The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-06-19
A WORD TO THE EXAMINER FRO1
WEST LIBERTY.

WEST LIBERTY.
Judging from the start made by the
West Liberty School Board the good
people OF that place are going to get a
new school house ''regardless of cost
The law requires board of education |
to publish a notice to contractors in
some paper of general circulation in the
and in two papers, if there be |
such in the district, but the West Lib
erty board has published its notice in
three papers at an unnecessary expense |
of over $20. In this liberal distribution |
of public money the Examiner was |
left out, for the reason, it is said, that |
it, (the Examiner,) did not give it's en-
dOrsement of the torture inflicted on
the old colored man, Ed Jackson, at |
the hands of mob in that town sever |
al months ago. The Examiner does |
not stand for mob law, and does not ac-
cept blood money. The Examiner has
never published anything rejecting
upon the best people of West Liberty,
and has nothing to take back. If we've
offended certain members of the school
board we leave it to the people and
taxpayers of West Liberty to say
whether the Examiner or their school
board has the best interests of their
town and it's affairs at heart.-Belle-
fontaine Daily Examiner.
This would indicate that there is
still an abnormal degree of heat ram
bling around beneath the bone col
lar button of the editor of the Exam
liner, and an unwarranted disposition
to meddle in West Liberty's affairs be-
hn of
have school board composed of gen.
tlemen and competent business men in
whom the people of West Liberty have
confidence, and are satisfied that they
will do what is best in the admins
tration of affairs connected with the
construction of the new school build
ing here, and will not ask the Exam
iner to put up any of the deficiency, if
such should occur, or to waste any OF
it's valuable (?) time advising us on le-
gal or moral points. West Liberty is
amply able to take care of herself in
the future, as she has in the past. The
school board was fully aware that the
law required them to publish their no
tice in ''two papers of general circula-
tion;" and if they were to judge from
the number of Examiners that come to
this Office, it was impossible for the
school board to see how the Examiner
could be eligible to share of the ad-
| vertising. This is ample proof that
the board is fully alive to our interests.
The irate editor further states in his
eye opener to buncoed taxpayers of
West Liberty that the board has al
ready "blowed" 500 of our good money
for extra advertising, of which the Ex-
aminer did not see the color, and that
therefore guardian should be appoint
ed for the board. Well! We venture
to say that it was not that they spent
that S20, but that they did not throw
$40 more into the slot at the Examiner
office, and make it four papers instead
of three, and he would not only have
pushed it down with a grim smile Of
atisfaction, and smeared "bloOd" all
over his pocket, but no one would ever
have read in the columns of that obso.
lete sheet that it was san unnecessary
expense" But not having been ten
dered any "blood money" he sees fit te
take refuge behind the ''baby cry
that he has been boycotted for reasons
dating back to the jackson mObbine
last fall. We do not believe for 8
moment that any member of the school
board made his personal grievance ar
issue in the matter, but if the Exam
liner sees fit to acknowledge that the!
deserved any such discrimination it iss
pleasure to know that they are full.
aware of their standing here. s'Th'
Examiner has never published any
thing rejecting upon the best citizens
of West Liberty" the above editoria
says. If they have never done SO be
fore they have done it now, when the.
make the far fetched statement tha
'.tbe Examiner does not stand for mol
llaw, and does not accept blood money.
This is most insulting inslnuatiol
Iagainst the school board, who ar
i
! among our very best citizens, and VIII
to man resent it, as do the rest O
Iour people. If this is as they say
"blood money" and they did not wan
1t, what are they kicking about? The
asked for it. We do not care to reopel
!, old sores if the Examiner does; but lie
it be stated that the good citizens c
West Liberty have not in the past, no
! do they in this instance endorse tn
J Examiners course. We have no re
, grets for the past as far as that is cor
cerned, and not much respect for tn
, article of journalism put up by the Ex
. aminer. TAX PAYER.
COUNTY NEWS.