Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-02-15
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parts of our letters you caused him
to run to new pastures. With your
permission we will answer Brother
Farrell's letter in your paper and al
so the Herald. We will show the
readers Mr.. Farrell's weakness.
Some party told him thatI signed u
petition to remove the gaugcr and
also the postmaster at Mildred nine
years ago, and instead of looking for
the truths he rushed to the public
with ii. Now John the petition was
OE!y in the case of vacancy and
there were over 30 Democrats names
on the petition, aud if we did do so
it did not cost the taxpayers one
cent as it has done in the case Of jam
itor and truant officer
Brother Farrell did you read your
letter after you wrote it? IfyoU did
do not think you would show such
a weakness as to confess to to the
tax payers aud readers that IA jack, IS
had such control of the school direct
ors of Cherry township, that they
disregarded the standards by which
they hired the teachers of the said
township. Your letter is valuable
document for the taxpayers to keep
for future reference so that they will
know what kind of an officer you
make.
John in a letter to this paper you
stated that my school tax was l3
mills on my assessed valuation of
so, which made my school tax 50
cents. In your letter of January 81,
t. the Herald you refer me to the
report of the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction for 1904 | will
see that Cherry levy was 10 mill,
that would make my school tax 30
cents. John figures will not lie but
it depends on who has the making
of them. We will ask you again
where does the one dollar poll tax
go. Your II cents month theory
is all right as far as it goes. The
same report, average salary of male
teachers in Cherry, $35.4: in Colley
$4,000, difference of Sl4.56 per
month on each male teacher. Aver
of ln
Coiiey $50, IA difference of s. per
month, max ing total difference of
Sl7.56 "A month. Pupils in Cherry
township 645, in Coiley township
1885, a difference of 156 pupils. Total
expenditures of Cherry $9,7l5.7S,
expenditures of Colley S5,500.0S, a
difference of S4,2l5.70. Brother
Farrell what is the use being at the
books for it goes to show that your
books and my tax receipts do not
correspond. When you show up
, where this poll tax goes to then we
will talk books to you
John you had looked for the
E truth you would have found out
that did not take any part in the
work of circulation of Mr.. Dongle-
berg'S petition, as / told you before
that when it was presented to me
told him it would do him no good,
! some time afterward Mr.. Dongle-
berg came to me again and asked
. me to give him my name and | told
him to 60 ahead and use it if he
thought it would do him any good
At that time, and he did as | gave
him permission. did not see the
: petition at all. SO your letter will
not stand the search light.
Why should 20 after the road
' commissioners: If you know or ca
prove that they are not qualified 10,
a iheir Office, You are the man to .,
e after theIu. They are not RESPONSE
. bic for the school directors being
: controlled by j,ckasS, we also hav,
the same To say in reference to th'
oNrr,eers of the poor.
When you ans er the questions
y first asked, namely: Janitor and tru
" ant o.iicer and why my tax receip
= says el.65 for school tax, and if tina
!" i, the only excuse that you can giv'
q the taxpayers, that you we're con
> trolltd by II jackaos it, breaking
} away from the standard for hiriu.
teachers. Why is it that II certain
II school teacher has promised IA schoo
+ to one of his pupils before he ha
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