Show LiVING iSSUES GETS IT Delinquent Tax List Goes to the ObscUre Sheet 4 CONTRACTOR UNDER BOND + BUT T IRCTCAIIT OF COMLC I MAST County Commissioners Armstrong and E Opposed Wide Publicity and Assurance of Lower Rate Front Bonn Fid Newspapers of General Circulation + County Commissioner Armstrong and Hal Commissioner Rawlins dis seating yesterday afternoon voted to accept Warren Fosters private bid against which there was no CQmpe I tiion for publishing the delinquent tax list in LIving Issues at the rte of 12 cents per name and description A contract I con-tract and bond in the sum of 1000 will i be drawn up for execution today Mr I Foster with the aId of the Western Newspaper Union will undertake to setup set-up the type in the slow old style and have the mater ready to Issue from the press on Monday next the date required re-quired by law But it Is extremely doubtful if the Populist publisher can even approach a fulfillment of hIs contract con-tract There is not enough nonpael type in town available for the purpose and the Typographical union will prevent pre-vent the use of linotype machInes or stereotype to come to Mr Fosters rescue Approximately the published list of property and notice of delinquent ta sale will occupy a space of 10000 lines wide measure I was not to be expected that Commissioner Com-missioner Hal would be convinced of the error of his pot proposition but it is inexplicable that Chairman Armstrong strong should concur with his colleague to award the publication contract to LIving Issues Had the real object ben to give wide publicity to the notice no-tice of delinquency and sale and at the same time to contract with the lowest responsible bIdder new proposals would have been called for without discrimination discrimi-nation Without question the daily papers would have offered on a basis of once a week publication to fill the contract itt a low or even a lower figure than CommIssioner Halls pro tege bid CommIssIoner Rawlins reiterated the statements made by him on two former occasions to the effect that he could not COllscientously be a party to a scheme that proposed to give the publication pub-lication of so important a mater to an obscure sheet that made no pretentious of being a newspaper of general circu laton In the county such as the law by the strongest implication required The danger of Involving the county inexpensive in-expensive litigation because of such a palpable blunder as his colleagues were railroading through he deemed too imminent im-minent for safety and official comfort He favored calling for new bids on a definite basis from all publishers believing be-lieving that a much lower figure for once a week publication and more extensive ex-tensive and thorough notice would be secured thereby and dangers of legal complications from irregularities and Inconsistencies would be avoided but the appeal fell on deaf ears To him the security of the 250000 in delinquent taxes for the state city county and school funds was of that Importance requiring legal and wise acton in the mater of publication Commissioner Rawlins directed attention at-tention to the law forbidding the letting let-ting of a contract on a private bid after regularly sOlicited proposals had been rejected but his colleagues evaded 3 response What was commented upon a another an-other strange part of yesterdays proceedings ceedings was County Attorney Van Cotts advice to the board that the law will permit publication of the delinquent delin-quent tax sale notice in a paper that ha no general circulation in the county coun-ty even thou pronertyowners are Injured and tax sale sharks are favored by such defective means of advertising as LIvIng Issues affords Without allowing any claIms or transacting tranS-acting any other business of cons quence the board adjourned till this afternoon G G j |