, 1874-12-30

1At efIAEAGG At4eAJ tAAeu ut l!ie LAC1uG
Mail Investigation Committee would appear
to indicate that S1r. WILLIAM s. KING, cx-
Postmaster Of tho House OF Representatives.
and n,ombor-oleet to the Forty fourth Con-
gross from Minnesota, has thoroughly learned
A1r. KrMn1E'a art Of addition, division, and
silence" If there is any ono Of these arts
which A1r. KrSa seems to understand better
then another, it is that Of "tlivision." Ho
Inns way Of dividing peculiarly his own.
It's only parallel is that Of tho bright boy
who divided Lis sugar.plums with two
companions in tho following equitable
fashion "One for mo and ono for yot
two" No matter how many partners 1Ir.
KING might hnye in proftab1o opera
ton, wo do not doubt TINT lie would
divide equally with them. If ho wantod %
be generous to his friends, howould Gull them
Ill together and scy, am givo you helf Of
wlnt I've got" If there is my principle Of
fairness on which ho prilcs himself espc-
cially, it must DO that stendy, permanent, and
irrcfrngiblo equality which prompts him upon
nil occasions to divide su,n OF money into
two equal parts, keep only one himself, and
fellows.
Mr.. Kr'a, according to the testimony,
seems to have proceeded upon this admirable
system Of division in his disposition Of t1lo
Pacific Mail funds which are said to lare
gono into his hands. There wero only
5l15,00 for him, which, as he md his friend
said when thoy drcw the money, was very
Insignificant sum. A1r. K1Sc probnbly turned
up lis nose when lio rcccivcdit, withanatural
contempt for tho illiborality OF bloatcd cor
porations. I1e then took out 9o, 600 for COM
missions aud personal expenses after which
he nlatlo fair anil equal division in the in
terest Of tho concern which lind put up the
money. Tic first sent 500, 900 home, e,-$1, 900
10 make his balance in bank good, $4,000 to
pay maturing note, and $4,000 to be
placea to his credit in tho st. Paul bank.
Having thus secured himself first, as oyery
man has perfect right to do, he tlisbursed
the other half. Some lobbyists aro in tho
habit Of keeping all they get Not 50 Mr.
H1so. Having received $4,000 from tho
Pacitc Mail Steamship Company to digburso
in such q manner as to secure the desired sub
sidy, ho kept perfect faith with his employers
and divided squarely. There are few ox-
lobbyists who can 60 into Congress az men,
bers with so fair and equal record rs Mr..
KING.
It would DO interesting to know whether
Mr.. K1Na'a mysterious friend divided as
equally as Alr. K1So himself. The mysterious
friend received $275,000, or nearly three
times as much as Mr.. K1Na, and yet ho told
the Cashier of the bnnk tint tho handled
largcr Sums than that in his business" Now,
the interests Of fair division demand to know
whether this mysterious friend divided square,
~. II he took out $4,000 for commissions
and personal expenses, thon sent SlS5,00O
homo to pay notes, mako good his balances,
and placo.n credit on Ills bank-bools, md dis
b,1rsod tho other hall, it is all right. a conn-
try fully alive to tho fairness Of q
square and equal division will rejoice i'll
lie possession of another lobbyist who only
| retains llalf. It is tho duty Of tho 1nyesti-
! eating Committee to inform themselves Of
| this. They should first procool to ascertain
who Mr.. 1k1Ea's mysterious friend is, aud
nobody can tell tliH better than Mr.. KING
himself. 1t is true that lo is supposed to
| havo givon lis testimony onco, and that lis
paper says ho tloaa not know anytlling about
it. But then tho Into evidence may throw
somo now light on his vision; and through,
him VIC ,nay hopo to learn whether Ills mys.
torious friend divided as fairly rs l,o did.
II it be found that both he and Lis friend
divided fairly and squarcly, then it is only
due to COL Ilw1y to aBsulue that he Misc
n,ado I'LL equal division. To received from
tile Pacific Mail people, according te
his own admission, S'7d0,00o. Now lo was
a little moro generous than Alr. KING or hil
triona but ho could afford to bo, for ]Ail
pile was larger. Out Of S750,000 ho gave
away $30o,00o, which WAS moro tAan half
aud without any reservation for personal OK
pensoa or commissions. Thia was MI unpar
nlloled piece Of generosity, since 1t only lof
Col. 1nw1S 9300,0o0. It will 10 groat com
fort It tho country oan hnyo tho assurance
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