The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-09-04

originated 10 business hostility to a conspic-
uous banking firm in the State, who were
supposed to be the friends Of the Treasurer.
QUARTERS SALARY OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
The next assault was upon Gen. Sells, the
Secretary Of State, for receiving $3.50 rs
salary Dor Governor during the absence of
Gov. Grimes from the State, in Sept, 1857.
II did not matter that the Constitution and
laws Of the State required the Secretary of
State to discharge tho duties Of Governor,
and conferred upon him the salary belong
ing to the office during the absence Of the
Governor. They we're resolved to make
something heinously wrong out Of the re-
ceipt Of this small sum, no matter what the
Constitution said on the subject. But this
charge, also, soon "went to roost," when it
was shown that similar practice had pre-.
vailed since the foundation Of the Govern
mcnt, and that that most popular Democrat,
who is kept in training for future occasion,
Gen. McCleary, whilst Secretary Of State,
received, under precisely similar circumstan-
ces, $3.50, on the 18th Of January, 1854, and
$3.50 on the Goth Of Sept, 1856.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
The next assault was upon the late Public
Printer, Peter Moriarty, ESQ.,, and upon tho
Auditor Of State for paying MIR. Moriarty
his elaine for printing an appendix to the
Journals Of 1856. The Constitution,
Art, 8, Sec. 10, required each house to "keef
Journal Of its proceeding and publish
the same" The Senate concluded not to
obey this Constitutional injunction, and
adopted resolution declaring that certain
documents-among them the census report,
the most important that bad ever been sub
mittcd to any General Assembly in tho State
should not be published with the journal.
The House declared that they should be pub
ished with their Journal, and they were pub
lished rs an appendix thereto. Mr.. Moriarty
was paid for the publication. A document
submitted to either branch Of the General
Assembly by public 1z,cer goes upon the
Journal of the House to which it is sent,
and becomes part of that journal 1t was
not competent for either branch Of the AS
sembly to expurgase public document md
refuse to print it. Besides, just conceive Of
the Improperly OF refusing to print the GEN.
sus report, which was the basis of q great
deal Of the most important legislation Of the
session. The Dubuque Express and Herald
was the great fulminator Of this charge, but
it was soon allowed to ego to roost," when
the proprietors Of that paper, Dorr & Ma
hony, were reminded Of tho expensive ap-
psndix they published, as State Printers. two
years before, Uifhout authority from eth ey
House Of the General Assembly the great
burden OF their appendix being the utterly
valueless report Of Des Moines River Com
mttee, embracing two hundred and thirty
six pages. The only difference between the
two was, that Moriarty had the authority Of
one house to do the printing 4 Maho-
ny had authority from neither house; Mo-
riarsy received pay for tho press-work and
composition Of one appendix DOR & Ma
hony received pay for the press-work and
composition Of an appendix for both the
Senate and House Of Representatives.
But We have not space to- day to recount a
1.-THE Of the Wholesale falshoods perpetrated
by the Satanic Press, and already refuted
and sent home ''to roost." We yill con-
tinue the subject and refer to another batch
of them on Monday.