The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-02
A Communication.

There having appeareu ah art'cic
in the Lake County Herald of the
28th inst. headed 1.-The Twins, and
How They Mancuvcrcd to Gain the
Tax Printing" and said article con-
Meeting me with the affair, l deem
it just to myself, and IA duty which
l owe to my friends, to reply, as
far as l am concerned; although at
the same time opposed to ncwspa-
per controversies of this character.
| shall say what know about the
tax printing, and just what course
| have taken in the matter, and let
those who are interested in our
county judge for themselves.
Sometime in May, Mr.. Talbot,
then Editor in chief of the Herald,
requested me to draw upa petition,
recommending his paper favorably
to the Auditor General, in order to
secure the tax printing for the
County of Lake, which | cheerful
ly did. Said petition was signed
by myself and many others, and
represented to the Auditor General
that the Lake County Herald was
supported by the leading Rcpubli-
cans of our county, and that the
STAR had been awarded the Tax
sales for the past two years. AT
the proper time the Herald was dcs-
ignated for the printing of the Tax
sales for the year 1875. Shortly
after Mr.. Talbot closed his contract
with the Auditor General, relative
to the printing of said tax sales
he purchased the Clarion office, at
Reed City, and removed his pres:
and the better portion of the Her.
ALL Office, over to Reed City, and
represented to parties there, in
whom | have confidence, that he
intended to print the Herald at
Reed City and circulate as the Lake
County Herald just long enough to
print the tax sales and finish up
what printing he had then agreed
to do for other parties.
AS the law required the Tax
sales to be published sin one news
paper printed and published in the
county, if there be onc;' and after
recommending the Herald as being
printed and published in our coun-
ty, Talbot, instead of printing his
paper in the county, printed it in
Osccola county, We who had rep
resented to the Auditor General
that the Xvald was printed in the
County of Lake, did not for one
moment after he removed his press
to another county feel unwilling to
say to the Auditor General that the
Herald was no longer printed in
Lake county. For, by chance, had
there been nothing said about the
matter, and Talbot had printed the
Xerd'd in Reed City, as he intend
cd to have done, and We, the sign
crs of his petition, remained silent,
and let Talbot have taken his own
course in the matter, and illegally
published the tax sales, and the
people thereby injured, then, | ask,
would not the Auditor General have
had a right to say that our repre-
sensations were untrue, and the
people dcfraudcd by reason of not
countcrmanding the petition. !
most assurcdly think that it was
my duty to make the statement
that the Herald was no longer print
ell in Lake county, which l dir.
But let us go little further.
Did not Talbot say, 5 hours before
that cventful midnight removal OF
his press and a portion of his tyl c..
to our leading merchant, who sup
ported the Herald to the amount
of S7j year, that he intended to
print the Upuld in Lake county;
and would give the people proper
notice when removed? Further, ]
can say to our citizens that l was
crcdibly Informed that Talbot said
to parties in Reed City that the
people in Chase were so bitter to-
wards Radcliffe that he (Talbot)
could do what he wished, and Sc
cure the whole support from the
cast side of Lake county. | now.
ask, how much for principle! If
my memory serves me right, did
not the Herald man say, with up
lifted hand, some time ago, about
the time Radcliffe printed the STAR
in Jersey, that an editor who would
do the like was a scoundrcl and n
thief, and the man who supported
him was no better? And yet, he
claimed to his Reed City friends
that the people of Chase and the
cast side of the county would sup
port just such man, meaning, of
course, the present editor OF the
Clarion.
l believe it is generally under
stood that Talbot aba ndoncd Chase,