The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-01
CHARLESTON.
CnABLEsroS, March 90, 1873

CuARLRSTOS, ARrcn23, 1919.
To the Editors OF the IntcllIgencor.
Your readers are doubtless sick and
tired OF the all.Rbsorbing subject Of
the printing Frauds" there having been
40 much rruitlcss discussion without any
practical results. Thousands upon thou
sands Of the peoples money have been
spent aud arc still being spent in attempt
ng to investigate the thing with tho pur-
nose on the part Of some to have the
amounts unlawiully abstraCtcd refunded to
the State Vreasury,Ond with the determine
ton on the part u others that tho facts
shall never be known by the people, and
Tit should ever be found out, to prevent
the possibility OF its ever being paid
while every one who will look at the
thing ut ali whether in the "ring" or out
Of ii knows that the worst has not been
told. But the question now recurs, how
does the matter stand at this time. Walker,
with the audacily aud eflrOntery peculiar
to one who has grown bold by being
hardened in crime, is feigning TO "wGlk
erect aud look at the stars" Is daily pro-
claiming through the columns OF his dirty
sheet that he has been hOnorEbly aCquit-
ted, and his course indicated by the
Legislature. Now, with the permission oil
your readers, l propose 10 examine this
claim to "vindicatiOn" little. Mr.
Slurgiss over year ago showed the
thing up in a manner that forced convic-
ton upon every mind that great wrongs
had been perpetrated upon tho State
Treasury by tho Public Printer. No one
doubted the fact for one moment, nOtWith'
standing which, great efforts were made
by leading spirits In the Legislature
10 avoid an investigation. Ycta commit
tee toGS appointed, selected with great
care and caution, composed purposely oil
men who would be least likely to see any.
thing wrong in the individual who was
the idol oil the party; but they, with SIM
gular unanimity, four out Of the five sign
Ing the report, (thC other expressing no
opinion) fnd him guilty Of wr0ngIully alb.
stracling from the people some $4,000,
and make their report to the present Leg
stature to that effect, That immaculate
body then appointed committee COM
posed Of tour Democrats and ono Repub-
llCan, selected by toedk man but bitter
partisan, 10 review the action Of the tor
mcr committee, or in other words, to re-
investigate the charges against the Public
Printer. Three OF those men who have
earned Tor themselves an Immortality for
ignorance or inlamy,Q will notsay which,
after five or six weeks investigation,
with able counsel Tor the defence and
with Walker and his employees the sole
Witnesses, and rguSing 10 admit counsel
or witnesses for the-State, bring in what
they call "mAjOriiy report" acquitting
the Public Printer oil any blame or cen
sure whatever, and even intimating that
Mr, Walker, IN his Unprecedented mag
nauimity, had not charged by some
thousands Of dollars as much as he was
entitled to by law. But the ono Republi.
can and one homes! Democrat submit a
minority report sustaining what Is
,ulwn as the "JaCob .Granlham" re-
p,u. Then, here arc (taking the whole
logcther) al least SIX to three who arc
convinced ofhis guilt,-but this Is not all
the thing becoming troublesome or
heir hands, they determine by q strategic
movement TO get rid Of the whole mattel
ina very summary manner.
Hence a sweeping resolution Is otlerec
by DE- Thompson OF Putnam to this
tteCl.
BD,rsd, 1st. That In the judgment o
AH House, the charges against the Pub
&c Printer have not, nor has any
OHe Of them, been sustained. I'd. Thai
this House deems 1t the duty Of any exec
UVC officer who may be in possession Of
i.cis showing illegal disbursements fol
public printing to obtain proper restitu'
lion by proceedings TO be instituted in
'ae Courts 3rd. That tho further con
"deFslion Of the various reports upon
Public printing be indefinitely postponed
The reader will remember that the oh
NcI was to vote on the three resolutions
y one proposition; but Mr.. Campbell, o.
'nSfaCock, asked that the question be d.
I,ied and taken up Serdtim, which was
aole Upon which the lst resolution
Tn rejected by vote OF % for and q
against; the 81 was carried 80 ayes to II
"'{ y lae 3Fd carried by 81 TO 90 .
tAal Is TO say that after oil the appli
aaSes had been used, involving oil The
ingenuity Of Walker himself, jim Fcrgu
%aAnd lhcc entire ring,and half u dozen Of
, .1 GAucuscs, and the whole thing being
IWTSWmely CT parIe and IN the interest o
iG,MheF, the popular branch Of tho Leg
S S.s,i, with lis overwhelming Demo
SSHc mSJoFity,also find him guilty OF thu
WOW wow | ask where md how Is Mr.
~ %IH NS acquitted and his cause vindicaL
anu" Sau sustained? The Jacob. Granlhan
r ,a'1 g'liee unanimously fad him guilty
''"D-alhS Of the COMMITTEES 0l tn
n,io It session find him guilty, and I
him gV Ivy oil the House sOlemnly declared
1SD, ssullty' an injured aud out ragged com
""S pfonoHnces him guilty, depleted