The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-05
JANITOR HOLLOWAY.

oI Ions BrOther-in.lnw in RI
'fl Inreo.hOrse Act..HOw the Lif
: Or the Nation was Saved.
The unwritten history of the mart t,le
oy many vi lndiana's n,ost ,,r,,n,;n.,,
sons during the great struggle t,r m
preservation Of the Union. rs di.nI.v.
: On the records In the State AuIi,ur:. ~
2 ce,presents some striking facts ,nr mi.
! nc consideration and study. All IN,
"scs VI human nature are here dcpiv
..u Us viv"'ly aud litc-likc as IL the sew.
eral actors were before you in rworK,,
J IHS'NA. Here. You the truly ,lisin.
rcs'cei patriot and honest man. imtem,
aIonc ." the grand work OF saving th,.
great Union OF our Fathers. scorminv r.,
axe from the Government ANYTHING h...
.oma what was justly due him. and in
:""y INSTANCES not claiming or recciv.
ing even that. And here, side bv aide
WIN MN. you see the grasping and NV.
lsrIclons' brawling their patriotism with
rusty lungs, while their arms are IN hc'
ing plunged to the very arm-pifs In tho
treasury transferring to their own nncL
ets the money that generous and NJ.
triouc people had given, in very mamy
cases out OF their scamty means To- tI,.
support Of those who had left homo .m.I
Ininlly to battle for the Union. Tha~
also show from what small bcuinnimys
great men have risen, and from Flo me-
crty OF Yesterday, some sprung To Ind.
'ii wealth and power. Indeed. thnso
l'tt'e scraps Of paper called yo,,cbersn
present some remarkable and strikim~
.:hhgs' teach many useful and suyves.
usc lessons, which should not he shmt
'ut FROM the public gaze. ~
or instance, who would have tl.ou.,,.. Il
mar our pompOus, high-steppinv. hc1i.
'icvated, aud proudly erect Post.n,,st.,
jo!Onel William II. HOLLOWAY. br,,thor'
,'-iaw of his Excellcncy Governor q H.
nj;" v.o"; ana cx-part proprietor OF the $
..s. journal, only few years v
gu s.;. occupied the humble position Of Ia
.".so: ~ inc governors Office. from the i,
weeping OF which in less than three O
ears nc became SO suddenly enriched n
20 o. able to plank down his thou I'D
s.us Tor I'm interest in the Journal M
nee! And who would have thought "a
'"t such pure and disimterestcd patriot III
Colonel Holloway, brother-iu-I law. d,
c, ETC, so loud in his pretemsions, and
"tcntIy bent on crushing the rebel.
~ ana saving the lie Of the Nation A
"'u nave spared the time from his ar.
lous ana responsible duties To make ~,
y separate vouchers aud draw the nav r."
THREE separate offices, all of which, :
appropriated to his own use? Amdl
10 would have thought that s,,ch nm lin
nest man - aud uuselfisi,. dcvoteIl"d
ehu OF the soldier as his Excellence Tr
vernon .. L. Morton, would not oniy ia,
~ permitted but actually aided anil .Jol
'.ted ms distinguished bruther-iu-Iaw pa,
urawihy from the public Treasury AM
money that should have gone 10 IN. see
unucd and dying soldier, or to buv Jan
al Tor his suffering family At home !, ret.
such arc the stubborn" facts. Il
. JANUARY, 1861. Governor Henry :. Go,
% was elected United States Senator tinc
y. I. morton stepped 10y virtue OF hap
':ea".! inuS created into the Gubcr. wcr
rial Office. lie immediately AMMAN nu,i
''i"'h N. holloway his private tine
c,"r!. ana on the lst Of April. Will
urew MS hrst salary ia his new DO. G
u, win which he appeared to have =,
perfectly content until August OF ~
s'ne year. when the bright thought r:ecl
X MIN that The emolumcnts of two list
's would be better than one. I'M Cnpt
ONCE should il be: WHY. rho VINO
war Governor" should have y Con.
or by all means. lie had militor, ms !
Mries by the half-dOzem messengers prov
pOrters. and why not have n ioni. slime
ne duties and labors Of which comId cessi'
nue. to be performed by Others can
the salary could go to him I? q above
ant idea, truly. So we find ON thc now
u the Auditors Office the FOLLOWING
ncnt. which we give litcratim q, "
uatim ct spclliatim. We rs,.,.a. &c, - raised
produce the clIirOgraphy: way
ND'ANA'oLis, August l, 1861. age s
VI iSpANA' 4. Nc
If and July 4. Il p.r s,y ye% % Room fo avera.
'stion for State House, amounting to sr,v ~. o.
course the bill was paid. It would
Dcen "disloyal" In those days olV1vHE
refused its payment. How else i IA
the valable services of Col. HoI- ladioin
DC secured and the life Of the Ma. upon
we'd! And 1t continued to he maid never
'rs, though during nearly all that with 4
there were some four or five Ia good
emP,oycd III the State House bull With I
, n,',a mere were IN the Governors good !
npI0y twelve military secrcta r;.s manv
-, ~ counting Holloway, to- This Il
Sssn' senator, West, Fobes, will be
scott, New: Harvey, Baggs, Roo. mainde
I 10y anu commons; for messen- and tw,
,enry Louden, Robert George. ing six
~ OAon, ana Edgar Gale Lou ply for
ia one porter, Martin Fenner Hotel
lousn IL must have been known