The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-06-18
A BLACK SHNEP,

"a nANVAA S1A1N1AGs
W. H. Lamb, editor and publisher Of
the St. Cloud Times, has taken advan.
tage of recent opportunity to justify
the unanimous public estimate of his
moral qualities long held in this locali-
ty, and to place himself on record as
utterly destitute Of the first principles
OF common honesty. The occasion Of
this latest development of his character
was in connection with the letting OF
the publication of tho delinquent tax
lists of Stearns county. 1t had been
generally understood that if bids were
offered to the County Commissioners
by the three Offices in this city, the
price would be run down to q very low
6gure-the publisher Of the Times
having publicly declared that he would
do the work for nothing, if necessary
to secure the lists. On Saturday last
the possibility Of compromise was
first spoken Of, aud the publisher Of the
Times expressed his desire to enter in
to any arrangement BY which a profit
could be made by each Office. He was
anxious that the lists should appear in
bis paper, and offered, voluntarily, to
give to the publishers Of The JOURNAL
and Press one hundred aud fifty dol
lars each if they would not bid against
him. His request to be allowed to
publish the lists was aoceded to and
his offer accepted. Later In the day
he stated that the lists this year would
be small that he had counted the de-
scriptions in the first, and that both lists
would net amount to more than 1915.
10 wanted to be released from his first
offer, and that one hundred dollars
to each of tho offices should be
accepted. This was done at once,
- there vss no disposition on
the part Of either TIE JOURNAL OF
tho Press 70 demand more than Wa
considered fair and equitable. Indeed
they made aud had made no demand
whatever. This last offer, like the first,
was voluntarily made by Lamb, and
would leave him, he said, enough ia
pay oil expenses connected with the
getting up and publishing of the lists
and at least one hundred dollars pro6l
beside. He said he very much preferred
this arrangement to bidding for the lists
for then, even if he were successful,
he would receive nothing At all or but
thirty or forty dollars for tho entire
work-at the best much less than the
actual cost. He wanted that the agree
meat should be ''put into black and
white" Accordingly, on Monday
morning the publishers of the three
papers met at the Times Office and drew
up in triplioate the following sgree'
ment, which each publisher signed and
pledged himself in honor to abide by
81. CLOUD, MIMI, June IL, 1874.
1t is this day mutually agreed by ane
between the undersigned Will q. Lamb
editor and publisher Of the St. Cloud Times
Chas. R. MoKenney, editor and MANAGE
Of the St. Cloud Press !; and W. B. Mitch
ell, editor and publisher Of the st. Clout
JOURNAL, % follows:
LIST. That said Mckinney sad Mitchell
will not bid or allow or procure any othe,
person to bid for him or either Of them, o.
for the paper Of which he is the editor O.
publisher or manager, on the Stesrns Coun
y Dslin4 usat r.. List Of 1879, Ok the Do
liaquent Tax List for the years previou
to 1878 land win not publish Or allow t
be published said lists or either Of them i,
the said St. Cloud Press or JouRHAL.7
I'd. That said Lamb, in consideration Q
the foregoing pledge, agrees to pay to tn
said McKenney and Mitchell each one hun
dred dollars ($l00 in an order on tn
County Auditor and Treasurer of Stearn1
County, said order to be paid by said off
GERS out of the money due or to be du
said Lamb for publishing the delinquen
tax list of 1873 provided the SAID Lam
procures the publishing of the delinquen
tov ~ 80 1870 h:e &oI.
per description.]
WILL. H. LAMB,
CHAS. r. MCKINNEY
W. B. MITCHELL.
At noon Of that day Lamb came t
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