Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-15
Tue CnIcANERy OF THE EDITOR OF


THE CuICANERY OF THE EDITOR OF
THE WATsoNTowN 'RECoRD'' - The
editor of the Watsontown Record is evil
IDENTIFY frightened, aud entertains fears that
some developments will be made in regard
to the doings of some Of his friends, and
therefore tries to divert the attention Of the
people by making false charges. Speaking
Of the scalp department in the Commits
sioners' Office, he says: "This year we
find that instead of a reduction in this par
ticular branch of our county affairs, we find
the expenses largely increased and, Of
course, these who voted with view las
they ilnagined) to reduce the expenses,
have been grossly imposed upon. Now,
the question presentsitself-who is respon-
sibe ? Certainly not the Democrats
Sure enough, if Democrats are not respon-
sible for this increase, who is responsible ?
Certainly the Republicans cannot be re-
spousible, as they had only been in Office
two months previous to making out the re-
port. Will our friend John state where
this responsibility is to be placed if the
Democrats who had control of matters for
ten months during last year are not respon-
siblep The present Board of Commits
sioners we believe is composed of three as
honorable men as ever graced that Office.
One of the first acts of the Commissioners
after organizing the new Board was 20 close
the vaults on the members of the Ring, who
gathered daily in that Office to dictate 10
the Commissioners and allow them TO run
the Offices, and threatened if they did not
comply with their requests to have the
Democratic party to cast them overheard.
The skunk business also received attention,
and orders were refused on unreliable ccr-
tifcates from members of the Ring residing
away from town, and certificates from JUS
tices are moro closely scrutinized as to
their genuinencss before orders arclgranted.
This has had the effect to reduce the traffic
to some extent. This action on the part
of the Commissioners is probably what
hurts the editor Of the Record, and hence
}nis great cry and no wool. The stoppagc
of the scalp traffic from Montour county
appears to be death to the tripod editor
of the Record.
The editor of the Record also says:
Every Office in the Court House but one
is controlled by Republicans. A Republi-
can Bench and Court a Republican Trea-
surer, Sheriff and Board of Commissioner
and behold, there is an enormous increase
of expense. What are we coming to
Is the county to be made bankrupt ?"
This is probably the best thing he could
have said to draw the attention of the
taxpayers to the condition Of our county
affairs, which will be found to be getting
into better shape than they have been for
more than ten years past, and will find
that there is no danger now of bankruptcy.
When the Republican officers assumed
their duties they found matters in de-
plorable state. The Treasury was bank
rupt, not a cent having been turned over
TO the new Treasurer, while nearly sight
thousand dollars were found to be in the
hands Of his predecessor. An indebted
ness of the county of some thirty thousand
dollars WAS resting upon the taxpayers,
and some forty-one thousand dollars of out
standing taxes were left in the hands of
collectors for them 20 speculate upon.
Surely that looked more like bankruptcy
than it does now, when the outstanding
tax duplicates previous tC 1872 have almost
all been compelled to hc paid into the Trea-
sury, and the EXPENSES in every quarter
been reduced, aad no more charges are
made to tax collectors for duplicates, nor
fifty to seve4ty-iive dollars paid for making
out duplicates, dc. This has all been ac-
complnhed by the present Board of Com
'pissioners. If our cotemporary will have
patience these facts will prove themselves
before long, and the people Of the county
will find that they are not rs much deceived
as this riSo Solomon and great expouudcr
of the late Democratic Court House Ring
pretends they are.
Since all these changes have been made
we find that the county does not owe one
dollar to the State, and nevertheless the
County Treasury was bankrupt when the
present incumbent took charge Of il, the
county orders base been promptly paid
when presented, and NC sec no more county
orders oiseYcd for salo on our streets at dis
count. Can the editor of the Record say
that such state of things existed previous
TO the present incumbents taking charge Of
our county affairs?
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DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE COMMON
wEALTH.-We are pleased to hear that
John B. Linn, Esq, of Belefonte, has been
appointed Deputy Secretary of State. Mr.