Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-09
DAN HAS HIS SAY
He Explains His Alleged OH
cial Crookedness.
He MADE TWO BIG MISTAKES
One in Appointing Rowley and One in
Resisning- Says the Governor is
aPuppes. Handled by His Son.

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reporter for THE HERALD he said.
al have kept quiet about this matter
so far; but don't know bat the time
has come when might he permitted 70
do little talking on my own account.
Everybody else have had their say. Now
in regard to those manuals, as many
have 'een paid for this year rs ever be-
fore. In distributing them gratuitously
did no more than my predecessors
have done. The only difference being
that sent mine by express. SO a record
was kept of them. They sent theirs by
mail and no one ever knew where they
went. As for my selling those sets of
Howells statutes and the public acts,
that il an infamous lie. ! gave away
several sets, because prominent men
came to me aud asked for them; but
that same thing has always been done.
The statement also was made, in fact
10y the governor, that | purchased ex-
penslyc and unnecessary furniture,
without any orders. want to nail
that statement as utterly false. | never
purchased thing that wasn't ordered.
| bought two folding beds. one for the
governors room aud the other for
Land Commissioners Shatler's room.
Orders for Farnitare.
The governors son, the secretary,
gave the order for the governors bed.
As for the other bed, Commissioner of
Labor Robinson wanted q bed for his
room. | knew there Was an unused
folding bed in Geaeral Shaiicr's room,
and SO l asked him for it, telling him
that Robinson wished one and, as this
WAS 4 reform administration, ! didn't
care to purchase anything unnecessary.
He said l might take the bed; bur in a
day or two said he regretted his pre-
vious act; that he needed q bed in that
room and wished me to get another.
paid no attention to il. and he came to
me not once, but great many times,
until ! finally ordered the bed. He
called up the engineer as soon as the
he'd came, and had paddock put on it.
That bed has remained in his room ever
since and has never been occupied ex-
cept by the cockroaches which infest
the capitol.
Some of the papers made q great
spread over a paper deal between
Lloyd Breeze and myself. | never
bought an ounce of paper of Lloyd
Breeze or through Lloyd Breeze. We
got out of paper at the state printing
office and telegraphed to Three Riv-
ers for some. They sent back word
that they we're shut down for repairs
and couldn't supply US. Then i went
to Chicago; but couldn't get the paper
there under two weeks. In the mean
time the Three Rivers company sent
word .hat they could furnish it. Thev
sent some aud afterwards the president
A. j. French came down to Lansing.
He came over to my Office from the
state printing office, and remarked to
me that there were 123 reams of paper
IN the basement. He suggested that
we would soon be out and have to tele-
graph for some, and wanted 10 send US
some. He slid il was customary to
order paper ahead, and so told HIM to
send the usual amount ordered a. a
time-about two carloads | believe.
The paper came when was away, and
as no one IN the Office knew anything
about it, they had refused to accept it..
told them had ordered that paper
and accepted it.
Ro0iey'S Smuc.
So far as Mr. Rowley Is concerned, /
can say this. Some time before the dem
ocratic state convention, | wrote to
him stating that was candidate for
the Office of auditor general. He
never answered the letter. After
was nominated for secretary OF state, l
wrote to HIM. but he never replied.
When the last democratic ratification
was held at Newaygo after the elec. on.
Mr.. Rowley came up there all smiles
and n hell of big victOry, Dan,
greeting. / thought then he had some
thing i'll view, but didn't say anything.
When | got TO Lansing, delegations
began to pour in from ail over the
state, part OF them demanding Row
iey's appointment as deputy and
others warning me not TO appoint him
under any circumstances. intended
TO appoint my daughter, but couldn't
do that. When found that Rowley
had To- b. appointed, some of my
friends came 10 me and said If had TO
appoint Howiey TO let tthem take charge
of the matter, and did so. They told
me that there was an understanding be-
tween RowIey and them that should
be taken care OF. I never sasd any.
thing 10 Rcwley about II until last Oc-
tobcr. Then ! called him into my Of.
fee and told him understood he had
promised q help me out on campaign
expenses. and asked him for $500. lie
asked me ii there was any sncn agree.
ment between him anil me. told HIM
there wasn't, tu. that | believed ht
canla 30 nm understanding with some
OF INV friends. Taep he SAID he didn't
have $500. and asked me when ! want
ed it. ! told hIm IN thirty or sixty
days, and be SAID he would see what hf
could do. | suppose he thought
would get him out of Office January /
but never threatened auy thing oi
the Kind.
Dams Two Mistakes.
feel that made jus; two mistake:
in NV eiiicaal consluei. ons 3as in ap
pointing Rowley and .he oshcr was ~
rssigaing. ! had done notaing cTinir
nal IN nag Official Transactions. Bui
tns talx sbon. reform Down NJ Ian.
ssng makes mo. snfllc. WY. taere i
stone WHO a always posing before tho
subhc "a the great ex sonent of e.
| form administration. When it came &
spreading Tie equalization rolls. hs
hired a patent accountant who cane
there svlth = Joss stick eaicaistor au4
worked five dags Al SO day, mAkla'
| 500 ia alI, although Stone claims hi'
state accountant Is tae hflghtsst matas
mstielan in Michigan. WAY. the depul'
treasurer sad he cassli have spTsa
those rails himseli "a three days. ani
| / knaw | eoult have aoae q in Ms
| lays myself. As anotheF speeiBssa 81
lhsig reform they paid the invessisss
az eeaelittss 80 although esy type
| efitef, Hha gets 900 a year, dsa moa