Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-24
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VOL. 3NO. I.
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81 CAP1foK, Tuesday, Dee. q.
The report of thu Superintendent Of Publ
INSTRUCTION Was read in the Senate this NOR
Pf ing. IL fsn document of considerable tenetl
and its publication VIII be looked for with rnuc
n anxiety by the public 81 n ss.
The Superintendent opens his communicate
8 to the legislature in most pioas discourse ur
" on the management oftlc educational interest
= Of cominunity especially as connected with TN
y conduct Of the State University. This homiiy
coming a. il does from public officer OF sucl
both OF public and private life, viii prove nor,
\ Instructive than edifying, presume. And
n sue'r seemed to DO the indication given by ,hl
eoantrnances oi Senators as the reading PRO,
gresscd. = 70 se 2
II Thecntire amount Of tho educational hund q
che State, the Superintendent reports a. nm
millions OF dollars, and tlercep on he deliver.
the legislature an eSlortary lecture upon their
duties in regard to the preservation OF this fund
for the education Of the rising generation, Gloss
ing this part Of the subject with an apology for
the strong tsyNs which his feelings IN behalf Of
he prosperity of the schools and the welfare of
the youth aud the State alone prompted Thh
is arery far specimen Of his hypocri,icai pa.
thet'c impudsnce. The Ave per cent fund
l drawn by him in January and March, amounting
1 to the sum of $2s4,o 900, he states he loaned out
in accordance with law, distributing portion OF
it to various counties in the State, and loanine
| the balance to individuals. -.
A short time since, he states, that he was ad-
vised that there was sls5, 900 more Of this fund
at Washington City, subject to the order OF the
State, and that In pursuance Of bis duty he CALI
ed upon che Governor, first in Burlington, and
suosequentlyin Iowa city, with bond and secu.
rity, and that the Governor refused to give him
the requisite certificates to draw the money -
And thercupon the sirtnons Eads deplorcs the
loss resulting to the school fund.- aud the gene
raj damage to the State in contcquence Of tho
corrupt and Illegal conduct OF the Governor. ~
Another specimen Of the unbhishing cifrontes
ry with which this base andcorrupt officer chas-
ges his own misdeeds upon others. For this act
Of the Governor he deserve the universal com.
mendation of the people Of the State, as it has
alreadyreceived the approval OF the legisiatnrs,
including many of the most prominent demoera-
TIC members. The report contains u list Of tho
persons and amounts loaned to individuals from
chat portion of the fire per cent fund drawn by
tie Superintendent. That you may see what Gro.
dit is to be attached to his earnest and repeated
asseveratioas that he loaned the funds, ia all
cases, with an eye single to the public interest
and the security OF the amount loaned, / will
give you the names and amounts reported for
Lee County, SO far as recognized their locality,
loans in other portions OF the State are Of SINH.
lar character, and to individuals Of equal ress
possibility and known service to the locofoeo
party. A. 7. Walling d Co., s., ,O0o, 90; A. I.
Walling, $4,900,O 90. These sums, amounting to
near 81, 100000 we're loaned out OF the funds of
the state to the proprietors of the locofoco pa
per in keokuk. Any Of our citizens will be COM
petent to decide whether q Banker of Keo-
kuk, looking only to his own interests and the
rryrtfN NT ft,n Ge.A L..,,z
loans. = L.. j. Zwart, S4,OO0.o0. ,a. This you
will recognize as a loan to the King of the
Catholic Dutch of Keokuk, in tender con.
sideration OF his arduons political scryicec.--
James NJ. Reid, $4,000. This must have
been as salvo for his disappointment in not
getting the Locofoco nomination. A pretty
round price paid for very small article don't
you think? Judge Boyles aud others $4,000.
Ieech Mcfarland, 5000; Leech, 8 900; Good
'ich, l, 1875; Ed. J. Toof, 1880; John S. Hamil-
,on, 1900; w. A. Thurston, 200. All these
iou will recognize as Locofoco operators, office!
lolders. or members ofthe Legislature, very few
If whose names would be accepted in bank fora
1.-THE of the amount loaned them by the Superin.
endent. -..sr ~
l noticed in the reading Of the Report that
Thompson, editor of the Burlington Gazette;
sylvesters, the proprietors of the Reporter here,
md many Others OF the locotoco editors had been
avored with large grads from the School Fund.
Neal, the Senator from Marion, is also down for
5000, and other Locofoco members OF the Leg.
stature and prominent Locofocos throughout the
tate are down for handsome sums. IL may
therefore, be expected that with so many paid
dvocates, both in the Legislature and out, d
cry earnest defence will be made of the corrup.
ionand malversation in Office OF which Eads is
lotoriousy guilty, as known on all hands, and as
lrawn from the facts submitted in his own re-
'ort, when explained by attendant circumstan.
es fHtsgss erg l,ga s5e3. ~
q But am not through with the list of Lee co.,
borrowers of the School Fund James D. Eads,
'20,O00,o6l Yes, ,aJames d. Eads,s Superintend.
mt of Public Instruction, reports to the Legisla-
ure and people Of Iowa, that he loaned himself,
J. D.. Eads, ex preacher and root doctor, the
sum of $20,o00,O0; Such thing, We
'enture to say, is without a parallel. A public
,tiicer reporting that he had borrowed large
portion of the public money in his own hands
or his private purposes. 81, f.a.-g.sa -, -
The whole secret of the matter, hazard moth.
ng in sa aging, is simply this, and will so turn ont
III investigation. .Eads used the public money
argely in his political and property speculations,
expecting thata Locofoco Legislature would be
elected, and he could smugge matters through
without investigation. But it turned out that a
Republican Legislature was elected, aud there
Of his affairs, by which be could
numbug the Legislature. To this end, be sold
part of the real estate which had been purchas-
ed by him, TO his friends taking their obligations
payable fve years or more hence and made ply
able to theSuperutendent of Public Instruction.
These Obligations, not being sufficient to cover
his acknowledged, deficit, he calls himself Dor.
rover to the amount OF $50, 10000 in order to
balance tho account ls.rss4 -ss,..s W.
g If such should be ascertained to be the facts
by the committee Of investigation that viii be
appointed, Eads has rendered himself liable to
to prosecution and punishment by imprisonment
in the Peni.entiary, and I trust that neither his
position nor the influential advocates he has en-
listed with the public money win serve TO screen
him from the just punishment awarded by the
statutes of Iowa for such crimes by public OIL
GERS in this State. 4s ,. .
may as well say by way of addendum, that
in his petty meanness and malice Eads reports
the Governor in his list ofborrowers for the sum
of 100000, intending, doubtless, to have it
understood that this was borrowed by Grimes
for his own use instead of the use Of the State,
under joint resolution Of the extra session OF last
summer, as it really was. S'l' -
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= =4s s{s Kansas sterns.
:, DISTINGUISHED ARRivALs.-Mr. Army arrived
in town last Saturday evening hope he
VIII become one one our permanent citlIcnS,-
Mr.. Hyatt, of the same National Committee, has
been with us two weeks. These gentlemen
have done much for Kansas We are now bet.
ter supplied with -four than ever before. Many
thanks to our sympathizing friends East Six
thousand sacksllof -four received from them,
stored in the Territory for present and future
use, will make many glad heart. There is now
no fear of want. .Aa sac taoabh s.S ~ ~
Some dissatisfaction was manifested with the
disbursng Committee here. The changes that
have been made we hope viii prove satisfactory
to all parties. S'.t Nl's Pa-a1''}s, itF
CLAlMs.-several young men who have come
here lately, took claims on Washington Creek
abont eight miles from Lawrence Most of, the
claims had no timber or them, but all had stone
aud some OF them coal. The soil Is of mex
hanstible fertility. The men have gone TO work