The anti-monopolist., 1874-07-16

istration measure, in the interests Of
retrenchment and reform. A Republi
can committee approved Of it, and the
Republican Legislature adopted it,
Gen. Hubbard was induced, innocently
enough, to father it.
It now turns out that Jennison, a
practical printer and editor, deliberately
put into that bill rates Of charge for the
work to be done, so lo,o that no print
er could be found to take the contract.
He knew it before the day came to
award Tie contracts. He exulted in it.
in advance. And when he had his trap
all set and was ready to touch the
spring, he burst out in his Pc.
culiar style Of imbecile wit and
clownish laughter, and published let
ter dated June I'd, in which he invited
George Washington Grayling, Georges
Washington Westfall, George Washing
ton Barnes, George Washington Don
nelly, &C., to come forward OH jun
9Th, and take the contract and mai
their fortunes!
He would not have done this if
had not known that the rates were -
low that there could be no bids; and as
he himself had established those rates,
and as it is fair to presume he must
have known in March what he knew in
June, he stands before the acorla con-
rtcted Of trifing ,eith the interests Of
the State, for the purpose Of bringing
ridic'sle upo7, the Re form Party Of the
State.
Having drawn the bill and fixed the
rates himself, and the bill PROV
ing disgracefn] failure, then Jen-,
nison. with the whole Republi-.
can party following in chorus, at
tempts to fasten the responsibility Of
his own shabby little trick upon the
Anti-Monopolists and to thus defend
the Press at the expense of the people,
But see the falsity of the pretense!
We charged that by false interpreta-
tions of the law, by collusion with the
Printing Commissioners, or some of
them. by tricks and knavery, and by
} the extravagant publication Of useless:
documents, quarter Of million dol
lars had been taken from the people in
fourteen years.
The Secretary Of State comes in and
, under pretence Of curing these evils, he
puts the rates Of legitimate work SO
low, that no man will take the contract.
} and then the Republicans cry out, ''This
proves that the State did not spend
quarter of million of dollars; this proves
that there were no fraudulent interpre-
| tations Of the law; this proves that Joe
Wheelock is an honest man, and that
the Anti-Monopoly Address is all lie..''
It is very much as if a farmer sus-
, pected that his neighbor had been rob-
bing his wheat granary for years, and
charges him with the theft: and then
proceeds to secure his granary against
! further depredations, by employing a
carpenter, who is in collusiOn with the
: thief, and who nails up the door so
tight that it is impossible to open it !;
and the worthy pair, the thief and the
carpenter. then come to the farmer
and say, "because you cannot get the
door open now, therefore you have not
been robbed during the past fourteen
: years.
And this is the kind of stuff with
which bewildered and plundered peo-
; ple are regalcd.
We have felt some regard for Gen.
, Jennison, and when last year the Re-
publican party came so near defeating
: him for Secretary Of State, we sympa-
thized with him; but We desire to say
to him, in all kindness, that he cannot
: regain his lost popularity by doing such
: disreputable work for the Republican
party. He may make his little point,
but he will make it at the expense OF
his own honor and character. And
even the very party he serves will
; despise him and throw him away, as the
Japanese do their paper handkerchiefs
after using them, as something which
has served its purpose and is too soiled
to be carried farther.
To Work ingmcn.