White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1862-07-31

Janus to compel the State officers to pay
him for the work which Bennett has al
ready done. and is doing-ays. to pay
him for doing nothing. moro than double
he Sum they are to pay Bennett for State
printing! Is this the creature that howis
about swindling the State: This man
Who asks the Supreme Court to compel
the State officers to pay him. out Of the
peoples Treasury. .'from so. 900 to 3d.
900. without having rendered any service
Whatever
This explains another thing. In the
appropriation bill before the Legislature,
was . specified sum for printing. In the
Senate. an amendment was proposed,
dividing the sum into various classes-so
much for this class of printing. and so
much for that. etc. By this arrangement.
persons who had already done printing,
would be left short, while there would be
. good round sum remaining to pay for
work not yet commenced. This amend
ment had been offered by G. K. Holiday !;
and we found, by examination Of the bill,
that the alterations were in the hand-writ-
ing Of E. G.. Ross! When it came back
to the House. that little arrangement was
spoilt in !. hurry. We did not at the
time fully comprehend the design Of the
amendment; but now we see fully into it.
Ross confidently expected to cheat Grip.
pie out of q job. and wanted good. hon
est pile held back for his own benefit I!
Certain laws were required to be pub
lished in some newspaper before going
into effect. The COMMITTEES ON Printing,
viewing matter of this description in the
character of general information rather
than as common advertisements, intro
duced and secured the passage Of an act,
allowing 81 per 1000 ems for publishing
such laws, which, although not as high
as advertising rates. is very liberal price.
Laws passed at the last session, were to
be included in these rates. Ross handed
his bill for publishing these laws to the
Chairman of the Committee that had the
appropriation bill il hand. 1t was dis
covered that he had charged full adver-
tising rates. The Chairman Of The Com.
mittee went after him, to have him cor
rect the bill, but could not lay finger
upon him; and he literally had ''wild
goose chase" after him for several days,
before he succeeded in overhauling him,
and compelling him to render lawful
bill. Ross, honest fellow, didn't want to
cheat himself
There are charges against him, that he
has played the same game with the city
of Topeka that he has with the State; but
that is local matter, and we think we
have given enough to show the creature
mp in his beauty. This is the honest
fellow that hurls his anathemas against
those who swindle the State. This is the
man who accuses those Of having received
consideration for settling the printing
contracts, who have saved the State thous-
ands of dollars by beating his nose back
from the public crib. This is the man
who cried londest for the impeachment Of
the Secretary Of State. whose greatest Of
fences, SO far as we have any evidence,
we're in aiding and abctting Ross leech-
craft upon the Treasury; who was en-
deavoring to force Ross into fat contract,
at the very time the latter was yelling
loudest for his rnin. Don't pity the Sec
retary. This Ross is the creature who
whines pitifully that be is about being
sold out under the Sberiffs hammer, in
consequence Of load Of debt that hangs
over him, which he might have been rid
Of, but for his straightforward course Of
honest independence. To be sold ont nm.
der the Sheriff's hammer, is q misfortune
we wish to befall no man; but if Ross is
in that predicament, he will never see bet
ter days. He has received sufficient State
patronage to pay any honest debt incur
red in the publication Of such paper as
the Record; and he has gouged enough in
addition, to have given him . good start
ahead. Honest la man whose mania
is to dip into the peoples treasury, and
who can neither be coaxed, shamed,
driven nor kicked back ! Independence !
"a man who has always been dirt-eater
and toady, and has not known day
in Kansas that he did not belong to o
master
Honest independents. indeed! Let MS
draw veil over the scene, and carry him
out on two chips!
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