Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-17
Gov. 0rlsnes Exposed.

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Gov. Grimes Exposed.
f., We have felt an inward CONVICTION
from the irst attack VI Coy. Grimes
upon DR.. Esds, that the Doctor would
show up our rotten Governor in NJ en-
viable colorsbefore the controversy end
cd. And I'VE are now getting thetfulh'
which convicts Gov. Grimes OF seeking
10 purchase school lands At low prices,
aud obtaining school money for private
speculation, and simply because the
) Doctor refused to lend his aid to such
An unlawful scheme the Governor la,
pursued a course Of insinuatlon against
him. calculated to throw suspicion up
Oh his official honesty But DR. Ead>
il more than "a match ior our ridiculous
Ilon Quixote, Grimes, and the table,
are turned with crushing effect.
e-Ihc Iowa City Reporter SAYS =
The Report Of the Superintendent
vi Public Instruction Was received in
the Senate on Monday, and in tlic
House on Wednesday; portion, oi which
bearing especially upon tile all eyed
maiteaaane.s. We shall publish n soon
u, practicable.
The facts, Argument ahd reasoning
which il embodies have placed his enc
ml.s hors do combat. As one b, one,
the Superintendent disposes oil la, ira
ducers, the conn iction scilc. every mipd
that truth, honor, AMI oiliciai fidelity,
have al. been rclen,ies>ls Prosecuted M
him. by ravcnou, band ot e"n-pila-
tors, headed BY Coy. Grimes, who have
sought TO enrich themselves by rob
ling the proper officer Of the custody
Of the school Fund, and by romhna
tions to get School Lands nj le>, than
theii value.
Taking the RepuJi,can a. Il sample
vi the lot, it is amusing 10 see ho"
.dai they lie.
So grea: was the CONSERVATION ere
ated among the friends OF GOV. crimes
III the Legislature, tina, motion, were
made to send the Rcpor, Of tic super
.ntendcnt back again. Ia the House
that little renegade whltfct C loud, Of
Observation-Disclosures hard 10 Obtain q
vote excluding the Report, but was
voted down by majority OF ~. The
honest Republicans begin to thnl, that
Ishlnaelite Grimes is tie ,lciauiter and
criminal, instead of DIR. Eads.
Appended to DR.. Eads' Report It the
following letter which We commend 10
the attention Of our nrighbol Of the
Gazette -
OrrIcr, Sur. Pen. lNsrnv crIo>.
Iowa CRY. Iowa. De. o,ls5G.
To the General assembly.
Gentlemen My attention has been
called to paragraph i'll the repor, Of
the Register OF the state Land Office to
the Governor, as follows:
mo, having been furnished 10y the
Superintendent, of Public Instruction
with the original list OF selection, of
the 100000 acres grant. have taken
the plats of said lands, furnished by the
Department at Washington, to the
Superintendent Of Public Instruction
rs the basis upon which to enter said
lands in the tract book"
In the first place, am not awar. OF
any law requiring me to furnish the
Register with said original list.
In the second place, Mr., Hart, the
Register, never requested Inc 10 iur-
nish said list.
In the third place, did not have
possession OF said list when said Reg
lister opened his tract book. for the
reason that l had loaned il to toy.
Grimes Through Hon Ed. Johnston)
tor the purpose Of enabling the Govern
or to select certain School Lands in
sev cral counties which he (the co., :
ernor) wished to purchase on specula-
ton.
Fourth. The Governor never re-
turned to me the list so borrowed.
Fifth. The said original list was
superseded BY the action of the Leg
islsture in adopting the book of plats
from which the Register has made his
transfers into the tract book" Of his
office.
SirM. The plats OF said lands were
not furnished by the Department AT
Warrington but were made by one
Peter Daggy, who was paid for this
service at the rate OF one dollar per
plat, by Mr.. Benton, my predecessor in
office.
Sesenth. Attached TO each plat is a
tabular statement, showing the num-
Der Of the list, the office ut which the
selection was made, the date If appro-
val, and the area Of the several tracts
approved.
AightA. Embodied in the last print
ed report OF my predecessor is a list
which was a. reliable for the purpose
ofa'tract book Is the mace rate "origin
u list with which he was NOT furnished
because Gov. Grimes had SO borrowed
and never returned said list, as aiorc-
said.
All OF which is respectful, submit
ted, am, Very respectfully,
Your obi servant,
JAMES D. EADS.
Sup. Public Instruction
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