Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-07-01

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- ~ ysasA They ssaa1 bsk ev9 al
their bosks aed vousAoo pWpoo3vsly, and
make answer 70 al ~toeGnnSn0oos undef
oath. By It they we're sho euthoeised 10
examine under cath all Honking arms or
other per-ons. and al Clerks ae s~abordinates
Of such frms or persona. and eli books and
papers kept in their busfsos transactions.
where il might appear that ~anypportion Of
the state Funds had bssn loaned Or deposi-
ted. The resolution vas sweeping in its
spirit and letter, and looked TO . plucking
up by the rooh Of ell tl.st system Of petty
Q ealing with which lows has been so pecu-
lAriy cursed. 1t also farther provided that
the special cont 'ssion should report 70 the
Governor on these several matters on or
before The first Of June, 1855.
This Joint resolution was unanimously
adopted (under . suspension Of the Rules
10 the Senate. 1t va immediately taken
into the House Of Representative BY Mr..
spencer, Secretary Of the Senate, nd re-
ported by Message. Upon the reception
the rules we're suspended in the House, and
it vas there unanimously adopted. and 50
reported TO I ,e Senate.
All this was satisfactory. The Democracy
had moved the appointment OF this Com.
mission, and Of course all Parliamentary
Rules, all Executive Courtesy, and G, mmon
decency, demanded that the party should
ut least be represented on that Commission
if not have . majority thereon. We wait
ed calmly. but His 'epiritual" Excellency
decided that no Democrat should have .
sight at those ugly books, and therefore sp-
pointed three rautiug Republicans. Max
ing the b At of the circumstances, we tried
0 be satisfied. trusting at least That the
law requi. ing '-cOmpeteIt accountsnts' had
been complied with, But here we find the
Commission again At FAULT Not . mai of
them are able to make out . bal nee sheet
OF az ordinary grocery firm for three
months. Not one Of the three has ever
been book keeper. One 10 q Black Repub
Iican lawyer. and If he 70 competent for his
rofssslon he is net for this post qualified
in the purview Of that act. Another has
tor years been q prosperous sEesman. call
ing out the it~ms to the clerks in the rear
The THRU is . very fine man, las they all
are) a good n~eightor. and no fault to be
10 nd with him rs . companion. But Tor
posting up thu Business Books of the : tate
OF Iowa, it was q "a nomination not fit to
be made"
FROM the foregoing statement Of facts, the
Peop.e wou d naturally expect to find out
about these dA, 5 something i'll the shape OF
a report exhibiting he state Of affairs -
But here comes the mystery OF the little
joker"
The joint resolution as presented by Mr..
Patterson was stolen by some rereon hav-
ing access to The enrolled bills, and a fO' ged
substitute, differing in e.ery essential from
the one adopted. was substituted in its
place. Instead OF requiring a report by the
first Of June. 1858, the Commission have
unlimited time and can not. if they would,
report other wise than to the session Of the
Legislature in 1860. Instead of having ac-
cess to the books and papers of Bankers and
Individuals with whom the State money
has been deposited, there is no mention Of
such an idea. Instead of clothing the
Commission with authority to examine
| County Tressurers under oath, and over
maui the books aud vouchers, that part il
omitted. The whole searching. cleansing
detective ! roc % provided in the report,
and adopted by the Legislature, has been
reduced to a simple session of three harm
less gentlemen, half an hour out Of the day
in q nice csrpeted room. sur, ounded with
| pipes, cigars, ice. DC, furnished with luxu-
rious lounges, all At the cheap rate Of fiv'
dollars per day per each on tho Commits
sion.