The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-09-13
Our Neiehbor's "Hic Jacek"

plaintive vaiedictory, saying he had
been losing money for long time, and
that unless the candidates and politi-
clans would raise him a sum of money
the amount of which is not stated. the
Era would appear but once more, and
that probably not until after the
lapse of several weeks. AS to losing
a thousand dollars, we have it upon
good authority that the Era edi-
tor was not possessed of a thousand
dollar bill when he made his advent
into Savannah. How, then, could he
lose it? Our neighbor has become SO
notorious as q sharp and shrewd OPP
orator in politics for his own financial
benefit. that the public-probably
very MISUNDERSTANDING this sudden
closing up of the Era Office, without
note of warning, as another trick by
which Democrats (and others who
value the influence of the Era to foist
them into ofice) were to be handsome-
ly ieeced. We do not say they are
right in their conjecture; but that
they have excellent grounds for thus
believing can not be denied. The
newspaper business requires more
money to carry it on than any other
enterprise which requires tho same
original outlay that a printing Office
does. Our neighbor has been under
heavy expense, as we have, but the
Era has received nearly a thousand
dollars for printing from the county
officers during the past year; and adj
ding to this his job work, advertising
and subscription patronage (If he has
any considerable amount of the lat
teri, and certainly the Era proprietor
will be shown to have not only not
been losing money. as is claimed, but
that he ought to have laid by aconsid-
cradle sum for a rainy day; and the
s'rainy day" for him will come about
the 5th of November next. There
We're reasons for placing the Era in
mourning last week, and two of them
are unquestionably the following:
Flrst-As a keen politician, he sees
the 'hand writing on the WALL" por-
tending the overthrow by the honest
people of Andrew county of the slit
tie ring of self-styled godly reform
ers, who have been ascertained and
proven to be the most corrupt and i'm
competent set of scamps that ever at
tempted a political revolution with
out good foundation or excuse. His
opportunity of fleeing the county af-
ter the election will be forever closed
up, aud the ofice-seekers and politi-
clans must be bled before the election,
as they are interested in having an
organ.
Second-Several very ugly points
have been made against the Liberal"
County Treasurer and County Court,
&c, with reference to the loose and
irregular (not to say criminal) man.
agemcnt of county affairs. Time and
again have they been importuned to
explain to the people and taxpayers
of The county how the finances. of the
county stand, and why the last 'fset-
Element is so unintelligible and unsat-
Like the would-be Demo-
Governor, Woodson, in refer
ence to the railroad bond question
which is being hardly pressed upon
him, & dumb silence has been maiil-
They all know this looks bad
for their case, but when no explana-
ton can be made, what better can
they do than stop their organ, and
then say to the people: We have no
paper in which to reply to the accu-
and charges made? This may
be their object. Gentlemen, this will
not do. If you can defend yourselves,
or make any explanation, or have any
extenuating circumstances to bring
forward, the REPUBLICAN, is at your
If the Era is dead, peace to
its ashes; if not, let its many ~
show to it the folly of "play-
ing 'possum" in such lively times as
these. Wake up!