The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-14
THAT COUNTY PRINTING.

The Beacon. under the caption of "Ex-
trayaeance." publishes an itemized bill
allowed last year for county printing, and
prefaccs the statement with the following:
"Let any taxpayer GO to any job Office in
| the state and inquire what he will be
charged for printing, learn the prices and
then examine the items in the following
| bills and see the prices the county mas Deeh
paying fer the same"
| 1t does not publish an itemized account
of the printing for this year under the
Demo- Pop administration, but claims to
| give the aggregate amount for the three
! quarters of the year, for the simple reason
that it is too cowardly, and they could not
mislead the people. The commissioners
gave them (the Beacon and Commoner)
the printing at the same price that 1t had
been done for the year previous. winch
| they call "extravagance."
The bills allowed this reform outfit dur
| ing the year show that in several notable
| instances they have charged more for the
| same work than was paid to the EAGLE.
We challenge the Beacon to show one sim
gle item where they have charged less for
the same work than was allowed the
EAGLE. In number of instances the out
fit consulted the old bills of the EAGLE in
order to ascertain what figures to place on
their work; and in many cases the job for
which they got the same price Was inferior
in both material and mechanical makeup
work that the EAGLE would not send
out OF tho office. This is the case in the
blank book work and especially SO in the
blanks and stationery furnished by the
Commoner blacksmith shop. One in
stance: One Of the Pop officers refused to
order letterheads and envelops from them
on account Of the inferior quality and
hotch work, and got permission to place
his order with the EAGLE.
When the contract was awarded to
the Beacon and Commoner they promised
to print the tax list and legal notices in
each paper. They don't do it. Why not
publish the bills allowed the boom year,
when the county was using twenty printed
records Der month and everything else in
proportions Next year there will be less
work to do for this county than this. The
Beacon. in the absence Of its proprietor,
Mr.. Smith, who is at home sick, has been
made a fool of by printing that statement.
The EAGLE doas not ask the people to
accept OF the statements made above.
They are matter of record in the county
clerks Office, and we will give $1,000 to
any member of this virtuous reform outfit
who will disprove any ons item in the
above statement.
A few short months ago low browed.
sallow-faced looking fellow came to this
city, who, according to his own sworn
statement, was exempt from paying any
taxes. All he had to recommend himself
was diarrhpa OF words with constpa-
ton of ideas. His fort was to harrangus
school house owd with calamity.
This model reformer wanted Office; he
went about the county villifying decent
men, men who had lived in the county
had good records for honesty, virtue and
responsibility, and on this screed he
was elected to the best Office in
the county. He was also awarded the
county printing and blank book work.
This same skunk is going about the
county again this fall, working on the
same line that he did last fall. Villifying
men whose shoes he is not worthy TO
unloose. Gentlemen who would scorn to
do mean act. This son Of reform today
has large bank account; he has pur-
chased a fine lot, built himself hand
some modern residence; drives one of the
handsomest and most expensive turnouts
in the city. This fellow, who
has repeatedly charged the EAGLE with
robbing the tax payers Of Srdgwick
county Is today doing tho same identical
thing only on a larger scals-furnishing
the county an inferior quality of goods for
the same money that the EAGLE furn-
ished irst-class work. and in some work
he charges more This is the same fei-
low who when called upon by a COMMITTEES,
to contribute some of his hon.
estly q gotten gains towards
the completion Of the Episcopal
church which had been standing for years
an eyesore to the public--and which as
business proposition, appealed to our
citizens regardless of creed or profession,
to which every official and deputy in the
court house contributed. even the little
children about tie city gave their pen
mics to help this model reformer refused.
This fellow is asking the people TO per-
petuate men in Office for the sole and only
reason that in doing SO they will still give
him sn opportunity to do what he and the
Beacon-as they are both enga yed in cry
ing stop thief" while they, according 10
their own words, are robbing the people
and dividing the swa.. We presume it is
unnecessary to add that this fellow
whose soul, if he has one. would rattle in
a mustard seed, and who, instead Of
heart, has a gizzard-is named kies.