The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-08-21


ceived from them, as ap offset to $780, when they
were doing County printing almost cons.sntlyl |
And we wsuld not have got this, had they not |
known that, in the regular turn, we woulE have
the Delinquent Last, which would he of some con-
sequence When making this dividend, Mr. |
Besle spoke about the arrangynent, asking
whether we still meant TO eont.ane it. We re-
piled that it was our wish To- do 90, at the same
time plainly intimatng to ni1n that we expected
him to i've up to his part of il. and not take
job at half price. His reply was,
that they did not dr. 1t at that pries, ey rould not
get the cork! His argument was, that the Board
would refuse to publish the statements. The
Board may lave given him 80 to understand, in
order to 1rive profitable bargain with him; but
they Enew well enough, that the law requires
them to publish q statement after every regular
or special meeting, and - they have taken an
oath to obey the Law. they cannot avoid il with
out violating their oath.
We let the matter pass, for the time being, ex-
pecting that they vonld make some effort to
turn to the agreement; but still the half pay ar
rsngsment went on. Finally, one morning In the
Spring, we happened in the Clerks Office, on the
morning of . day on which the Board was to
meet. Mr.. Randolph came in, and addressing
Mr.. Rappelye, asked him how it was about pub
fishing the statements; whether the RepablioGn's
year was not out, and whether the thing had not
better be divided around Mr. Rsppelye replied
that the agreement Was for an indefinite time,
and his understanding was, that it was to con-
tinue until one party or the other gave notice to
the contrary. OF course, the Board would not
close out contrstct at half price, in order to
ges the work done at full price; and as the Re-
publican still continued publishing the statements,
We came the conclusion that they meant to hold
fast to that soft thing, and at the time share
the proceeds of our labor at full price. We then
and there determined that the fun should not all
he OIL one side, but hat it time for US to
"shinny on our own side" The fact that they
offered no settlement to the Reporter, not even of
the Redemption List last Fall, shows that they
meant to play q cut-throat game, and that they
, only condescended to throw out that small bait
| to us, in order to make bigger haul out of us.
When we received pay for the Tax List Besle
coolly asked if we couldn't let them have their
part of it, to which We replied that that game
was played-that they had been playing it fine
on us for long time, but the long end of the
string was on our side at last. Then it was after
he had found out where he stood, that he propos-
ed to divide on the statements of the Board. For
almost year and half he had been violating
his agreement, during which time We had once
spoken to him about it, yet never once did be
say divide. But when he found that our bill ex-
ceeded the proceeds Of his rascality, than be was
| anxious to divide-even offering to give us one
third of what the work pouId hare amounted to
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that men may sin away their day of grace-and
theirs was snncd away, in that case.
To maintain their characteristic meanness, they
bring Mr. Drenning into the fight. All We have
to say about Mr.. Drenning is, thai whatever he
has done in the past, we were alwas satisfied that
he did it from no dishonest mOtive-and further
more, that all business arrangements between him
aud ourself have been fully settled, amicably and
satisfactorily. They had better not shed too
many sympathetic tears over the wrongs of the
Reporter, until they themselves fulfill their obligs
tions TO that paper.
We have been thus lengthy, that the public
may know exactly how the matter stands over
which the RepublicaR has raised such dreadful
cry Of martyriom. We want them to know who
has violated contracts, and who has been wrong
ed. We could put up with their abuse from year
in to year out, and being charged with every
crime and meanness known to the catalogue; but
when the men who are so lustily calling us thief
and swindler, have been swindlng and stealing
from MS for year and a half, and at the same
time predicting that we cannot maintain ourseli
for six months, we propose to get our money back
when the opportunity offers. If the County
Board wants to submit all the County printing
to bids, We are ready to put in our proposition
but as long we have an agreement with other
publishers to stand up for legal rates, we shall
do so ON all work-not, like the Republican, agree
upon a plan, then privately cut down to hall
price on an important class of work.
And who is this A. w. Beale, whose righteous
gizzard is so excessively worried on oui sccounti
He is q canting " weak sister" who can be bribed
to blow for candidate for Congress, or to puff
up brainless money-bag as a magnificent farmer
for any sum from $40 to S25 He published q
newspaper in Savannah, Mo-, which he sold out
to o man, obligating himself to MT 60 into the
newspaper business there again; but he had
scarcely perfected the sale, before he went into
joint stock company and started an opposition
paper. The sentiment of the community was &C
strongly against this act of dishonesty, that al
though his political party was in majority in
the County, he played out for want of patronage
and came over to Troy, bringing one of his work
men along, aud taking him into partnership, q,
the only means of paying him what be owed hin
-spoiling a good stsge-driver, to make pool
stick Of an editor. And this is the man who talk,
about dishonesty, and violating agreements!
1--we have managed to publish q paper fol
seventeen years, by stealing and selling out, W.