Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-05-31
SATURDAY, MAY "a, 1856.
THE CONSPIRACY.
ON of Word OF Honor Com me n L

THE, CONSPIRACY.
violation Of Word OF Hoaor .-Comme Al ment Of
Iiostiiities!
Yesterday we stated that%orman had admit
ted to Mr.. DAILY, that the Government was owing
us more than the face of the note ($500) and had
pledged his word of honor rs man, that he
would see that it was settled. NJ. DAILY remark
cd that he was in want sf the money, but if the
Governor said it should be paid at given time,
be would extend the period. and the period 'Uas
extended, and we went about our business, sup
posing, as any one would suppose, TINT if n man,
and he the Executive of the Territory, pledged
his word in the presence of witnesses, to settle
a legitimate business transaction, he would do So,
but the sequel proves to the contrary. The cx-
tension time passed by, and Mr.. DAILY came to US,
remarking. that that note hld not vet been set
tied. Irritated, almost b,yonl endurance, we
ran about town to hunt up Gorman, bit he was
absent. Immediately Oh his return, he desired
US to praise him in the paper, which We declined
to DO. We then spoke 10 hun about the note, ex-
pressing ourself freely at the treatment we had
received from time 70 time 1T his hands, and as
sured him that such conduct from him was not
what we expected. Then was it, that he declined
to pay the note, after he hat pledged his word and
honor to do so, probably because We wou'd 'dn't
puff him in the paper. bat for the reasons which
he assigned, that our bill (thc same As the Pio-
neer.) was exorbitapt. lie was wiilin. to pay
500 on the bill, but this We declined, and offer
eI to prove to him that we ha charged more
than other printers for the same work, from the
organization IF the Territory to the present time.
The bills of james NJ. Goodhue, Joseph X. Brown
and David OmsteJ, on file in his Office, were all
examined, and there found that The charge Of
ST 90 for the first insertion and fifty cents for
every additional insertion, for advertising Indian
supplies. (the same rs ours) had been allowed by
the Governmcnt, and paid, still German (havng
invested Slj00 in the Free prcss) refused to pay
us our Just dues. We then called upon Mcssrs
Owens Il Moore, who certified thlt our charge for
advertising WI, in accord ince with charges al
lowed by the Government, for work done by
them. Earle :. Goo lrich certified to the same
thing; Mr.. Vance, who had been foreman of Mr..
Goodhues office, willing to certify to the
same thing but still German continued to annoy
us and refused to pay the bill. We offered to
give him our Dote, 50 that in case the Govern
ment would not ALLOW the bill, we would hold
our,eif responsible for the balance, but still he
sought TO annoy Us, and would not pay the BILL
He finally offered Us $3.50, we think, it, which
we accepted rot as Il final settlement, but Us
part payment on the account. The two hundred
dollars wepaid to Mr.. DAILY, AMI the balance APP
propriated to our own use.
From this time forward, we made up our mind
10 never again say word in favor of Willis a.
German. We had probed the man, sounded his
Hence forth the columns of the Times were to be
silent so far as lie WAS concerned. Money, fat
tery, nothing should induce to ever mention his
name again, except in the capacity of Il public
officer, and We believe we have kept our promise.
batting the manner in which we have alluded to
him during our return from the East.
But still the balance of the note was not
paid, and Mr.. DAILY wished the money. Spa
thence ccasing to be virtue,' told him to
sue; and he did sue. and instructed the officers to
get the money out of German, and not modest us.
German had obligated himself to pay the note
had in his and our presence agreed to pay
it-had annoyed us, and Mr.. DAILY, felt, just as
any honorable man would have felt, that he
(Gorman) was the man to pay the money, AMI so
Willis n. German was sued The Conspiracy
that followed from this date, we shall place be-
fore the public in one or two articles more, and
then dismiss forever the man whose very name
is stencil in the nostrs of more than two
thirds of the people Of this Territory.