Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-09-24

but when the Secretary proceeded 10 d;..
charge his duty it vss discovered thaa /,
also had disappeared. Who had taken II !
1t interested no one but John Pattee. h
did not ssy Pattee had taken it; but lels
the meeting to Judge for themselves
At the close Of the Democratic Admins.
trat'on. when the COVE rnmsat was handed
over, the Democratic Auditor reported in
She treasury about the sum Of sl5. .OOO In
the report of John Pattse, ct the pext ses.
sion OF the Legislature, he reports $40 600
IN the treasury when he went into office
The Republicans say this might have been
mistake Of the Democratic aud,tor. bnt
II this were so. why was it not explained in
the report But there was another item
about which they could claim no mistake
In the Auditors report made Nov. /. 1856.
| he reports in the Treasury 10000. In ma
king up lis next report, therefore, he should
have credited the State with this balance
In the Treasury at the date OF his last re-
port: but instead Of 90 doing, he aays,-
balance due revenue of the State" tan
tAosss0Wd dolisrs. Where 10 this moneys
What has become Of itf II Il he's been a.
pended. Why does not the report show 1t +?
He then showed that the State debt tf Iowa
is over $500. 900, and proceeded to cav that
John Pattee had been sending throughout
the State . circular stating that the tax lew
this year had been reduced one-half MILL
This he denied 1t was not CO. and the
meeting will find after election, in case the
Republican officers were elected, that tax
OF three mills would be collected. After
some further remarks he stated that he held
in his hand a certificate of Mr.. Williamson
OF Dos Moines. who had called upon the
auditor for the purpose Of getting q copy Of
the proceedings Of the Board o. Eaual:xa-
tion. to see whether the statements of the
Auditor were true but that he had been
informed by the deputy that they did not
permit papers to go out of the office. That
ne then offered to pay him for . copy, and
after various excuses was finally informed
that he could not see them at all, and that
he (the Deputy had orders 10 let no one
see them. He then referred to the investi-
eating committee appointed under an act Of
the last Legislature, an account of the ap-
pontment Of whom and their operations,
has already been given in the Democrat, and
said that their report would not find its
way before the public until after the elec.
ton. He also referred to the case of DR..
Eads. and said that if he is guilty, he did
not want to shield him. Let him abide by
the penalties of the law but no prosecution
had been or would be commenced against
him by the Republican officers. 1t would
destroy their capital The fact that Mori-
arty was not prosecuted was also incident
ally referred to- He also mentioned the
fact that among the items allowed by the
last Legislature was q bill of $l27 40 for
drugs. dc. furnished to members of the
legislature. He did not consider it custom
ary for the people to pay for drugs consum-
ed by members Of the Legislature Drugs,
DC, what was this "&ci" Why, he was
informed by several members Of the Legis-
lature that it was nothing more nor less |
than some very nice brandy furnished to |
members. These were small items, but |
small items went to make up the great sum
OF their rascalties.
After an eloquent peroration, Mr.. Ellwood
concluded by saying that it was time that
the attention Of the people was turned from
bleeding Kansas" to bleeding Iowa, and
that If elected to the Office of Attorney |
General, he would discharge his duties |
with fidelity, and would. 90 far as he was
able, protect the State from the plunderers |
who assault, it.
Mr.. Ellwood then sat down amid loud
and long continued applause.