The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-01
THAT BOND PRINTING JOB.

iAuu uOW lttS NcuUty NOLiuiloSiObCiSS SOIiiC
in for an unmeasurcd share of the ire Of our
distinguished neighbor over the way. The
Judge, that is to be if we can make it So is
really mad-''has got his dutch up, as the
saying is-and all because the Commissioners
did what they had perfect right to do-gave
us pittance Of their patronage in the shape
of job work From the tenor Of our neigh
boris article, one would suppose that all the
patronage of the county of right belonged to
him; but such is far from being the fact.
We are not, here, situated as are parties in
other counties of the State. Monroe county
has never elected her officers, below Legisla
tive candidates, upon distinctive partizan
grounds The attempt has been repeatedly
made to make party nominations the rule
from the beginning to the end ofthc County
offices, but every such attempt has been SO
unmistakably frowned upon and condemned
that the party leaders have never dared to
insist upon their suggestions in that di-
rection.
From the formation of the county until the
present, all our county offices have been elcc-
ted upon the volunteer system, as the best
means of securing the best men to ill the
several POSITIONS and we think in this we
have been eminently successful-so success
full that we think the people will find no in
ducements in Judge Greenwald's senseless
mess:of twaddle to make change. 1t is
true that, with but few rare exceptions, the
county offices have been filled by gentlemen
of Democratic proclivities {; but it is also true
that no man has ever yet been elected to
Office in Monroe county without the aid of
Wing, in the olden time and latterly Repub
lican votes, and no candidate has yet ventur-
ed upon canvas without soliciting these
votes ON the ground that politics was not in
the question, and that partiEanship should
not enter into the management ofour county
affairs. 1t IS true that the bulk of the sue
cessful ones have forgotten this phase in their
prediction pledges but not all have done so
and there have been instances in which
the anti -partizan idea in the administration
of our county offices have been carried out
to perfection. In view of these undeniable
facts, on what ground can our distinguished
neighbor, the Judge, set up his theory OF
ownership of all the county patronage in
shape of printing; and what legitimate, or
even partizan, right bas he to denounce the
Commissioners, and fling out his silly insinua-
tons as to their motives for giving US job
of two hundred county bonds to print.
His whimperings over the fact might possib-
~ do credit to big calf of school boy, but
they are beneath the dignity Of the profes-
sion to which he belongs, and reflect no
credit on those with whom he claims to rank
contemporary as public teacher of true aud
Intelligent manhood.
Our distinguished neighbor, the Judge,
says many silly things in furtherance Of his
complaint. Let Us look at a few Of them brief
fly. He supposes that our County Com
missioners will have a most magnificent lot Of
bonds" OF this, we will assure him, there
can be no question. We have dealt largely
in this line Of goods heretofore, and have
never yet failed in giving satisfaction to our
patrons, aud we don't mean to fail now. As
to our facilities to do respectable job work. we
think the character Of our work will show, and
we know that our experience has proven that
it is not necessary to put thousands of dollars
In printing material to secure and hold pat
ronage and especially is it unnecessary to be
so extravagant when, as experience has
proved to our distinguished neighbor, the
Judge, that ignorant and bungling use of that
material has failed to retain for him the
particular patronage for which it was pur-
chased. But, the Judge says we had to
send it to the city to have it done and why
not, if, as is the case, we found there better
facilities for doing the work than could be
found here and we saved expense by so doing,
TO the county. Neither of us were prepared
to do respectable job without extra expense
for ink and other material, that would
have had to be purchased from some one
who is not expected to help pay the tax that
builds the new jail. . We contracted for the
Job, and we do help pay that tax, and as we
do so and furnish the job without undue cost,
we fatter ourself that no wrong is done by
the manner in which, and the place where, we
have chosen to have the work done, espe-
cialy as we see to having it well and cheaply
dope.
Again: 1t is not necessary that we repeat
our reference to our distinguished neighbo1
the Judges boast, of his expenditure OF
thousands of dollars in printing material
and of our paucity in that respect. Suffice
1t to say that his expenditure was for a spe-
cifc class of work, and that what of his ma
terial is not rendered useless by bad Ehand-
ling is unsuted to the kind of work under con
sideration. He then filings at US what he calls
our attempts to undermine the Democratic
party whenever and wherever we could
and says the job was given us as :" a sop. .
Our neighbor evidently, desires to be ''sop
ped, for on the undermining score we have
an idea that he should say as little as pos