The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-10-18
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me, unsealed md read by somebody, ana
then sealed 1paa tin aud sent to me as though
they had not been unsealcd: and they did 1t
so bunglingly thut IL didn't require even an
old lawyer to see II. took those letters into
my Council Chamber; showed them to the
Council; | stated the facts as | have stated
them TO you. and | said Examine these
letters, and II they nave not been tampcrcd
with ! will beg Warden Earles pardon
And ont he went The Legislature appointed
u committee to investigate him and one to
SEQ why ! turned him out; but, for some
reason which you Will appreciate without any
words OF mine. that committee never had
meeting. The investigation never has taken
place and never will. should be- happy
will turn away from this canvass--to attend
that investigating committee, read those
letters to the Commonwealth, and hear the
story of those men--of the cruelties, opprcs-
sion and wrongs. know they are con-
Vets. | know they are bad men. Hut
they are men who are under the pro-
lection Of the law just as much as you
and l. They are bound to go to the State
prison, there to work nj hard labor for term
of years--nothing more. nothing less. They
are not there To be mnltrcated, to be whipped,
to be hung up without trial and without the
know ledge of somebody, any more than you
or are. Well, | thought that would meet
the commcndation OF all good men. But
leAfucu IUut White luut WuS u KUN d1tAOus ~
came from \ bad motive-my motive was TO
secure their votes. then looked about for
somebody for the Office of Warden, who would
make the prison what Massachusetts prison
should be, and sent for one Of my personal
friends, who was then kindly engaged In an
enterprise of great moment to me, and
begged him to accept the Office, dropping my
enterprise. He demurred somewhat. l
asked 1t of him as 4 personal
favor to go there and redeem that State insti-
tuition, and he did, and was unanimously con-
frmcd by Republican Council. And In clos
ing this subject let me say he walks through
that prison day by day, quite without guard
and without weapons, as safe rs ! can walk
around this convention, where there are
thousands of kind hearts and strong hands to
protect me here from any harm.
The next thing to which l turned my atten-
tion was the Insurance Department. be-
came convinced upon evidence that there was
something wrong. ! entered into labOrOns
investigation or that evidence. summoned
before me the Insurance Commissioner. !
was instantly attacked upon that, and while
was SO attacked, while the investigation was
going on, the Secretary OF State came to me
and said: "Governor, It Ia made your duty BY
custom to issue fast-day proclamation"
said, sMr. Secretary, am exceedingly busy.
don't SEQ how can sit down and write one."
1t was a new species of writing to me, but y
thought occurred to me- Now, l will see
opposition TO me. | won't write one myself.
went back and looked over the proclama-
tions Of many Of my worthy predecessors. !
found Christopher Gore, who was y lawyer,
very pious and devoted man, strange as that
may be. A senator from Massachusetts,, he
gave Gore Hall to Havard College. Now
said this mans proclamation will just suit
every true man and true Christian In the
commonwealth-and 1t justs suits me.
Only there Is one thing that has
happened since Cores time, about which
l think something better be said. and that
was that the preachers, Forgetting the origin
of that to Massachusetts, man almost holy
day, had been accustomed of late to use II for
political sermons and for all manner OF talk,
except religion. And 80 put In this SEN
tencc substantially: II do cxhOrt the minis
ters on that day to feed their focks with
Gods divine words ! then scratched out
Gore name and put In benjamin Il. But
ler," and issued 1t. Watched with curiosity
to see how that would be taken. To my utter
astonishment the whole press fell afoul of II.
Ii was bad grammar, bad religion, bad poll
tics, bad everything. didn't say anything,
but waited for fast day. thought the clergy
men would know 4 good thing when they saw
it, But some of the clergymen read II to
their congregations I'm sing-song, derisiye
tone; others thought IL SO bad they wouldn't
read it ALL Others attacked me personally,
and l was especially amused by one gentle
man in Hoston who said that the Governor
for the first time had signed himself Gov
ernor ana Commandcr-n-Chicf. and that
that meant IL he didn't obey me that
would come down upon him with
my soldiers. But old Christie
pher Gore signed himself Governor
and Commander-in-thicf precisely IA did
didn't after that And the
reason why he il Governor and Commanders
int thicf IL that he speaks I'm proclamation to
all the people, speaking In his civil capacity
to the citizens of the Commonwealth and In
his military capacity to any forces that may
be under his command. then
became convinced that nothing that l
could do would please my opponents. and |
| set about pleasing myself
When called upon the Insurance Commits
sioner he wanted time To finish his reports. |
said: Il will give you time to finish your
fire report. lie was called upon to make u
tight by his political associates but he did
not, To their surprise and nstonishmcnt. be-
cause could not appoint his successor with
out the ratification OF the Council. Why
didn't he make Il light when he had right 10
keep in until his successor was aplninteds
Simply because he knows the reason, and |
know the reason. He has been
writing n letter lately, and whenever he will
write u letter asking me to tell the reason. !
will. Hut l will keep il back now for the
sake OF his family.
Well. then, what did we find In the lnsur-
ancc Department? Corruption to the very
| bottom. Ii there Is any more important
| thing in this Government than that do not
know what it Is. We old men insure our
| lives in order that those who are dependent
upon us may have something after death.
| The young men In business insure their
property and their lives for their own benefit
aud those who come after them. We creditors
have to lend money sometimes. almost the
| only security upon which Is the life insurance
/ of an honest young man. who. We believe,
L hal N
/ selves when he dies. The standard Of Massa.
chusctts, according TO the laws. Ia higher than
/ any other standard. We require more -
| curity. more accurate accounts, more
thorough examination, than any othc,
/ State. and those examinations arc ~
auirad by law TO be made yer,
often. found that those examinations ha,
| not been made for years. l found insurance
companies that were doing business In thi,
State-forcign companics-that had not beer
| examined for years. found In the insurance
| reports many companies eulogixcd and puies
| as being the very best companies to i.
business with. which not only had not beer
examined. but some Of them had actuali,
failed immediately after those puifs wer,
| given. l attempted % get 4 friend who knew
| about insurance IL don't know much myself
appointed. Hut the Council said no. l thei
appointed a sterling Democrat whom you al
| know. All ask of you is 10 read John X
Tarbox's report ON these things and thci
any honest man may vote as he pleases.
Again, ! found the Woman's prison In ni
entirely unsatisfactory condition. sent an,
begged another of my fricnds-a lady q
| Massachusetts, whom / had seen amid th
smoke of guns and the bursting OF shells. N
tending the wounded in the feld-to do me tn
| personal favor OF taking charge of that Inst
tion. And, after great deal Of persuasion on m
part and reflection ON hers, she did TAX
charge. And | was but yesterday ~ tina
prison with my Council, and | know that
only voice their sentiment when tell you
is In thorough condition and under pro
cess OF economy that will save some $1,000
within the year 70 the Commonwealth.
A Curious Profession.
/ ThrnMuhnnf the emnira of Mnrncr