Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-10-28
A Slimey SIobberer.

Last week Corker gave more or
ders and his imported slave imme-
diately proceeded to slobber over
Corker in the Mckinley Dubois or
gan in manner truly sickening.
We quote:
For being thus true to his wrrd Mr.. Corker has
had all manner of abuse beaped upon him by the
BULLETIN and a few unprincpled men who have been
deprived OF pull at the county teat Needless Of
all these nsnuations and false charges Mr.. Corker
has continued TO discharge his official duties without
fear or favor We challenge any enc to Int to as n.
gle act OF board that has not been strictly
\ in the interest of the taxpayers When sitting a
board of commissioners they have shown partality
with them. In the LETTING OF CONTRACTS and
| In all other matters a Democrat Populist has
stood on an equal footing with Republican.
Well, let's see if the minutes of
the board will bear out these plain
but untruthful assertions.
But, first, let us ask, who started
"the abuse" Corker or the BULLE-
TIN? Every reader of Corker's pa
per must admit that it was Corker,
who villified the editor of the Bull
LETIN for something said by one of
his own political gang in a COM
munication signed "Fairplay."
The readers attention is called to
a sentence in the above excerpt
which readsi I'm the letting of con-
tracts Democrat or Populist has
stood on an equal footing with a
Republican"
Indeed! Is that so, Corker? Well.
let's see; At the April session of
1895. Mr.. Corker received bids for
the county printing for one year.
The BULLETIN bid was lower than
that of the Republican. Corker
did not wish to give the contract to
the BULLETIN, so he concluded to
ignore those bids and ask for bids
extending to January l, lS97-the
expiration of his term as commits
sioner. The BULLETIN was notified
and asked to have its bid in by 10
o'clock the next day. We had our
bid there on time, and again it was
less than the Republicans figures.
Here was another 'corker" for even
Corker himself. Something must
be done to keep the BULLETIN from
sucking the county teat." So,
Andy Griffin, president of the Ell
more Republican Publishing Com
pany, was sent for. He was asked
by Corker if the Republican office
would do the county printing for the
same sum specified in the BULLETIN
bid. Mr., Griffin, after featuring the
board as to what was due their
party paper, etc., reluctantly con-
sented to do the county work at the
same figures offered by the BULLE-
TIN. Corker then and there awarded
the Republican the contract for 81
months from that date.
Reader, you will observe that the
BULLETIN bid was the lowest, but,
being a Democratic paper, it got
left without any ''teat." Yet Mr.
Corker's paper has the eff'rontery to
assert that Democrats and Popu-
lists have always been treated by
Corker the same as Republicans.
What an Internal lie!-but it is only
one of many.
Furthermore, at the time of CIV
ing this contract to the Republican,
Corker was the largest stakeholder
in the firm, and we presume, in re-
atty, is to-day. He violated all
precedent and law in these two in
stances, and had there been profit
in the contract we should have con-
tested it upon the ground that our
bid was the lowest and also that
Corker had let contract to a con-
Germ in which he was part owner.
But we knew there was no money
in the contract, if honestly FUTILE ed,
and we did not want it at such low
figures.
Again, Mr.. Corker challenges any
one ito point to a single act of the
present board that has not been
strictly in the interest of the tax
payers"
Well, let's see. Was it for the
interest of the taxpayers that Mr.
Corker, by his official act, held back
every dollar due the assessor and
collector for his work in 1895, foi
omissions practiced by every as.
SCISSOR in the State. and which ael