Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-08-27
POLITICAL.
}. Fl. RAkER, THE KEPUDs ICAN
CANDIDATE: FOR SECRETARY
OF STATE

}. Fl. BAKER, THE XEPUBs ICAN
CANDIDATE: FOR SECRETARY
OF STATE.
The Pioneer md Den,ocrttt pub
fishes the report Of Committee ap-
pointed by the Ohio Legislature to
investigate the charges made against
James IL. Baker, late Secretary of
State Of Ohio, now the Rrpublicas.
candidate for The same office in Min
ncso1a. 5z...
By this report, it appears pretty
?9cpnciusively, that Baker, in the year
i.lo56, visited New York in the per-
1ormance Of his official duties as Sec
re]ary OF State, for the purpose Of
negotiating loan for the State ot
Ohio for $500, 900, and that he con
nNca with certain bidde:s (Messr>.
Ludlow u J"hnSon) for the loan, 50
that other and mere responsible par
ties were prevented from Offering bids,
whereby the loall only brought four
per cent. premium, while lis vaiue in
The market Was ninc per cvnt.--snak-
y Il difference TO the State of Ohio of
5l32, 2,0OO--and tina, for his share of
the p!undcr, Baker received $1,000
down, and percentage OF the profits.
We have only space to publish the
conclusions drawn from the report
by the Po"cer, which it gives in full.
Our readers will also bear in mind
that this same Baker was nominated
for Secretary of State by the Know
Nothing party of Ohio, and was elect
I'd upon that ticket, in the fall of 1855
He shows the usual Republican con-
sistency. by drafting and presenting
the Platform Of the Republican party
of Minnesota in Conventional ac-
ceptlng nomination thereon-which
platform pretends oppose Know Moth
ingiSm III all it's forms.
An a'ti-know Nothing platform,
and the several Know Nothings nomi-
mated upon it. Friends, how does it
look?
But here is the scoundrel, as held
up to public view by the Pioneer:
eth. above statement from the
Committee shows
irst-Tla; Baker, as Secretary OF
State Of Ohio, acted as one OF the
Fund Commissioners Of the State;
Second--That while in such capaci-
" he was bribed for $4,000, and a
contingent interest in the profits OF
the loan, to become the principal n,-
stru'nen, Of Fl. A. Jo}nS,n. d Co., in
securing the award of the loan;
Third--'rhat by this action on<-th.
part Of Baker, the State Treasury of
Ohio, which it was his sworn duN to
protect, was dcfrauded ofsi32, 900;
Fourtl--The bidders to whom the
loan WAS awarded, were required to
pay ten per cent. Of the amount, 0,
$4,000, on the award; they were
mere reckless spectators withou,
money, and by Bakers efforts were re.
leased from the Immediate 61yment o]
this sum, and were thus s1abied, WIFI
out advancing . penny, to reese: The
State stocks'at an advance upon the
i7tteNt " hich they CHASED them
and IN theprotit. thus realize <}-Bakel
had a contingent interest. .,
1t is Il gross insult to the.ipeoble o1
Mnnc>ot;.-it is "a libel- upon Shei,
honesty and intsIIiyen9.5- that Any
jpo!i'ical party SHOULD pm foftr1<ss it:
can1ldate, with the<-yxpec,ation p
ontainlng the suffrage OF tl9o 'peopIi.
such a man az JAMES IL. BAKER. 1,
the IansaaEs Of CHARLES REMELES
OF Cincinnati, one Of til" most intlun
! tlai kep"bi'caaS in ttr State Of Ohio
BAKER was regarded a: venai b. ever,
one with whom he c me in contact
he was c,Grup',' and guilty OF ''tou
p!aS~ ---he7 received the whole 81 ,OOO'
Is consideration for his rasca!ity-.-
he" >-21fi5de a bargain for con,inyvn
|protitS'out Of the loa1l"- --he haussso1c
lining IT, and ti',Ilay according to til.
Committee, he ''hus ! ii the State, anc
We are unable to get his testimony
such is one phase If the character o
t~e r pab ian .,nd.da,e fer S.crvtar,
OF State. Nc is here in Minnesota, al
ontcast and refugee from the State o.
Ohio, whose people honored him will
All important trust. only to find ,hei
Treasury plund tred andtlc good name
Of the State dishonorcd. He is here
citizens Of Minnesota, imprud,ntl,
seeking otfice---the same office h.
disyraced in Ohio. He is here, :
publ'c plunderer, t;aith)ess official, :
bribcd, corrupt, and dlsgraced man
WtN you cote f"r hine?
lSPEECH OF HON GEOK l.. BECK.
EN, BEFORE The DEMOCRAT
&c STATE CONVENTION.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of the
Convention.