M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-02-26
The Smelling Committees, Again.

Bingham, We have before us tho re,
ports of the Smelling Committees
That relative to the Public Institutions
and Buildings is a ponderouS docu-
ment of some three hundred and fifty
pages, and is signed by o. p.
Brown, Silas lrion and Isaac Bray
ton. They conclude their report
thus: I'VE submit the report with
the fullest confidence that it will in a
measure stay the tide OF public plum
der and private p~cculation." Accor-
ding to the Ohio Statesman, however,
the report does hot seem to have Lad
such an effect upon the Committee,
who have not only ]oyerdrawn
the amount appropriated TO pay
their expenses, but charged for
Sunday work and work on other days
when they were ut home attending to
their ordinary duties.
AS a specimen Of the manner in
which the Committee jump at %conclu-
sions and decide questions, in which
the honor of Democrats is involved,
we give the following from the Ian.
caster Eagle. 1t is all we have room
for at present:
The committee have wiilfully and
maliciously tortured, perverted and
talsitied the evidence taken before
them in many instances in order to
slanderousIy attack members of the
Democratic party. A more wNnton,
false and untoundcd charge was never
made against any man than this ccm-
mittee have advanced in their report
against Gov. Medill. In his alb.
sence we deem 1t but just TO him to
refer to the matter. Upon seeing the
report hewill not be slow to repel the
charges himself.
We copy from the report,
j. II. PRICE-LUMBERER.
personal favoritism and public
peculation are exemplifcd in this
mans case. The method of reward.
ing men who have done party service
is a novel one. To do this however,
required the concurrence Of Gov. Me-
dill, Hon. L. L. Smith, the commits
]siouers, ana the clerk. To cover up
their tracks they have talsiiied their
own records, and made official state.
ments that they knew were not true.
Turn to Mr.. Prices affidavit and
you will find that during the time for
which he drew pay he was the nurse OF
Gov. William Medill fer three weeks
and five days.
THIS is the first time in the history
Of the State, that tile GoyernOr has
50 managed lis card as 10 make The
&atepay Ills nursing hill.
This is all a pretence for paying a
pet Of Cor. MsaiW money out of The
treasury Turn again to Mr.. Prices af.
idavit and you learn the manner in
which he spent a part Of the time at
least for winch Mr.. Stickney paid him
as above. uesays in the fall Of 1851
So | rode seven townships for Coo.
MeQiU and the Democratic party.
spent each fall eight or ten days riding
the county, and a great deal Of time in
Lancaster
This is probably the first time a
man was even paid ont Of the public
treasury for time spent in electioneer,
ing"
We pronounce tho whole of the
above a tissue Of false, unjust. and
base Institutions and charges,
1t will be news to the people OF
Fairfield, that John Price is a pei n
Cor. NediH. Ever since he failed
in obtaining the appointment OF post
master III Lancaster, he has been
openly and secretly Il bitterand yindic.
tive enemy of Gov. Nedill. excepting
perhaps a short time after receiving
the kind recommendation Of Medill to
his appointment at Columbus. And
it is well known, that last fail he did
not support Medill, but worked
against him for the reason, that Gov.
Medill would not interfere to assist
him in having his extra bill Of some
5000 allowed by the commissioners
which Medill utterly refused to 10.
Mr.. Hunter the superintendent oil
the Stone Quarry Of the State House,
who we believe is a relative OF MIR.
Price, solicited an appointment Of the
State House commissioners for Mr.
Price, and procured the recomenda.
ton of Gov. Medill, torgiving pas
animosiries it was freely given, aHo
this from first to last IS all the con.
aectiOn Coz. MeQW erer lad inaa,
manner, nth mr.. Prices appoint
ment, services or chargeS. 1t was no
his business to examine Mr.. Price.
charges or bill for services rendered
lie was never spoken to by any one
disparagingly OF NJ. Price, was neve'
nnlind rnnn 10 nse his inhnencn Il