The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-08-12
oTTUMWAsI VA, URsDAYs AUGUST r. 1858.

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AUGUST IL, 1858.
A pretty set Of Public Guardians
Those who are most conspicuous just now
| in expressing their solicitude with regard to
the Republican management Of the finances
Of Iowa, are playing the rase Of the rogue who
being be caught in the very act Of stealing,
starts of at the top Of his speed, crying every
jump, "stop thief p' stop .sthiefv'v That it
may be understood we do not speak st
random, but deal in facts perfectly notorious,
let us be little more specific. 4i71snfneo q
There 10 one Jairus E. Neal, . member ct
the present Senate, from Marion county, who
is particularly boisterous over Republican exc
|travagance, corruption, &C.. See report re-
Gently published in the noc ofocos Journals of
the State. Jairas Is not unknown to fasne.--
He is the worthy who,--it will be recollected'
-sought to secure credit for some sort aof
wildcat bank he desired to start, BY bribings
the notorious brokers Thompson, Of New
York, (who has since gonevup, swindlng his
creditors out Of half a million Of dollars) to
give, j, his, endorsement. Thompson was ready
for almost any service, bu. an egg so badly
added he would not attempt to hatch. fJairus
had borrowed FIVE thousand dollars from Dr..
Eads, about that time, and felt, rich. He
holds the money to tins day. and while he
pays 10 per cent to the State for it's use, loans
it out at 30 and 40 per cent to his neighbors !;
the wild cat having collapsed, for want Of
Thompson's endorsement This virtuoos
Jairus is good deal Of % inapcier, a. is evin-s
ced by the fact that he charged milesge
for $50 miles, for going from Knoxville to Iowa
City, . distance OF little more thar hun-
dred miles! At the late session OF the iLegis-
lature, he insisted upon raising he salaries of
acouple Of Locofoco, State officers, and voted
FOR the highest appropriation every time, and
at the last hour of the session, raised q terri.
Bile outcry about extravegance Virtuous Ja-
rius; is he not worthy to become guardian
of the public treasure ?o2 II @R ssi7 % ,l7eS
/ There is q, journal at Keokuk that desires
to be recognized among tte jealous guardians
OF the public interest. Those who will taxi e
the troIbieS to examine the records, will find
that the late propristors of the Locofoco or
gan at Keckuk received about $4,000 Of the
School Fund, through the kindness OF that
well known pusiic benefactor, Dr.. Eads--l
Untilthe$ 81 900 are repaid. little modera-
tim Of fspeech would certainlv not be unbe-
coming the organ At Keokuk, even under its
neSv management "a 3E sf3FA ~ F}tr. sa@cli
The Reporter, at Iowa City, is lectnrng the
good people Of Iowa, insr now, on the subject
of Republican management of the State finan-
ces. The records Of the defaulting Eads show
that Sylvester, Harrison & Bother, are doing
bnsioess on capital of $4,000 borrowed from
the School Fund. Ofcourse the Reporter is
in a condition to stand guard at the Treasury
door. s~e IL. s.~.. tss-.f 4. iIt /,
The Journal. Of this city, is very. much dis
gnstei with Republican management Of the
finances Of the State. 1t is keen on the scent
of corruption. and eager to attest its regard
for purity in the administration OF public af-
fairs. Sorry are we that the publie records in
any wise initiate against the influence of so
immaculate reformer. One Of the editors Of
that journal was reported as a pensioner upon
the School Fund Of the children Of Iowa., DR..
Eads, before the investigating committee,
avefred to having made very considerahle
loan 70 one Tomlinsons .Tomlinson and Eads
took issue asto the fact. ard the transaction
vas finally buried out OF sight. How and
why this was done, is best known to the par :
ties. The DR.. charged himself with the hush
money. and, thus the account was finally
squared. The zeal of the Journal subsequent-
| ly, in the defense of Eads, even after he had
been denounced by every man who had the
least regard for decepcy and honesty, affords
. very natural clue to the rational of a tram
action otherwise quite mysterious. The at
tempt Of the same Journal, at the late session
of the Legislature, to charge the State so per
cent more for copies Of its session papers than
it chArgad any body else, is an exsmple Of its
watchful zeal for the finances Of the State.
| We are daily looking for an outbreak from
DR.. Eads, on the subject Of Republican ex :
travagance, as = fitting 6nale to the crusade Of
these virtuous guardians OF the interests of
L 2
owa.--[ Desmoines Citizen.
STATE BANK or oFIowA-MEErING OF BANK
Commemorative have been informed by
fellow -townsmsn who was present, that the
Commissioners Of the state Bank Of Iowa met
at Iowa City on "Wednesday, the 2Sth ult. The
following gentlemen appeared &c. H. Booth,
of Dubuque, E. II. Harrison. OF Lee; E. Clark,
OF johnson w. J. Grating, Of Polk; c. w.
slagle, Of Jefferson; Eihu Baker, Of Linn; w.
s. Dart, Of Mahaska, and E. 7. Ellington, Of
Lucas. And The following were absent: l..
w. Bahbit, OF Pottawattamie, and w Dutton,
of Muscatine $ the latter being detained at
home by the illness and subsequent death of
an only child.
The Commissioners remained in session un-
til the evening OF the 30th, Ezekiel Clark,
ESQ.,, Of Iowa City, having been appointed
President, and Mr.. Mason OF Muscatine, Sec
refarv and then adjourned to meet again on