Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-01-23

Lohr moved to place Palmer's bid
on record. Motion lost.
1t will be seen that Palmer's bid
was entirely ignored.
Page gag, same record under date
of April IL, 1898: Ordered that
contact for printing be let to c. G..
Allen, of Nationalist, and Fuhr, of
Globe. T. J. Palmer's proposition
was again ignored.
When Hayden went on the board
in January 1892 and gave the print
ing to Fuhr and Mollie Dalgarn, the
b oard also ordered that County At
torney Selvidge bring suit against
Palmer to recover money paid him
under his contract made with New
house and Smith on May II, 1891.
The case went to the district court
and was tried, Judge Price holding
that the Board must pay both par
ties. This was for doing the same
work.
In June 1898, Palmer sold out to
Fuhr and in the fall Mr.. Allen sold
Fuhr the Nationalist from which
time up to January II. 1900 Mr..
Fuhr had a clear field with all the
county printing for which he charg.
ed full legal rates, which he had
right to do, under the law. During
the year 1900, this Office did the job
work for the county and since jan
uary 1901 we have had all the work.
Under the Kansas law a newspaper
must be published one year before
it can do legal advertising.
During the past nine years the
county has paid Mr.. Fuhr nearly
S., 900 for county printing and ev-
cry dollar of this has been at legal
rates. Now he complains at this
board for doing exactly the same
thing that has been done during all
these years and for saving the coun-
ty over s4oo on printing in the past
two years, since THE News has had
the contracts. These figures you
will find on the records at the court
house and we ask you to go and in
spect them for yourself.
We have also quoted from the
Commissioners Record, showing
the action of the County Board since
January 1890, to prove the falsity
of the second paragraph of Fuhr's
article. We know personally that
this was the action of the Board, but
our mere statement of the fact night
not be sufficient, as there are many
newcomers, who don't have person
al knowledge of these acts, so we
give the record so that any one may
examine it for themselves.
1t will be seen that Fuhr's bid
Jared as did all other bids for years.
And what right has he to abuse the
Commissioners and charge them
with squandering the peoples money
when they have saved over S4oo
for the county, on printing alone,
since giving this Office the contract.
These are the figures taken from the
record and cannot be denied.
Fuhr put in this bid simply to
have something to howl about, as
we know he is not in favor of bid
ding as this was one of the reasons
why he came to us to make a deal
for half the pay at legal rates. He
said that we, meaning himself and
myself, ought not bid against each
other, as the law fixed the price and
a printer ought to have it. He may
make some people believe he favors
lowest bidders but it won't stick with
US, for we know better. The factoi
the matter Is that Fuhr has had the
public printing so long that he don't
feel right with out it He is hard
proposition to get weaned away from
the public crib.
In the face of these figures, Frank,
you ought to go away, away bacL
and sit down.