The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-09-12

heard advanced by some of tic ablest
and shrewdest Greeley Democrats in
the country. We are now waiting to
| see if our liberal friends are still will
ling to be sold out when the sell is SO
| patent. ' @
The Burlington Qa.) Hauh-Eye has
been puncturing the rotten political car
cass Of, Fitz Henry Warren. The
question in dispute was about this man
holding office and drawingpay forltwoj
ofiiees'at, the sanlo time, viz: Minister
to Guatemala and State. Senator Of
Iowa. lWoR confess that expanding
time and space OH this mountebank in
politics appears to be useless, yet he
WHO went of with johnson six years
| ago claims tashsrkiilesaa Republican,
and as such he has been placed at the
head of the Greeley electoral titket
in this State, and this fact is the . y.
cuss iweigive for giving him 4 passing
notice as a deleetablc sffforniers The
H4dsch-E having made some charges
[ whishFtha burlington aGaEette copied
Fit screwed his courage APP olwriting
tine follow ing lettef::saa 70 anias tsiha
Il sSyE9l svss 4 l9fTs nafti ssfeiattsb yg0ns
\ BsRLIseTeS,Ip Iowa, Aug. IA, i72lan
70 the Edtlos' Of the Gazette, -,
\ slni notice, that You I give ecu cplren-
Cyl and endorsement to q statement,
made some tine ago in the, H0,cl:r, lsge,.
with Others equally without truth that
i held two Offices in the, year ISGG,--,
Here where no one pays the slightest
attention to any declarations 6f this
editor, 4 have passetfi with tlie props
ercontempt. With yoar organ, which
has standing and sssins credenee. dthsg
s,inlesi an Importance which jhstiHes
correction. which nm quite strre yots
will readily nuke. u i9sfsE# .lttn01 4 itad
lives appointed Minister To G ustesi
male August ID, 1856, and lii October
| following was elected to the State, SEN
aie--7-iiominated by The. Republican
/ party and not opposed by. any one. 4,
| at once signifiel my, ,nop- "a seeptancgSQf
| the, first. position by u formal rasigna-'
ton, scpt under. AsDyer to the Hon. Jas.
/ Harlan, then a member Of the, Cabinet.
Letters were written to The State De-
paItment during the session asking in
formation, which, as no public demon-
! stration was had, presume establish
cd the fact that was not Minister.
In tie month Of February following,
/ without any consultation with me,
saw my name confirmed by the Senate
to This Office which had declined. SUBJ
sequently, in May, was induced to
accept the commission, reported at my
post, and then commenced drawing
Iuy salary, and not before. / claim no
Immunity from errors in public or pri-
vate life, but certainly population,
plnndering or polygamy of Office are
not of the list of foibles.
FITz HENRY WARREN.
/ The Gazette having published the
above, the Hasrk-Ey obtains from the
Auditors Office at Washington, having
charge ofthe accounts OF foreign min
listers, the following letter. The writer
is an Towan, who for years has been a
Departmental clerk ofhigh standing
at Washington:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
FIFTH AuDfToRs OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, Sept 6. iS72.S
DEAR SiR:-Yours of the Cd inst, is
at hand. In reply to your inquiry
have to state, that Fitz Henry Warren
GROW 30 days salary, from Sept. ed,
TO October 2lst, 1866, aud then got no
more until he started to go to his post
which was on the 18th Of May. 1866.
He only remained until the LIST of Au-
gust, when he returned to the U. S. on
three months leave of absence, for
which he drew his full salary. There
was no intermission in his salary from
May 18th, until he was relieved.
lam respectfully, GEO. COWIE.
CHAs. BEARDsLEY, Esq, burlington
Iowa, s ~
The State election in October, 1865,
occurred ION the 10th of October. Fitz
says he drew no pay until May, 1866.
The record shows he drew thirty days
| pay after he was elected State Senator.
lie is now charging wholesale corrup-
ton upon the administration. The
question Is pertinent, how stands lis
own record and is he a man Of truth
We let the reader judge. We VIII add
one thing more, and tits found in Ar
ticle 3, Section %, of the Constitution
ofthe State Of iowa; It IS rs follows
] mo person holding any lucrative
/ office under the United States. or this
State, or. any other power, shall be
eligible to hold a seat in the General
| Assembly," ssa go, /.
How did Fitz draw pay as Minister
to Guatemala in the fall of '65, and al
| SO act as Senator and draw pay there
for in the atesiDs in the winter OF
lS65-66, and after his Senatorial du-
ties We're over. take up his foreign
mission again. Fitz, Andy Johnsons
Fitz, will doubtless shine as a rcfoimcr
and make a fitting figure head for the
immaculate party OF Iowa reformers.
Theodore Iilton still runs his Golele,,
Age, though it looks as though it was
rather seedy. His opinion is Of little
worth, yet that our readers may know
to what depths this Woodruff and Cla-
Hin idolizer has fallen, we give below
q brief extract from one OF his edito-
rails on Grant:
ANDREW johnson run the Govern
mcnt for policy, honestly conceived,
and obstinately maintained in oppo-
sition to his party and his best person
al friends. Gen. Grant has run the
government for person, making him
self the center and head Of il. appoint
ing and removing officers, according
to their personal fealty to him, and