The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-18
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'his salary was recently raised $500 to enable
him to spend that much more in the coming
campaign and the campaign of 1880" As the
salary was raised without his asking, by re-
publican board of supervisors, and solely in
view of the enormous increase of the work of
glarng, for instead Of hitting Mr.. Raymond,
they are stabs from behind at prominent re-
publcans. But there is no need of following
this bundle of mendacity any further
The circular in question, issued and intended
strictly for sccrect" circulation, having, on
account Of its outrageous character, been in
dignantly "blowed" from all quarters by hon.
orablc republicans who were supposed mean
enough to enter into the proposed conspiracy"
to beat Mr.. Raymond by campaign of false
hood, and become the town talk, the Ottawa
Republican finds itself constrained to come to
the aid of the "boys" and construct in their
behalf an apology. Probably the boldest and
meancst lie of all in the circular was the one
to the effect that there has been no squaring
of the accounts of the county treasurer for
eight years" As this, If true, would consti
tutc a very serious charge against the board
of supervisors, whom the law requires to
square accounts" with the county treasurer at
least once each year and as, besides, every
member of the board Of supervisors and every
intelligent person who has read their official
proceedings knew it to be false, the Republican,
undertakes to explain that the "boys" didn't
mean that there had been no "squaring of &C
counts" with the treasurer, but that the squar-
ing of accounts had only been ON paper, and
that there had been no actual counting Of the
money; and then there is long mushy rig
marolc about the counting of the money in
the national treasury, etc. This weak and
miserable subterfugc is crushed, however, by
the simple fact, which Cullen of course knew
all the time but thus dIsgracefully conceals,
that not only has there each year, and some
times twice a year, been full settlement with
the county treasurer, bit each time erery dollar
IN tie treasury Dds counted! Ed. c. Lewis,
republican member of the board from Deer
Park has been chairman Of the finance com.
mittee for the last three years and did the
"squar;ng" with Mr.. Raymond, and all having
doubts on the subject can apply TO him.
There is just one other lie in this dirty
screcd which even tho Republican had not the
cheek to apologize for, which may yet be
worthy of notice. II is that which says that
Mr.. Raymond has received from La Sale
county for his services at least $4,000. Mr..
Raymond has gwen to La Sale county the
twelve best years Of his life, and for them has
received IN all, we understand, about $s2 900.
Is there professional man IN the county who
has done the same amount and grade of hard
work during the same length of time who has
earned less Seine of Dir. Raymond's prede-
cessors, like George S. StebbIns and VIM. L.
Beck, got over S22, 900 each for but two years
services. In the last eight years there has not
been an officer in the court house as poorly
paid as the county treasurer.
! The Ottawa Republican spoke Of the demo