Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-01-25
DEs MONIES COURIER.
Discharge OF Col. Curtis.

The last Wing 81 Register says that
the new Board Of Public Works have
discharged Col. s. r. Quits, the able
and efficient Chief Engineer on the river
improvement, and appointed Guy Wells,
a young man who has been acting as an
assistant under the Col, in his place
We are not surprised at this movement.
ltiswhat VIC have been expecting.
The question arises, what was the
cause of his dismissal, We presume
that il will not for a moment be serious.
ly contended that he Gid not come up to
the Jeffersonian rule. is considered
by all that he is emincnty qualified; we
have never heard his honesty doubted,
and that he has been. and still is a true
friend TO the successful and speedy COM
pletion of the entire work. no one can
deny. But it has been whispered that
the change was made on the score of E.
economy. Yes, be not startled gentle
reader; TO save the money for The improve
ment of the river. Well, we are glad to
see that"a change has come DER the
spirit OF their dream" and ,ha, economy
is TO be the wa.chword and polar star in
the future progress of this work. 'Fhen
If il was 10 save the funds, we presume
they get the services Of Mr. Wells for
less than hey paid Col. Curtis; why
then was not this change made BY the
old Board! or by the new Board, if the
old one had no regard for economy, when
ahcy first came into power! Is i, replied
THAT the services of IN eminent and ex-
perienced engineer could not be dispcns.
ed with at the time referred 10! We AS k
is Il no, just rs important TO secure the
work against bunging, 10 ch.wo anu
ultimate failure, to have such a man TO
supcrintend The construction Of locks,
&C.. as in the former progress of the
work, " hen economy in this particular
branch Of The work, never entered The
heads Of either Doard! a.a g. .s.u. j.
But we have no doubt, that the true
cause of his removal lay III the lnct tl,a,
h: isa UAig. Blu, We do not believe
that, he ever mctldled with elections; al
least, we never heard that he did, and in
fact he let politics 50 entirely alone, tia,
many had TO inqhire, before they knew
what he was, Whig or Dcmocra,. -
In this he only complied with grea
republican Wing principle. A person
would suppose. that from the hue and
cry raised by 1tlie Locofocos agains, the
present Administrator, for. removing
men who fail TO come up to the Jeller'
ssonion rule, that they had such holy
horror Of removals that no consilcra
lion would Induce them to remove any
one. But we see that they always use
the guiilotine, that horrid instrument,
which has figured so conspicuously il
the columns of Loco!oco papers, and
danced through the Gis,empered brain
Of .ocofoco leaders for the past few
mouths, when they find q Wing for /;
victim. We do not make these remarks
10 complain of this act, for as we before
said, it is just what we expected, and il
in keeping with the course o. Locofocos
for years. We only wish to show tha
they are doing just exactly what they
are daily. unjusily and wrongfully accu.
sing the Wings of doing--turning mer
out of Office for mere opinions sake
We should not be surprised ifthis change
Of an able and experienced engineer. fol
an inexperienced young man, should in,
jure and ojcopardise this improvement
as a similar course did the Muskingun
improvement in Ohio. Young and in,
experienced engineers we're first employ
ed upon i',aud made Perfec. bp'ch- wort
Of il, and finally Col, 8. r, Curiis-the
gentleman discharged from this work.
was employed and carried il on, to sue,
cessful completion. Ii' haa gxa
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