Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-02-21
BARRY CORRUPTION FUND.


The charge of corruption in dlsposing
of the printing of the tax sales, is now
fully sustained. The mos. foul and bare
faced iniquity has been prac,ised by the
present State Administration. II is motto.
rious that previous to the fall election,
the friends of the State Administration
claimed that bit fifty cents description
was allowed by the Auditor General,
Hammond for advertising The tax sales.
Ii is also noted fact that there was
charged to each description for 1889, 81
05, and 95 cents for 1910; and il was
pretended BY the locofocos that the diff
ference between these sums and the a
mount paid to the printer, was to pay Of.
fee charges, &c. The hon. H. L. Mil
Ter, a Wing member from Saginaw, NOV.
ed resolution IN the House of Represen-
tative. calling on The Auditor General for
information on the subject, which, after
considerable futering on the part of the
leading loco focos, was allowed 10 pass.
The Auditors report, in answer to the re-
solution, admits that ne charged 81 05
for 800, and 95 cents for 1910 on each
description, as stated above.
He says the amount recei.
we'd on account of those char.
ges, is $22 ,260 63
That the sum Of 3,49O 60
was charged TO the counties. on account
oflands returned delinquent, bu: on whIch
taxes had been paid, aud also for irregu-
lar assessments, making the SUN TO be ac-
counted for as moneys, out Of The fund he
has paid as follows:
Refunded to tax payers for
irregular assessments. or
where the tax had been pre-.
v,ouslv paid. 1857 SO
Amount paid messengers. 1913 10
Paid county treasurers for
expenses of sale and returns,
&c. &c. 3,415 SO
Printing and advertising, 1879 81
For blanks, stationery, &c. 979 55
Paid to clerks, 1865 81
Total, S24,751 IA
Leaving in his hands about thousand
dollars. This is bis own showing. What
has become of the money! He says he
has it on hand. If so, what will our very
hIgh-minded Legislators do with it, We
shall see. Now the tax lists, as adverti-
sed for "a counties. have been actually
counted. and it appears that the number
of descriptions for 1889, is 1896, upon
each of which was charged 81 O5 a.
mounting to $13,593 80
Number of descriptions for
1910, is, ID ,461. al IS cents
each, amounting to 1877 IS
Showing the amount char
ged in these "a counties a.
lone, to be 1886 Is
The whole amount &C.
knowledged by Mr.. Ham
mond to have been received,
is as above stated, 25,741 IL
Which shows that from "a Counties,
Sl,575 ii more has been received than
is in any way accounted for. What has
become of the money? Has it been used
10 glorify Barry's administration, or has
MIR. Hammond put it in box for his own
keeping? Ifso, it is to be hoped that ne
will soon have some holes bored through
i. Besides this amount which has man
fes,ly been pocketed, there are the coun.
lies of Clinton, Ingham, Iona, Shia wassee,
Saginaw and Mackinaw, not embra ced
n the above counting. We will suppose
he amount charged for these counties a
mount to $500 each, which is probably
much less than the truth. Making for 6
$4,000 90
Add the surplus from The
"A counties. 1875 Ia
Making the clever sum of S4,575 Ia
lear profit. Verify, the office of Audi
or General must be good one. The
alary is, we believe. $1,000 90
The stealIngs in one year,
ire 1915 IA
Total $3.50 IA
A small part ofthese stealings divided
mong such men as Denton, Hovey, John
galloway and Hanscom, Esqrs. will pay
or a great deal Of glor6cation, sufficient
o make even Auditor General Hammond
IS pure as an angel Of light.
The whole number of des-
riptions for 1889 and 1910
n the "a counties is 27,407.
The amount paid the printers
n these, at so cents each,
nat being the amount actual
y paid makes the aggregate
um of S13,7O3 90
Say that $500 was paid
or printing in each of the o. L
her six counties, which sum