Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-04-14
County Printing.

upon this matter the D'Sp"'c" 9ays'
FOR two weeks, or more, certain
populist statesmen OF this county
have been figuring with Schuyler
Landes, Of Klrwin, to induce him to
move his paper to the county seat and
publish il as the official paper OF the
party, but when the facts OF such an
ticpated removal became generally
known all over the county, 1t created
quite stir in populist circles, and
resulted in a meeting in this city last
Saturday of the county central COM
mlttee Of that party. At the commit
tee meeting 1t WAS decided that a
second populist paper at the county
seat would do the party more harm
than would be saved to the taxpayers
by such removal The county PRINT
ing was the great lever which was in-
ducing Mr. Landes to come to the
county seat, and was the strong ar
gument used to induce Mr.. johnson
Of this city to enter the newspaper
field. The county printing question
WAS pretty thoroughly gone over in
the committee room, and while the
DOB committeeman were about unan'
imous in their decision that the
Dispatch should not get any OF it, ret
they were not 80 unanimous about
what to be done between Brainerd
and Landes. The majority Of the
committee wanted to give the print
ing to Landes, but to do 40 would be
to start an opposition sheet at tie
county seat, and it was finally de-
clded to turn Landes down" on the
county printing deal, and he was &C
cordngly notified that If he came to
the county seat he must not expect
any bread and butter from the COM
missoners. We don't suppose Mr..
Landes will dare to give vent to his
feelings through bis paper, but the
thing hardly came out as he had been
led to believe it would, The party
has spoken against his removal, and
OF course Mr.. Landes will not move"
OF all the raw articles ever written
the above is the rsDkest, for there is
hardly a word of truth in it.
Let US turn back a year or two
When in 1895 the republicans gained
control of the county the commission
era gave to the HERALD certain print
ing. This was also done in 1896
When in 1897 the peoples party
came into power, the commissioners
reversed the program, and gave to
the Dispatch inst what the HERALD
had had. When the question again
came up in January 1898, Brainerd
felt that it was due Mr. Royce and
the republicans who pay their share
of the taxes that the commissioners
proceedings be printed in the two
leading papers of the two principal
parties. He tried to have the COM
missioners do this but they refused
stating that they could not feel JUS
titled in printing this work in two
papers. They offered it to Brain.
erl but be feeling under obligs-
tions to Royce's POLITICAL friends.
and 10 hopes that the old ar
rangement would continue, declined
to accept IT, and as result came
near getting left. And it does
not make him feel very kindly TO
Royce to have him mlsrepresent the
matter as he does. Mr.. johnson
stated last week that the committee
did not even talk Of the matter.
The Kirwln Independent in speak
ing of it says;
Much has bsen said about the In-
dependent moving to Phllllpsburg-
by others. However, we did think
some of taking such a step and may
yet do 80. The reason for such
step was to secure the county printing
and thus break what seemed to be a
combination. The county, last year,
paid full legal rates, divided equally
between the Herald and Dispatch.
This was thought to be too muIh by
Commissioners King and KlnseY, so
at the January meeting they wished
to contract with the Herald at fifty
per cent of legal rates, but were in
formed that as there was nothing in
it at that price," it did not care to
enter into a contract. And so the
matter of printing was postponed
until the April meeting The INDIE
pendent thought there was fair pay
IN this work at fifty per cent of legal
rates, and was ready and willing to
contract at such price, and this fact
proved to be a sort of persuasive
which moved the Herald to be more
than willing to contract at that price.
The commissioners will, therefore, no
doubt contract with the Herald to do
the county printing at fifty per cent
of legal rates for this year While
we we're not successful in securing
this mart of the county's work, vet lt