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for* tlic founds ti oh fron e o f t b on o w Orvpitol, some setop and grayscharges have been Sid at the doors •of those having thsfeanagernoufc of the matter. Chargjfe^of corruption aUho very outset o|iho building of the new Capitol a'i*|$Vooly made, and the thing is ftqfe thoroughly stirred up and mis dlby the papers in all parts of thc/^tato, and it begins to look to us like fchoro was a “nigger in1 the woodpilo ” somewhero. If thee, charges aretrue, tho people know it.TJiore is never a jo»ot tho magnitude of _this nijr. Capitol, but that “ corruptioDi ’ T crops out somewhere before’tlo work.is completed, and it loola like it had •commenced early^ia this caso.Tho first wo Noticed of theae charges was in .'the Mt. Pleasant Journal, which, in tho course of its artiolo mado .use of tho follow-•fting language:“When such mea'nB Joshua fiat-tertlnvaite and «7oh:i| Winters tell us that they were ; told if certain things were complied with, tho contract Would b.p given to hit. Pleasant, we bolie'vp it and will do so until we are ’satisfied, that they have iteeoivedjus.This stirring up of tho subject has brought out sovoral of the Commissioners,- who deny tho “soft impea.clitner.Vt ” It soems to us that an inveaiigation of the matter is necessary to clear up this state of affairs, and convince the people, if possible, that these charges are false.It is claimed that the Tama stone are worthless, will not stand the frpst and consequently totally unfit for tho' purpose for which they aro intondcdj? and that the contract was nwo|ded to tho Orford quarries thrdggh fayorit' ism, bribery or something of the sort. , T:, .The fact that other quarries of-ferod bids at much lower prices than tho ono to which the contract was awarded, $nd much more easy of access, besides having plenty of eyidenco at hand that their rock had stood the tost for years, looks a litllo like these charges were something more than moro pwertions, without any evidence
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Pella Blade
Pella, Iowa, US
Tue, Feb 28, 1871
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