The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-29
A Letter from HOlbroOk.

HoLBRooK, July g. 1886.
 EDITOR HERALD-In reading the Critic since its advent in our town, and the St. JOHNS HERALD, when under the manage ment and control of the present pro- prietor of the Critic, we have noticed that its intentions as advocated, has -been one to cause general disruption between a people who, prior to it's mI- grafton into our midst, were harmonious and progressive. The editor of the Critic, and former proprietor of the 1 HERALD, has made no revelations in county affairs; neither has it brought to light any thing which was not already known to the people. Prior to it's emi- grafton, the well-meaning citizens of the county were striving in every manly way to check the irregularities of coun- ty affairs and bring the offenders to jus tice. This disciple, or inflated latter day redeemer, when editor and proprie assisting those who were using every endeavor to further prevent the relaxed manner in which county affairs had been conducted and to bring those to justice who had wantonly used theIr of fees of pubic trust for personal gains, did, under the disguise of representa- tive of the people, become the mouth piece and advocate of a set of vagrants, who gave vent to their virulent motives, handicapped by "nom de plumes," to degrade the character, blasrheme and ridcule every action of those men who were trying to bring into the courts of justice those who were guilty. If this redeemer, who so feigningly pretended to be the eexpounder of public sentiment, had fairly represented to the people the intentions and doings, as we'll as the | cause of the actions of the Supervisors, they would have been more successful in their endeavors, and the condition of county affairs would have been in far different state. Officials of no county can purify the corruption existing among county officers, unless they have the CO., operation and assistance of the public and the press.
 The present Board of Supervisors were the first and only ones to bring to light a knowledge of this corruption, and to bring to punishment in the courts the offenders. In lieu of receiving this as- sistance, their every action, by ill-mean- ing men and vagrants, through the HER AID under it's former management and the Critic, have been damned, sarcasti- cally ridiculed and slandered, and even the persons and characters of the Su- pervisors have been assailed by violent and villainOus accusations and asper- sions. Men fail in just and legal causes even when every necessary precaution has been taken, and the proper course pursued. The Supervisors have done so, and instead of receiving encouragement, they have received abuse and slander, both in person and as a Board of Super visors, through the columns of the Critic and quondaln HERALD.
 This latter day redeemer in his itine- rant migrations ill our county, has pur- ported to represent the people in an honest administration of county affairs, to ventilate all misdoings of county off cials, and had he done so, the intelli- gent people of the county would have looked upon him kindly as redeemer; but his actions have proven him to be as interruptions as the gang-''not the public'' he has pretended to represent. Taxpayers are the ones who should be represented in the administration of county affairs, and their interests are the ones that should be protected. We are aware of no dissatisfaction among the taxpayers relative to the actions of the Board of Supervisors-it appears to be only among those who have no inter.