The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-08

County Commissioner koernev con-
tributes an article "a the Independent
last week. which. aside from lis person
|alities. which really have no place In =
discussion Of this character, has few re-
n,arksble things deserving : passing
notice.
Which would be the best subject for
Q museum. = County Commissioners
Offering 10 make q contract for work
over which he has no control. Is he ad-
miis when he says the "0Id auditor
gave out certain work. In contravention
Of the would be Gods on the Board. ''and
the Board was compelled 70 pay for it!'
or public officer who after finding out
his lack Of law ful power BY experience.
still persists in an attempt 10 usnrp
power, or q publisher who. by bona hde
offer, IL willing 10 try and save tax payers
money for advertising and salaries a.
we'll, IL submitted 10 koerner's own
judgment
\ His assertion that "county expcndi-
lures ought TO be managed the same a.
private business" we heartily concur In.
Would he. In his capacity a. . tie and
stave dealer, attempt 70 sell property be-
! onging 10 another man? We do not
believe IL. Neither Is he justified. as 81 Of
ficer, Ia selling work OF any kind, which
the law Of the State makes Il the duty OF
other officers 10 sell. Taking last years
contract as an instance, and snpposing
all Of the officers had been like the "0Id
auditor" possessed Of pride Of character
enough 10 discharge the duties Of their
ofiies, without interference from those
rftxI.f 80 - - MAJ a
would have been Obliged TO have paid
Dufendach the $40 SO contract price, and
have paid other publishers, In addition,
| for every biz Of printing done for the
County, as he admits their Annual Report
% last year. which IL the only article o.
ordinary advertising q county board h
directed BY law to have published, twas
published, in contraveniion Of the con-
! tract, in another paper. AZ matter q
/ fact. The editor Of The Courier was asked
BY county officers. IL he wanted certain
Jobs Of printing. and he replied: mo
since Dufendach made such fool bid,
let him have enough Of IL. Crowd IL
him all you cam and Dufendsch
wouldn't do the same amount Of print
ing for merchant patron Of Hunting
burg for three times the amonnt be goi
from the county.
| Again, in Mr.. Koerner's private busi-
ness. which he alludes 10, does he at
tempt 10 Jew down the prices Of the men
who oversee, and chop, aud shave, and
haul, and count his timber for him, be-
low what IL generally fixed as living
rate? II he does, we are ashamed that
Dubois county has . Commissioners Of
that kind. A-a public officer be should
not do IL either. "A laborer II worthy
Of his hire whether in timber, stores,
on railroads, saw mills. farms. shops or
printing Offices. and none but men Of
small mind attempt 70 deprive them Of
L. whether IL public business or private.
and Mr.. Kocrner will find al mechanics
and laborers recognizing this truth.
Mr.. kocrner thinks Il s'uncaiIed for
that you name the allowance Of $26 go
illegal before the court decides II, as the
members OF the old board declare IL legal
TO pay extra for al printing for which
the county Il reimbursed. that they will
swear that was the agreement IL they
10, we shall be much surprised. Il Wa
not in their order. nor publication ask
ling for bids. nor were we ever informed
such was the intention. To give one
man chance 10 bid for work on one
specification. and another be asked to|
bid for the same on an entirely different
specification, would destroy the very
Iessence Of fair competition, and we dol
not believe any honest man would be
guilty Of II, let alone public officer
Mr. Kocrner must certainly be mistaken
lin this. as We are ready TO testify that no
such offer or agreement was rendered us
Ito bid on.
His paragraph about our duty to ap-|
peal from other illegal allowances IL the
sheerest balderdash. Ii was Is much
his. or any other taxpayers duty, 70 ap-
peal as ours. and right here We would
ask him why he insults his fellow -mem- |
bers on the Board by calling their allow |
anccs ''ilIegal,r without first having test !
ed the legality IN Court, o the law pro-
vides? On this score 3honOrs are easy!'l
He asks, "Why was your bid for the
years printing e5C0?" Thomas Jeher-
son, Benz. Franklin, Tom Paine, and nu-
merous philosophers since their day,
have endeavored to inculcste in the 4
minds OF the youth Of our country the |
belief that il Is as great wrong and dis |
grace to an individual TO knowingly |
mislead another by innuendo or infer |
cnce. as TO mislead by positive untruth,
and we believe II IL, and are sorrowfully |
surprised at our esteemed Commissioner
Koerner for attempting such thing. |
We never put in bid for the years
printing at $500 or anything like il, and
Mr.. Koerner knew i'll Our bid il on
file in the Auditors Office, or ought toI
be. and we suppose IL, open to the In
IL frr