The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-29
BANr 70 BEvTRIDGE.
THE CHRISTIAN GOVERNOR GETS AsTER-
BIBLE ExCORIATTON.


THE CHRISTIAN GOVERNOR GETS ATER-
RIBLE ExCORIATI0N.
Political Secrets and Psnitsntisry Cruelty and
swindling Exposed.
After some preliminary correspondence
between Gov. Beveridge and the two re-
firing Commissioners, Messrs. Bane and
Canisius in which the latter demanded the
Governors reasons, first for the request to
resign and afterwards for the removal,
Gen. Bane addressed the following spicy
letter to the Governor, which will be found
to be good reading:
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, ILLINOIS
STATE PENITENTrARY,
JOLIET, Ill, Aug. a. 1874.
To his Excellency, John L. Beveridge, Governor OF
Illinois
SIR: In reply to the last note from you,
which is your order removing me from the
position of Commissioner, ETC., have to
say that had family hoped that sense
of justice to an old friend might induce you
to answer my first note, and give me fairly
the reasons for requesting me to resign.
But | am mortified to say and feel that
my personal and official relations with you
have proven that, with you, all questions
of justice, as well as morals and religion,
rank far below questions of political com
binations for Office sake. knew that your
. combinations were strong politically, for
you had taken occasion to inform the mem
bers of the Board that you and Gen. Lo-
gan were mutually pledged one to the 9th
er. for United States Senator and Cover
nor, But did not for a moment sup
pose that you were at all threatening to
annihlate the Board.
Why, sir, up to within few days the
Board had not only your official, but your
personal confidence. You were whisper
ing into our ears political secrets, that in
your estimation were of infinitely more i'm
portance than any and all Others and you
were overanxious also about the political
secrets of other great men, men moving
on the civil chess board, and inquired who
knew whether S. NJ Cullom land Dan
Shepherd were now blowing together or
not" Now. Governor, in view of all this
close confidence and personal friendship, so
very recent, what has the undersigned
done to forfeit your displeasure, and justi-
I
BIG INDIAN PET,
and disgrace us, without cause
We are left to guess, and conjecture
Was our removal made because we re-
moved Maj. Wham? Did your anger wax
was it that you freely talked with US to
defer it. if possible, till after fall election.
And furthermore, why was it that our
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son that we might have peace, procuring
for him some "Indian" or other appoint.
ment, you at once agreed to see Gen. Lu-
gaa and confer with him, with the view OF
getting this pugnacious, undisciphned. and
overgrown boy out of the prison. Now,
Governor, if you were so remarkably hurt
at his removal why did you fall in with in
stead of denouncing plan which the Board
had suggested for the purpose of getting
rid of him, and after this it will be useless
for you to try to convince anybody that the
Board did wrong in removing Major
Wham since you had already entered into
quasi allegiance with the Board to xii
him off and get him away. 1t is now toe
late to object to time and mode of his de-
capitaton, since You sanctioned the neces-
sity and promised your aid. You had
made visit to Gen. Logan to aid in car
ryng out the plan to get him out, as you
informed Inc at your home in Springfield,
stating that you would try and tsee him
again, as you had not, at your first visit, a
favorable opportunity.
Nor can you allege that the action of the
Board in appointing
MAJ H. w. MLAUGHRY
to the Wardenship first revealed to you
our lncOmpetency or neglect of duty, for
you had already notified him that you
should sustain him in his place, as you had
been informed that he was an excellent
man, which suppose you learned from
your brothers letter to Nc 'Laughry, con-
graduating the State on his appointment;
the same letter from your brother, a State
House Commissioner, referring to former |
reports from your pet in anything but com !
plmentary terms.
But it may be, sir, that your allegation
Of neglect of duty is based on our action
last fall, when the great financial crash
Tell upon the country, in looking after our
funds Desiring to have the $4,000 or
$4,000 of personal funds, which we then
had, made secure, we directed the W arden,
as you are aware to distribute it amongst
four or five banks, taking cola erals for
safety, thinking it bad policy to have the
entire personal fund ia one bank, as any
sensible business man would have thought !
You have not forgotten how he acted 10
your presence, when we urged upon his
and your consideration that the law pro
vided, The Warden, under the direction
OF the Commissioners, shall be the custo-
dian of the funds"
lie vehemently affirming thatit was none
OF the Boards business, the law put him
IN possession OF the fluids, and that he
coula carry them in bis boot leg" if he
SO chose, aud that We had no remedy
that you advised us, in order to save
HARD FEELING,
not TO make the order then.
The last time you advised us on the sub
]ect OF his beligerency, you said il was our
duty to have ''let him stay in and fight
him as long as he fought us, but not to have
turned him out. What wisdom in. such
Executive counsel Why. sir. were YOU 4
not willing to take little &C the medicine
you advise for others so freely? Youcan-
not have forgotten how anxious the Board /
was when dozens of banks were SUSPEND /
ing all around US, with all our funds in one la
bank, and yet, under your advice, nothing {
mas been done, even TO this day. Stand i
ing upon the floor before you, yehemeutly il
!! INK the air, affirming that he would v
then and there pray for strength to fight v
this light out, acting like a great boy. af. r
ter his mother had spanked hin. and can u
not believe you would have tolerated such t
conduct IN any other official in the State. {
Violently asserting that he would not obey {
Tue order IT 1t was laval IN your nres. c
ence. Such is the class of men Won have t
TO protect and promote. | pity our State a
II such Is your rule of lu,v .