The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-04-06
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No More Bailey:

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The departure of the llustrious Col
Ieetor of the T-hiUtysecond District,
Joshua Fessendeh Bailey, has sur
ptised nc one. He was an official ur:
der the very honest and very; econom'
zeal administration Of Ulysses, aDa1A q
sucl5eould create no-yiilainy al which
peopIeswould be Surprised! f4fIBaifey
had been an henestiRepublicah office
holder, he wouhlT have been such a
rarity that he might have. cncased
himself in glass, and gone down to
/ generations yet 10 come. as the dimes;
solitary illustration Of an anomaly.
| The, ASCENDING Republican leaves
no ,friends. behind. Once heaWas, q
power; he dined and wined the CHIEF
| editors .ofa;;a codplel OF the ,Iniorning
papers, and they wrote, long. defenses
of him thereafter; he had his iaekeys
IN his: Office to do his bidding; zhshad
the scsundreIly conniverrr4t fraud,
Commissioner DeEdno, to- aid HIM;
and he had much influence with his
party in this city.
Now, it is all gone, and there are
left only those to investigate as TO how
extensive a rascal he Is.
There are various stories as to his
operations since beinginstaHed in the
Thirty-secondD istrfct dice, but it is
generally asserted that hs declarations
amount to betw cen Que and two hun
drcd thousaHddonars. |6ficial search
on Saturday had failedfto reveal them.
but hisown eo1fessfan. a1dthe story
Of ChiIds, the deputysnake it certain
he wss ntnetfbehiad bGt5ike all these
loyal pedRleSpes9ed e pay it all
back. ~
While he wasanfbe FOURTH Col
lection District fis fascalities were
numerous, he %connivel IN several
black mail operations, which brought
him various sums never returned to
the Government or accounted for.
What wifi Sc done M regard to the
dear departed; is not ANONYMOUS is
a very ienient Government, when IL
is dealing with the "trooly loil"-butl
that the taking ofof Bailey has Gre
ated- happiness among thea business
men of the Thirty second District, ii
ihdisputabIe. The manner in which
he conducted business against them;
developed in the recent trials, in
every one of which he was defeated,
and had he remained, he would have
been defendant in some civil suits,
which it was the intention or these
merchants to bring against him, and
which they willslikely do yet.
Bailey didn t appear to have any
friends worth having in his Office, for
they were all willing to give free ut
terance 10 all they knew. This was
his fault. He discharged such of his
employees as were sufficiently honestto
resist his attempts to corrupt them,
and surrounded himself with tools who
cared nothing Tor hm only, rs he was
powerful to: assist them.
Closely connected with this case is
Mister Commissioner Columbus Della
he has been the intimate friend
and apolOgist of Bailey When Bout
we'll s~uspicioned all was not right here
Dclano came over 10 see,7 and always
went hack to tell what an admirable
and honest officer Joshua Fessenden
Bailey was,i lie reported this with |
alarming frequency and no longer
than a week ago stoutly compliments.
ed Bailey, 81 this sort. of twaddle.i
Solicitor Banfell has squelched in
six minutes, undfwe, trust that having
shown up the implement of Delano, !
he viii next show up Delano himself:
His connection with the affair is |
certainly of a nature, to arouse suspi-
and call for an mvestigation.-
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