Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1874 — Sophistry Exposed. [ARTICLE]

Sophistry Exposed.

The statement <>f "Fair Play” in the Union of Sept. 21, caused us to make an examinatio nos the records to which he refered. ’We were supposed at his assertions but supposed them true as he referred to the record fur his authorisy. His statements are false. Besides the allowance for refunding the R. R. tax Mr. Babcock received for the year ending May 31, 1874, less than sixteen hundred dollars. “Fair play” says the allowances to Mr. Yeoman talked of in the campaign of 1870, included the charges for two extra copies of the R. R. tax duplicate. This was not made till the next year —fall of 1871. In our i ivestigation we stumbled upon the facts that the al.owances to kr. Yeoman for the year ending at Sept. term, 1872, was $2077.85, or about as niuch as Air. Babcock’s allowances for last year with all the extra work made by new laws and refunding the R. R. tax besides. We think Foul Play would have been a more appropriate nom de plume for the person who wrote that article.

Office County Superintendent, Rensselaer, Sep. 2vth, 1874, Editor Republican : Will you please publish the following letter: “This is to certify that J. 11. Snoddy has presented the postmaster’s certificate, that his report of the enummerations of 1874 was mu’led in time to reach here May 15, 1874, toge’her with his own affidavit of that fact. Accoi-dingly 1 have released him from the penalty and will add $252,30 to the apportionment of Jasper counts on the first day of January, 1875, which amount the county would have received had the apportionment been made on the Enuineraatioo of 1874, instead of 1873, as his report was delayed in the mails.” Alex C. Hopkins, Supt. Pub. Instruction. I also remark in regard to the query in the Republican as to why 1 don’t decide the location of the school-house in Keener township; that I decided in all points brought before me in tho appeal, on the 6th of last March, —that 1 made the decision openly in the house where the appeal was held and in the presence of parties coaceinod—thrice I also repeated tho decision, and explained the case at the meeting of the County Board last May.—l have no other decision to make. J. 11. Snoddy. Fair play, in the independent organ, last week, stated that Sheriff Daugherty charged the County for services rendered another party. There is no truth in th 9 statement. Also that ho made an exorbitant charge—untrue again, tint the County Attorney opposed the allowance—when the fact is said Atty. advocated that it was a very low charge and appealed to a disinterest ed person to verify the representation. Then Fair Play garbles, just as said organ did last spring on finances, by mixing board and guarding and says that the Sheriff charged for guarding a prisoner when he was in the county Poor House—another false statement; but time woul l fail us to follow up all the yarns of the independent organ and its correspondents and we will just say that any who are so gullible as to believe any of their statements can obtain the facts in the case by personal investigation which all should take the trouble to make before acting upon such unprincipled misrepresentations. The Rensselaer public Schools will commence on the 26th of October with the following named persons as the corps of teachers : James A. Burnham, principal. Miss Banta, first intermediate. Miss Mattie Benjamin, second intermediate. Mias, Celia Wilkinson, primary.