The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-01


And we place below all the facts as de
tailed in the hteI'igencer, after the abov,
was written. These are not denied BY
the Telegraph. not denied by Mr.. Wei
Ter. not denied by any of Mr.. Weller
friends, cannoi he denied. They are up
on record. Mr.. Weller has violated III,
provisions of the law-has violated
rule established by the Fund Commiss
ioners-has failed to answer in Cour
when called upon-has refused to delv
er mp vouchers, papers. books and prop
eriy--has embezzled the portion of the
interest belonging TO the stOte-has OBJ
stinately refused to explain the matter he
fore The people, pretty sure indication,
as is his demurrer in Court, that he
cannot rePel the force Of facts. And
now, as lone good turn deserves anoth-
err" wiH lie Eagle please to copyl
We publish the article entire, as it is
ofimporlance to the people 10 know what
what kind Of man asks their votes for
Governor.
John H. Weller = DcGIIcatiOn.
We have several times called the at.
tion of Mr.. Weller and his friends To this
sub 6ject, in hopes that full statement OF
The fact would have been made by him or
by his authority, In this we have been
disappointed. We now propose to give
a succinct statement OF the facts.
The facts stated in our paper of the
9Th July have not been denied. We
then said in substance that Mr. Weller
aud his associates had failed to deliver
over TO The County Auditor The notes,
bonds, mortgages and evidences of debt
Surplus Revenue, and the vouchers, pa
pers. books and properly belonging to
their office as required by law; that bill
has been filed in Butler Common Pleas
in Chancery against Mr.. Weller and his
associates to which he had demwred, that
the Courl had overruled the demurrer,
and ordered that The defendants should
within forty days deliver TO the Auditor
of Butler County all notes, bonds. mort.
cages and evidences ofdebl for the Sur.
plus Revenue aud voucherJ,papers, books
and property belonging TO their office,
with the schedules required by the act
for tho better regulation Of the Surplus
Revenue, passed on the eth January,
1916, that this order had not been obeyed
Mr. Weller and his co.defendants being
again in default. We stated further that
the Surplus Revenue in the hands of Mr..
Weller and his associates amounts TO
twenty seven thousand two hundred and
fifty five dollars, sixty one cents, exclu.
Sive of ten thousand dollars borrowed by
the Commissioners this sum being also eX.
elusive of the interest in their hands; that
II appears by the record Tint Mr. Weller
has himself used at least clcUcn thousand
doIlavS Of this fund, how much more can.
not be known until he shall be compelled
10 render proper statement of the fund
and that another commissioner is debt
or for four thousand dollars, making be-
tween these two worthless .Gtieca thousand
dOIidrs We said that Mr. Weller had
since hiS nOminati0n as candidate for
fOoernOr executed aud placed IN record
a mortgage for this eleven thousand dol.
lars These facts are not denied; they
stand ON record.
The Surplus Revenue fund was recoiv-
ed by The Fund Commissioners of But
ler County in 1897, aud rule was
then adopted, "thal no more than $1,000,
nor less than 81 90. should be loaned to
any individual" This jus, and equitable
rule has, we believe. never been rescin.
Jel or annulled by the board These
regulations mny be seen by referring to
The Telegraph OF the 4th August 1897
1t appears by the report made by Mr.
Weller and his associates in January,
ls46, that the principle Of the Surplus
Revenue had been distributed among The
several townships of the county, $4,000
being loaned in Fairfield township. the
residences of Mr. Weller, and S2,5l6,.
l6 cts. IN Lemon, the residence of Mr..
Ward, another of the commissioners. 1t
also appears by this report that in add.
tlon I" the principle ofthe fund, the com.
missioners had in their hands on LIST Jan.
nary, 1916, five thousand, three hundred
and fifty seven dollars forty six cents of
interest. being the two per cent. received
by them for tho benefit Of the county,
The per cent interest due TO the State
out of tho county funds. amounting for
the two years to the sum Of SO, ,725 Sc
cents. These sums with the principal of
the fund amount to $50 1868 cents, for
which Mr.. Weller and his colleagues
are accountable, See report Of Fund
Commissioners, State Documents of lS45
u, Doc. SO, page SlS.
BY The seventh section of tho act TO
provide fnr The payment of the domestic
creditors of the State Of Ohio, pissed
10 March. ls43, Wi, AZ, page 80. it is
provided that all payments Of all mon.
ey or bonds received by the Fund Com
missioners Of any county. or collected by
them from any person or persons. bodies
corporate or polite, being in whole Or in
pnrl uf any loan made to such persons,
bodies corporate or polite from said Sur
] plus Revenue fund shall not not Be re.