The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-05

W,sufSGroS Arm 2 1874
geanat Arms OF The senate of the United state having
ssE'sG ~ ne Of lrS gsr."n Tes' OF lnr COUNTY te
Indiana and cared aud ialse statement The Judicial
nas Sc@as the E3oySa of dGicaa% ' i Is doe
and one Of Ri Senatorial friends NV should mas ,y
hrict rccrvnce Ia the facts uu II which this SANDER
these publication insieatcd THROUGH bitter partisan
itclng cnscnl RCD IA newspnpcr c9nroNcr,N tween
Democratic orran then owned BY Mr. Bright aud the
upon Mr. Brrts action Is state printer N lie purchase
P'T ,or ts ns o. ~, st'e ~ we9 hSnt
used Tor more than ten year. heore lie into Office
treme partisan tehnf that had been eng, ndcred and
s%nson " e State Pria,e s Books snG see sn ~
resulted In a disagreement The second trial, which
the book. and accounts o the Sae Printer were brought
Srq, min eSnnrd r,-nitel in hi nr,,,t,i
The following letter Of the Hon O. Porter refers to the
Nm ! p R,i,uaA
Nv DKAn sln ! remember very well the case Of the
council Tor the state and you the defendant The
se Wa mn 'I qp"n s m'r sTI He.aiei ,nasr,a
Mr. Bright according TO my recollection met the case
would throw lirht upon the transactions nyo,ed' Tho
e AZ. IS , m H, ~, i,o y" n aa Dl tns
tn ne hsen s pSf a. Ms as his oS 9ry Who
In the mean time civil acton had been brought against
Mr. Bright to recover the amount charged by him Tor the
d state held that the State Printer was the legal Gus
toiin Of the str parcr Tie dicd suddenly ~ January
1879, pending these suits The Hon Conrad Bskcr Re-.
publican Governor Of he state. appointed Col faguer
a leading Republican,. 10 succeed Mr. Eddy. Then.
consultation with the Governor. Il was dccitcd
that the Secretary VI state and not the state printer
The legal custodian OF the paper Gu receiving notice TO
that effect The state printer rendered all II the state pa
o. the secretary ani alter t Lad been examined AMI
counted bj dintrcsicd experts. selected by the sccrc
ty and found TO be correct II received by him. and
OF state ordered the civil suit To- he dismissed without cost
TO Mr. Bright This ended the judicial proceedings
The prosecution closed In February. 1877 In March.
lS14 upun the nrst settlement ct accounts between
NJ Bright aud the State. the latter paid the former
- 800 90 ~ the state record shows. part of said
amount being due when the proceedings against him
wore Instituted AMI the halnnc, having ccrued during
edge, because was w counsel for Mr. Bright IRON the
beginning OF The suits 10 their ending
Al the succeeding Legislature. 70 being Republican. the
accounts OF VT Bright state printer fully inNest
gated aud he rated nud action oi IL" iury
and the STATE ot clns fully justified approved. since
that ulnc no rc.ident Indiana ct resprclahv
tar a. Know la, ever attributed 10 linn ANY tg WRONG
~ connection Win these matters Last YEAR Nj Brshi
wasa candidate fnr Sheriff NJ Marion County. the
desirable Office IN the state. aud although there
ifntrn. 1f'- frs-'t' 'Tffnfist nv ,cci1n,
uoh IN The canvass effort was made
70 revive ths same old SANDER and Notwithstanding he
Nasopposcd hy one Of the most popular IN the Re.
p,hhehh party Who was n candidate Tor reelection and
VINO had Tue AID not only OF his party organ zaton but
ue power ami influence nf tie office Nr Iright ran
ABOUT seven hundred VOTES ahead OF hs party In ms
aF NHnNass ior we oltc ot sergeant alarm. he had
net oiN the hearty support my colleague ani mvsclf
wv ~ every Representative ia CONGRESS from lutinnn
bo'h hepuulcans ani Democrats. Very truly
J. McpoNAp