Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-07-29

etc, special premiums to the amount
of $365. 1t is fact that they never
offered premium to Audubon ex.
elusive of other towns that might
wish to compete. Our organizations
have taken premiums offered by the
association, but competition was
open to all points. Because no other
organizations contended for the prize
is no reason for the papers of Man
ming to endeavor to burden US with
being the recipient of special favors
at the hands of this fair association,
which has made for itselfan unsavory
record for leeching visitors in futile
effort to become self sustaining.
They say Mr.. Darlington would
have received the $3S due our base
ball club on last years game had he
made application at the proper time
and place. Pray, gentlemen, what
would you call proper application
Mr.. Darlington applied to Mr.. Pat.
ton tor the money at the close of the
game, and he personally assumed
the obligation. How mad the entire
community would have been if OAR
lington had told Patton that his
word was not good for that amount.
But Mr.. Darlington courteously
dropped the subject at that point and
came home, expecting to receive the
money in due time. Patton further
bound himself in letter to Darling.
ton, dated Oct. 5, 1885, which we
published last week ana which is
promissory note, except that itdoes not
Tx a date for payment. Any attempt
at denial or evasion of this obligation
must be proped by misrepresents.
tation, and it Mr.. Patton is an hon
orable man, and we hope he is, he
will not have hls newspaper spokes-
men attempt any further support Of
his wilful neglect to fulfil his promise
to pay the $4,000. Their statement
that the officers of the fair association
rendered the $sS due from last year
on July 8, 1886, Is wholly without
foundation in truth. Mr.. II. w.
NanGorder was a witness to the
conversation between the officers
and MIR. Darlington, and both stete
that no tender was made Of that
amount. The officers did offer as
pitible plea for their having lceched
the gate receipts of that day that
they did SO in hopes that they might
be able to pay the $s5, but no tender
of that amount was made. 1t was q
noble exhibition of generosity in tho
fair association to steal the $40 due
our club from the gate receipts, and
from that sum offer, (as they say,
but which they did not dog to pay
$,5 which they already owed them.
This is fete in financiering which
may be a rich pointer to officers of
organizations that are laboring under
the disadvantages OF depleted treas.
ury. Whether this was evolved
from the master mind of the honora-
bic treasurer it is not stated, but
whoever it may be that survives its
delivery should apply for a position
where great schemers are in demand.
Such operators abound in Canada,
but withal have too much manhood
stored about their anatomy to stoop
to such petty pilfering as the Man
ming Fair Association perpetrated
upon the Audubon and Earring base
ball clubs on July 8. We are author.
lzed and do hereby extend stand.
ing offer to accept the $s5, and
promise to give receipt which shall
not be repudiated. Now you officers
OF the association who purport to DO
gentlemen, don't be backward for
fear your money will not be accept
ed. Don't pirate further of your
honesty and good intentions, out
remember that while Mr.. Darlington
accepted your representatives. word
in lieu OF money last year, he is now
after ten months fruitless waiting
ready to accept the hard cash, con.
WINGED that it is more negotiable on
the market.
Besides that it would enable them
to pay their old debts, they offered
as an excuse for having gobbled in
the gate receipts of the 9Th inst,
that they prepared the ground, print
ed one thousand bills, etc. 1t was
stipulated in the contract made by
the representatives of the contending
clubs that the gate receipts should be
divided between the clubs, after hav-
ing paid the umpire and other mutu-
al expenses, but Mr.. Byers was una
BILE to see the officers of the associa-
ton and make arrangements. As
for grounds, any neighboring stub.
BILE field would have answered as
well. But without any arrangement
there was no plausible excuse for
the association filching the clubs.
There is no precedent for such ac-
ton. Ii it was to be made specu-
lation for the association they were
in honor bound to make some ar
rangement with the clubs that were
to constitute the attraction. The
rule in such cases IS that the owners
of the ground receive 10 per cent of
the receipts. The clubs might with
as much reason have placed a treas.
urer at his post and taken the full
receipts, as for the association to
have done so. One hundred per
cent is not the basis upon which ad.
venturers in the amusement line
speculate. The managers, however,
know these facts well enough. They
did not treat with the visiting clubs
on rates, because they knew they
would not be allowed to retain more
than is customary in such cases--Io
per cent, so they just kept quiet and
gobbled in Doodle to the tune of
$66.9s. And now they inaict upon
the local press the disagreeable bur.
den of proclaiming the association
honorable. Oh, gentlemen, give us
some material evidence of your hon
esty, something convincing, for really