St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-02

ton in the State, and in the 10th Dis
trict more than twice as large as that
of others on the same ticket.
We can say to John Teesdalc that
we were never "locofoco in our life,
and never voted the Democratic tick
ct and it would seem that this attack
upon our Republicanism comes with
an i'll grace from a man who lately
sent circulars over all the State, de-
handing a reelection as State Printer,
accompanied by threat that, unless
reelected, he would run an opposition
machine and split the party in twain
Mr.. Teesdalc seems to have pecu-
liar vocabulary of hard names; and,
among other epithets, he calls us
"drab." This may be all right sure
ly the State Printer ought to know.
In this connection we may add that
one Of the greatest complaints OF MIR.
Teesdale is, that we "did not call on
him during the session of the Board "
he not supposing that calls from
him are as essential as calls from us.
Perhaps, however, it is the fashion in
Dcs Moines for drabs" to do all the
calling, particularly upon the State
Printer
Mr.. Tecsdale says "the Cedar Val
ley Times stated that the Board had
given Mills & Co. a larger price for
daily report than asked" and adds
that this statement was not Corrcct;"I
and yet he copies into his paper a
statement signed by j. G. Davenport,
the editor of the Times, in which he
relteratcs this very falsehood. Could
brazen cflrontcry and mcanness go
further
We can truthfully say that, up to
the time of these late calumnies, we
entertained for Mr.. Tccsdale no un-
kind feelings. We took his part and
contcndcd for his interests through
out, at the previous session of the
Board of Education, notwith standing,
in his printing and reporting, he treat
ed the Board shabbily indeed and he
knows that at the last hour of the SEES
sion we moved complimentary res
olntion for him.
With the poor quality Of the work
, which Mr.. Teesdale has always done
: for the State, and his dilatory manner
! of executing it, we have ever beer
, dissatisfied. We have felt that boti
the State and the craft were disgracet
: by such inferior work.
1t has been Mr. Tccsdalc's policy t.
"nursc " his jobs, SO that the WORK
should hold out from one session o.
the General Assembly to another
The laws of the last session were a
long time in being printed, and the
) public interest suffered thereby. The
: journal of the Senate was only printed
{ and distributed in December, nearly 6
year after the session while the
: journal of the House IAN expensive
volumc) was printed the past season
! and was not distributed when we
were in Dcs Moines in December last
f nearly two years after the session.
Of course, so long afterwards, these
journals arc comparatively worthless.
We happen to know that Mr.. Hep
burn, the Clerk of the House, and
whose duty it was to distribute the
journal of that body, feels exceeding
w panied and mortified at this state
of things, and has visited Des Moines
: this winter with the avowcd object OF
effecting a reform of such abuses, il
possible.
Whether Mr.. Tcesdalc has been re-
elected State Printer or not, we arc
not yet advised We hope, however,
the election has fallen, or will fall,
upon a better workman and more
prompt business man. Personally, as
we have said before, we wish him nc
harm but as State officer and q
: public man, his acts arc open to critl'
cism and if not misrepresented, he
has no right to complain.