Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24
HILL X ING.

Bill King Congressman elect from
Minnesota has written letter to th,
Legislators of that State touchin,
their resolutions calling upon him I,
clear himself of being q receiver o
| Pacific Mail subsidy or resign. Hi
I letter in part is as follows: ..t
"To THE LEGISLATURE OF MINNEso
TA-GenttenaeR, Senators, and Repre-
sentatiUes:: 1t has been my good for.
tune 10 come into possession of q copy
of certain joint resolutions relating, IA
myself, which have been passed by the
House of Representatives, on the 3Oth
day Of January last, and by the Senate
on the 9th day of February, 1875.
Aside from any bearing these joint
resolutions may have upon myself,
they are. as coming from your body,
very extraordinary in character. They
arc very extraordinary, in 30 far %
they SO correctly illustrate your lack
OF tho common proprietics and de-
cencies OF Official position, OF your
painful disregard OF truth in your
official action, Of your false, hypocrit.
icsl pretenses OF yirtuous regard for
the honor of tho State of Minnesota.
In dealing with You and your joint
resolutions, therefore, shall, gentle.
men, speak Of you as l know and un.
derstand you, paying no regard what.
ever to the official greatness you 60
pompousiy assume during the brief 60
days slotted wherein to fit and COM
,plete yourselves for the INDY ing poll.
teal fame and immortality which each
Of yon no doubt supposss himself to
have been born to.
"As for tho Joint resolutions, gen.
slemen, in which you so indecently
assume the falsehood that / acquired
money - consideration of my SER
vices 10 aiding the passage of the sub.
sidy bill to the Pacific Mail Steamship
company, they arc, interpreted into
rather more common language, legis-
iative lies. They are lies in double
sense, inasmuch "a they not only
charge me, by the broadcast implica-
ton. with having accepted money for
my services, ETC., but in asserting also,
by the same broad Implication, that l
have refused to appear before the COM
my connection With and knowledge Of
the passage of the Pacific Mail subsidy
bill for I now again assert what /
two years ago trutbfully stated; under
oath, that never accepted or received
one dollar in consideration of my SER
wees in aiding the passage of that bill,
while | took great pleasure in appear
ing before the committee at the very
opening of the investigation, testify
ing fully to all knew concerning the
matter.
Therefore it is, gentleman of the
legislature, that / distinctly charge
you with having spread upon the re-
cords of you respective honses, ia
grant, sudaclUus falsehoods concerning
myself-an act which, to use your own
language, lie calculated to cast dishon.
or upon the escutcheon of Minnesota
unless you shall have the decency to
at once rectify your position by ex.
puDgiDg these disgraceful falsehoods
from your journals.
Under what arrangement did re.
ceive large SUN Of money about the
time Of the passage of the Pacific Mail
subsidy bill is . matter which do not
propose to disclose to the world,
except in my own good time, nor I'M
til evidence which j am unable to
reach now can be secured, to the end
that the exact facts in the case can be
presented to the public, which will
bring to mo the fullest and most com.
plete vindication against the false
hoods which you have spread upon
your respective journals. I
That 10 very very thin. Bill Kings
best hold il to stay In Canada or 60 TO
Australia.