Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-20

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Immediately after the first specimen
official ballot was sent out from
Harrisburg, the County Commits
sioners received number of bids
from printers in various parts of
the state as to what they would
furnish the ballots, specimen ballots
ETC., per thousand for. The Com
missioners at their meeting decided
that they would get the work done
in the county if it could be done as
reasonable as elsewhere, and while
there was no contract or exact
amount fixed upon, they said to the
printers of the county that in order
to patronize home institutions they
would be willing to pay a little
more. Mr.. Streby of the Gazette
and myself looked the matter over
and Mr.. Streby decided not TO have
anything to do with the printing of
the ballots at the price he supposed
the Commissioners would give
knowing the amount of the lowest
bid. We then went on, and sent
for the proper materials etc. to print
the ballots. But before we could
get the paper to print the ballots
upon the Secretary of the Com
monwealth changed the size of the
official ballot enlarging it, and i'm
mediately the printers who bad
sent In bids for the printing with
drew them, stating that owing to
the increase of the size of the bal
lots they could not furnish them
for the prices named. There was
no meeting of the Commissioners
from that time until the ballots had
to be printed. We also informed
the Clerk that we could not print
the ballots then required nearly as
cheap as the ones we supposed were
to be printed. But as it was then
late and all offices at distance had
all they could do, and the Commits
sioncrs could not get the ballots
printed elsewhere in time, we went
on and printed them with the ex-
rectation that the other Commits
sioners would allow us reasonable
compensation for the work. We
ordered the paper costing with ex-
press $4,000 for which we paid the
cash, We were compelled to pur-
chase rules ETC., for the job, which
while they may be of some use in
the office were cut to fit this par
ticular job, and so rendered much
less useful than they otherwise
would have been. These items ag-
gregated about fifty dollars more.
We also were obliged to make two
trips to Williamsport to get special
material required in the setting up
Of the job, The material work and
etc., cost US at least calculation
$3.50 and for which the Commits
siopers allowed us $a7.00. And
this is the item brother Newell has
had the auditors refuse to allow.
As to the action of the Auditors
we have no complaint whatever to
make. They did what they believe
to be their sworn duty and we know
that they deeply regretted the
necessity of being the instrument
by which Newell was virtually en-
abled to put his hands down in our
pockets and take out $4,000 that
had cost us $4,000 and putting it
into the County Treasury.
Mr.. Mullen who argued the case
before the Auditors conducted him
self, we are free to say, like a gentle
man.
With the further statement, that
no counsel were hastily consulted,
except that we merely called E. M.
Dunham who came before the
Auditors and heard from the sworn
evidence the first and only state
ment he had listened to of the case,
hence, we leave Newell's remarks
about various counsel being con-
suited and the 'Ring" being greatly |
surprised.
With the above statement of facts
we leave the matter with the peo-