The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-12-05
TIE MINNESOTA PIONEER
ct. PAUL, tilinuesuta,
Wednesday Morning, Dec. s, 1919,

Is not true that the fi0ncer mas, from
first to last, ever published one syllable
against any one of the Federal office
holders in Minnesota, except Secretary
Smith, who, it is well known, has refus--
| ed to pay over to the publishers of this
paper, funds placed in the Secretary's
hands for that purpose--to pay for print
ing done for the government, which has
cost the publisher of this paper large
sums of money, for want of which he is
struggling with penury and enbarrass-
i;ment. The Secretary refuses to pay or
to account for not paying, and is enrich
ing himself with speculations and by en-
tries of land. Shall man who is thus
defrauded, not complain of it? Has the
Secretary or his organ ever denied it
! Has he denied that he had an interest in
that swindling operation, by which seven
/ hundred dollars was filched out of the
I Treasury for stationery to furnish Leg
Fislature composed of twenty-seven mem
bcrs, for a period Of sixty days: Has
he denied that lie get his toadies in the
Legislature TO get through for him al.
appropriation of five hundred dollars ex-
ira pay, for pretended extra services:
Does he deny, that this allowance of
five hundred dollars, was afterwards
licked into a different shape, So that it
might pass muster at Washington: Does
he deny that he was guilty of the little,
pititul business of paying out sovreigns
at 81 90' or that he paid off Il portion
of the disbursements in FIVE franc pieces
at nincty-five cents? Does he deny that
he has attempted to deiraud Mr.. Fryer,
most efficient clerk, whose services
where indispensable to the Legislature,
of his whole pay: In regard to Mr..
Fryer, the facts were these, The law
does not authorize the creation of more
than certain number Of clerkships; but
as it does not prohibit the Legislature
from employing all the assistance noces-
sary to do the requisite work . Mr.. Fryer
was employed in the work of enrolling
and cngrossing; furnishing himself with
a large amount of stationery. 1t was
for this work and these materials that his
/ bills were made out and allowed BY the
Legislature, and no man better earned
his appropriation; but the bill of Mr.
FRYER was altered from its original form,
by order of the Secretary, who caused
Mr.. Flyers billt be made out before the
f. Commute, for services as "enrolling
clerk, y purposely to make the charge
technically Objectionable to the Depart
ment at Washington: and thereupon,
taking advantage of this vilainous trick
of Office, he refuses to pay MIR. Fryer a
solitary dime.
! Win the Secretary deny, that he fur
nishes the presses here with certified
copies of the laws, to publish, which
are most egregiously incorrect, We
are prepared to prove TO the Department
at Washington, that the negligence, III
efficiency and incorrectness of the Sec
rotary in furnishing copies of the laws
of Minnesota for publication, are such
as would not be tolerated in the humblest
and most unimportant clerkship of the
most insignificant bureau at Washing
ton. We challenge denial Of this. We
can furnish the proofs of it. Such is the
man we have exposcd-such are the
frauds and villanies, not to say crimes,
upon which we have poured the caustic
of truth 1t is but justice to Secretary
Ewing, to say, that Smith is not one of
his appointments. No remedy can be
worse than such disease. Let him be
dismissed, and some one appointed in his
place, any body, any thing but 4. x.
Smith
\ ~ The Chronicle charges the edi-
tor Of this paper with saying that the
Canadians were driven to the polls like
cattle. The editor of the Pioneer never
wrote, printed, nor. uttered such Ian
guagc, nor any thing like it; but we can
refer to two instances in the Chronicle
where the Canadians are compared to
cattle.
~ The Chronicle, has at different
times, made war in its columns, upon Mr.
Sibley, Mr.. Steele, Mr.. Rice, Mr.. Norris
Mr.. Trask, and other democrats in Min
nesota, because they are democrats; we
have nerer attacked any man because he
was a whig; the only public man whose
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