The state herald., 1902-02-21

0S AA0Ay1AO AsopobbS IVA DIV
quite gay last week and stsrted In to de-
YOUR the HERALD at single meal. It
talked quite elibly about The feast Of
legal printing rates which i claimed the
HERALD had enjoyed for taany years.
This owl may be wise but IT has o few
facts to learn. For the inflammation ,f
the Republican and its owl We will state
that the HERALD never had the county
printing Of Phillips county q tull legal
rates except for one year and that was
when there was no other newspaper in
the county. We will stats farther that
during five years Of the tine that the
HERALD had the comfy printing there
was no other Newspaper In the county
and still the HKRALD did not Shsrss the
county legal rates for the wr,l done ex.
oept for tais ous YER. fks asi2LD
also saved the county on an average Of
about 500 per year for years on the
publication Of the certificate Of nomina-
tion in the matter OF space occupied in
the paper. The records are in the court
house II the Republican wishes to verify
these statements. The HERALD has
never made practice Of boasting Of
what 1t has done in the interest OF econ
omy for the county and would not have
mentioned these facts At this time had
it not been for the attack made by Mr..
Zingg and his owl upon the HERALD
last week. The Republican owl makes
sport OF the idea Of economy in the mat
ter Of county printing bnt there was Q
time when the Republican sang an en-
tirely different song. When, in January
1901, bids for the county printing were
asked for the Republican put in q bid
and majority Of the board accepted the
bid over that Of the HERALD on the
ground, as they claimed, that it was
the lower bid Of the two. The two bids
were not in the same form and there may
have been some ground for the claim
that the Republican bid was thought to
be the lower Of the two but whom the
business Of the year had been done 1t
was then seen as shown by the record
that the HERALD bid was the lower Of
the two bids. Tho Republican came
out IN its next issue with great flourish
OF trumpets claiming that its advent in
to the county had resulted in great
economy for the tax payers 1t SAID;
"Sincs the contract for the county
printing and stationery was awarded to
this office the Republican will be the Of
ficial county paper. At the rate to be
charged the county will save considers-
bly, more than half what IL had been pay.
ing 10 the HEKALD for printing. This
will be quite saving to the county and
ve have no donbt the tax payers will
commend the commissioners for letting
the contract to the Republican"
The Republican seems 10 have aban-
doned its economy platfrom Of 1901. The
conditions were very favorable for the
county commissioners TO have practiced
in 1902 what they claimed gas economy
for the county in 1901 but, evidently for
fear that they might be brought face to
face with these conditions, piey lot the
county printing to the Republican frat
and then opened The bids. The owl in.
sinuatsd that the HknAt6 bid for the
county printing was an ysttJ hpt to starve
out the Republican. The HrRALD had
no such sinister motive but, was simply
following the .msndsbIs example Of
economy sst by the Republican IN 1901.
The owl should have had better judg.
ment than to make such sn unreason.
able insinuation for almost jn the same
breath II boasts Of the wonderful pros.
psrity Of the Republican asli In addition
70 this 1t had not been many months
sinoe the Republican, bad boasted that
It did not need the county printing in
its business. We are very glad indeed
that the Republican has pei in an "o~l"
department. 1t 10 quite ccpvenient Tor
the editor for, u he wishes 10 say some
thing for which no one 10 y be held re-
sponsibls or II be gets intsA corner md
hss to call iu help. bs can imply charge
IL oil up to the "owi". We njoy the owls
mslodious hoot. II is Evidently not
posted on the facts surreSn nd,ng coun.
ty Affairs, still il vii no d6ubt improve
In this line With ago. WcA Atu.t that i,s
"sdios "of last ,usst u not be =
final sdieu. ~ rs