The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-08-07
Before printing the above quot

Before printing the above quot
cd sentence he says: "Mr. Faulds
stood there and read from the stat
utcs or Montana showing what 70
per cent bid amounted to-" Does
Mr.. Faulds wish the taxpayers to be-
lieve that lie never "stood Tor sat
sat down if it pleased him) and read
from the statutes of Montana show
ing what a 335 per cent bid amount-
cd to- before making out his bills, or
even before putting in that bid two
years ago last May? Does anyone
ever agree to furnish goods at a per
cent below list price without know
ing what the list price is? Does any
honest man ever agree to furnish
goods on an SlS basis and then make
out his bills on Il $3G basis? Was
Mr.. Faulds' contract, the charges lln-
der which were to be paid out Of the
pockets Of the taxpayers, to be gov
crned bv the constructions" OF some
unknown party Or by the statute OF
Montana under which it was made?
Why does Mr.. Faulds keep the pco-
pic in the dark? Why does he not
print the name Of this mysterious in
diyidual whose "instrlctiOn' he con-
sidcrs superior to the plainly written
law. when such constructions tell
him to steal?
If Faulds was the 'iricnd OF the
5 taxpayers" he SO often calls hlnlscl''
{, when someone ''instructcd' him that
!, he could charge more than half sheet
rates for quarter sheets cut from
G l4xl7 paper, he would have ind'g'
a nantly answered: "No. A. sheet
c 7xSA is only a quarter sheet cut iron
G paper 14xl7 inches in size, and Il
= such | shall charge it. am al
honest man, a friend of the taXpay
!. ers, and will not seek to get NOR
Il out Of them than my contract call
,, for" Did he do SO? No. He Wrot
70 down the illegal charges (in some III
,c stances over 100 per cent more thai
al his contract called for) and the
# swoRE that the account was a tru
r. and Just one And he pcrjured hin
g. self when lie did it, to say nothing {
u. swindliny.
IN Verify, Mr.. Faulds is a "fricnd
ks the taxpayers" when there are
stcalings in sight. When there ar
he allows himself to be constructed
&c by some mythical parsonage, and
~ Just steals.
Now for the REPUBLICAN contrac
=. Faulds says it never was prlntc
M The bid under which the REpuHl
CAN received the contract was prln
cd in the Northwest Tribune
- March, in the official proceeding
- and Faulds is simply trying to ma
" a technical point. He raised aSrc;
=, fuss ut the time over q Slight m
-, ' take in the wording, and brought
~ action in the court in April in hol
W that in some way or other the i
'' PUBLICAN would get knocked c
and he be allowed to retain MS
80 contract by Which he was clnchI
~ the county so beautifully to the We
o. fare Of his own pocket. Inc p
~ sent REPUBLICAN contract is idcn
~ cal with the published bid, with
Slight difference in wording but ne
''N in the figures. At the trial OF
case in the district court. Jut
~. Woody held that By the wording
rvs the bid for subsequent hundreds
in,, false construction might be put IL
MN. it. SO that the subsequent hundl
,,,c might be held to be above the lt
e !. rates. and so the contract was IlIC
on that account, and he ordered l
the portion relating to blanks be
LET. At the time FauldS made
-. first roar and ''StoOd and read
ac- Statutes Of Montana," the write
y -: -. this article was in the cOmmlSS
hove crs' room, though not at that
lollv connected with the REpuHL(
and he also said the wording in
contract should be different to a
" all confusion. The comnilsso
and everybody else, Faulds lnclu'
hil1. understood the intent of the
a to When the court ordered that
,c- contract for blanks be rclct the
If mjssiDners simply ratified their
. yious action, but made the wor
palmer.
ue ,o' The REPUBLICAN, is not and Il
o'' was afraid to let the taxpayers
1l''c the true state of affairs that nb
IS ~ ed at any time. Here is samp
the wording Of the first DC
.'' blanks:
:, al For whole sheet blanks, pr'
on both sides, $3.50 for the flr>1
blanks and - cents additional
hundred.