The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-10-13

San uitary Fair Of this place IN rebruery lee''
that he did say to me that their Transactions
we're as rotten as hell. We were votingto'
gelher for a motion TO adjourn wen ne
said 40. ubO' N bb'
"Rspublio Sept. 30. 1854"
Twill now quote again from the good
mans documents as follows: Mr..
REYNOLDS makes a wonderful show OF
trumpets by saying T.. r. Stickncy cant
show he ever gave one dime tu the iair'
and for his ospotiaI benefit ! will re-
for him to.tbe sixth chapter Of Matthew
/ OH YOU most miserable Ialsificr 10 uh-
dcrtake to quote scripture to MAXI tne
pcople believe that you gave so"lc'n.ng
secretly 10 the inir. ] an wlilnR 70 ow"
that YOU have very coming set OF hanus,
40 much 80, tkat when yrur lc't mana
\ ,,l,tchcL rho dime (baitcrcd from tue
S,n,rN .nd wished TO deposit II (vrry Sc.
crctfyl for the benefit Of "thc sick and
wounded soldiers, !" your right hand soon
found il ui,.and said "no, "Gcnorol' you
may not get another opportunity as STATE
House Commissioner, 30 you hod oetter
keen Il; and you obcycd, probably fear
ing tho dreadful penalty of the scripture
YOU quote 50 nucntly, aud as you say
YOU "cheeriully admit that you acted as
ono of the State House Commissioners
tor several years" aud as the people
have, perhaps, forgotten how DARK ana
mystcrlous your acts were, | VIII here
quoto from the report Of the JOINT com
Iniltcc of tho general assembly upon pub (.
| lie institutions and buildings, Hppol 1tcd
by tho act OF a pril nth, 1886, on pogc
30 aud 40. This transaction was Tor
shrcting the roof OF the new state
House, aud The investigating commit
tso's rcpoftis as follows'
''it IL also observable tlat James l'enoN
who seems TO have reduced obtaining con
tracts w science, being himself biddcr'
knew froIn time to tame, The state ol we
bids How did he obtain this information
There was but one place where I've cou'd oD
tain IL, and that was In the Commissioner
office. Was II not q fraud upon the putt
generally, and the other bIdders In partlcu
! lar 10 inpaft to him this iniormationi Dis.
intcrested men will give but one answcr. and
the public viii stamp the act a gross invor
| titan q corruption. Mrs lNnUx armed with
this information goes out TO ylctimiLe one OF
/ the bidders lie finds him, aud at late
hour in the evening meets him nt tho ROOM
q one the commissioners, T., ! SucNney'
AID there In the prrncncr ~ tlnl connls
ainner, and at hia liable aud with lia ,noit II
not expressed approval. oonsumatcs an out
lage, Ms wicked ~ IL was successlul Can
any one doubt, after reading this testimony
that Mr. Stickney g,yO Mr., LenpS the in
formation he possessed. and for the purpose
be used ~ We think not"
1'his transaction furnishes a key to others,
between MIR. LcnoN and Mr.. Stiekhey, and
we desire It kept in mind.
"Ir. Case withdrew his bid at $500 per
7 quare, uhder Mr. Lenoxs direction, The
rrinaing bids ssrc 81. 80 si,I5. $3.50 aud
1913 Why we're not some OF them accept
edl Mr. Cases bid was the lowest, add IA
/ aim waa awarded the contract. why did he
not get ~ IL would mve coat, under that
bid, less than one half Of what u cost finally
Mr. Case swears that he was thoroughly ac'
auaintnd with the business, 40 II could not
be ON the ground OF incOmpetcncy. lie oi
f.rcd tho beet men in CuIuirbuI NJ security ior
the mlimrnt ol .nH contract. IL Dlr' Case
! was not allowed io take the contract, We ASK
why was not one of the others accepted !
f,rtinentiy we inquire what could have in
ducsd tho commissioners TO bav. rejected his
b,d and another, and tten nay more than rs
much again as either arkedl Finally, why
was Nelson A. Butts own bid rejected, and
he paid under another arrangement, at least
two dollars aud a half square more than he
offered to do II tor in his bidY The whole
thug Va rauk with fraud and corruption.'
Nov | would ask the reader " this is not
a beautiful character for u public mnn and
christian who quotes scripture 81 ilucntly !
Aud Ia II not pr, ,cisely IN keeping With his
transactions in regard to the Republic san
itary Faiil but again ho says, that while
he was acting rs State House Commissioners,
mir. Reynolds boarded at n State institu
ton where boarders have not much liberty
and mathematics WAS little taught there.
Now can any one think OF language sum
cently strong to express their contempt for
the man who would pen sucn an article rs
the above with such malicious design in
his heartD Did he not think that with the
help Oi some poor miserable sycophant, he
had got the matter all fixed; and that he
would throw out u hint that had been gull.
| ty Of some crime aud sent to the State Pris.
on aud that ho would then through the
miytt influence Of the Iieh Gener all Stick
ney, persuade the printers TO shut down ON
the publication and have me (as he boosted
l crushed TO the earthg
! OH you most miserable, fraudulent, ly.
lug, potuoggiug sinner to disgrace your
4 srli aud family at this age OF lite. IL will
take double portion oi brick bats, cobs aud
/ "liquid SOAP 10 ever bring your soul To the
place where the good man sA,all hnd rcsi. II
YOU wanted ~ say anything about the mat
ter (as | have never wished To deny 1t, or
considered there was any disgrace attached
th,reto.) Why did You not say that por
\ tiou OF the time You werc there, ! was at III,
Lunat,n ASYLUM receiving medical treat
ment for nervous debility, and had tho priv
; ilege OF the city, and wus treated in u gen
Al. al. M 4
understood that l,hal been guilty of'at least u,
base crime US Yourself, but not having been
quite SO fortunate. had been incnrccratcd IN
prison, Was | much mistaken In my man
AnI what was his "main issue, simply 10
prove (il he could) that somcbody else was
us mean as himself But think he will
have hard job for he could no, Nnd bu,
few men 50 basr as to Itoop To 40 small ant
lcontempIible au act, and II ho wishes 10 ap
ply tho quotation from HAMLET, let him trN
, the coat ON aud he viii find IL fits exactly
T, aud a little more 80, Tor | believe he is
, very poor job from natures jOurrcy man,
, , aud would not pass Inspection, But IN or
der 10 Impress the matter mop sIrongl
4 upon HE mi nd. will introduce he de
{ olaniion OF three more good men to prov
: that his assertions are false, aud Ihat nliu
A are true,
nj We DO hereby certify that We were pre-
sent during the Republic Sanitary Fair, he'll
. in this place in February last, aud that "
were present On the night that the stand
u made aud presented by Mr.. Reynolds, wa
Q drawn, aud that Mrs. Rhode did then AN
o there say, that II was the agreement tina
h Mr. Reynolds should receive back the net
n cash outlays ON the stand, and ws furthc
state that he did not force the stand ON Ia
/, society, G. NJ, OGDEN,
JOHN SWlGERT,
u, ID. OGDEN
= Republic, Sept 2o, 1864,
- After introducing the above testimony,
i: feel that n 10 almost useless for me 10 sa
: anything more, yet there is such slrikiu
q resemblance, aud appeanuee OF arrange
,s ment between The Gener all aud lit
M Johnny in their articles Of Aug 18th, th,
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