The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-02-13
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Ror PublieAtion of The ohioiAi Vote Of the
Last nlsouon..whAt tho oommisAlonsra
BAY,
There IA much uneaslneas being. enhi'
bIled In a certain poHlpn oi AAAA'''on Vo'
day, ,,. Aann,,s,y severaIi IN.
dlvldlials la tie neighDorllool pl ule Ia
dependent Office are decidedly not under
"" mi In ihe exhibition Of their warmth
ami intense prespirailOn one familiar
viii certain facts can not say llehi nay
iIhe why and wherefore or THIS lurbu'
Ienee N said 10 DO due W tic publication
Nm thsse columns Saturday OF curious
chain of condolences WhelspI VIZ lluv-
pendent presented hlll or Roa,po o we
Commissioners Tor pnblllnlhh lhe olieihl
abstract OF the vote oI nlhih oohhW Hn
refusal by the eomnllhnlqnsIs, aliu iaseI y
vigorous attack upon Mat popg iol W.
alleged eHlrayaaahi iieaIus aI,v ssa, w. P"''"s
10000 for the Use Of thu clly htWef'
HIortlv after the arrival of tie morning
train From the west on tho ~ Wayne, an
indenendent emlssary IN the person OF H.
81 Hooyer. appeAred ~ tlilh oillee win a
lengthy article, la denial II will DO found
baiaw viii tha eTeeptlon OF much per-
sonsI laudatIon written by the editor In
defense Of hls course on the sewer appro-
y In de reply Of Mr.. Skinner, that gentle
man atatea Ii WAS hlh Intention 70 enclose
a "taE notloen and that II the oiileial alb
straot Of the vote OF Stark county was en-
olosed, II was an error In the business
office. This IL "a strange hiialr, hh we
"ofilolal abstract was presented 70 Tue
commissioners aud pasted 70 u was an
affidavit that II had been inserted w we
Weeisly Independent. -four 'lheh' ana tho
Aiiidayils are not made out and attach.
ed 10 the matter sworn 70, The matter 70
be hworn 10 N taken before a notary ana
the affidavit ID In his presence attached
aud signed,
When here Mr.. Hoover learned that the
statsment la Mr., hklnneT'h letter 10 the
auditor, that they had had q previous
oonyereatlon on the subject was false,
Mr.. Manley aud Mr., Skinner never had
any conversation on the matter, accord
ing 20 Mr.. Manley'a statement
A ABtrapEo Telegram.
Shortly after noon lhe following telo-
gram was received Al tho court house,
DEPUTY AUDITOR hfoNhhLLhhi-Ih
wood says auditors office Inspired article
Saturday You know that The blll ~ un'
acted upon and that the story 10 boltom'
iean. II ID your duty 70 relieve ms. p
Ronr, II. SKINNER
Not Much Relief
Upon rocelpt OF this Mr., Sponaeller Wis.
tied the county commissioners 10 hHcer-
tain tho facts OF tho case, ho knowing
nothing OF them, except that such a bill
had been presented, he then found that
tho bill Of the Independent company had
been presented before the board and that
II had boon refused, He don't sec how II
IN Ia his power 10 relieve Mr. skinner
from the bad plight In which ho In In NJ
present.
Tho Commissioners Talk,
The case has attracted much comment
throuQot the city aud the commissioners
are lncenaed over the effort 10 secure
money on tho publication OF the Official
abatract OF tho county vote. They laugh
when spoken 10 In regard 70 the tax list
and state that they lave no wa, OF telling
Mr.. Skinner'a lntentlona only by his act.
Ions. lie presented 70 thom Tor payment
a bill Of SGib0 for publishing the abstract
OF the county vote with affidavit attached.
TGo following reply OF Mr.. Skinnor'a
will bo read with much interest by tax
payers and by tho editors OF those weekly
pnpora who have taken up tho "oXtortion"
cry OF the independent
MIR. akinnor'a Reply.
MAssiLLoN, Feb, 10, 1890.
EDIroI NEws.DEMooRATi.- Ti.-Tho Maaail.
lon independent has not yct become a
blnchmaihng sheet, aa u peruanl OF your
interesting article 80 picturcsquely inti'
mates, While / have hitherto given no
heed 10 the frequent attentions ahowcrod
upon mo, / can hardly bo expected 10
Ignore this last attack upon the business
integrity Of the firm OF which / am u
member. You have aucceodod by infer
onco, " not by logic, In showing that an
unpaid bill Of the Independent company,
has called into play the engines OF war,
and, according TO the Language OF the
article, have succeeded In making cats
paws OF the other newspapers OF the
county In this lnudablo undertaking very
rcprohcnaiblc In this letter. Tho law, In
my letter, In referred 10, In order 10 show
that q certain bill should justly bo paid,
Thln letter mentions a "tax noiicOn while
YOU continually refer 10 an "oillcial alb
atract OF yotes,n which you declare you
published free, 90 nowa, although / failed
70 see such abstract In the copy which
reached my desk. Now hero ia an unim'
portAnt lncongruIly, for which lean by NO
means account, unloaa the bill when sent
~ mo from our business .oilico, was nc.
companlod by tho printed abstract instead
Of the "tnx noticO,n na II should have
boon. Both being sot In somewhat stint
lar style. Tho abstract was certainly
...l..t...l -. 4. ..a..ta and natua nulV mud nny.
mcnt IN sought for the tax notice alone
This notice was indeed published without
orders, and, for the bonoilt OF the unon'
llghtoncd, will explain why II was done
| Newapnpcra issued from towns not county
aenta have long bocn NJ a disadvantage,
| In being practically dobarrod from any
ahnro In public printing, By amending
| Section A867, for which Mr.. Monnot is do
serving OF some credit u was sought u
remove this Injustice, and mako m0nda'
tory the insertion OF ynrioua legal forms
among them tax notices, In towns OF Mas
sillon'a proportions, oven though moi
county seats. Acting upon the suggestion
OF u county olllCCr believing that the
commissioners had not seen tho amend
ment, voluntarily inserted tho notice and
aont In the bill. This bill, NO Mr.. Spon
seller informed mc, had not, up Il
| Wednesday last, boon ovon considered by
the commissioners In session, and as do
not think they have. met since, must
still bo on tho auditors desk Not having
been rejected na you orroneously state
II would by no possible means havo pois
oned my mind against thocommissionors
This bill IL being watched by the propro
tors OF many papers other than the lndo
pendent, similarly situated, and upon III
allowance and non;allowance depends
numerous efforts 10 obtain recognition IN
various parts of the State. trust In the
| good sense of ,..e commissioners aud beg
10 assure them that there is no fonr Of the
editorial columns OF the Independent be