The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-12-26


visions of this act were framed.
The Secretary says: ssThe eApcndi-
ture or appropriation madeby the Legsi-
lative Assembly overrun the appropria-
ton madc'by Congress some SO, GOO, or
more, | have not stopped to ascertain the
precise amount"
A more loose, indefinite, unsatisfacto-
ny exhibit was never made by a fnanci-
al officer. The Secretary has in his.
office, or ought to have, the ''precise a.
mount" why does he attempt to salts
ly the, public with vague guess work
and ssrecoliections." For Gods sake,
is the Secretary as destitute of figures as
he is of facts? Perhaps he has no use for
figures for the reason that Figures won't
lie We challenge the Secretary
to the proof that there is deficit of
'S3, 600. 90 or more" a
If more, or if less, why not inform the
public the exact amount: Deducting
the several amounts which the Secretary
has got allowed, in fact for himself, I'M
der one pretencc or another 500, for
stationary, $500, for extra service and
his profits on the labor Of William ARM
strong in chopping wood, and we deny
hat there is anything like the deficit
pretended.
In conclusion, we will say this; that if
the administration will retain this man
in the office Of Secretary, after hearing
all the evidence he offers against him
self in the last Number Of the Chronicle
| c. j McNulty ought, as an act of equal
/ Justice, to have been restored to the clerk
ship of the House of Representatives,
and every rogue in the country beplac-
cd upon the pension list. ar..
OF the amount "not allowed" to the
publisher Of the Pioneer, by the Legi5la-
ture for printing, s,235,00 was for En-
ecutive printing last spring and summer
for exactly the same kind OF printing for
which both the Register and the Chron-
icle were paid, and for which the Score
tary at one time actually paid over to us
TIE sum Of 500; but which SI00, he
chose afterwards to carry into our vouch-
er for moneys received by us on the APP
preparation Of the Legislature. In re-
gard to the remainder of our bill for in
cidcntal printing at the last session, which
was expressly postponed by the Lcgisla-
turc, simply because the committee APP
pointed TO determine the amount due,
had not time TO complete their examina-
ton, it is very singular that the Sccreta-
~ pretends to doubt ''whethor Mr..
Goodhue intends 10 have this amount al
lowed hereafter We do intend, to be
paid according to law, for all the print
ing we 60 for the Legislature. We ash
nothing more and will accept of nothing
less There is now due to us, not vel
appropriated, S955,95 for incidental
printing, beside $3.50, 90 for Executive
printing; Of which we have earned eve
ry dollar, beside $4,000 for obtaining
a translation of the message into Ger
man and some printing due which wa:
not estimated is the bill we presented tc
the Legislature.
If we now had every dollar we claim
for printing it would leave us but little IL
reward us for our labor after filly de-
fraying expenses; as any publishel
knows who has tried his hand at it, in q
new territory.
Who ever heard Of printers getting
rich in the Vest And yet no class Of
men work as hard for the public as print
ers. The publishers of the two Journals
in Saint Paul, are worse paid in proper.
ton to their labor and expenditure fo
f the public, than any other men in town
90 1t is whispered about that neigh
Dor Goodhue is to be candidate for thu
Legislature next fall. Probably hi
friends think to run him in upon the prin
r ciple that the young cmigrant from tn,
East wrote home to his father, to remoy,
to Illinois. His epistlc ran thus: ''Dea
Dad-come out here, for almighty mcal
men can get office in this country pa
Chronicle.
Now in point Of fact, we never ha
, the lemotest intention or wish, to be
candidate for the Legislature next fall
The Chronicle however, reasons bette
than usual; for if the principle aboy
spoken Of, would apply in Illinois. it wi
apply moro forcibly in Minnesota, espe
cially since Nathaniel Mclean, one {
the editors Of the Chronicle, can get tn