, 1870-05-12

The Springfield journal has become SO
much enaulored Of: tho Hon. Thomas J.
Turner, member of the Constitutional Com
ventiont from Stephenson County, ind
esteems him to be such truthful person,
that we are constrained to print few par
agraphR from that Individuals remark,
early in the session, concerning the Spring
field Journals secret contract, with the
Secretary Of State to Go the printing for
the convention, viz: -
"Mr. TURNER. Now, the editor Of the Springfield
Journal Is wise In bis generation, anl when he
discovered that the Independents would have q
the Secretary of State, and, without any knowI-
edge Ut what kind Of printing the convention
would require, or how It would require thas pr1nt-
tnE to be done, entered into a contract with the
SECRETARY Of State TO DO the work at certain ng-
ur, somewhat less than what We have reeoM-
uended, but It WIS agreed between the editor Of
that paper and the Secretary Of State that the coll
tract should Be laid G,rdy and kept secret
I" Mi. MEpuL Will the gentleman allow Enc to
eoIrsst one me statement th4t he has made9
= Mi. TURNER Yes, Ar. =. - :
HMr. HEDlL IT YVES stated BY the editor OF the
youyncl that tho seeet eUatrdct with the Secretary
type-setting, and G5 cents per token for press
work. II you consider these two bids, It doet not
come to more than the recommendation OF the
and part of the composition at Is cents, and the
remainder at Is cents, 50 that really The secrct
contract is no better than the one we propose
:, "Mr. TEHSEg. accept that SO far as it goes
That paper MES laid away TO be Kept secret Auu,
u case the convention shoulu give mt printing ~
the EeQister, or some other paper-then what was
to be The .resuit7> i can imagine it.. We should
5se T. ne sprtngt!sI!i, ,,,r .'out,a MI. IN
s terrible % eofruption In tns coaycuuon. The
independents Of Chicago have formed conspiracy
With the Coppefheads- and have paid 70 ths state
wUTtb, when there ras contract with the State
Printer to do 1t for less' Tnc next morning tnsre
would he other display lines Ike these: More
tract With the stnte Rsgist, that 1t gets IS cents
per Thousand ems for publishing the debates when
The State Printer had cunlraet With the secre-
t2ry OF State to do it for c. cents We wonder
Pr.niing hss In tut iittls alob."' lLauehter.l
'-Mr. CAR1. VIII the gentleman allow word
4aMC III. carr. The Secretary Of State Informs me
that there WAS no such contI1ct rs tne gentleman
III. TTasEK. Very well II the secretarJ of
States denies it, will make the amende honorable:
M RTE IT. a1. ihs sd
rute Journal told The cnntts sctds is not true
Due1 de s<ereta1y Of Stats still deny e truth f ths
'; ssWens now, Nj. President wshayc had all these
sl!tncu}ties TO contend with In this committee II
| had leaked out In some was that there Tas con-
l
| report, had recommended 10 be paid; and Rtntle-
I men on this noor we're at 4 loss to know why ne
should not accept that contract. And, 81. STATE
further, that the editor Ut tho springfield Jsttrsot
| stated IN the presence uf more gentlemen than
ole, not twenty hours Ego, that be could nos
| do the printing 2. the terms named IN tne secIeI
CONTRACT and that the contract WIS not rnade 1ot
The .piupose Of doing the printing at that pEtce
hui Tor the purpose IN case the Register got Inc
contract at higher figures, Of going 70 court for ~
Injunction" go
I It appears from this that the Springfield
Journal was engaged, according to its ed
itoz's own admission, in little game Of de
ception and kuaye1y, making secret con
tracts with the Secretary Of State, whicl
were not intended to be carried out in goof
faith, but were to o>be used in an n-eme1gency
As AIr Turner IS such truthful person
and especially as his statement has neTe
been contadicted ythe Journal although
publicly made more than four months ago
we submit that nothing that the Journa
oan now say concerning anybody else i
worth a moments attention,