Year: 1876

DtNHuHnS 1u'1 1AuulIu1 DcdE.WdS 10 see
both papers and ascertain which would
print the proceedings at the lowest rate.
And Mr.. Conde, in his letter published
in the ADVANCE of May 18th, says:


Accordingly the Auditor was instruct
eel to confer with the publishers of the
ADVANCE and the journal, and award
the printing Of the proceedings of the
board, ETC., to the paper that would do
the work the cheapest. I am confident
that the Commissioners from the ID
and Sd districts will support me in the
statement that it was not intended that
the Auditor should give such printing
to the Journal merely upon its reducing
present rates without consulting the
ADVANCE as to a similar or greater re-
ductiOn. IT such action has been TAX
en- by the Auditor, it is contrary to the
wishes and expectations of the Board of
Commissioners.


Now, we again charge Auditor Bear,
land we repeat aud re-iterate the
charge,) with having disobeyed the in
structions and run counter to the wish
es Of the board in carrying the proceed
ings to the Journal and receiving their
bid and not coming to us also and CIV
ing us an opportunity to bid. And we
again charge that Auditor Bear went
to the Journal and that the publishers
agreed to publish the proceedings at S
cents less per folio than we had been
charging. That is, we had been cllarg-
ing IS cents folio, OF q cents less than
holt the rate allowed by law for legal
advertising. The Journal promptly
said we will do it for 80 cents folio.-
And without giving the ADVANCE an
opportunity to bid less, Auditor Bear
gave the proceedings to the Journal
And we are prepared to prove that Au-
ditor Bear stated so to a gentleman on
the street, and that Bell stated the
same in effect to another gentleman in
one of our stores. We can prove these
statements. When the ADVANCE ex-
posed this trick and this disregard of
the wishes Of the Commissioners, the
Journal lodged the difficulty by agree
ing to print the proceedings for moth
ing. And we knew that they would
take just this dodge III case we exposed
the transaction, and we so stated to
several friends.


Both Auditor Bear and the Journal
have endeavorcd to create the impress
sion that there was no sucl, bargain and
that the Journal offered from the start
to do the printing gratis. Auditor
Bear has charged us with falsellool,
and 10 and behold the boot is on his
own foot =! "Thou art the man!''
AS 10 Bears efficiency in office. we
believe that generally he has been et1i-
cient, but not any more nor rs much so
as a hundred good farmers whom we
could name would he, and who are jg-
nored by this dominecrlng Worthing
ton Ring because they will not allow
themselves to he used hy the Ring
The cl'ief complaint we have heard a.
gainst tie Auditori is that of closing his
office sometimes for day or two at
time, and farmers have complained bit
ter]y Of having come twelve to twenty
miles to transact business with the Au-
ditor and found the Office closed and the
Auditor out Of town.


A word, in conclusi on, concerning
Auditor Bear as Il politician. That he
is an expert wire-worker, that he is an
office seeker. and that he is one of the
most formidable Of the ring politicians
we assert and shall prove in due time.
And his strength lies chiefly in the fact
that lie appears in the double character
of preacher and politician. That lie
was one Of several who made up the
slate - weeks before our last ncmina-
tion of county officers, and put the n
selves on; that lie used his influence to
carry certain bridge projects with the
understanding that lie and his ring were
to be supported for Office in return for
such influence, and that these facts, be-
ing known, were largely the cause of
his own township Of Bigelow going
eight majority against him, we propose
to show in a future article.


FROM TIE COUNTY Il LDITOR
EDITOR ADVANCE In your issue of
July 13, there is letter over the sigma
of a Subscriber to which take serious
exceDtiOnS for the following reasons.