The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-07-28

r. -. LOWRY.
ABSAlOM ANDERSON
THOMAS SAWYER,
fW Pros. attorney q. ". LOwRIE.
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y. EAas a1a the PubIic FunAs.
) A few facts Of some Importance to txx
payers and the friends Of public instruct;o,
are disolosed bya report made to the sen.,,
at the late extra session.
Gov. Grimes called the attention Of IN,
Legislature to the operations Of DR.. Fad,
with the public funds in his charge, and "a
.ne Management Of affairs connected with
mas once. The Senate authorised the com.
n'''es on ways and means to investigate the
''er. Inat committee is equally divided
10 politics, and consists of ]. NJ. Preston
~. Z. Cooibaugh, d. T. Brighton, ]. G. Hi.
ns' a. Sanders, and W. w. Hamilton. Thew
discharged the duty imposed upon them. and
maze report which demonstrated the mos,
careless and reckless management that cou,d
vol % conceived. aad it yet remains to be
proved oy the result whether 1t has not been
a'se - corrupt - reckless, and whether
nas not been - much peculation and
sabesElenent % carelessness. The fact. \.
vsloPsd BY the committee are astounding.
ana may well elicit fear for the safety Of =
sfeas portion Of the fund set apart for tho
sacred purposes Of education, and ind;yna-
sssn q the conduct Of the officer WIN \. !.
had the control of il.
Inc report Of the committee shows
4 That the sum Of *9s,344 rs is MISSING.
LOT which there 10 no voucher in the ossca ~
ne Superintendent.
:. That while the Legislature was in ,e.-
non and acting in reference to the question
= loaned ont money on long credits, "wi,h
reckissaness in respect of security which
mo private individual wou,d for . mou.-.
tolerate.
.. That instead of appcrtioning it equally
among the counties, he has loaned il out 10
personal favorites, in utter disregard Of the
intent OF the law, and has placed it beyond
the reach Of the State for n long period, If
II Denot irresoverably lost.
The committee take occasion unani,. ouslv
to "condemn in the most uneauiyocal man.
'ner' the conduct Of this officer they sneak
OF It as surprising and extraordinary, and
Indicates, in their opinion, m unt,tncss on
ms part to manage so large fund, tina
must seem apparent to all - and that as,
Stunning the statements Of DR.. Eads 10 the
committee to be true, there is eyinced "a
"carelessness on his part in the discharge Of
1.-THE duties pcrtaing TO his Office, which the
COMMITTEE feel 1t their duty to reprshend in
''the strongest manner.''
VI some $500, 700, he has paid out only
$4,000 where it belongs, while there wis
only "a, 900 found in his hands, which sum
was instantly withdrawn by order OF the
Legislature and placed in the treasury.
The balance, over $20o, 900, has been pu,
out on doubtful loans, employed by crca.
turs OF the Doctors for private specula
tons, accounted for partly by voucher
which IT is believed were fixed up for tn
occasion, or utterly squandered and lost.
This man, destitute Of capacity for ordin
ary business, Is the committee affirm;
psculasor OF public funds, Is will most like
y appear; quack in science, ~ every on
acquainted with him knows; an ignoramus
- void OF every qualification for Superin
tendent Of public instruction ~ Satan is 70
priest,-this man, ignorant and corrup,
whom the intrigues Of u debauched part
have elevated into one OF the most import
ant ohces in this State, so far a. the publ
welfare and pscuniary responsibility is cor
cerned, is travelling over the State, voidin
his 6lthy slang and airing his ignorance j
efforts to promote the success OF the Pre-
Slavery ticket. Fit tool for Ct cause, l.,
the people decide upon both together.
AxornEx FAsxHooD. - The oppositio
press are continually charging that Mr.. Fro
mont is es has been member Of the Know
Nothing order. The charge is utterly an
unqaali6edly untrue. lie is not and neye
has been Know Nothing. S. NJ Booth, ed
itor OF the Milwaukee Free Democrat, SAY
be Was present when the Committee OF 8.
cs1srs from the North Americans tsndere
thsif Gid to Col. Fremont; that Col. Fro
mont Md them tina. he did not belong
their order, but stood ON the Republica
plstforn, and could sacrifice none Of i,
principles; that he cheerfuly accepted the
support. and il elected would try to do hi
duty to the whole country Let the charg,
than, whenever made, be branded US false
hood, = weak invention Of the enemy p
He 10 free from all eu,angling alliances,
Republican, squire and simple" asking SUI
Port on the strength OF thar platform alone
Ton. EwISc.--The Ebo.sh journal. hay
been reporting Mr. Ewing as going for Bu
chanan. He authorizes the Cincinnati Ga
sSsts 70 say that under no CIRCUMSTANCE
will h vote for Buchanan. So that 6nishe
thak lis.