The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-10-02

W P'opc'ty uau Oee0 determined
went with Mr.. Clarkeon 10 the M
. jor, and insisted upon bic giving tn
whole truth tor publication in ,h
State R:gsstsr. saying that the publ
had q right to know It.
Il may bs asked, why wss not tb,
bond given IN 1870 produced !,
reply that the Secretary either over
looked II, or it We not in the tils,
when be examined for bonds 6sst
he had t,rgotten hsving flsd such ,
bond. The Trustees had iorgotteu
having rscSiyed it, aoi the saresiss
OF whom ! was ons.. lad (sreottsu
ever having signed any such boud.
Here l submit my whole conduct in
respect to this matter 10 the public,
AZ may ask It there is anything in
all my connection with this miserable 9
business that calls for criticism and
condemnation? I admit that my
having forgotten sign ny this bond.
gives those who are snx,ous to con.
d-mn, k'nd OF shadowy excuse tor
inusndo' 9. That did forget signing
lMs bond will be the regret OF my
lite, a. l believe there il . spirit in
my nature that would have prompted
'ne had I remembered il, when il did
not come to light to have said: II
know there 10 another bond, for I
remember having signed one." ZAP.
plause But lot me ask this intclli.
gent audience, do you think il very
strange that | should have forgotten
this matter, when no doubt 1t the
time I put my name to II nearly three
years before. I thought 1t q mere
form to answer tho ends Of tho law
and with the fair tame The Major
then bore-I Of course never dream.
ed that I would hear OF it again.
They who never endorse tor others
may think this is singular torgsttul.
ness, but ] have been in the habit Of
signing freely for persons who asked
me, provided considered them true
men. So soon as / heard OF the
bond having been found At the Col.
lege, wrote 10 the Attorney Gen.
erai requesting h,m 10 cue it, il, in
his opinion it covered any portion OF
the d"talcation. And while l know
- EUstu wsil enough to sodss-
staud that he will do his ollcisl duty
no matter who may suffer by it, yet
| have telt such delicacy about this
bond lest ho might think that could
80 far compromise my pride and
manhood IS TO crawl around hum in
the hope Of receiving personal favor
itlsms, that I have never spoken TO
him abou. it since. Aud believe
tho Attorney General knows me
we'll enough to know that il he
would bsggar me to-day in the dis.
charge OF an official duty, it would
only lift him up and greaten him 10
my estimation AZ man aud 0 ficer.
{ ApplAuse]. ~"
But some ono may cay, ~ some
have virtually said, why didn't you
have Rankin indicted 2 What had I
to do with his indictment! I Iuuder.
stand that his name was before the
grand jury in Polk county, but II
knew nothing about II at the time,
and ! did not know q man on .he
jury, aud it should know any or all
of thcm, ! trust that even my Dsro.
cratic trends hardly think that l
have come to the point that would
make me capable OF lobbying . jury
'nan tor any purpose whatever. !
eau hardly imagine how jury could
have refused - find = bill, aud the
unpleasant coupling OF my name with
thus business would NOT naturally
give me much synpsthy TOR Major
Rankin, still ! asn not yet dog enough
TO attempt 70 influence IN American
jury tor or against hun.
This ends what l have to say con
oerai0g myself. ! shoald not bave
referred % this mattsr at all, bad I
not feared that farther silence on my
part might bs misundsrstood. I be-
iisve what I have said will satisfy tho
tsir aud imps: tssi. 70 others It ii
usedlsss 10 talk. To illastrale this :
sv'us days ago there appeared an q
sicls in . Dsnoorxtio tapsx. going
over shis ltankin mates, embelliyhed
with iuusud0ss against me. Mr..
C,arksoa, ot The SAsss R4yisssr replied
70 Il. Ths pext asy taas same De,uo
cratic organ game back IN iAng uas Q
solns thing IKE the following: The
Regtstsr makes . lame defence OF
CxrPsAter's oonasotiva wi.h ths Ran.
k.u steal. but says aoshi,V about ths
sa1s stset' waaoa hss tssa going
on wishost aay attempt Of the Cen.
tas 6oacds q 0sach Osspsntsr,s one.
70 stop -" eGAse nsa ot eoms