The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-20

Burr-oak Township. The Chief circulates fiv,
copies in Doniphan County to the Reporters one
where do the people want their printing done
IL It were left tn vote and only those voted W ho
supported the Peoples ticket last Fall. the CHEZ
would beat the Reporter two to one. Suppose
the printing were done in the Reporter at a comp.
le OF hundred dollars les, than the Chief does il
ior' In order to see it, at least one thousand
men VII" do not take the Reporter would be COM
peiieh I" subscribe for il. The people would
have to pay $1,000 in order to save two or three
hundred. This is ON the supposition that the
Reporfrr would do it for less than the Chief does
But the Reporter has never offered to do it cent
less, and has never done it at less than legal
rates. 1t had the impndence to demand the
printing at legal, rates without circulation.
Larzelere proposed the same thing; and not IN
til he signally failed, and the Commissioners,
taking the foregoing view of the case, gave the
printing to the Chief, did he put in this hypo-
critical protest:
A. Larzelere County Commissioner Of the third Dis
riet OF Doniphan County State Of Kansas enter
test against the action Of the majority Of the Board
st Because they refused to let the County printing to
large money that could be saved to the people
II II was left To the lowest bidder.
luat Inc manner IN whlcn tne pruning is aWarueu
70 the tive papers ourageously unjust giving all the
most pr"abe work to and that on which there is
Signed, A.LARzELERE.
Com of Sd District
twill be seen that Larzelere is grieved because
the order is unfair inasmuch as it gives all the
work that is of any profit to the Chief, with its
1900 subscribers iu the County. But it was fair
and right in him 10 demand that all be given to
the Reporter, with its $50 subscribers in the
County, and to not give the Chief"a d-ii cent ~
No wonder Col. Johnston exclaimed, after the
reading of it before the Board: my goodness,
Larzelere. are you making q stump speech for
reelection, at the very first meeting of the
Boardp And that is just what it was for. AT
ter raising howl in favor Of saving money on
printing, lie insisted that the proceedings of that
meeting should be published in both papers, at
an unnecessary expense 10 the County, solely III
order that his protest might be published, and
he make some political capital, by stuffins the
people with the belief that he was the champion
Of economy. That is Larzelere, all over. He
does not care nickel for the people, so that
Larzelere can be gloriied. But'the people know
him, and he cannot fool them worth a cent He
already has three or fur schemes Matching, for
the benefit of himself and his breed, at the ex
pense of the people And the other two mem
bers of the Board will have to watch him, or he
will smuggle some of them through. His faith
and solicitude are conferred in Larzelere. His
character was fully illustrated by one brief re-
mark he made, at the close of the meeting of the
Board. He WAS anxious that an order should be
passed for their three days allowance, amount
ing to 50 each Another member remarked that
it was no matter, they could wait till the next
meeting. "No," replied Larzelere, " l want mine
now-ihat's what I'm working for"
Having had many truths TO tell, we have occn-
pied much space in telling them; but we cannot
close without few words more, in refutatiOn of
the insinuated slander against Mr.. Harpster.
We have heretofore had but slight acquaintance
with him, as he stays at home, attending to his
except when he has business away
from home. We met him just once between elec
ton day and the 18th of January, and then in
the presence of others. We did not ask or re-
,eive any pledge from him relative to printing. |
We did not see him during the meeting of the |
Board, and had bnt few minutes conv ersation |
with him after the fual adjournment There
ore, we had no chance to fix mp anything with |
him. If he has been influenced by persons in
'ur favor, it has been by his own friends and his
'wn Judgment. Even his views as to the proper
way of conducting Court, which We published
ew weeks ago, we received from second or third
'ands-aaa Now, We are told Larzelere is claim
ng the credit of that And it is our opinion.
hat if he does his duty Commissioner, the
op-gnns of Mr. Larzelere and his first Lieuten-
mt will burst long before they can damage him
iith their fuss and smoke