The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-05-03
Card From DR.. Monahan.

CoLUMBUs, April 20, 1871.
To the Editor OF the.stapJ,ard:
In your paper OF April 70. IS75, you ask, How
is this?" propose 10 answer.
AGcr the proposed Constitutional Amend
ments were passed, Il was necessary To enact
a law TO regulate the measures TO carry out the
PROVISIONS OF the amendments. Among other
provisions in the bill rs passed by The House,
was a provison1hat the.proposed amendments
should be printed In two papers in each coun-
fy, one paper OF each of the great political par
ties. aud the Constitution OF the State requires
proposed amendments TO be published for six
months prior TO the day of the election of the
members of the General Assembly. The amend
ments were passed on Friday, and 1t was nee
essaIy that the publication thereof should be
made not later than the following Monday. 1t
was there ore necessary for you to issue an ex-
ira, as was the case with most OF the papers Of
the State. There was a further provision in
the bill passed by the House, to pay eighty per
cent. OF the Rukenbrod law for the publishing
OF the amendments, or eighty cents a square OF
2sO ems for the first publication, and and 40
cents a square for every time inserted alter
word. wrote you these facts, you say i'm
your article referred 10.
This bill was sent to the Senate, and they
amended the bill by striking out eighty and In
serting seventy cents square for first inser-
tlons anu tnlfty-uNe Genus ioT every lhseA'ioh
thereafter.
The bill with this amendment was passed by
the Senate, and brought back to the House for
concurrence in the amendment.
This led me to investigate the amount OF
money each paper would receive for the publ
cation ofthe proposed amendments, and tie
amount II would cost the State.
/ found by calculation the following would
DC the facts:
There are eighty-eight counties In the STATE.
They are TO be published IN two papers In each
county; thei cfore, the amendments viii be
publlsbed in one hundred and seveniy-six pa
per-, for the period Of six months. AT eighty
Per cent. the following would be the result:
There are 10 or 20 squafs~ 10 bc published; we
IN IKE our calculation Of the lowest pumiier, ~
squares:
10 sqnares, so cts, SIS 20 first insertion.
10 squares, 40 cts, S. 20, published 2j weeks,
amounts to the sum of.................... $3.50 20
Add amount of first insertion.............. Is 20
Total cost in one paper.....-....... .... SOS 20
Double this
Cost to each county ...................-. S4lO 80
Number of counties In the State.........- ss
Cost to the State. ............s6,ll5 20
At 20 cts. each paper would receive for pub
fishing the amendments sl79 55; each county
would receive $3.50 10; cost to the State S3l,-
go IS.
At 90 cts. per square, which is now the law,
you will receive sl53 90 for publishing the
amendments, and the cost to the State will on
ly be ,Os8 20, a saving to the State of nine
thousand twenty-eight dollars and eighty cts.
(S9O2S SOL
At so per cent each paper would receive
sl33 80. IL was my opinion after making these
calculations, that SO per cent. or one hundred
and thirty-thrce dollars would pay the papers
for publishing the amendments, and that W
per cent. was q liberal price.
came to this conclusion from the fact that
at the head of all papers, yours included, find
standing price list for advertising, offering a
column for advertising purposes for one hun
dred dollars year. Now find the amend-
ments 10 take up less than one column, and is
only TO occupy that space for six months. This
is now paying three times the.-amount you
charge individuals for the same space in your
paper. Why should the State pay three times
the amount you offer TO advertise the same
space in your paper for individuals?
Now in reply to your intimatiOns of dishon-
esty on my part, i'm writing 10 you, do assure
you that had not the most distant intention
to deceive you, or do you any injustice.
As a Legislator in this matter 1 have only
done what believe to be my duty 10 my con-
stituents, and to the people OF the State.
BY my action IN this measure have saved TO
the State Treasury from fve TO nine thousand
dollars, and at the slime tiiue, as believe, have
provided ample compensation TO the papers Of
tine different counties OF the State for their
work in publishing the proposed amendments
to the Constitution for the period OF six
months.
By my action in this measure am willing TO
be judged-by them stand, or by them fall.
Thanking you for your many favors, am, AS
ever, very truly your friend,
A. b. MONAHAN