The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-04-05
Mayor Nears second Protest.

Mayor Neal worries through almost a
column of the last issue of the "Regis-
ter" in an effort to extricate himself out
of the ridiculous position he got into by
protesting against the unanimous vote
of the Council in the selection of an en-
gineer and j~anitor for the ensuing year.
His travail reminds us very much of the
condition of the monkey that climbed the
pole. It is rather unfortunate that Billy
is so "out of sorts'' over the engineer
matter. We hope nothing serious will
result from it and deprive Eaton of the
services of a very able and valuable
Mayor! If Billy had exhibited as much
zeal and pretended fidelity in all other
matters pertaining to his official position
as he has in the %janitor and engineer bu-
%siness, many things that were left IN
done would have been done for instance,
FIVE months of an unsigned Record, and
the old engineer filling his place with
only a "straw" bond-and many things
that were done would have been left un-
done, such as the illegal and unlawful
compromising of Councilmen for bossing
the construction of cisterns.
He says Geek did have recommended
tons "from G. Ahrens and also T. Tur-
beck" Glad of the information. But
what did they amount to? Nothing, as
his desertion of the engine at the Excel
sior Seat Factory in the face of them
proved. So with the certificate of How
kotte, V. P. of Ahrens' Manufacturing
Co. against Shewman, for the reason that
the V. P. told the present engineer, be-
fore he left Eaton, in the presence Of Mr..
Walls in the engine room, that ne (Shew-
MANI could "run it as well as anybody"
Then what are your certificates worth,
MayorNeal? Nix. They are a very cheap
commodity in this market it seems.
Mayor Neal claims we demanded a
certificate for Shewman's competency
because we asked, sis the present engi-
neer of our steam fire engine competent
to run it?" Suppose we were to ask if
the present Mayor is competent to fill
his Office, would that be demanding a
certificate of him and would he feel bound
to furnish the people one of his ability?
Fiddle, Billy; that is thinner than skim
milk from a Corporation pastured cow in
the month of December.
The Mayor attempts to C his vote
for the highest priced lanplighter by the
ridiculous plea of Experience" IS if
anybody with a grain of common
couldn't light the lamps. Why, we be-
lieve the Mayor himself could do the
work successfully!
While the Mayor parades the $7S per
year voted to Shewman, in excess of
Zeek's bid, he entirely skipped over the
item of more than $500 illegally voted to
the "cistern bssses." He gives no rea-
son why he failed to protest against
such willful recklessness in the use of
the public funds. Oh, no, that is too
delicate and tender a matter for the
Mayor to approach-it is rather a family
affair. That is too glazing a piece of in
consistency, Billy-it don't go down. 1t
smacks of straining at a gnat and swal-
lowing an elephant larger than Jumbo I!
When you explain your inaction OF this
matter, you might with some degree of
consistency complain about the $7S extra
paid the engineer. AS the taxpayers
will pronounce on your deficiency at the
earliest opportunity through the ballot
box. we now dron the subject.