New-York daily tribune., 1845-03-26
Smith Cutters cass-Letter from Mr..
wheeler.

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sn cssr shown this morning. and the cAa!ac-
,,r O. your paper in3uc-s me 70 notice il.
On he 22d Gay of January 1876 Senator Jones present.;
ID 10 ,fie senate petition OF smith Cutter and Jefse Jag
ger G the passage Of law psoytins he settlement of
tleir accounts with the Ss:e, which fay referre1 10
Committee Of the Senate Of which Senator Bcckee was
Chairman Ths petitions forth that he had seve.ay
been Health ccrmissoners.la, smith Cutter the Is;
April, lsss was Indebted TO the STATE the SUN Of
s2s io6 35-that decree was entered against him The
18th dsy Of octoer 1889 for S3oce fthat Ar. Cute.
was in very health did and could not give at
the salt In CsHeeFand that the amount of
that augmented hroogh hls inability 70 attend
10 la: he wrongf0.y charged in e sum Of about
1000 o interest on anterior balances be had had IN his
hauds-tha; no credit given him for house and loi
accepted BY and conveyed 20 The State at valuation Of
$4,000 on the 9h OF November $780, ard The State also
received from him in cazh s5oO0tat he enabled in
the month Of September 1874 the nrs; time make
TO this state an oner 70 Pay ne roe cf las TIN jaa'
ipds.,eqasss % he Sass, th aeigai hfrest aereontha
he die On or before the 18th Of September si, offer 20
the Comptroller Of the and the Attorney General
The sum OF Sl27so the such indebted
ness including interest thereon at the rae Of per
cent per anRum which offer declined as Mr. Gutter
believed because they had legal authority to accept IL
Tile petition asks or the passage Of aw enabling the
Comptroller satisfy the decree, provided Mr. Cutter paid
sl27so I9 the only Of principal and interest due
the State a, that time Sr Gutter alleged statement
Of the account debit and credit made OUT and an er
ror in the calculation OF discovered making the
amount SIs3o 25, and uponit the following note in
the hand writing Of the sgner, was made;
.'The foregoing Is statement OF the accout Of Smith
Cutter Commissioner Of Health, and .om acquain-
tance with the whole ,utecmy opinion rs that the in
eress of the Mariners Fund VIII be prooed by settling
the this basis and passing tie Law 71r'ed by
80 s''''''''',' A G. Fi.AGG. Comptroller.
"a. BocKEE ESD Chairman Committee Of Finance Of the
Senate"
The bill passed the Senate sn informed uuanmously'
came to the referred TO the judiciary Com
mtce OF which have the honor TO be member, careful
ly examined and reported unanimously the House. AZ
ter the Hill had been reported meme and withou:
suggestion from any one called up and ii after
panaon from the Chairman the judiciary Committee
and m, self unanimously passed called i,up, the bill
provided that NJ Cutter should have 60 days pay the
amount after the should become law and the State
consequently wosd lose the Of the money its in
cres by the de!aybeevng did ha; the passage ofthc
law was just TO Gutter the Interest OF the
needs corroboraton the documents file
in the Senate and Assembly will perhaps satisfy youand the
public OF It's truth.
never was called UPON any by in relation this
subject do not and never did know Mr. Cutter and have
taken no ether different part than above stated upon this
subject. ask you gentlemen, not politicians for
do not claim be one, notwithstanding your unkind and
think fa charge that every boty in the house" knows
mo aS a rank Loco-Foeo and nothing else, you have
not done me grca; inusticean injustice which, the
Editors public Journal, you bound TO remedy,
only By the publication OF this statement, but under your
editorial head and your
With respect, sm, yours. &c.
DAVID E. WHEELER.
.tBany, Assembly Chambers March, %, l3t5
bf- Mr.. Wheeler has certainly proved his ii,di-
ridtnl share in the transaction on which we com
mented less ssconsderlble than we had been led TO in
er from the record of the dongs OF the Legislature.
so far, then, he stands absolved though our infer
cnce that he was the prime mover in the business
was fully justified by the facts before the public
But we cannot excuse him from serious blame in
this matter in connexion with Mr Senator Jones
and the Chairmen of the two Judiciary Commit
tees, and, we must reluctantly add, Mr.. Coinptrol-
Ter Fagg, They all know, or should know, that
tins dcialcatiou of DR.. Smith Cuuer-in blunter
words, this robbery ofthe State-was committed un-
der circumstances of great aggravation. Now if
Mr.. Cutter or hls bondsman wants 10 pay up, very
SUt'fts
~ justice nave ueclued, or snail decide, 10 be due.
Far better that the State should lose few thousand
dollars than iha, 1t should appear before lis citizens
aud the world IN the attitude of a comyo lnder OF
felony giving beirayer OF one of her mos, I'M
portant trusts part OF his plunder on condition of
his returning the rest, and thus paying premium
on gigantic rascalIty. We say, Let the bondsman
off for half the amount due, you plcase-yes, ten
per cent OF t-but nerrr settle with the pecuator
on any other terms than those which your Courts
of Justice shall dictate. How ii has happened that
DR. Gutter has nolong siace been proceeded against
crimlnally, is what we wish the Comptroller would
tell us.-And, by the way, MIR Flass we haven,
seen the Annual Report from the present Health
Commissioner that we understand the law TO re-
qure If we do not mistake, what is ycir duty in
The premises III you favor us with few lines
on the subject