San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-06-04

Now for a word or two on your article that you
have chose 10 bead Exec edinsly Small and super.
Iarively silly" Mr.. Editor. you have used some
rather bard expressions In that article, Msetn rs
that Justice to the commissioners demand tnnt
shall repudiate and denoupce 40 an unjust unwar,
rantcd SANDER and falsehood against . BODY OF
good and true mon undertaking to discharge thelr
duty to the people for . very small eon.aer s
make my assertion above based upon the Know
ledge have OF the character II the men 10 quesuon
and the statement Of Mr.. hcCarty, one OF them.
although friend Of yours Sou have poured ou'
your vile wrath upon my unsupported head ana &C.
cussd mo OF Influencing the commissioner 10 taks
that pItiful little sum that you have for 50 many
years been accustomed to draw quarterly. from you
was di ,cussed was IN Lockhart on business for the
county. sent there by the commissioners and each
one Of the commissioners will tell you that never
And in fact never had a word with but one man
about the matter. aud he WAS friend OF ~. .e
Lsmsre's who said to me several days before the
court commenced that Mr.: ~ was coins 70 max: ca
he felt interested In his securing II; and thousn.
Nr. n. would take pride IN doing the Work risnt
and desired that should do what could TO secure
Il for him; my ieply was that l would hot try
to secure Il for M. n. neither would l make
any effort to retainit for ysu, that ! thought you
had wiflfully wronged the oommissloners ana 20
far ~ va. concerned they could do - they pleased
in tbe premises without any suggestions from me.
and NJ. Editor, give me reason why shoulo nave
done otherwise.
was giving the commissioners . report Of the mat:
tiers ihsy sent me TO attend to- you came Into court
made your ibid" for the printing and read IL to the
md y0a ;ss
Jennings Bros. Of Marshall. TexM, when you read
your bid asked tho commissioners ifthsy would At
that time consider the matter whereupon M. &c.
Carly remarked that during my absence thsy had
passed resolution 70 let the printing to the lowest
bidder. l then asked II they had any other bid.
when the clerk Mr.. B. replied yes Mr.. AcLemore OF
.,uIn AhA vAnntn nVnl-
prce,, you say that thst the Kyle man was not re.
auired to hid In writing, neither were you, as Was
Informed, did NOT him at all. and LEFT his bid
VIII the clerk on Monday and you mad you're ness
day, whom believe q man Of 700 much honor and
integrity to play dirt to any man and ne evidently
did not let you know what the Kyle mans BID was
for II he had the result would have been otherwise
and you would not now BIO frettng and tearing your
hair writhing under the results OF misguided Juag-
mont, am told that you say Northersn 70 me
man that you refer to a. "the power behind the
surd, NJ. N. has never attempted to influence the
commissioners to do anything within my knowledge
he has no connection with them Whatever and your
illusions are alike insult to the commissioners
and an injustice to publ spirited and enterprise
ing citizen that has been worth more and done more
and done more for the material prosperity o. THIS
town and county In any one month OF his residence
here than you have been worth done for 1t since
loo stion amongus. And really have been unable
10 see that your purpose since your location among
us has ever been other than to get all you could
lishmeni Of live newspaper here and hinder and
cripple tho principle the principal school Of the
place forsooSh the managers thereof had too much
manhood to make fulsoms foot.licksrs for you. You
cannot afford to be as Ignorant as you pretend tobe
with reference to the bridges erected over she river
you know and every other man In the community
knows that the commissioners had no Jurisdiction
over that matter. and the town Of san Marco; nsd
them both built. the court agreeing TO assist In the
payment Of them to q certain amount provided the
bridges should be what they thought they to be
| shAh n0 n =
fence there was no contract all the werk except the
carp enter work was done with convict labor. and
the carpenters were paid u 80 and 300 per Gay
for their labor. The commissionsrs paid North.
old and building the new fence. ordering the ma.
teris and advancing his money for the same. 10 This
he wat the agent Of the county. not contractor.
let to Northcraft d Donaldson without an adverise-
msnt for bids and think Hays county saved about
1880 90 $4,000 thereby, and In Justice TO W..
que tied him to permit them TO examine his plans and
spe ciHca atoms Of Ials. OF which he has dozen or
mo 70, and when they had selected one as they
thought suitable for this comfy requested he ana
Donaldson to make close estimate on It as to what
II would cost here which was done and the court
then offered to give the contract to build u I'VE
hundred dollars less than the estimate which was
finally accepted by them and the jail erected. NO
Mr.. Editor, Il 10 not the purpose nor the duty OF
commissioners to keep up newspapers q inc ex
pense Of the county, but to have the business Q,
the county done cheaply as they can, to save all
money that they can ie9itimately Tor the county
but you was continually ding -donging after Them
as you wonld say for the good Of the people" not
because IL '.iavolvcd the public interest" but be-
cause IL would swell your quarterly bills against the
county, to advertise for bids on all matter, and they
concluded that they would adopt your suggestion
and let the printing out at the lowest bid. and you
are the first to complain forsooth because they
took your advice. You like the unfortunate and
misguided animal In Esop's Fables who clothed him
self in the skin OF lion for the purpose o. lettering
the other animals, you tn scare the commissioners
irto giving you more work. your wore through
your m ask 81 lin the the interest Of the people."
| and the commissioners detected the ears they
| recognized your bray, pounced upon you taxing
your advics) let tn printing out 20 the lowest bid
| der, | suppose you remember the moral.
MAJ anil 1888 EpwApD II. KoHl.