The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-02-06


When a man is not sure he is right, the
best card he can play is blank one. Mr..
Yarnell seems to recognize this fact in
his evasive answer to my queries. l will,
candidly, answer the questions he has
proposed, and if he be a gentleman he
will do the same by me. Let him COM
pare them sir-rub-it-in.
l. The Executive Committee, 6y order
Of the Society, hired two lecturers in 1870.
In 1871 no lecturers were hired Judge
Longbon was employed, as the agent of
the Society, to prepare programme and
conduct the Institute which he did in a
much better manner than was done this
year; and the Society authorized the com
mittee to pay him a reasonable sum for
said services. The total expenses of that
Institute were but 500 Less than was
paid to you alone this year.
2. The Society having autho rized the
committee to hire Prof. Kickoff, was will
ing to pay him.
3. reported verbally within a week
after receiving your order and L can
prove it.
f. l make contract with the proper
officers, and fulfill my part of the agree
ment The directors certify to that fact.
l take their certificate to the township
clerk, and he issues an order. l don't go
voluntarily,
ol0n price upon my work fill out and sign
my o10n order The law is very explicit on
this point also. Notice what the School
Commissioner says in regard to teachers
hiring themselves. at is principle in
law that any public officer who enters in
to contract with the body of which he
is member must be, as to that body, a
stranger, and hence said officer cannot
be counted in the number of members
required by law to assent to such con
tract. Such being the fact then, what
would be the result in your case were the
matter tried by the civil law and were ii
proven that you was not employed by the
other members of the committee nor by
the Society?
5. 1t was the topic did not like, and
not the work. You assigned all the de
sirable topics to parties in your own i'm
mediate vicinity giving the country
teachers questions of no practical value
and such topics as THE Noun and 1T
Verb"
g. If such bill was presented evsry
body must have Thought it too much
since no such bill was allowed.
7. If a teacher refuses to work, There
is no power in Venice to compel him.
Neither is there any power in the com
mittee to compel the payment of you
bill, in the absence of any contract either
expressed or implied
g. Yes, you allowed US q discount o
3.15, while they could have been bough
at the bookstore at a discount of $4.O3
GO per cent. off retail)
g. Y es, twice that discount
10. | know nothing about it. You raj
the "Shebang" and ought to know.
H. If the Society had authorized yor
to so apply it, it would have been al
right
II. Ifyou can produce any 'scandal
Gus article" of which l am the author
please give it to the benefit of wide Gil
culation through the columns of tn
Is. l do not know to what resolution
you refer.
IA. Perhaps a little of both 1 did no
think it quite fair, few to get all tn
money, and all the glory; and was igno1
ant of the modns operandi In applying t
you l supposed l was tapping the four
tain head" l might still have rename
in blissful ignorance had / not passe
settled, and l could see (for MYSELF t
the bottom.
You need not be so anxious to "swear
to the letter from which you quote, as
have no desire to change either the dat
or signature. Publish it entire, for yo
are welcome to all you can make out
, it. If you can stand it am sure / car
To say the least, it certainly must be yer
''wrenching" for man, SO. highly elevi
: ted, to stoop so low as to publish pr
vate letter.
; If there be nothing wrong in your pro
: ceedings l can not see why you attemI
to evade an explanation. With on
or two exceptions perhaps, ! have aske
you nothing but what had a right to as
and the public had right to know. Th
injured innocence" dodge will not d.
Come out like q man and 'stick to tn
) text" All | want is truth and Justice
beg leave to submit the following facts
5 this case, not facts in general. You a
? sert, in proof of your candor, that yo
: published the disbursements, &c M
J, G. A. Atkinson told me that he publishe
= them without consulting single cor
9 mittee-man. And member of the con
D mittee begged certain teacher to sa
: nothing about the disbursements for
4 it were known by the teachers he sc
/ pected they would catch h for it.
J., Again, if you published it why does
l not agree with your voucher on file
t the Auditors office? In your printc
. report you have 1916 for books, viii
- your voucher has SIT. Your report shoy
G 64 cents for stationery, while your voucl