, 1890-02-11
CONVICTED or Gr MS OWN
MOUTH

Wyoming, seems to have lately lost som
OF the angelic sweetness Of his disposition
and finding hat lis own organ. the Sun,
open letter to that paper in which he be.
walls his own sad fate and uses the word
liar with a freedom and facility that hon
ors the high Office which be holds. His
''gleefulness" is undoubtedly angry. He
canno conceal his pe~tulance even from
the public Feeling himself hurt, instead
of bearing the Ills and faunys of destiny
with becoming fortitude, be takes the
world into his confidence by setting up a
yawp such as might have been expected
from a schoolboy. Some men add dignity
to the position they hold, whilst others
are dignifed by their positions. From
his song and dance procllvities and low
comedian antics during the last campaign
We could scarcely expect the gentleman
from California to either dignity his Office
or be dignifed by it. For this reason we
were not at all surprised to find his quere-
lous screed, OF half a column in length, in
Sunday mornings Su
he charges that the action and report
of the council investigation committee
were misrepresented by Ii A
when it stated that the committee had
found that the secretary had violated the
United States statutes in falling to adver
tise for bids for printing the council and
house bills. 10 prove the contrary we
quote from the committees report as
printed IN the Sun oil FEB. D: There
was evidence before your committee that
the honorable secretary bad not adver
tsed for the printing OF the council files,
as contemplated by section 3,7O9 OF the
revised statutes OF the 1lted States. nor
had he advertised In any other manner
for such printing, and your be
lleves IRON the investigation made that
said section 3.109 OF the revised statutes
OF the United States mas not been com
phed icith by the HONORABLE secretary oil
the territory.
If the council N hnd that the
secretary has not complied with the
United States statutes In relation
to advertising Tor bids Tor printing then
they fluid, as we have stated, that the sec
Rotary has violated the United States
statute on the subject. II tho secretary
has not violated the statute then why did
he refuse to appear before the
committee, give testimony to that
effect and so settle all controversy,
instead Of seeking justification for
an official act through the Columns of a
newspaper Which OF the two courses Is
the more diGnlied? If the secretary
never intended TO appear before the com
mittee whv then di he write his first let
ter at all, and VIII was this first letter
surpassed in the otherwise verbatim
transcript of the committees report pub
llshed In his organ. the SUM- Even if
the printing Is being done a shade lower
at this session OF the Legislature than it
was done two years ago by The LEADER
and the Sun respectively tot which no
evidence is glven) this does not Justify
the secretary either under the United
States statutes or the committees con
etruction OF it, in having the printing
done this year without first having re
ceiyed bids Tor the same.
COMPANIONS are universally conceded
to be odious, but the secretary seeks com
PARSONS between his own administration
and the previous one. To Secretary
Shannon, under the last administration,
tell the duty OF completely fitting the new
capitol Tor legislative uses. All OF
the desks, all of the carpets, and all Of
the running expenses were paid, and
Of the appropriation which congress:
allows for territorial legislative expenses
every two years. This year Nh. Mel
drum had practically no furnishing to dc
and vet when applications were made b.
the members for waste paper baskets hi
couldn't furnish them because the ap
preparation was nearly exhausted" II,
got a job lot OF supplies and printed sta
tionery 10 the East and saved several dol
lars in this wav and he made the mos
niVUardlv pr,visions for the comtort n