The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-10-11
The snarler swarIs.

1t hurts the embodiment af scliisliness who
runs the Baiiesia, most fearfnlly, tn any 9TH
er person given work, or pHy for it. Once every
taree Haonths he has worry bad spell because the
County pays us for work that we have done
during the preceding three months Last week,
his spasm Vas unusually severe-so severe, in
facf, shat no gives up the truth In despair, and
resorts to lies. lie picks out the just aud law
fui bills allowed whom be hates, and en-
deavors to create the impression that they arc
lmpositioas upon the County; kut larger bills Of
men with whom he is trying to suck favors, arc
not referred to. The full amonnt of allow ances
will be published in these columns, in due time,
and the public can see what each one got, and
what it WAS for.
The BaliesiH refers to Mr. Leands account, as
for goods sold to panpers. Ii is opposed to the
reelection of Leland. and wants to create the
impression that he is selling goods to panpers,
and allowing the accounts to himself The Paa--
pers referred to, the several County officers
as nearly the whole bill was for goods ordered
by and certified to by the County officers.
Bnt our bills for printing hurt him the worst.
The fact that we get them, and not himself, rem
ders him inconsolable All we have TO say is, that
we do the work, and are entitled to our money.
Our bills are on file, and sworn to. If they are
not lawful and correct, let him overhnal them,
and take measures to compel rs to refund all
that is unjust.
While We are on this subject, we may as well
spot few of his lies. He says our bill for print
ing will not be far from q, 600 year. For Coun-
ty printing, proper, we last year received just
S5H.0O. This year, up to this time, We have re-
ceived $49l.50. Yet the. EDITOR Of the Bulletis
says he would do the printing, and save the
County 8, 600 yeaf.. That; is he would do the
printing for nothing aud pay the County $500
for the privilege. Who ever heard of such bare
faced demagogeryi
We want to repeat what We have said hereto
fore, that the County does not bear the expense
of Delinquent Tax Lists. To be sure, it has to
be allowed by the Board, in order to get pay for
it, but it does not come from the County fund,
and the taxpayers do not have to pay it. 1t
comes from the delinquent lands-every tract of
land that is delinquent, paying IS cents, and
every town lot, 10 cents. This is a fearful bur-
den on quarter section of land or town lot,
isn't it'll But that is not all: If the printer pub
lished the delinquent list for nothing, it would
be no relief to the owner of the land, while it
would be loss to the printer. The law requires
the Treasurer to collect the Is cents and the 10
cents, whether the printer gets it or not-and it
is always done. The bill for the last delinquent
list was mislaid by the officer in whose hands we
placed it, and cannot be allowed until January.
But the fees have been paid into the Treasury
on nearly every tract of land advertised, and on
very many of the town lots. There the money
is in the Treasury, and the taxpayers have not
been reqired to contribute q cent of it, except
those who were delinquent, but we must wait
three months before it can be allowed. Isn't
that fearful imposition upon the tax-payersi
The Bulletin bellies the law on this subject of
printing. 1t does authorize the Commissioners
to give the printing to whom they choose Aud
the present Board performed their duty, by Civ
ing it to the paper that had circulation in the
County, where people could see the publications.
The publisher of the Wathena Reporter demand
ed the work, at full rates, o political favor
but after the award was made to the Chief the |
Reporter, in the way of revenge, offered to do all
the work for 800 year-a thing that he could |
not afford to do. The Board was not in the re- |
venge business, and did not accept an offer that |
would break down n on their hands.
We will state still another fact: When tho |
tated, the present editor of the Bslletis, C. G. |
Bridges, was one of the foremost men in urging |
upon the newly elected Commissioners the good |
policy of giving the printing to the Chief, on the
ground that it had the largest circulation, and
would convey the information to the greatest
number of people. Subsequently, in the Legis-
lature, he endesvored to have q law enacted, re-
quiring the County printing to be given to the
paper with the lorgest circulation. Then he did
not expect to 20 into the newspaper business
again; but now that he is in, he is denouncing
rs an Outrage what he then advocated The
same facts exist as 10 circulation now, that did
at that time. The Chief is as far ahead of the
Bulletin in circulation rs il ahead of the Re-
porter-and it is sending no desdheads, nor fore
ing itself upon those who never ordered it.
Still another fact the people may as well know:
The first man in Doniphan County that ever pro-
posed and worked up combination between
printers to refrain from bidding, but to keep up
the prices at the full legal rates, was C. G. Brdg-
es, the nan who is now whining about the out
rage of giving working man fair wages for his
work.
He says he has not asked dollar of County
in the next breath proposes to
save the County Sl,VVV OIL souU worth OF work. |
No, he has not asked dollar of printing. The
very first thing he did, after starting his con-
,ern, was to bum the Commissioners to divide
the printing with him, at fau rates; and when
they refused, he threatened to oppose them.
That's just what he is doing now and for the rea-
son stated.
This is q question that we are not afraid to
discuss. Just hunt up your figures, and your
aw, and come again. But especially explain
low you are going to do $500 worth of work, and
ave the County $1,000 on it!
INcoNsOLABLE.--The telegraph has informed the
public, within few days past. that tho Repub-
lean County Convention of Bourbon County de-
1ounced the action of the State Central Commit
ZEE, in making nominations for Lieutenant Gov
,rnor and Chief Justice, thereby usurping the pre-
.ogative Of State Convention aud that the
Fort Scott Monitor refuses to support the nomi-
nations. The Fort Scott Monitor is edited by A.
J. B. Waters chronic grnmbler and ofice-seeker.
He is of the three four editors in the State
or who mnothing is pure enough; but withal, he
8 usually candidate for any vacancy that oc-