Democrats Neglecting Duty

a Tliu Aigus snyg that Auditor General . Stevens lias been neglectlng iiis dutles ai Lansing by traveling around i lio state . electionceriBg. Well, well, tlint Is horr tibie. riit how about the example r Qov. Befóle? Wkat has he been dolng? i Tlicre is considerable dlfference between i the two, however, (íov. Cególe trarels on free passos, and Major Stevens pays . his wny; Gov. Befóle lias been traveling In the Interest of Qov. Begole's re-electlon lor ful] toreo niontbs - on Irte passes; white Major Stevens bas nol lircn absent lroni his post to exceed ten day al! put together. Sonic dlfference, atter all. Eujrene Prlngle, the State CoinmissiontT of Iusurance, bus been traveling f'or sevcral weeks, under orders of Gov. Uogole, makinij speeches f'or that gentleman '8 re-flection. Mr. Fuller - forgnttcn liis front name - the state swamp land comralseioner, wlioni Gov. Ucgole kept in office against the will of the legislatura, after tliere was nothing in tlie world for hiin to do (bnt run the politloal machine), has been giving all his time tor nearly a year to furthcr Gov. Begole's re-election, and been making speeches for inany weeks. J, VV, MeGrath, the coniinissioner of labor, lias been mak ing speeches for sever-il weeks - political ipeechec, tot. And gome eiht or ten more can be nutned, if necessary, who huv been dong' Ilie BHIlie Hiiiiii'. In Iliis community where Hou. Ji..-. I'. .loy is kno uu as :i trutliful citizcn and au bonost man, his word will pass for jnite as iniich is will Mr. Beecher's. Mr. Jy has never had to si rain or smother his conscienee in a eouit of law, to protect his name from shaine and nfamy. Mr. .(oy'.-s acts, in every liiBtai cc, have been open, honest, entlrely free f rom anj talm oí amblgulty. Mr. Beecher, In his last letter, is very solieitous tor the salvation of Mi'. Joy'i soul, but dodfies the point veiy properly nuule by Mr. Joy, of taking adrantage of a frlend's hospltaHty to rcpeat from meroory alone a convereation aftereeveral yearc had elapsed, wlth the iutent of njurnig the gentleman wüose guest lie vas. Even f Beecher's version of the convereation referred to was correct, lie shows himself uttcrly lacking in the (jiuilities of a man. Mr. Beecher's fieice onslaught ii)on Mr. Joy, his rape and rent, provee to candlil peopie that lie liaa woven the ineshes of a "continental lie" around himself, whicli his desperate liinges fail to break.