The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-01
Errors Corrected.

him to commit another Thus he says in his speech lin
the House of Representatives. OF June 2ls column third,
paragraph second:
"The minority alude the discrepancies between the
Registers book of expenditures and the stock book and
under the act of July ~, 1876
Z" The amount from the stock book $I,93l 600
Instead of from the Registers book 1888 800
"Thereby making mistake. as they allege of 2477OO
Sc The committee well aware Of this difference. 1t
specially noticed IN their report and the committee state
thar they unable say which right One strong
That, in making up his accounts one taken from the
Registers book, and the ether frequently from the stock
book thus producing and discrepancies that are ato
gether irreconcabe,"
The stock book is as much book of the Register
is the book of receipts and expenditures It Is true in
deed that Mr. Strohm's committee did make il strong
ground of complaint against the Secretary report that
making up his accounts taken from the Regis
ters book and the other. frequently from the stock
book !" but this uDOunded and unjust as the
other charges brought against him by the committee
In part OF his report did the Secretary blend accounts
taken from the two books Neither did the Register in
the tables appended to the Secretarys report None OF
the statements therein is from the book of receipts and
expenditures. In statement rendered by the Register to
Mr. Rockwell on the 10th of January, an account was,
indeed, given of notes funded taken from the book OF
receipts and expenditures But the Secretary had nothing
to do with this He never saw till It appeared in print
But the very fault which Mr. Strohm charges on the
Secretary, he himself commits And, what Is more, ne
persists in committing it, after the mistake has been point
ed out to him in words clear as human language will
afford.
ending June 80, 1s47, from the stock book, far
CARDS issues under the act Of July. 1885, and from the
book of receipts and expenditures, far regards is
under the act of January, lsl7-thus making
of $247, 100, which through all his subsequent
calculations
Mr. Strohm admits that he erred in emitting the stock
issued under the act OF January 1s47 for specie deposit
ed in the quarter ending September 80 amounting to
S557,9Oo; but sticking to his old and avorte Of
he still fails to arrive at the of the deficit
the st of October-making it l,sS5,4s4 instead OF
81 ,410,794
We do not here Judge it necessary copy Mr. Sohms
figure work Our readers must have had enough of that
already in the report of the minority.
On only one other point in Mr. Strohm's speech do we
deem it requisite to speak The close of is almost en-
trely devoted to showing that "no such 81 ,401
900 [o treasury hottest could have been IN the hands OF
the accounting officers"
copy of the Registers monthly statement published in
the Union of the first days of October, lS47.
Treasury notes standing LIST of October, 1917.
Treasury DEPARTMENT,
Registers Office, October 2, 18i7.
Amount the several issues outstanding prior the
I'D JULY 1885, records OF this office $267 l39 81
act of 22d July, 1916 l,947, $50 90
Amount outstanding of the issues under act
of 18th January, Hs47 l4,7235 $50 90
$l6,94s,6s9 81
Deduct cancelled notes in the hands of the
accounting officers; OF which SY692, lO0 IS
| under the act of 26th july 1876 $109,o0O
| under the act of 18th January lS47; and
| $l3,65O under .other acts 1,4l5, $50 90
|