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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-12-11
ANOTHER CHAPTER FROM THE
AUDITOR.

We publish to-day another chapter from
the advance pages of State Auditor Will
der's annual report. The extracts reprinted
elsewhere, pertain exclusively to the con-
duct OF the Treasurer and the condition Of
the Treasury Department of the State.
The strongest point made in the report is
that which refers to the payment OF interest
on State warrants. The law provides for the
endorsement of warrants when there is no
money in the treasury 10 pay them, and
after The endorsement, certifying their pre-
senta,ion, they draw interest until the prin-
cipsl is paid. The Auditor believes that
warrants have been frequently presented
and not paid when there was money in the
treasury to pay them. He is convinced that
money which should have been applied 10
the payment of State scrip, has been used
for purposes of speculation. The following
list taken from the report shows the amount
of interest the Treasurer has paid each year
In Ct.t. rr.rrants-
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EiIY EaElspkSED

Gov. Campbell, of Wyoming, in his mes
sage 70 the Third Legislative Assembly oil
Wyoming Territory, makes the following
s,s,sr,enf in reference TO tho prsctical work.
ing woman suffrage there
"The experiment Of grsnii7E to woman
voice in the government, hlea was inaugu'
rated. for the first time in ise history OF ouE
country by the fret Legisi; i've Assembly oil
Wyoming, has now been t 'ea for four years.
/ haye heretofore taken occasion 10 express
,ny views in regard to the wisdom and JUS
lice of this measure, and nay conviction that
lis adoption had been attended only by good
resslis. Two years more OF observation OF
the practical working of the system have
only served to deepen my conviction thai
what We, in this Territory, have done, has
baen well done, and that cur system oil I'M
paiftai suffrage is an unqualified Fucoes5."
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LAND TITLES.

The man who gains livelihood by con-
tinuaily searching for some flaw or infor-
mality in the tile of his neighbours estate
rem iers the world very little service. Men
of this class, however, manage 10 eIis, in
every densely populated community, and fire.
quenily accumulate riches al the expense OF
property holders. The value of real estate
as an investment is certain TO diminish in
the same ratio as the prosperity Of this spe-
cies OF land shark Increases. When titles to
real estate are disturbed by incessant litiga-
ton, capital seeks investment, in other secu-
rites, and values of lands and lots depreciate.
1t is just and right, of course,
for heirs or claimants who have been
defrauded OF their property rights
10 enter the courts and reclaim them, vet
under various preiehoes and forms, numer-
Qua suits are instituted by bogus claimants,
to estori blood money from property hold
ers. The fact that preienders of this Kind
can sometimes secure the cooperation of
skillful lawyers, illustrates the hard fea-
lures Of the legal profession. The ST. Louis
Globt reviews, at some length. decision
recently rendered by Judge Dillon, in
the suit of Morrison agains Benton. The
Judgment Vas against the defandant on The
merits OF k.s case, and menace which has
threatened half the estates in st. Louis
county was therey happily removed.
In the course of the review the
G'oLs offers the following:
The very foundations of property seem TO
be established well when son has Inherited
from father the land they haye cultivated,
or when capital invests in a property which
during half a century has been held and
enjoyed without question; to disturb there
foundations by maintaining that an owner.
ship which the Government has never claim.
ed shall be revived in the interest of mere
land pirates is SO totally opposed to all good
government that We are justified in limiting
very strictly the application of such claims
There is no man who is safe from them, for |
the genVy who make . living By hunting up
SAWS In titlea, and otherwise undermining
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aK.D,CUa.OUs CANDIDATE.

The editor Of the Oswega Register has
taken the precise measure Of james Nj.
Harvey, of Riley. We have never seen a
more truthful estimate of the ex-Governors
claims for promotion than that given in this
language.
Ex-Governor james NJ. Harvey will also
be a candidate before the Legislature, and Ii
now engaged in putting himself forward as
the farmers choice. No charges OF dlshon-
es,v are made against Mr.. Harvey, but II
because he owns SOME land up In Riiey
county, he is qualified for duties IN the
Senate cEamter of the United States, We
NAV have a great many qualified candidate
to select from. The truth Is, his pretentions
as a farmer are 80 entirely ridiculous, that
they should be disgusting TO thinking men,
rather than an element of strength. For years
he has been standing chronic candi-
date for Office, and succeeded in occupying
the subernatorial chair for four years, where
he sat drawing his salary with prompt regu-
Iariry, and saying to visitors good morning,
sir: fine morning." but doing nothing for
the credit of the State or his own admins
tration. Since leaving the governor room,
he has importuned every prominent man
visiting Topeka, to aid him in his aspira-
tions for another office, and now he wants
the farmers to send Lin to the United States
Sensie. The intelligent farmers OF Kansas,
will be guilty of no such absurdity, through
their representatives.
They wan, to represent them, man OF &C.
lion, a man of intelligence, q man OF In
huence, and one who can exert for them a
power at the nations cspital. This James
NJ. Harvey could never do; very inferior
man, be has ahe4dy in the language
of Sol. Miller, ''been spread so often,
that he is entirely too thin to spread"
The Ex-Governor is a passable citizen,
modest, timid, and exceedingly lazy. lie
i. male citizen, resident Of the State,
and old enough to serve in the Senate. He
has, however, no qualifications beyond these
Tor the position, and his selection to serve
out the unexpired Caldwell-Crozier term
would prove a serious blow to the reform
movement which now promises 30 much
good fer Kansas. We must keep reform
clear of imbecility, or the people will have
no sympathy with il.
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COMMERCIAI. POLITICS.

Some OF our inland contemporaries seem
to enjoy the business Of pitching into Leav-
enworth. They imagine that political cur
ruption exists to a greater extent here than
elsewhere, and in obedience to higher sense
OF duty, We presume, open their patent
broadsid.s On the metropolis, and, fgura-
lively speaking, keep up respectable bonn
bardment. We rather enjoy the situation,
for The TINES. for many years. has been
employing LIE energies TO subdue the odious
rascality in politics which has furnished
the fair fame OF Leavenworth, and
hence welcome The assistance of cur
country neighbors with something of
the Joy which a Lard pressed army
greets the coming of the reserves. As allies
of the cause OF political reform We bid
them welcome, and will show them to the
front where the hardest work il demanded.
We must have no conscripts in the engage
ment, however-no deserlers from the foe
no fighting in or ranks now, simply be-
cause the other side has suspended the pay
men, Of filthy lucre fof more filthy political
service. We blush for our countrymen
when Ne nu:hfuily aver that
some WAC are now vehemently
assaiiing the Caldwell and Carney dynasty
received their price, aud performed political
of the most odious kind, as long as
the Leavenxorth "shysters" proved to be
promp; pay master. To these men Leaven-
worth IL under no obligation for past favor.
They had their market price, and Carney or
c ildsell paid it. To please our country
c,usiHs, Ne might also charge Leavenworih
With all the do;nss of the Caldwell and
Carney clique, and add that Leavenworth |
bid higher for their representatives. il the |
he Legislature than any other locality but l
We adhere TO truth, and say that Gpldweli and |
Carney w,re the buyers. The country folk |
lent their merchandise to the Topeka mar.
ket, and the Leavenworth ring ir the nat
1ral order of commerce sent its buyers there.
There was no advantage on either side.
There was NO heating do~n Of prices on the
part of the ring masters, acd there was no
failure on the part Of the countryEen TO de-
liver the purchased commodity" attic time
md plaoe rpeci6ed. Could anything in the
nature Ct 'icoumencisl politics" be more
air OF hososableS
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The Boston idrertiser is proFeroIaii'
moderate and cautions in it's Judgments, and
,zoDli doubtless have been peculiarly glad
4, see Nudge Hoar made Chief Justice. But
If speaks Of Judge Williams as having wor
a very fair and honorable reputation IN va
ried public positions, and says his selection
though no. an ideal appointment, Is entitled
10 very high respect. There are reckless
partisan opponents who flippantIy condemn
the choice; but intelligent and responsible
men do not share their affected opinion
Uros hox much higher grounds The selec
lion vas made than that OF Taaey by then
f.vori;e : 1ckann!
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ever since it, enactment All that they ask
i that railway cans and road wagons, T rails
end hardware, station houses and dwelling
housess Be governed BY one and the same
Law in Assessment and taxation. II the rail-
road men have n.lLe foolish investment, %
have many other men in other lines Of busi-
nes. If they can not pay their taxa they
are no worse of than many Of % Who have
been in the same unfortunate condition, and
Who have paid our fity per cent. penalty 10
the dealers in tax titles.
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We are in receipts. BY this mornings Cali.
fornia mail. Of an assumed newspaper, emit.
tied "Ann Eliza Coming Vindicator-yol.
circulation 1O,OOO-XIXth wife of Brig
ham, Prophet, Seer and Revelator." From
this publication We are satisfied that "Ann
Eliza" is in . good agents hands and any
thing the re-caicitrant rib" may lack, in
the matter of drawing full and paying houses.
this agent has the originality to manufac-
ture. Mrs. "Ann Eliza" is to reach Denver
positively On Friday Of this week, and her
subsequent lectures will be duly announced
in the Tfibune.-Denrer Tribune.
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TOPEKA.
Capital Improvements---Comple-
tiOn Of the East POrtic0.
Cost Of the Work and Quality Of
Material.

TOPEKA, Dec. g, 1873.
The east portico Of the capitol which was
finished Last summer, adds greatly to the
beauty of the building. One can now
imagine how the house will look whom the
central division. With dome. and left wing,
are finished. Better than the looks, how
ever, Is the sense Of personal safety which
the law makers feel when they enter the
building, for it did seem last winter that
Mcfionieles derrick, which almost "pierced
the stormy ciouds'' would topple over .ome
day with . three.ton stone and demolish
half the lobby. The derrick has been re-
moved to place of safety, as McGonigIe
ays, and henceforth the bachelor members
of the House and the lady clerks may air
themselves under the portico with perfect
immunity from danger. Speaking directly
to the question of
PORTICOS,
the one mentioned herein is sixtv-six feet
long, seventeen feet wide, and eishty-seven
feet high, being modelled after the
Corinthian style of architecture. The por.
tico rests on six huted columns, each four
feetin diameter at the base, the whole height of
column being forty-two feet. The height from
the ground to the platform of the portico Is
twenty feet, which is reached by a flight Of
stairs thirty-four feet long, with thirty three
steps. The stairway is protected on either
aSA h.
The size of base for steps is 37154 feet. The
distance from the top of capitals of col
umn to apex of roof is twenty five feet. The
thickness of the walls which support the
columns is six feet, and the projection of
portico cornice four feet. The entire portico,
with the exception of the crown mouldings
and modelling of galvanized iron, is built OF
KANSAS STONE.
The outside face of walls, cornice, mould
ings, ETC., of Junction City stone. From
Cottonwood Falls quarries, stone was taken
for base Of columns and rails for stairway.
The material used for steps and platform was
blue Limestone, from St. Mary's Mission.
The entire cost OF the work-was S34, 500.
This sum includes advertising and the sal
aries of Architect and State House Board of
Commissioners. Mr.. J. G. Haskell was the
architect, and Mr.. Jas. McGonigle of Leav-
enworth the contractor. 1t is a noteworthy
fact that not single workman was injured
during the construction of the portico, al
though the mast of the derrick was lis feet
high, and the blocks Of stone lifted from five
to seven thousand pounds in weight While
there are many monuments to Mr. McGoni-
gle's skill as builder, scattered here and
there throughout the State, none will surpass
in quality of material and excellence of
workmanship the one herein described.
The most competent judges pronounce the
work superior in many respects, and it is
the universal impression, that the State got
the worth Of its money in the job. Alto.
gether the east portico reflects credit on the
taste of the architect, and the skill of the
contractor
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SENATOR MATT. II. CRPENT FER.

The Clerk Of u Long Branch Iieeei
ExpSaias q Slaa0erOus RumsOr, ansi
President Grant VOuches for shs
Senators SObrieay.
From the New York Times.
WILLARD's HOTEL,
WASHINGTON, Oct 20. 1873.
The Hon. I. o. House;
DEAR SIR: In regard to the charges
against Senator Carpenter at Long Branch,
the facts are simply these: Mr.. Carpenter
came with several others, and there was moi
4 vacant room in the house. told him 30,
and gave him q note of introduction to the
Ocean House. If the President had called
at the same time for q room l should have
told him the same thing. Mr.. Carpenter
was neither intoxicated nor guilty Of any
inproprie,ies whatever.
GEO. H. FARRER,
Room Clerk West Eud Hotel.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 20, 1873. )
DEAR JUDGE; Much has been raid in
the public prints relative to your colleague,
Senator Carpenter, during his visit to Long
Branch this last summer. One charge made
against him know to be untrue. He spent
an hour or more with me during the even
ing of his stay, and can answe. to his being
at the time strictly sober, giving no evidi.
dence of having been drinking to mark 1t,
effect at that time. The other charges
know nothing about, and made no inquiry
about, thinking them impossible.
Yours truly, US. GRANT.
Judge T. o. HOWE.
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The Auditor says. after giving these Ag-
ures:
Poor's Manual does not give the cost of the
roads omitted in the above List. The lease
of the Missouri River road to the Missouri
Pacific is $50. 900 year /; of the Leaven-
worth, Aichison 4 Northwestern, the lease
u 81, 500 . year. Nearly allof these reads
received . subsidy in lands. and some in
money and lands. Government lands, State
lands and Indian lands, have bssn granted
to railroads in this Stats. In fact, We have
sometina given them bonds. Therailroads
are our spoiled childrss. AAer receiving
these presents. and bsing pstted, they have
assumed the Management Of The family.
Then he gives the following table, which
showsths length Of each railroad in The State,
and The value pa nila . 6xed BY the Rail-
road Assessor. The total assesssd value
given in the table i too large, some Of the
roads running through unorsanissd COUNTIES
where No tax n levied or collacfed:
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A Few laaeressiag Facts fer Tax.
Payers.
The following extracts from the forthcom.
ing report of Auditor Wilder will snow q
very remarkable discrepancy between the
actual cost Of our railroads, and the value II
which they aassassd for taxation. They
show that railroad property suffers . won
derful shrinkags about tax.paying time.
The following figures are copied BY the Au-
ditor from Poors Manual, showing the actual
cost Of the several roads mentioned:
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KANSAS CONGREssAEN.

The Representatives in Congress from
Kansas have places 10 the House Standing
Committees in the order below published:
On Mines and Mining-Messrp Lowe, Of
Kansas; Negley, of Pennsylvania; Buf6ng-
ton, of Massachusetts,; Rusk, of Wisconsin !;
Hubbell, of Michigan; Page. of California;
Shsafs, of Alabama; Lynch, Of Mississippi;
Kendall, Of Nevada; Southland, Of Ohio;
Harris, of Georgia.
On Public Lands-Messrs. Townsend, Of
Pennsylvania; Dunnell, of Minnesota; Orth,
Of Indiana; Bundy. of Ohio; Morey, Of Lou
isiana; St. John, Of New York; Phillip, Of
Kansas; Bradley. Of Michigan; Hereford, Of
West Virginia; Herndon, Of Texas; Clymer,
of Pennsylvania.
On Indian Affairs-Averill. Of Mime
sofa; Lowe, Of Kansas; Butler, of Tennessee;
Rainey, of South Carolina; Richmond, Of
Pennsylvania; McNulta, Of lllinois; Lawson,
of New York; Harris. of Massachusetts,;
Adams. Of Kentucky; Copingo, of Missouri;
Geddipgr, of Texas.
On Expenditures in the State Depa rtment
- Packard, of Missouri; Cobb. Of Kansas;
ST. John, Of New York; Morrison, Of ILL
nois; Jamison. of Ohio.
On Expenditures in the Treasury Depart
ment-Mesn. Sypher, of Louisiana; Sny-
der, of Arkansas; Phillips, Of Kansas; Schu-
maker, of New York; Southland, of Ohio.
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Dress - . Hlns0 Art.

1t has been observed that where gentle
man makes personal habilancnt matter oil
personal study, he seldom resorts to the same
tailor as the mere dandy. A no man in
mind, or person is precisely the same - any
other, it il easy to see that the tailor, no les
than the portrait painter, must study his sub
ject with the trained observation and delicate
Judgment of an artist. Immense and snowy
establishments abound, from which the
.pendthrift fop emerges pleased with suit
fitted to shape he would like to have in
stead of the one he has. But the eonnoisseur
revolts from such distortion, and goes,
first of all, to the tailor who il
qualified to study his figure for he
know that the true art of dress il to combine
the fashion with the individuality. We all
know that to be gentleman 10 not the same
thing as to appear to be one. But no human
excellence can be appreciated, or even dis
covered at all, without evidence; and the
universal demand of society, in all nations,
il for chaste, tasteful, elegant and modest
dress, a. the proper evidence Of gentleman.
fit to put forth the appropriate sign Of his
honor due to that character
orable distinction to be foremost in the art of
dress; and that such must be accorded TO Mr..
Edward Ely, will not be questioned in Chi
twenty years back, during which he has ap-
piled an exquisite taste, an attentive and
patient assiduity, and an unrivaled judg-
ment, to adopting the metropolitan
modes to the temper and spirit Of his pa
e. Al III
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ACCORDING to the Boston Advertiser, the
variasions in the alignment and level Of the
opposite lines in the Hoosac tunnel were 70
slight As to be absolutely insigni6cant. The
error in the irst was but eevea- si<teenths Of
an inch, and in the latter of one inch and 6
quarter. In the whole history of engineer
ing there has hardly been any feat Of which
the suthon can be more justly proud.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-12-11

A Physseiea's PFesePDpaioo - ODea
Sesame froo the Rigoss 81 Rsasssa-
sissy Llss-The Fallen ChSefsaan'S
Grief
William NJ. Tweed arose early on Mon
day in his cell in the penitentiary. He had
passed . sleeples night, and his clea.ly
shaved face was very pale. He put on his
striped patoloons. jacket and cap, and when
the cell door was opened be ssepped out into
the corridor and hopelesly glanced around.
He kept his cell on sunday, sitsing on his cot
all day. A Bible and several books we're given
him, but he did not attempt to read them.
His only visitor was his son, Gen. VIM. NJ.
Tweed. The young man tried to Be calm
in his fathers presence, bot he could not
restrain his tears. The vretched father
bowed his head and answered in low tones
when the son babe HIM have courage. The
parting was even more affecting than on the
previous day, and after the cell door was
closed the Boss stretched himself out on his
cot overcome with emotion, The only fur
niture in the cell il the bed, an iron frame
with canvass stretched over it, without .
mattress. A heavy pillow and three blan-
kets constitute the bedding. In Sing Sing
and many other prisons, convicts are allow
ed to furnish their cells and have carpets;
but on Blackwell's Islrnd cot is all that
prisoner can have. Warden Liscomb said
that he could make no distinction among
those under his charge, and that Tweed
must live as the othen do. Much difficulty
was found in obtaining . uniform large
enough for the prisoner. The rough panta-
looms were pieced and made to fit, but the
jacket il too small, and new one has been
cut out and is being basted.
Monday morning the fallen chieftain
breakfasted on coarse bread and coffee, with
convicts of all classes and colos. His fellow
prisoners stared at his large, burly form, and
seemed to pity him in his misery. A swal-
low or two of coffee and bit of bread were
sufficient for him, and when he arose from
the table, as the hungry convicts around
him finished his repast, he tried to avoid
their gaze. He made no complaint, and
awaited tine leisure of his keepers. They
thought it best to return him to his cell, but
the Boss vas not in talking humor. He
asked permission to walk in the corridor,
and the request was granted. Occasionally
he stood in his cell door, with head bowed
and in thoughtful attitude. DR.. Schirmer,
his physician, called and said that his "a
tents health was such that his removal to
the hospital was impsratively necessary.
A rumor of the death of the Boss was cur
rent in the city in the afternoon, and few
of his friends hastened to the foot of East
Twenty sixth street to enquire of the captain
Of the steamer Bellevue whether il was true.
Last evening Warden Liscomb had Tweed
taken to the prison hospital. There the
prisoner can have anything the physician
may prescribe. 1t is the opinion of many
that the shock of his conviction and impris-
onment will kill theBos within short
period.
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Total
-fnrouIl,lste

II is evident from the foregoing statement
that the people of Kansas have been swim
died out OF nirety-shree thousand dollars in
the las, twelve years. In word, Kansas
has paid interest on her own paper to that
amount. The report, however, fails to
show just what proportion OF that scrip was
presented 10 Treasurer Hayes and endorsed
by hi.n for interest. Perhaps Col. Hayes
has been paying the principal and interest
on warrants issued before he entered upon
tho ,i,,tias .,f lis off:ca
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The Garne.t Pldindealer ays that some
time ego Mr.. White, brothes-in-lav of n.
E. Osborn, Eq., Of that county, removed
into one Of the southern counties Of Kanaas.
No, long since be was found dead beside his
wagon, in which he had load of corn. II
seems ,hat while hauling corn, some high
---~sn shot him down. There does mot
--,--. a. -. murderer, who,
appear to be any cue ~ 49,
il i found, had stolen one hundred dollars
from the person Of Mr.. White. which vas
probably the incentive to the murder.
The rallying cry in Kansas, upon vkich
newspapers Of divers views are unanimous,
il: 'Let no man be elected 10 o6ics Who
owes over Eve years suhseiptioa 10 local
psper."-CAetepa Advance.