Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-02-06
The Public Printing.

The Conservative, thinking that it ha,
found mares nest in the article in ths
BULLETIN last week, savoring the aboli
tion Of the offices of State Printer and
Binder, cacklcs over it in great glee and
makes it the basis of a bungling attempt
aided by falsehood and Misrepresentation
to convict us of Inconsistency and duplic
ity in regard to the county printing. Il
quotes our depreciation of the election oil
State Printer on the sole ground of party
service, and intimates in It's usual style Of
snsaking innuendo that the BULLETIN has
in times past sought and obtained the
printing of this county on the same plea
of political partisanship. This charge we
unhesitatingly pronounce deliberate
untruth, and defy the Conservative OF
anybody else to prove it. We boldly
aver that VIC have never solicited from
this county or its officers. favors in thu
way Of patronage, on this or any other
plea. What work and advertising We
have done for Buchanan county, has
come to US unsolicited, and Of all the ex.
cellent candidates for county offices, nom
mated by the Republicans of this county
whose election we have advocated, not
one Of them will say that we ever ap-
preached him, before or after election
with the slightest hint that his official
patronage VAS expected or hoped, as the
reward Of such support.
The Conservative harps upon the old
theme of the tax list, and rings the
changes on the fact that the BULLETIN
published it at the rate OF compensation
fixed by law. Ifany are curious to know
the the reason why our neighbor so per
tinaeiously sticks to this one item, they
Will ~ thsenusc in the fact that the
CSn4er6atius has, during the past five
years, shared in all the other county add
vertising, and Invariably charged full le-
gal rates for it. An attack upon the Bull
LETIN upon any other ground than the
tax list, would, therefore, be slightly in
convenient. 1t says that we abused" it
last year for presuming to bid on the tax
list This is false. We did not protest
against the bid Of our contemporary, but
we did say that it was confessedly dis
honest and vindictive. We showed by
it's own avowals, that its animus in bid.
ding or pretending to bid was to crafty
Its revenge; that not having the type to
set up one tenth Of the list, its only pur-
pose was to cheaper it in our hands.
This showing of facts and the motives
confessed by itself, the Conservative calls
abuse" Iii is, what shall we call its
of the publisher Of this paper
IS "robber of the county treasury" for
the price fixed by law for all ad-
vertisencnt which came unsolicited and
without competition, the Conservative
all the time standing by, an approving
witness, u,tering no word of protest?
If the county Treasurer needs any jus
for publishing the tax list in the
BULLETIN, he has it in the fact that no
,ther paper in the county had the means
If publishing it, no other paper had as
arge circulation, and on no other could
he rely for having it done correctly.
We would not have again alluded to
his well worn subject but for the persist
mt and malicious perversions of fact by
he Conservative and its endeavors to
make lawful and regular transactions APP
,ear in the light OF crimes and abuses
TEACHERS INsTITUTEs.-The regular
session of the Quasqucton Teachers In
titute will be held on Saturday the 18th
nsk On the evening of the 9th inst. nd
lresses will be delivered by Prof Pick
tt, of Independence, and the County
The evening exercises
Will be interspersed with declarations,
'ocal and instrumental music etc. The
eachers of Liberty, Como, Newton and.
townships are expected to
'ttend and participate in the exercises Of
he institute. Teachers Of other por.
ions of the county arc cordially invited
i is earnestly hoped that the directors
# these districts and the friends of popu
n education will also be present
An institute will also be orgaized on
the 14th inst. at 10 o'clock, A. /
L., in the public school house. east side,
for the teachers of Inde-
'endence, Washington, Sumner, aud ad-
,ining districts On Friday evening,
he 18th inst, commencing at o'clock,
ddresscs will be delivered by Rev Mr..
Temp, Prof Pickett, and others. Let
here be a full turnout of teachers, d.
cctors and friends Of education. The
ltercsts of our schools demand that
here should be effective co operation by
Il who desire progress in the work.