Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
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1. 4. HAYWOOD. Baitss md Preusistes.
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THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE II. 1879.
Mr.. Jcu0iSon.

Mr.. Jeunison.
In our nsue Of two weeks ago, We
,aid, referring to the Withdrawal Of
Governor Austin from the political field,
" It seems to u. if Jeuuisou would
look 1t the matter a. it u seen By al
most everyone else, that he would cease
to be . candidate for Secretary Of
State"
This exe;tss ths ire Of tho Secretary,
and he rstorts upon ~ by saying that
tho Journal Of the Senate, Of tho Ses-
sion Of 1872, vas not in al respects,
perfect, although, he declares the A.
sistsut Secretary Wa paid for keeping
full anEeorrect Journal, aud that We
we're paid also for revising aud correct
ing it. If MI. Jenuison ever heard Of
. Legislative Journal being 'tr'etly &C.
ss,as., some vague report he reached
his can which never gained general
eireulatioa. He tried to do 10 Left
hand fsvor last winter, and when the
members of tho senate were anvassing
the question Of officers for the session,
the gallant Secretary took a copy Of
Our lest Journal and showed il to each
II the Senators, pointing out alleged
errors. He continued 70 labor thus in
our interest until tho caucus, when We
received Is votes, and MI. Jennison's
candidate s. The next morning when
tho Senate convened, we received the
vote Of every Senator present. We
guess that settled the question Of CON-
pstescy.
The Notwithstanding. for. another
term, speaks Of bill A. having failed to
become law, because it was by acci-
dent cent to the committee before it
went to the printer. He il in error.
The thing died because it was known as
"Jennison's bill" aud not for the want
of time 70 consider it. It could not
survive the circumstances Of its origin.
But il occurs" to ~ that tho people
prefer to have the candidate tell some
thing about himself. That he may not
seem 70 be egotistical, in 20 doing, We
make one or two statements, merely 70
attract his attention, and then pro-
sesd 70 ok = few questions. He Was:
once chief clerk Of the House Of Rep
reseutatives. Il was in 1871. Colo
mel Merriam was Speaker, end he left
for New York within day OF two At:
ter the close Of the session. Now will
tho candidate tell the people, whether or
not, At his request, before leaving, the
Speaker igued some money certificates,
u blank, for the then clerk, to use 10
paying for extra clerical services! If he
did, whether or not the then clerk, filed
them ~ in sums amounting, in the ag-
kregate, to over srvENTIEN HUNDRED
dollars? and, if he did, will he also
ell whether the services, Aforesaid,
were worth any other or greater sum
than fee hundred dollars, and also,
whether he actually psid for extra sersi'
o. more than that amount, and if not,
~hether he has the balance Of 81 200 10
his hands, and, If he has, when Aeintends
10 return it to tho State Treasurer. II
a&sr having time to refresh hin memo
y concerning these matters, tho esadi-
date should not be entirely clear, upon
every point, No may be able to furnish
him some data, but a. he will not be
likely to visit Us for the purpose Of OBJ
taining information, We refer him to the
records aud papers Of the State Audi
tors ofioe-nevertheless, it i stiU our
opinion hat he had better withdraw
from The field.