Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1892 — GIVE US THE "RINGSTERS” NAMES! [ARTICLE]

GIVE US THE "RINGSTERS” NAMES!

Editor Republican.—l find the following inthe last number of the Peoples Pilot. - . How long is this old corrupt incubus of political corruption —the ring here —to be allowed to disgrace . tlie fair name of Jasper County? Will the Pilot please name the individuals that compose the ring? - The men who levy the taxes are the township and town trustees,and County Commissioners. The Auditor is the clerk of the Board of Commissioners and prepares the tax duplicates. The Treasurer collects the taxes and pays out the money upon orders issued by the Auditor and accounts to tie Board of Commissioners for everj cent of the money so collected. O. P. Taber, J.F. Watfpn and P. M. Querry are the Ebard of Commissioners. G. M. Bibinson and H. B. Murray' have dme the Auditing ..th© past eight years. Wm. Hoover, I. B. Washbum and M. H. Hemphill have collecpd the money and paid out the sane. Now if there has been cornption, which of the eight above naned are the guilty ones? Let the Piot editors speak out. If the editcrs feel timid and do not feel like sjeaking outlet the officers of the Pi}t publishing CeL.L Ponsler. qhomas H. Robinson, David ,W. Shields and Marion I. Adams say wio have stolen money from the tax payers of the county. Itisalittlegpgulap. that the editors of the Pitoissume to know so much about Jounty not one of thm has been to the Auditor’s or Tresurer’s books to find out about th taxes. Their source of informatio seems to be a little round-abou The Democratic Auditor o state wrote to the Auditor of Jasper C ounty for a report of thcaxes of this County, which the Auditor forwarded. ik—— The State Auditor trobably turned that over to the Dnocratic State Central Committefaxd the Committee in turn gave; to their “expert” who furnishes ie Democratic papers the data :or their articles on taxation.

lu this case they n°re the Democratic Sentinel al give the “literature” to the'/W paot - It is no matter whoedits the Pilot, whether Lee lazebrook, D. Webster Shields/. Wesley Douthit or Henry Fiser, the aim is Ito blacken the charier of those who are or have been ounty officers. Mr. Charles I Mills has given them the trut concerning county taxes. Mr. Ms has thoroughly studied the x law and probably understani it better than any one or all othe editors of the Pilot, who likeie Guerrillas of the late war finedrom behind rocks and brush instd of coming out and fighting I honorable battle. Alliance m< who are or have been republins ought to. study well the sifttion before they cast their 1c with such a. gang. A

B. GOSH.