contract 70 the REPUBLICAN, newspaper.
This WIS all straight enough.
But IL neighbor? The. Era cstab-
lishment has for several years had Il mo-
nopoly of all such work at the highest
| rates. and can it let this slice of county
printing" slip through its fingers without
a sign or mlrGcr?! OF cour.c net. IT
the Andrew county taxpayers do not owe
| that establishment Il handsome compe-
tcnce, its proprietor thinks so. and has
beer. raip:ng the r:wlrd OF this belief
aided BY opportunity. After the con
tract had been awarded to Us regularly,
and without any objection being raised,
our magnan:mous, noble and reverend
contemporary writes out ii protest to the
Collector aycrrine that the Ere alone is
entitled to print the delinquent list, and
that the REPUBLICAN has not five hun
drcd sub ;cribers, There seems to be no
end to the knowledge possessed by this
editorial prodigy. For instance, he i'm
pliedly knawa more b. hearsay about the
number Of sub.crib...- ia the REpUBLI-
CAN than We know ourselves, who have
repeatedly counted our subscription list
over. He has protested" against tho
payment o. our bill of one hundred an |
forty-six dollars for doing this work, We
this ''reform''oreAn--: newspaper whicl
adycrtises itself in Il distant publication
as the organ of the Republican party il
Andrew county'-also has the Wblu>h
ing cffron:ery to demand about FIVE hun
dred and sixty dollars for doing the sam
vo-k in a poorer manner The Coliccto
: has chosen TO heed the protest, AMI W
are reduced to the only alternative Of re
ID sorting to the coursc provided by law
: get our pay from the Collector for tn
| work which he ordered US TO do. TIL
e people can moralizc on this: The III
y PUBLICAN asks one hundred and forty
n six dollars for a job of work for whe
0 the Era demands five hundred and 81.
II ty dollars from the taxpayers. Wnel
f are the reformcrs?