Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-09-28
NUMBER %.
FaIsehood NatIedl-A. G. conarer

A1T. EOfFefs anu MI. COnOYeF are Doth acting q
very singularly. Both state oficers-beth we
suppose, in the pay of the state, yet both in
the almost constant employ Of private corpo-
rations. The people must put this down BY
the election of Col. Miller, and then they may
expect their business attended to-"
[Ohio Statesman.
On which the o. s. Journal very justly te-a
marks: Now, the people Of Ohio well know
how to appreciate the Statesman for trmh
and honesty, when they know that Mr.. Como
yer has not been in the employ of the state
for some time, and that the editor of the
Statesman k7e,0 it when he penned the above
falsehood. On Wednesday last We published
in the Journal the following note from Mr..
Conover. It was published inthe Piqua Reg
lister some days since:
JOHN w. DERTREEs, Esq-Sir: have seen
published in several Democratic papers state
] ment charging me with holding the appoint
ment of Resident Engineer on the Miami and
Erie Canal and receiving a salary from the
state, when at the same time was in the em-
ploy of railroad company The fact is this,
before engaging upon the railroad ] resign
ed my appointment as Resident Engineer on
the canal, and the acting commissioner in
charge of the work, from whom I received the
appointment, made such an arrangement as
released me, and I am not in the position
A. G. coNovER
Piqua, September Z, 1850.
The Journal adds: Such is the plan of cleo
/, tioneering adopted by the Locofoco party to
defeat Mr. Conover Falsehood in this in
stance, is branded upon the Statesman at the
very start
We have received the following cemmuni-a
cation from one who knows Mr. Gonoyer weIl.
What do the people of Ohio think Of such at
tempts to uphold the party which has nursed
and defended the Yontzes, and Mulrines and
Barneys, and the whole batch of Galphias that
for years plundered the state oftens of thou
sands Of dollars, under Locofoco rule?
:. We earnestly invite the attention Of our
readers to the following article, communities
ted to the Ohio State journal:
ED1ToR OF ONO STATE JoURNAL I'm the
Statesman of yesterday, noticed an article
headed Board of Public Works, DC, . in which
the editor of that veritable sheet INDUCES in
surprise" at the singular conduct of Messrs.
Forrer and Gonover, and 'supposes'' them
both to be ''still in the pay of the state" Has
the editor Of the Statesman not seen the card
, of Mr.. Conoyer copied into almost half the pa
PEGS of the state, disclaiming any official CON
nection with the state-having resigned the
Office he held at the time of his nomination for
member of the Board Of Public Works
| Those who know Mr.. Conover do not need
that any one should undertake to defend him
from broken down politician, partizan edi-
tor whose reproach is praise, and from whom
commentator would be censure There are
those however, who are personally acquainted
/ with this gentleman, and who unfortunately
4 have as little knowledge of the exact amount
of reliance to be placed upon the statements
of the Statesman.
Mr.. Conoyer entered the service of the
state about the time of the location of the Mi
ami Extension canal, and the writer very well
recolleets him as forming one of little band
of engineers who penetrated and explored the
then almost unbroken forest extending from
st. Mary's to the Maumee. A pair Of oxen
and rough cart carried their tent, tools, instru-
ments, and thevery plain fare upon which they
subsisted while locating the line of the canal
There were then no roads through that part of
the state. The country was fiat, wet and in-
| salubrious, and they spent months of hard la
Dor cutting their way through the woods, ex-
amining different routes and sleeping upon the
ground. In this way commenced the practi
cal education of Mr.. Conover. It was contin-
ued and proceeded eqasi pGssu with the prog
ress of the public works of the state. On
their completion. he was left in charge as res
ident engineer of that portion of the Miami
canal extension to which he had given, during
the progress of the work, such efficient aid.
Thus by his own unaded efforts, patient
and laborious industry, obliging and gentle
manly department, he has earned an envia-
/ Bile reputation-has won the confidence and
respect of all who know him, and been select
ed by the Wings of Ohio as a suitable person
to discharge the duties of member Of the
Board of Public works Ifelected, he will be
an active and efficient officer He viii bring
to his aid an amount of practical information
which, joined to his good sense, industry and
energy, admirably qualities him for the posi-
ton in which his friends seek TO place him
A better selection could not have been made
The people have large interest in placing
/ Just such men in charge of their business,
Along the line of the Miami canal where Mr..
Conover is best known, he is also most favora-
| OILY huOhH. 4 HCTc H6 CdHtlOb Oe SOiSu tu6
Shiny concoetions of the Statesman. There
he is appreciated as correct efficient public
officer; and the voters of that region willno
be deferred from giving their sufrages BY the
mandates of any man who has stood at the
public crib" "fodder or no fodder" for half
lifetime, and who has always hved soeH when
his friends had the key
Sept 20, 1850. One WHO KNOWS HIN.
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