Washington telegraph., 1852-10-13

October next, you will then be dismissed from of.
fce."-Page 172 -
Harris to Woodbury., S,3t IA, 1885, II ask OF
the PRESIDENT a suspension of my removalD &c
Page 172.
! Wood6wyto to Harris. Sc : %. 1885. @.a1zo,, m,
to inquire why your deposits are not made.u &c
| Page 172
H,oodbn,y to Harris, Sept. %, 1885: Il regret to
say that the reasons assigned in your letter of the
18th instant, for Withholding your monthly re.
turns, cannot hereafter be deemed satisfactory.,-
Page 173.
About this time matters were coming to
a tocls. The detaulter had exhausted all
/ ms own personal powers with the Admins
tlation, and therefore brings to bear sort
of outside pressure in behalf of his plunder-
ings of the people.
Sept. Is, lS35-JoHN F. II. CLArBoR NE.
former member of Congress- believe. from
Mississippi, writes to the President as fol-
! lows:
Many OF the early and constant friends of the
administration i'll this State have heard with rnucb
regret and sorrow, that the present receiver of
public moneys at this place, is to consider himself
dismissed unless his returns are made By the 1st of
Nothing would rejoice him (Poindexter) more
than the expulsion Of Gen. Harris whom he
knows to be one Of the main pillars of the Demo
c'ntic Cause aud of tie earliest and most dist;u
sntshc5 Jriends Of tie Administration IN Mississppi
lis Jd'ty d'd connections extremely iafae,.tak
aud a of them are cooperating sch as IN the s,upDie
trtfch ice are noc n,ahiag. They are true Demo-
| Gratis" I'VE are now in the midst
of an electioneering cam-paign''
IT cW be close contest Page 174
And, he might have added, Harris.
with the peoples dollars, will do good SER
vice ~
This appeal produced its effect upon the
g model Democratic administration, and
Harris, the receiver, known by the Demo-
Gratis In power to have been plundering the
Treasury for twenty months, was retained
III Office. But let us examine further, to
see how they managed the peoples affairs
afterwards
Woo'bury to Harris, October 26 1885 7 can
perceive no reason why each deposit in past
months should not have embraced the wbole
amount IN your possession at the time Of such
deposits as the instructions require Page III.
HOodb"ry to Huyyis. Norcg,Jer 2S 1S35 No
reason whatever can be seen why the whole mo-
ney in Your hands at TIE end of the month is not
deP,-ited 1t is expected that it will ne h"r"a1'"f.
rage IS
1t is worthy of remark here that this let
ter was also addressed to TWENTY-T TWO
Democratic receivers of public moneys, ml-
der the same date, notifying them that they
were def;,ulters. | can only take time 70
trace out the beauties of one case as a spec
linen of the integrity of the leaders of that
party from which we are compelled to hear
lectures upon "honesty."
Harris to IVoodbury. March l3 1896: Enclosed
you will receive my monthly account current for
the month of November, 1885. showing a balance
ofFOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIN THOU
SAND -FOUR HUNDRED AND TEN DOL
LARS and fifty-nin cents"-Page 179.
WOod6uy TO Harris. March %. 1886: Your let
ter of the 18th instant, inclosinS your return for
the month of November, is received Again it
becomes my unpleasant duty to complain of your
neglect in this respect" "On the
return of mail, therefore. if the usual statement
for the other months in arrear are not received |
shall be under the disagreeabc necessity of again
submitting the subject to the President for his
immediate action."-Page 179. ss.,.s
Woodbury. to Harris, Juae g. 1886: Seeing the
balance of public moneys in your hands amount
ed to S12S. .5S4 20 at the end of the month have
to request that you will explain why it was that
the whole of the public moneys in your hands en-
the last of the previous month. was not deposited
instead of a part, in conformity to explicit and
frequent Instructions that point 1t is gaiaiisL
to be obliged to ask you often for explanatiolls1
Page $50.
The subject was really becoming ':paiu-
.ful'-paintul to Harris especially On the
9th August, 1886 he writes, resirnina his
Office, and then proceeds:
'In conclusion will take the liberty of recon-
meudng TO you for appointment of my successor
Colonel Gideon ID. Boyd, OF Alfalfa county You
are probably acquainted with his public character
as he has been for several years prominent
member Of our State Legislature, and has been
throughout a,dent supporter Of your .fdn,i.is-
taton, and nayietding adUocate of the principles
Of Democracy. The request is made in his behalf
III part on my own account"
Now, Mr.. Chairman, we shall soon see
what sort Of an exponent of the "principles
of Democracy" this Boyd proved himself
Strange as it might seem to honest men of
any party, the Democrats in power appoint
ed him to the office ON the sole recommen-
dation of Harris, who had been known by
the Administration to be defaulter for
thirty months before, and had been so no.
tilted by the Department, as have shown,
at least Serenteen times This is an hon
est management of the peoples affairs with
vengeance You employ man to keep
your money-allow him to rob you for more
than two years, and then permit him to Sc
lect his friend to fill his place. This is call
ed good Democratic management of public
affairs,
| Well, Mr.. Chairman, let us look into the
stewardship Of this man Boyd, the ''unyield-
ing advocate of the principles of Democra-
cy''-the successor of his illustrious pre-
decessor, Harris, who stepped out, as the
committee show in this report, with the
small sum of only ONE HUNDRED AND
NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED