The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-07-11

the 6rst sum was not sufficient to meet
the bill.
The Council appointed the investi-
eating committee and fixed the pay at
81 per day. On the Sd Of April the
committee fled q report up to that date,
but the Council refused to accept the
same, returning it to the committee,
ordering 1t to report when it had made
full investigation
The usual price paid members Of in
vestigating committees Is from s3 to -
q day.
My bill for s75 will not pay me 81 per
day for the days l worked, and the
statement by the Index that attempted
to beat the other members by "slyly"
introducing my bill ahead Of them is
false and malicious. did It after due
to them, and with their
knowledge and consent, and with the
belief that had earned twice what |
had asked for.
AS to the insinuation that my bill
was not presented TO the Council until
the last moment; that 1 was afraid to
have it inspected by the Council, and
did not file 1t in its regular order; this
is an imputstion upon the honor of City
Clerk Charles Roebuck, for 1t was filed
with him ten days before the Council
meeting.
The fret thing the committee found
on taxing the books was, that. between
the time Of the appointment Of the
and its getting the books
the next morning, the Index had
slipped in and paid back into the treas
ury $40, and that the stub had been
changed from s2s to SIS in the Clerks
book.
The Index has followed its charac-
teristic cowardly course In this whole
matter. 1t boastingly asserted that 1t
always stood for the people, and that
the investigation must be full and spare
no one. 1t made Mr.. Nichols believe
that 1t was his friend. and the commit
tee his enemies, but when It got him to
allow 1t TO refund its last overchsrge
latter he no longer had . right TO the
books), 1t published every line It could
find against him with ''scare" head
lines. When the Council refused TO
have the preliminary report read or
opened 1t spent the night W getting
out an extra TO show what Mr.. Nichols
and others had been doing, but when
in its full report the committee gave
an itemized statement Of some of the
by the Index, It refused 70
publish that part Of the report Il
went on the theory that Mr.. Nichols
was q good scspegoat, and II It only
It TO him hard enough people
would not stop to think Of its misdoings.
It pretended to be q great friend Of Mr..
Nichols as long as It could use him, but
refused to give him the same show 1t
gave itself. Mr.. Nichols owes his mis-
fortunes largely TO just this class OF
friends.
For fear the Index Is worried about
my taking so much money out Of the
city treasury, will say that for my
bill will agree to take half the amount
I can show that the Index has over
charged on legal advertising and give
the city q receipt In full, the Index to
give bond for said payment, and leave
the bills to any three printers in the
c ity outside Of the Index Office.
This, of course, would include the
bill collected by the Index 70; publish
ing memorial resolutions on the death
Of President Mckinley. What a dis
play Of patriotism. the Index weeping
for Mckinley at - q weep. Rachel
weeping for her children and refusing
to be comforted for less than 81.
C.. d. CAMPBELL.