Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-05

agey Will it deny that it held then
out to the people as honest men? VIII
it dony that it always applaudcd thei
conduct, Of whatever character it nigh
have been? Will it deny that, almos
without exception, they were as corrup
a set Of men rs ever abused the conf
dcnce Of honest people? If 50, it vii
deny what every one who is familiar
with the history Of Mowor county knows
to DO true. Aud yet it will mako this
denial.
The man who, perhaps, caused the
greatest injury to the public was Audi
tor Of the county for six years. After
grave charges were made against him
the Register represented him rs man
above suspicion, and zcalous'y labored
for his reelection. While he was in
Office, charges Of malfeasance wore
preferred, and Gen. A. J. Edgerton
was appointed by the Governor to
take testimony. Over fifty wit.
nesscs we're examined, disclosing fear.
full array Of Official crimes, and the in.
e~meent, to save his head, resigned
before an executive decision could
be mude,thus confessingand advertising
his guilt. Nor A WORD HAS THE
REGISTER EVER UTTERED IN con-
DEMNAr1oN OF THIS CORRUPTION.
" A faruier Register Of Deeds, although
q copperhead Of tho vilest sort was
elected over that staunch Republican,
Hon. J. T.. Williams, and mainly
through the treachery aud corruption
Of the managers Of the Register. He
remained in Office long enough to cru
bezzle funds from nearly every man for
whom he did business, besides quite an
amount belonging to the Austin School
Di trict, and then in tho night time
left for parts unknown. He was one Of
the Registers upright, honest men"
A County Commissioner vas elected
by the Register and its friends for pur-
poses personal to themselves, was de-
tectcd in embezzlemcnt, and charges
being preferred against him. he reaign-
cd, and went away with the benedic-
ton Of the Register.
A former Clerk Of tho Court, a pro-
tege OF the Register, appropriated large
sums Of money placed in bis hands BY
railroad companies to pay farmers for
right Of way, and he only escaped
merited punishment through the gencr-
osity Of his bondsmen.-this man is
another Of the Registers "much
abused citizens" for whose malfeasaucc
it never uttered word Of condcmna-
ton.
Another who approp: lated the money
belonging to poor soldiers, and who was
prosecuted for crime, which, in defer
ence to virtuous public sentiment, shall
be nameless here, fled from the country,
has never been mentioned by the Regis
ter since, except in terms Of laudation.
Another man, for nearly eight years
County Treasurer, is now awaiting trial
for an allied ged defalcation Of forty
thousand dollars, taken from the hands
Of the Woodworking men Of the county,
and he is the man at whvse nod tho
Register laughs or cries, and opens or
shuts its oracular lips.
The perpetrators Of these crimes have
been, and those who remain here are still,
tho boon companions Of the Register.
It takes delight in their society aid
lives upon their patronage, aud it
mourus over nothing 50 much as over
their loss Of power, and yet it has the
effrontery to deny that it was ever the
organ Of a corrupt Ring! To outsiders
this foolhardincss may seem strange but
there is, nevertheless, consistency in it,
for it 10 in perfect harmony with the
whole system Of falsehood that has
been planned with the hope Of defeating
Mr.. Page, and the Register can make
campaign against him spoa no other
basis. !.
We presume that the Republican and
the Journal will now be excused by
the Register for not having made a
hasty confession, and we doubt whether
it will expect them to materially modi-
fy the very truthful statements which
they have made concerning that most
execrable sheet.
We have gone thus infinitely into
detail in this matter, not because we
desired to, nor yet because the Register
challenged it, but for the reason that
the opposition, by their infamous Sian.
dcrs have made it necessary, and be
cause justice demands it.
Money to be Used
For the Purpose Of In
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