Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-05-29

FEW weeks ago when we made reference to
the misrepresentation of Taxpayer" We sta
ted that we verify believed that his representa-
tious were the offspring of selfish motives. Last
week '"Tax-Payer'' uncovered himself in COM
munication TO the Gazetts, thereby exposing his
real name to the public, and convinced them, In
consequence, that We were correct. In his COM
munication ne does not explain wherein the last
Borough Audt was wrong where he got the
seventy Thousand dollars debt he so much prated
about before the spring election. He avoided all
explanation, directing his battery upon us in a
personal assault, making desperate attempt at
personal injury, exhibiting character he
has never been able to conceal. As We have
cornered him in his game OF deception he has be-
come somewhat .ferociottS, and reads the riot act
to us, not in the Latin language, with which he
is so conyersant, as exhibited to the railroad EN-
ployees of the lower shops few years ago, when
he held high position there, but most villifyingly
in ordinary English.
lie states that he audited an account Of the
School Treasurer few years ago, and found an
old claim against the Treasurer of some 500, 900.
We remember when an audit was attempted to be
made by "a man named John Bourne after the eX-
piration of the term of School Treasurer which
Office we had held. We cannot recollect that the
school fund of the borough ever reached the sum
Of SOC, 900. But as ''TaX-Payer's" ideas are al
ways high, he thought. no doubt, he would make
il high enough, as he did the borough debt, SO
that some effect might be obtained. After this
John Bourne had audited the account, We con-
tended that he had made q mistake-that we
owed more, when we were told authoritatiyely
that we did not know any thing about il; that
he guessed he knew whether it was right or not.
Not feeling satisfied to the correctness of this
pompous auditors assertions, we requested the
Secretary of the School Board to look over it,
who brought us in debt nearly two hundred dol
lars more than the auditor, which amount we
paid and for which we hold a receipt in full from
the School Board.
''Tax-Payer," or the auditor, says that he has
been a consistent Republican ever since the party
was organized, which assertion the majority of
Republicans in this place know to be incorrect.
He is well known to have opposed a part OF
The ticket at various times, and even last fall
voted against some of the most prominent can
didates on the Republican ticket. After this in
consistency, ''Tax-Payer'' became fiercely i'm
pressed with the idea that he ought to be Chief
Burgess of the borough, and set himself to work
at electioneering early in the fall. During the
campaign he wanted to know whether it was
customary for the Republican party TO pay for
his tickets, or whether we printed the tickets for
the good of the party. Being answered in the
L. to 10 .lo
amount of 30 cents, and as this amount seems
to worry him, by calling at our office, the money
will be refunded. In the meantime several COM
muncations appeared in the Daily under the
caption of 'sTax-Payer," who now acknowledges
himself to be the auditor and candidate for Chief
Burgess, which made false statements regarding
our borough debt, undoubtedly for the selfish
purpose of having weight upon his election, re-
gardess OF the damaging effect produced abroad
upon those who might have invested in business
in the place. Hence this controversy. The Re-
publicans Knowing his intrigue against the party,
preferred TO vote for a man more reliable than
this "Tax- Payer, although opposite in politics,
and when the election wEs over, ''Tax-P Payer"
was found TO be short some forty votes, in a bo-
rough that gives over 200 Republican majority.
This does not show much respect for the Soon
Of which Taxpayer" speaks. The
people of Sunbury believe that il is better to have
"A man in that Office who don't know as much
about misrepreseuting their interests. And un-
til ''TaI- Payer gives clear and satisfactory
of the assertions he has made, and
shows that the last audit is wrong, and that the
borough debt is as high as he asserts, they will
look upon him gross deceiver and exagge-
rator.