Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1909-01-15
There's METHOD In The
MADNESS OF MCDEID
and BLATTNER
But their Consistency is
Like Snow in Hades
EIKO COUNTY ADOPTS
SANE BUSINESS METHODS
With Reference to Printing and Adver-
Using, and Does not Divert Her
PUBIC Funds to Private
Benefit

We append herewith the following
from the Wells Herald, which in a
measure is selt-expianatory:
Sealed proposals.
''Norice is hereby given that sealed
proposals for doing the county prins-
ing 1lom March L, 1909, to Dec. 81,
1910, will be received at the office OF
the county clerk up to and including
SATURDAY, Feb. 27, 1909. The said
printing to include all printing paid
TOR out of county funds, such as pub
lisning the proceedings of the board OF
commissioners, advertising all notices
required by the board, county blanks
and letter heads for use of county OF
hcers, etc. Bids to state the monthly
compensations required for such serv-
ices. Bids to be opened ON March :!
1909. The board of commissioners re
serve the right to reject any and all
bids.
"Elko, Januray 5, 1909.
"Attest: A. G. DAWLEY, Clerk. F"
The question the citizens and tax.
payers of this county would like to
have Chas. W. McDeid, of Winnemucca
and William Blattner, of Paradise
Valley, the two commissioners who
turned down the county printing reso
luton, is, why did they Go ita Whs
should Humboldt county pay about
eight times the regular commercial rate
for printing and Elko county adopt {"
sane business principle in regard 70
her county printing! Is money 50
cheap in the county treasury of Hum
:boldt county that a few thousand dol
lars a year for printing is of no i'm
portance?
]. The secret of the matter is this: II
is politics. Messrs. McDeid and Blatt-
ner are Winnemucca ring Democrats
and they believe they are entitled 10
divert the public money unlawfully
and illogically to the Winnemucca ring
newspaper. "Politics is politics." anil
possibly Messrs. McDeid and Blattnet
and the Star proprietors are congratu-
lating themselves on how it was done,
but thousand taxpayers and citizens,
look on in justifable disgust and anger
Yes, "politics is politics. but why
were not the Winnemucca ring commits
sioners consistent in their politics? :?
Why did they not reappoint DR.. Pin
niger county physician9 DR.. Pinniger
is Democrat, and he supported the
candidacy of the Hon. McDeid, as well
as all the Democrats on the ticket. But
the Democratic majority commissioners
stappointed DR.. Scott county physician.
s'Dr. Scott worked for the election of
the Republican commissioners, openly
and avowedly. 1t is queer politics the
-Winnemucca ring commissioners in
dulge in. They make the ring news
paper the gift of big portion of the
county money, ignoring the law, in the
t matter, and the spirit of their oath of
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