The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-02-10
TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 6, ls5!
Something about the Public Printing.


A few weeks ago. ten or twelve members {
the Legislature, Democrats voted lin straigll
string" for the editor of the Pioneer as publ
printer. They no doubt thought they wer
serving the ends Of" Democracy by thus cas-,
| ing their votes; and that, if they succeeded
they would reward only the ''Simon Pure
Democratic journal of this city with the spoil
Incident to the public printing. At all events
such ha,ers of fraud and corruption-such de
Chalmers against vice and iniquity in public OF
icials-such utter despisers of any ything in tn
shape Of aiding the ends and success OF Whis
newspaper. as are Messrs. Haus. Davis, Braw
ley and Cave. Of the St. Paul Delegation. would
never have thought ofvoting for Earle S. Good
rich. Democratic editor of the Pioneer. Lac
they for moment supposed that Timothy ii
Newson. Wing editor of the Times, had in hi.
pocket ,rritten contract from the said Go, d
rich. assigning to the said Newson onehalf o
the said public printing. szt ..r -..-.
This is. however. the way of the world-that
is the political world and when the faithful
and honest who work truly in the party harness
least expect it, they are sold by those who hold
them in leading strings. The case here cited
by which the 8 Democratic" representatives o.
St. Paul-men who never 60 into any wire-pul.
ling, trickery or IS sculduggery" to accomplish
their ends-men who are opposed to fraud
in all its shapes and forms-is one of the strong
est illustrations of the triumph Of political chi.
canery over honest Democracy that We have
been called to note since entering upon the
stage of politics. The game. however, was
thwarted by men of the Legislature more
shrewd than Haus. Davis. Brawley and Cave
and the Pioneer and its illicit Whig bed-fellow,
the Times, got not type to set at the public
expense. sa.sa.r.t s.. ..--..1 e..
We have never seen the contract between
the Pioneer and Times in regard to this matter
but that such an one is or was in existence
we have not particle Of doubt. We have
been so assured by respectable gentlemen, who
have had an opportunity of knowing all the
facts in the premises. Itremains to be seen,
after this. whether the fraud hating editor Of
the Times will dare to attempt to claim CON-
munionship with the old and tried Wings oil
Minnesota. If So we can tell him in advance
he need expect no mercy from that Whig com
munity which he has SO deliberately betrayed
10y coalition that now stinks in the nostrls Of
every straight forward man of the party. Let
him not come to us, and the men who sustain
US. and ask hereafter to be received into Whie
fellowship. Let him 60 where he belOngs-or
more properly. where he is and has been al
the while--and stay there until he can repent
and come to the conclusion that to be Whil
editor in Minnesota man must act honorably
with Wings, and not attempt to betray the par
ty by making ,criften contracts for paltry
gold with the editor of journal whose study
day and night, is to find ends and means by
which he may traduce the character and in
jure the success of Whig men, and thwart th,
| triumph of Wing measures.