The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-19

"A Gas.bag Punctured.

scurrillous and abusive style, and that Is
saying good deal. We shall not emulate
the example, as we have no taste, and
think our readers have none, for contest
in blackguardism, We shall go directly
to.the charges upon which these columns
of rant and fustian have glabonouSly
built. Those charges are these. They
do not average one to the column;
lst That Mr. FREw's bills were in
some cases not certified with due iormali,
ty, as they should have been, by the appro.
pirate official, before their payment by the
AsDi.;ri sDd. That he charged % to 81 per
cent profit on paper, when the law requir.
ed 1t TO be furnished at cost.
Ord. That in printing the. session acts
he charged for4s quires ofpaper per form,
the edition being $500, "when the paper
actually needed for the work ranged from
% to 80 quires per FORM"
Theseare precisely what Mr.. WAIKER's
charges amount to, and on these three
indictments he erects all his four columns
ofihsinuRtlon, of indirectand direct false
hood and OF scurrilous abuse. In regard
to them wehave to say.
1st 1t may be true-we think 1t is-7.
y q ! f
that some Of Mr.. FREw's bills were paid
by the AUDITOR without being endorsed
with formal certificate by State official
Mr.. FREw did not know just what iormali-
ties were necessary, His- bills were, pre-
sented 10 the AUDITOR, and whatever en-.
dorsementsl that officer required as a
prerequisite 10 payment were made or
obtained. We believe there was some
confusion of ideas as TO Just what was
necessary. But whatever omissions there
may have been in that respect, they do
not attach TO the printer. The fault, such
as it was, was with the AUDITOR, who
should have audited no bill without conI.
pliance with due formalitles. But Mr.,
WALKER does not pretend that the bills
themselves were fraudulent" or "illegal." a.
He does not use this language, though 1t.
was attributed TO him by the telegraph.)
He does notpretepd that any bill, or any
item4inanybilli was d trumpet up one,
or an improper or dishonest or unlawful
one. And the CONTRARY being true in
every case, as We affirm, where did the
State lose a dollar or Mr.. FREw tlrawOne
that he was not entitled to?
End. 1t is simply not true that d profit
was charged on paper! SIt'was furnished
at cost; and the paper which Mr. WALKER
says was charged at dollar quire cost
$1S Is per reamih New York, les ba
3rd. Forty.tWo quireso paper perfor
for session acts were charged only in the
case Of The acts Of 1866. While these were
being printed, the work Of reprinting in q
single volume the acts prior to and includ.
ing those Of 1865 was in progress, the edi-
tion being 1900. The additional / 900
copies Of the acts of 1866 thus required
were printed and charged with the1egu-
lar edition of $500, making an edition Of
1000; and they were notcharged with the
other volume. IEMr. WALKER will cal.
culate for this edition Of 1000 he win find
that A quires instead OF 42 were required
for each form.
That is the, simple truths, and in the
light Of II, the mountain Of falsehood and
insinustion SO ingeniously built up by Mr..
WALKER 10 hide his own peculations, dis
appears like any other baseless fabric.
Mr.. WALKER has not yet denied or dis.
cussed the charges presented in the House
Of Delegates by Mr.. sTURarss, with proof
in the shape. oil Mr.. WA1kER's own
official vouchers. Mr.. STURaIss showed
that Mr.. WALKER had overcharged the
State exactly $4,S4169 in pFintingItwo
books, the acts OF 1871 and the House Jour.
nal of1s7l. We have in our possession q;
copy of the bill presented TO the clerk Of the
Senate by Dir. WALKER for the Senate
journal OF 1871. Though not for the
complete book the bill was for 81 ,3O2' 15,
while the lawful charge for the work was
but $4,000, the charge being more than
three times what 1t ought to have been
or exactly $O29 55 too much. The over
charge in the three cases was $5271 OF.
Now, the public, having had Mr.
WALxER's say about his predecessor,
wants TO know what he has to say for
himself. What does he say about Mr..
sTuRdIss lgures2 Abuse ol, MH. sTuR.
aIss is no answer. What does he-say TO
our figures! Vtlihcation of us does not
refute them. etthem at least be denied,
ior appearance sake. And If Mr.. WALKER
Will give his gigantic intellect to the reIu-
ta'ion OF these figures. he will find his
timo so occupied until the meeting of Gov.
ernor JAcoH's committee as to afford
little leisure ior further displays OF his
lying pyrotechnics in tho Courier or by
telegraph.
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