The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-10
Upon An Honest and Upright
County Official,
Who Has Always Done His Full
Duty in Every Way.
The Wrong Road Upon Which tO
Make Capital for q Cont st
Tho Business Council Responsible for the
Ungentlemanly Attsok-Ex-Clerk Henry
schaub Also Receives Attention.

for the purpose of attacking reputable
citizens, there appeared a lengthy article,
in which direct reflections were cast upon
the integrity of County Treasurer Mau-
dru. We can conceive of no more mean,
contemplate, downright, dampable piece
of work than that of attempting to de
grade, in the estimation OF an intelligent
public, the character OF a man whose
honor and integrity are above reproach.
| Think of Sunday newspaper, which
boasts of being the great moral organ OF
reform, getting down into the lowest
| mires of polit cal scheming, and deliber-
ately assailing the integrity and honor of
! man who would rather die than he en-
gagged in a questionable transaction OF
| any kind, and whose character stands as
high above that of his assailants as the
heavens above tho earth. Low, indeed,
| must he the straits to which a clique is re-
| duced, when it must resort to such meth
| DDS os these to manufacture enough capt.
tai to enter a contest for the treasuryship
| or a councimanic election.
| This uncalied for and unjust attack
upon the character and integrity of Treas
| urer Maudru is bitterly and universally
| condemned upon all sides regardless OF
| party affiliations. And this newspaper
| takes pride in calling itself the advocate
! of municipal reform, God save tho city
from a reform that originates in meas
ures and principles that would be scorn-
ed with contempt, and trampled under
| meath by all well thinking people, and by
| all advocates Of true reform. Let us look
| into the facts in the case and see the folly
OF this hasty action upon the part OF the
| Herald.
| Upon the assertion OF City Clerk Lich-
tenwalter, that S32, 900 of special assess
ments have been collected that have not
] yet been certified into the treasury, and
! upon the fact that at the last eXamin-
| alton OF the treasury surplus of Sl3,S29.87
| Il. D. int, Mt will
| intimation, and with the inference drawn
| that of course there must be deficit of
| about $4,000, which is absolutely and un-
| qualihedly false, as will be proven as
| soon as our friends please to send in an
| investigating committee. The facts in the
J case are these. When the examining
| committee came in the office last spring,
| Treasurer Miudru was charged with every
| cent OF special assessments collected pre-
| Vious to that time. The pay in orders
we're given them as far as settlement had
been made and from that on, the stubs OF
| the receipt books were given them as en-
tered on the daily cash book, by which we
can plainly see that he was charged with
eve ry cent of special assessments collect
| ed up to the minute the doors were closed
| for the examiners to count the money
and take charge of the accounts. In
order to substantiate this fact they can
| refer TO the Republican member OF the
examining conlmitte, Mr.. W. II. Ramsey
of Alliance.
The surplus can be accounted for from
the fact that about this amount was due
the state at this time, and through some
misunderstanding between the treasurer
and the examiners. this was called
''Treasurer's fees not drawn and surplus
unapportioned," ;" instead Of money due the
state.
The examiners did their work faith
fully and we'll and no blame can be at
tached to them or the Treasurer for this
error.
No blame can attach to Clerk Schaub
| for neglect, from the fact that the i'm
mense amount of labor entailed upon him
made il impossible to make the settle
| ment at the proper time, and the same
is true Of Mr.. Yohe: The entire affair
amounts to absolutely nothing and yet the
| character of an honest, upright and hon
| orable man is to have reflections OF no
pleasant nature heaped upon it, simply to
| create a sensation and manufacture polit-
| ical capital for evident reasons. City
| Clerk Lichtenwalter knowf, as does the
Repository reporter, that they were in
| formed that Mr. Maudru had been charged
with these assessments in the manner
| above stated and yet neither the Reposi-
tory nor the Herald made mention of the
| fact. Mr.. Lichtenwalter denies all con-
| nection with the publication of this article
which does not corroborate the statement
| Of the "Herald."
| II is also a fact that Mr.. Lichtenwalter
| duplicated a large number of pay-in and
pay-out orders, by mistake, and that or
ders were issued on wrong funds many
| times, and also in a manner in which they
| could not be accepted by the treasurer
| until all the work had been gone over
| again, and that at several times he has
| overcharRed the treasurer as much as
| fifty dollars on a single page, and that he
called on the treasurer about three times
| per day for instruction when he first came
| into the office, and yet he is the efficient
clerk who ia to have his salary raised.
| Me- Maudru has on several occasions rem
dered special favors to our "busness
| council ~ and a publication bordering on
| libel is the reward he gets. The people of
! Stark county need have no fears of losing
any money through him and the malicious
| insinuations that have been cast upon his
| name will react to his credit in the future.
The Herald says I'VE do not desire to
| cast the least imputation upon the integ-
rity Of Mr.. Maudru.n "Shades Of Thesus."
! have the people of Canton lost their intel
| ligence that they cannot detect in the on
| tire item tho impression it is intended TO
| convey. The insinuations cast in the
| Herald are utterly Rroundless, and it has
| certainly done MIR. Maudru great ir JUS
| tice, and the paper, the council, and the
city at large no good, as will remain to be
| seen.
| ~ is u TACT tldN Nv tbt btttle-
ment. Deputy Treasurer Myers Informed
| Mr.. Lichtenwalter that collections had
| been made on several streets which had
| not yet been certified into the treasury.
| and that the matter should be attended TO
| and Mr.. Lichtenwalter replied that he
| would attend to the matter as soon as he
| could flnd the time to do so. Nothing is
said of raising the salary of Mr.. Myers for
| informing Mr.. Lichtenwalter of a
matter for which his (Lichtenwal-
ter's) salary Ia asked to be raised
for discovering the same thing three
months later. Such downright, unexam-
pied stupidity, and gross neglect of duty,
| should be rewarded with wooden medal,
and enough space in the columns of the
| Herald for another egotistical local for the
especial benefit of his excellency the
great grand?2 and matchless ?2? clerk
of the city of Canton, the paramount ex.
cellence of idealized perfection lin his
own mind. Mr.. Lichtenwalter cannot
and will not deny that he was informed OF
this fact three months ago, as the conyer-
sation took place on the west side of the
council chamber aud Mr.. Myers is ready
to be qualified to 1t.
The insinuation that ex-Clerk Henry
Scbaub was in the scheme to rob the city
to the extent of S32, 600 is a libel in every
sense of the word. MIR. Schaub served the
city honestly and faithfully. He sold the
bonds Of the city at premium In an open
market without going into the lDstallmen
business and retired from the office q
moor man, but conscious that he had done
his whole duty.