The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-12
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FRANKLIN County Fec Grnbbers Got Even
with tho Ohio State .Journnl.


With the Ohio Stats journal,
COLUMBUS. Sept. 1.-THE Ohio Stat,
Journal has been boycotted by The
Franklin county Court House Demo.
cratic gang Of fec grabbers.
For several weeks past the Journalhtu
been publishing, in serial form, an ex.
pose OF the extraordinary system Of
illegal grabbing OF fees by the Demo.
cratic officials Of the county. These
gentry have been appropriating un.
70 themselves rCcompenso larger
than Is received by any Other
officials in Ohio - county, State
or Federal. They have not been salts.
lied with the fees allowed them by law.
although they would have amounted to
d far larger yearly sum than the fixed
salaries received by like oilicialsin Ham.
ilton and Cuyahoga counties, but thvy
have kept fees which they should have
turned over TO the county, aud IN other
cases have charged three or four timea
the legal amount OF tho fees.
The Journal is the only Republican
daily in Columbus, and as such II has
all along been receiving tho county Off
clal advertisements for bids for con.
tracts, the law being that the advertise.
ments should be published in two papers
OF opposite politics. Section 1877 Of the
Revised Statutes reads:
Every proclamation for an election.
order ior liking the time OF holding
court, notice OF tho rates OF taxation
bridge, pike, and notice to contractors,
and such other advertisements Of general
interest to the Taxpayers as the Auditor.
Treasurer, Probate Judge or Commis.
sioners may deem proper, shall be pub.
llsned IN Two newspapers OF opposite
politics, at the county seat, II there be
'nch published in the county seat.''
Yesterday afternoon the County
inserted three official advertise.
nents in the Dispatch instead OF in the
Journal. One was for bids for the i'm.
'rovement Of North High street; the
econd was for bids for building an
lrched culvert, and the third was for
''ds for grading and leveling county,
Dad. All three Of these advertisements
Inques'ionably come under the re.
!uirements Of section 4377. The Couu.
y Auditor gave the eadver,isemeutst 10 the
'ost, the Democratic daily. Under the
aw 1t was his duty to duplicate tho nd. !
ertlsements in a Republican paper,
'ut the Dispatch is not a Republican
'aper-although it is an excellent
ournal. 1t is strictly an independent {
'aper. Times and again it has editorially
isciaimed being a Republican paper.
vi course the Dispatch can not 10
'iamed for accepting the county official I
advertisements, although there is CON.
1ent on the fact that that paper, with
i'll lis loud claims OF watchfulness in be-
lalf OF the interests OF the taxpayers
las been as dumb as an oyster in regard
0 the astounding state OF affairs found
o exist at the court house.
Alter the Dispatch came out with the
advertisements yesterday evening, the i
dVertising agent Of the Journal went to
he County Auditor and asked him what
meant. He answered: "Oh, you know i
That it MEANS"
This advertising patronage transferred ,
rom the Jonrnalto the Dispatch is worth !
yer $1,000 year.
Either the County Auditor is acting
legally or else the Dispatch mus. now
e ciassed as straightout partisan Re.
ublican paper. h
The State Journal does not intend to .
e boycotted into silence.
As one OF the fruits OF the Stale Jour.
ats fight against the feel grabbers, e1-
jjounty CLERK Joyce to-day turned into
he County Treasury S4.O06 II OF fees
legally held by him for several years
,aat.