The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-07-31

Mr.. Pattce, the present worthy Au-
a;tnr of State. was exhibiting stretch
Of credulity not warranted BY any knori-
adpe he has OF the State journal Of shis
c;,y when he.---a few days since,
exhibited to one Of the editors OF that
Journal statement OF facts, supposing
A. nm honest use would be made OF the
sau,c.. At oil events, If he had any such
expectations, they have all been sunlina :.
IN dispelIed By the last Journal ANY,
thing like fair and honorable controversy
and regard to truth is utterly foreign %
that Journal, a. its readers hong since IN
dsrstood perfectly well,
The Journal, Dubuque Express and
aome Of their cotempoaries, have been
ecdeavoring for some time to produce the
imnression that Peter Moriety, late State
printer, received for printing SeHate Ap..
pendix to the Legislature OF 1896, aud
other illegal charges, somewhere ID the
vicinity OF 100000.
What are the facts?s We have no IN
terest in conccaling them, aud rejoice
that the late Republican Legislature took
measures to expose frauds alleged to have
been perpetrated By the late State Pm
ter, Just IS promptly as If the incumbent
had been q full communion African Dem
ocrat. Here are the facts.
Every Legislature held in the State OF
Iowa, up to that Of 1856, provided for
the printing Of Legislative documents
along with the Journals. The Senate.
resolved not to publish an appendix.--
The House at the same time, resolved 70
publish the documents, along with Its
Journals. Mr. Moriarty disregarded the
order of the Senate, aud printed tor the
Senate an appendix along with its Journ.
als. The appendix was the same PRINT ID
for the House the emily difference being
one was labelled House Documents, and
the other was labelled Senate Documents
What was especially ceusurab!e in the act
Of Moriar.y, was the reprinting OF tho
Census Report, which had already been
provided for. This Repor. doubled the
expense Of the appendix
The whole cost of the appendix, I'm
GLIDING beth Senate and House, paper
binding and all, was s5,165.10 Th'
House. recollect, ordered the printing O
appendix. The expense eff composition
press work, &C., for one House, Is lesa
charge. As composition was Charge
but once, the only additional isenlpf ex
penses TO which the State was subjected
By the illegal act of Moriarty, was pres
work for 1000 copies, and paper ans
binding for same. Fifteen hexaret 10
lars will cover every cent of expense FOL
the item illegally charged.
This is the terrible fraud about whicl
there has been an amount of clamor
which almost justifes the supposltlio'
cha. the printing frauds of Moriarty ar
equal to those at Washington, under TIL
present Administration which have swell
led the printing account from few hun
dred thousand dollars to between tsco an
three millions Of doiiars-as great as til
whole expenses of the National Govern
ment, after its FIRST organization
A, Republican Legislature, be it n
membered. ordered suit to be commet
ced against Moriarty aud his securities
so that his illegal charges, whether grea
or small, viii be recovered as soon as tn
case reaches trial; and not cent will
lost Thus do the Republicans of low
deal with delinquen.s and transsressol
of every shade and party .-lo~a On.