East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-03-01
GOV. wIsNER,s ..HON EST MANI

said Gey. Wisner in his recent manifesto
40 the public, "close this article without
adding that believe him 10 be as honest
a man as ever lived
Let US examine some Of Mr.. McKinney's
acts AS a State officer, and thus ascertain
something Of Gov. Wisner's standard Of
integrity.
Mr. Mckinney, both as Secretary of
State under the Bingham administrations
and as Treasurer under the Wisner adj
ADMINISTRATION, has been member Of the
Board Of State Auditors, by whom all the
extavagant and scandalous and swind-
ling allowances have been made, the pay
.ment Of which by the treasury has broaght
bankruptcy upon it. That these allow
ances have been made corruptly by the
Board of State Auditors is fact from
which there is no escape.
No other State officer has travelled so
much at the expense of the State upon
his own private business and pleasure as
Mr.. Mckinney. Once, upon prctence OF
selecting paper for the State" he went
as a delegate to a spirtualist convention
was a bright and shining light. The
pretcnce about selecting paper for the
State was utterly and entierlyd false
Subsequently he has travelled over
some eight or ten States on the pre-
tence of examining State capitols, in
view of the possible erection of new
capitol at Lansing,--and this also at the
expense of the State. His journeyings
in this regard were wholly unwarranted
by law, and the whole thing is seen in its
most ridiculous light when tits understood
that Mr.. Mckinney is just about as famil-
lar with architecture as he-goat. On
another occasion, on the pretence Of exam
mining the Saul canal, he made four
teen days pleasure excursion around Lake
Superior, charging the State for such
fourteen DAYS Gas member of canal board"
$40 90, and this while he was receiving
his salary as State Treasurer, and eharg
ing the State further "for 900 miles
travel, 500 co." These are examples Of
his incursions in this line, upon the treas
ury.
Mr.. Mckinney was nominated by the
black republican State convention of
1858 for Treasurer through the inhu-
cncc of Kinsley S. Bingham and Whitney
Jones and Sias NJ. Holmes on the fol
lowing conditions, imposed by these men
and acceded to by him.
|, That loan from the treasury to
Bingham and Jones of $4,000, granted
by Holmes as Treasurer, should be con
tinued to them in the event Of the nom
ination and election of Mckinney as
Holmes successor;
2. That McKinney,in the same event
should conceal defalcation and embez
element by Holmes of large sum, par
of which stood, and yet stands, charged
OF the treasury books to c. Il. Anthony
one of Holmes partners in mercantile
business;
Both of which conditions Mckinney
has observed.
The last annual report of Mr. McKin
ncy as State Treasurer was a false report
in that it represented money to be in til,
treasury which had been loaned ont Il
irresponsible parties and lost or which
had been embezzeled by the forme
Treasurer, Holmes, and will never be re
covered.
In the transaction of $4,000 wit
1Iazelton g. Co, Mr.. Mckinney commit
ted the penal offence ofm5ezzlNeat, know
ingly and willfully, and violated the Law
in other respects.
According to Gov. Wisner's own te'
timony, Mr.. Mckinney uttered direc
and positive falsohood when he assures
him (the Goycrnor) that Hazclton & CO
chad paid him the money" And accord
ing to the black republican ncwspape
organ at Lansing, Mr.. Mckinney repeat
eddy uttered the same falshood to men
bers Of the administration there.
1t is the man--it is tho public offer
thus guilty, and known by Gov. Wis
ncr TO be thus guilty, whome he believes
to be as honest man as everhved."
Such being Gov. Wisneys standard o.
honesty, we cease to l@onder at The
mcagre vote he received for Governo
among his neighbo,s Of Oakland and thu
surrounding copaties He must have beer
pretty well Known to them even then
1t was Curiosity of the canvass that h
run best where he was least known, ant
cice r~sa. The curiosity of the next can
vass will be, if he shall run again, that h
will get scarcely any votes any where.
Those black republican prints whic
have been so inconsiderate as to declar
that "Mr. McKinncy's longer continuanc
in office is inconsistent with duty an
honor" and have demanded his remova
will now understand that they have bee
grossly abusing "as honest man as eve
lived"
The Port Huron black republican prin
which has very bluntly said that 9th
Governor can only purge himself by
prompt removal of the delinquent" wi
hasten to apologize not only to the Gov
crnor but to "as honest man as eve
lived"
The next black republican State col
vention will of course re-nominate Nj
Mckinney, for bow can the State di
pense with the services of Gas honest
man as ever lived"?-FrSc Press.
EE An investigation is now goin
on with reference to alleged cruelty
prisoners in the East Cambridge, Mas
House Of Correction, in which some star