The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-10-06
James M. Ellwood.

This gentleman is the Democratic Candi-
date for Attorney General He arrived here on
Friday last at 4 o'clock, accompanied by Col
HEATH Of Dubuque. Notice was given and in
the evening Ellwood addressed large and at.
tentiye audience Mt the American Hotel. His
position as a candidate for State Office very
properly confined him to the consideration of
State POLICY and expenditures. He acquitted
himself ably and satisfactorily, appealing only
to public documents for the figures and facts
with which he cffectually used up the Rcpub-
licans who have managed Iowa affairs for the
last four years. Mr.. Ellwood made very fine
impression here and if elected Attorney Gen.
eral, as we now have reason to think hc;will be
the people of the State may rest assured that
he has the capacity and the will to track up all
treasury thieves whether they are found in the
person of Gov. Crimson Auditor John Pattee,
the man who forbids citizen Of our State from
examining the public records of his Office.
Mr.. Ellwood established tile following
Facts for the People!
That the expenses Of our State Government,
under its Republican Mar ayers, amounted, for
the year 1857, to 1871 900!
That the State expenses for the last year of
the Democratic Administration, q 1884, amour
ted to only $4,000!
That, with Revenue from State Taxes. for
the year 1853, of $429, GAO, the last Republi-
can Legislature contracted State debt of $780,.
OOO, asking its resources $500 600, and that
| now the Treasury is empty!
That with Constitution limiting our State
debt to $3.50, 900, there already icsued Le.,ds
Warrants. bearing eight per cent interest to
the amount of over 100000!
| That the Republican Board of Equalization
have raised the assessments, returned by the
different County Boards, as high, in some cases
as over one hundred per cent. and have not low
cred it in single County
That the State has already paid for the erec-
ton of the Insane Asylum at Mt. Pleasant,
conducted under a Republican Board of Com
missioners, over $25O,OO0!
| That the same is not near completed, but will
| yet cost, MS computed by competent judges, at
least 81 ,OOO, 900, entailing upon the State an
expense of 100000 per annum for the next
ten years
| That while the Democratic party are in favor
of the erection of hospitals and asylums, com.
mensurate with the times and the demands or
the people. they are opposed to the reckless ex-
travagance and carelessness that have ate nded
the calculation of the Republican Managers, in
all their undertakings involving use of the
public money .r.a
That the Republican State Officers have been
negligent in the discharge of their public trusts
have refused to perform tie duties imposed
upon them by the Legislature, and have been
| derelict in, among others, the following instan
| ces;
| That Samuel A Rice hrs neglected and re.
fused to make a settlement to James D. Eads
as he was instructed to do, by an act Of the
Legislature, or to prosecute him, if no settle
| ment could be made but il now. instead oil
discharging the duties of his Office, engaged i,
stumping the State for reelection, REGARDLESS.
of the interests Of the people!
That Auditor Pattee's Report for 1857 shows
that the State has been swindled out Of ovel
/ $4,000, of which he refuses to give any &C
count or attempt any explanation. though re
specially requested to do so!
That while Martin L. Fisher has apportion.
ed SIG 600 of the School Fund among the diff
serent counties of the State, Martin L. Nor is
Republican State Treasurer has utterly neg
lected to pay the same to single county, o.
to account for it in any manner whatever
That the Republican State Printer has beer
convicted. by his own confessions, of stealing
the property of the State, and putting the pro
ceeds in his own pockets
That the Republican officeholders have set
guard to prevent the facts from becoming know,
to the people, and have refused to Jas. A. Viii
hanson, the Chairman of the Democratic Stat
Committee, the privilege every citizen is enti
tied to, OF examining the State Records.