Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-09-04
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EDITOR ADVANCES

distribution of patronage. He says
that |, w. w Brum6eld, had sue
ceeded in getting my views on the
distribution of the county patronage
in print; that must be happy now
that Republican paper had given
me admittance; that was trying to
curry favor with the Republicans,
and that | should have knocked at
that door in the beginning.
Now, Mr. Editor, let's see wha,
all of this had grown out OF. The
editor of the Meas and l always
have been OH the best Of terms until
the July term of the county court,
At which time the publishing of the
Financial Statement of the county
was to be let TO contract. AT tha,
time you had filed bid to publish it
for s25. and Mansfield had been get
ting about $rs5., but finally agreed to
publish it for 800. and | voted for
him to have the hundred, the price
he asked, and you to have $50. The
other two members, Adkins and
FARRELL, voted for Mansfield to have
T75. and you $,5., which carried
But previous to that time wrote to
MIR. Mccullough, clerk of Cabell
court, to know whether they had the
Financial Statement published in
more than one paper and if so what
did IT COST He very gentlcmanly
rePle ed that they had it published in
two and 1T cost something over 500.
tor both papers, they agreeing to
publish it for one half legal rates.
Now this was the action ofthe court.
Mansfield refused to publish it for
the $75. and came out in great,
long editorial ccnsuring the court in
regard to their official acts including
me with the other two, in regard to
his not getting his price. replied
10 it showing that l voted for him
TO have his price, the price he asked
and the reasons | voted for you to
have $50. Mansfield flew to pieces
and wouldn't publish il and kept its
contents secret from the public
4
and gave me fits for writing such an
article for publication, using my
name and Withholding its contents
rs though l was trying to injure the
party or some person or persons.
demanded the return of my letter
and | sent nothing to pay postage.
He pitched into me again aud said 4
well conducted office seldom re.
turned rejected manuscript-es
pecially when there was nothing
sent to mail it with. You will find
these remarks in his paper dated
August Ist. l never got it until the
two mails afterwards, and then |
had written the End time for its re.
turn sending stamps, my letter going
up, Saturday morning and his coming
down Saturday evening. All of the
foregoing are the facts in the case and
the people can be their own Judges
whether he was willing to return
the manuscript or not.
Then as he had made such a blow
about it and kept its contents a Sc
cret 1T became necessary to have it
published in some paper and | sent
1t to you for publication, so the pub
lie might know its contents. All
his blow was malicious and without
foundation, having nothing in it on
~ my reasons for voting for the Re
publican tax payers to have the Fl
nancial Statement published in their
paper, as well as the Democrats. II
can't be otherwise, for | voted for
him to have his hundred dollars.
all he asked, and the only thing he
can be insulted about is that voted
to have it printed in a Republican
paper at all. 1t seems that thong n
he got all he asked, yet he didn't
want the Republicans to know any
thing about the affairs Of the coun-
~, without they 60: it out of his
paper, which is too intolerable for
them to bear, for a great many Dem
ocrats can hardly stand the abuse he
gives them. You published the let.
ter which ! wrote to him and which
he refused to publish and the peo-
pie have long ago read it and know
its contents and that there was no
treason nit,
II will do to tackle fiction and
build air-scafolds, but be careful
how you tackle truth and justice
lest you fail, and be caught in your
deception and thereby be injured IN
the end yourself. Some people
stand above mar IN thc;r ,,,y,, 80.