Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-13
Difference in favor of 1929
S4i4,396 81


commencing on the LIST of March, 1929 and eudip,r
on the ist March 1920. II is not correct to charge
the S2i91,SO3 81, expended by the late admins,ra-
u9n,ln J-luary and February, 1929, TO the present
administration
From an Official document now before me. i, an.
pears, thut from the LIST of March, 1898 so the LIST of
March, 1929, the last year of the late Administru-
t"n' The aggregate amount ofth public expenditures
was $685. l3 738 IS
Those from Is, March, 1929. to LIST Mach, 1880,
tile first year Of General Jucksons administrations
amounted To S24,520, 480 OF
From this statement, taken from the books of the
treasury 1t appears that the amount expended i'm
the irst year Of Con Jac.sons administration, is
less, by Si992,iJ9 90, than the expenditures for the
preceding year of MIR. Adams administration. 1
state the facts, aud leave the public to draw their
own ricrcuccs.
am, respectfully, yonrs,
c. a. WICKLIFFE.
Wenow call the readers attention 10 Mr.. Chltop's
reply TO the foregoing. lie has "cornercd" Mr.
WickIN., and reduced him to the dilemma Of admit
ting that his, (AIr Chitons) estimate of the cxpen
ses OF 1922, was the true estimate corroborGted bv
Mr.. lnghLm's (thc Secretary of the Treasury'.)
ReIost-or that the said Mr.. Ingham, had made Il
mistake m that report, of miijjon Of dollars Ia
other words Mr. WickNfo msst perorcc, confess
the superior c%lrdyagance OF Tie Jackson and Re-
form Administration, over that OF the abused Goa
''ion,' or he must convict the Secretary of the
Treasury, Of the cgregious blundcr mentioned Let
him choose his dosc---chcr will have the desired
eGtct.
Mr. Chiffon IS equally successful on other points.
equally successful IN detecting The disiugenuousness
of his colleague, aud the futile pretentions of this
laundering, hcad-oyor-hccls Administration Tho
reader Will find his letter worthy of attentive perusa
y LETTER FROM MR.. Chiffon.
WtsuINGroN Cry, April 7, 1880.
NesSrs: GALES a. SEAroN: Those who have read
the "oiliclal government journal" of Yesterday will
readily perceive why again trouble you with pub
LEGATION the subject of the expenses of tho nresen
administration My colleague Mr. WIcK1lFFE. has
placed his imposing name at the foot of half column
for the purpose ofeXposing the blunders of the Sec
rotary n The Treasury, and developing the wonder
iuI sagacity of the chairman of the Retrcnchment
Committee, in discovering that erred, in saying the
first year Of General JAcKsoas administration WINS
Iirtraiinr. ~
Mr. INGuA,r, the Secretary of the Treasury. on tb,
10Th OF December last, transmitted TO Confess his
ANIMAL report on the state Of the finances which wns
read, "rcterrcd TO the committee of WAYS and means
and ten thousand copies ordered to no printed" In
this report THIS so!cmnly made to Congrcss as the
basis Gifts legislation Mr.. INGHAM gives "statcrnort
% The expenditures ofthc United States from tho Let
day OF January, TO The Goth Of December 1929" in
winch each ten Of expense is named (sec the report
r IN page - 10 page Al amounting as nscerinincJ
Tor three quarters Of tho year TO The sum of
,...., .,. SiG,o19,fi o.
the fourth quarter, including
S3,G&95i2 % account Of the
public debt arcscstmatcd at S7a454aI. o.
Making the whole expenses sqG1G45o5 70
For the truth Of the foregoing refer evorv rcodo
20 The official report Of the Secretary ten thousand
copies Of which, Mr.. WIcKLrG-FE voted shonId bc
printed, and which have hccn sent ont 70 ilr MOO
pie; copy OF which can probably be found in cyery
ECighbOrhood
in the face Of these stotcmcnts ofthc officer =, ,f
head o! the Treasury Mr.. WIcRLIEFE asserts "(ron,
pubic documents in my lhisl possession exhibiting
tho amount expended IN each wear cndinr on iLc e.;
OF Jaruary that the expenditures of the wear ,ycre
but tho sum Of S25,O70.0l7 50. The "pnblic doom
rHcnis' then IN Mr. WrcvLIFrE' $ rocket prove that
INC expenses have boon upwards of million of dol
lars less, than tho public documents in the archives
OF the Secretary Of the Treasury
SO anxious IS Mr.. WrcHLFrE 20 make il onroor
That The present admin. traticn has not spcnt thc
lan,y WI en- ihe Secretary Gays they have expended
and to convict me OF error, that he E1sfcs Mr. NC
HAMS statement throug! and through. lie could
not make a more fatal stab az tho rcpuiation 90 .
public officer What Has our new Secretary Of
INC IFcnsury, 10 whom is entrusted the pioncy NJ
"TeoPle, bIundcrcd To the amount of million of
hard cash, IN his his first report Has Mr. W,c.-
Li.rE got some back door information from ono nr
the hongCTs Of the Treasury 10 sbcy fbo, ito
secretary carhot keep bis accounts, or arc vo 10
bcicvo Mr.. WfcNLJFFE's pocket statement rather
IMAM tho olical one Of tho heid of the T[onsu,y5
II he has Obtained his information from tho Sccrota-
-, wnOb statement arc wc 10 believe of THE function,
ary-whcn he speaks officially In CONGRESS 20 al
thii BODY IN !cgisnlion--or when he furnslcs So
crot statement to the chairman orthe rc,rcpcbf,cTt
committee, to mako newspaper article upon il, If
the oihcai report was wrong how do wc know tI,g,
ms brch do2r inform1tion Is rghP Pcrhaps il viii
DC sad That The fourth quarter was cetifn1. cd NOT
Bong osceralncd-and thnt the actual oxponsoe If
ga I'"',er arc found not To be high ms was esti-
mutcd But this will not mend the matter. TLc 70
port was made 10th December but few DAYS only
before the end Of the last quarter. The documents
UP 10 lha tmo were all in and all that was necessary
Ton raIifp r...t
reach The end Of tho year. No man ft 10 be Si Tho
innd oftbo Treasury could miscalcula,c n million nr
dollars IN estimating for sixteen days | cannot Lc.
h'Vc u OF Mr. lngham, or of any other man who over
wiho inside Of Department. " nv rollcaruc bc.
HcYcs IT, ! ought TO stond justified in IN. eyes M
least for saying had lost confidence IN sorn. Of
those who now rulc this nation "' W
Even II Mr.. WcklfTc Is riobt and NJ r,zL...
wrong. do rot soc lint nnch s nnirrd in L.