Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-10-21

Withholding your monthly returns, can
no, hereafter be deemed satisfactory. -
Page l73.
About this time matters were coming
TO focus. The defaulter had exhaust
ed all his own personal powers with the
Administration, and therefore brings to
bear sort of "outside pressure" in be-
half of his plunderings of the people.
September Is, IS35--John f. III.
Claiborne. former member Of Congress,
| believe, from Mississippi, writes to the
President as follows:
Many Oft the early and constant friends
| of the Administration in this State have
| heard with much regret and sorrow, that
the present receiver of public moneys al
this place is to consider himself dismiss
ed, unless his returns are made by the lst
OF Ocsober.' = Nothing would rejoice
him (Poindexter)more than the expulsion
of Gen. Harris, whom he knows TO be
one of the main pillars of the Democratic !
cause, and one OF the earliest and most
distinguished friends OF the Adminis,ra-
ton in Mississippi. His family and
connections are extremely infuential,and
all of Them are COZ operating with US in
the ardous struggle which we are now
making. They are true Democrats.
II We are now in the midst of an cleo.
tioneering campaign IL will be
close con!est.-Page 274.
And, he might have added, Harris,
with the peoples dollars will do good
service.
| This appeal produced its effect upon
the model Democratic adminisiraiion,an
| Harris, the receiver, known by the DEM
oerats in power to have been plundering
/ the Treasury for twenty months, was re-
tanned in office. But let us examine
/ further, to see how they managed the
peoples affairs afterwards.
/ Uoodbury to Harris, Ocf. 26, 1895:
Il can perceive no reason why each de-
posit in past months should lot have en-
.braced the whole amount in your possess
sion at the time of such deposits, as the
instructions require. Page III.
Uoodblry to Harris, NoU. %, 1895;
No reason whatever can be seen why
the whole money in your hand at the
end of the month is not deposited: it is
expected that it will be hereafter. Page
l7S.
Woodbury. to Harris, Feb, 4. 1886:
! Your returns for the months of October,
November and December, have not been
received. Iregret that there should be
any occasion to notice the neglect or ac-
cident las the case may be) in this i'm
portant duty.'-Page l7s.
| tits worthy of remark here, that this
letter was also addressed to TWENTY
TWO Democratic receivers of public
moneys, under the same date, Notifying
them that they were defanlters. | can
only take time to trace out the beauties of
one case, as specimen of the integrity of
the leaders of that party from which we
are compelled to hear lectures upon HON.
EsTY.
Harris to Woodbury., March l3, 1886:
Enclosed you will receive my monthly
account current for the month of Novem-
Der, 1855. showing a balance of FOUR
HUNDRED and SIXTY SIX THOU.
SAND. FOUR HUNDRED and TEN
DOLLARS and fifty-nine cents.'-Page
l79.
Woodbury. to Harris, March 2S, 1886:
Your letter Of the 18th inst. enclosing
your return for the month of November,
is received. Again it becomes my un-
pleasant duty to complain of your neglect
in this respect .On the re.
turn of mail, therefore, if the usual state
ment for the other months in arrear are
not received, shall be under the disa-
greeable necessity Of again submitting
the subject to the President, for his i'm
mediate on.'-Page l79.
4 Woodbury to Harris, June 6, 1886:
Seeing the balance of public moneys in
your halds amounted to $l2S, ,5S4 20 at
the end Of that month, / have to request
that you will explain why it was that the
whole of the public moneys in your hands
on the last OF the previous month was
not deposited instead of part, in con-
formity to explicit and frequent iIstruc.
tons on that point. II is painful to be
obliged to ask you SO often for explanar
tions. Page lS0. bs,
The subject was really becoming 'p0ia-
fuP-painful to Harris especially. On
the 9Th August 1896, be writes, resign
ing his Office. and then proceeds.
In conclusion will take the liberty
of recommending to you for appointment,
of my successor, Colonel Gideon D.
Boyd. Of Attala county. You are prob
ably acquainted with his public character,
as he has been for several years prom
inent member Of our State Legislature,
and has been throughout an ardenf sam
porter Of your .4dministration, and al
unyieiding ADVOCATE of the principles Of
Democracy. The request is made in
his behalf, in part on my own account
1 Now, Mr.. Chairman. we shall soon
see what sort Of anexponenl Of the .prin-
ciples Of Democracy this Boyd proved
himself. Strange as il might seem to
honest men OF any party, the Democrats