Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-08-06
The Way our Republican State
Officials Manage the Treasury
extraordinary Negligence.

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Officials Manage the Treasury
Extraordinary Negligence.
We take following interesting article
from the Newark Adrocate, which is
edited by E1-Auditor Morgan, who
says
There is no end to the proofs that
present themselves to confirm and
fasten upon the Chase Administration
the most shameless and criminal neglect
in their guardianship and control over
the public money. In Kelly's new
Treasury law, passed April s, 1856, the
following important, though ~ill-guarded
section has a prominent place:
Section IS. 1t shall be the duty of
the Auditor, quarter-annually, on the
10Th day of March, June, September
and December, Cor if any such day
should be Sunday, then on the day pre-
vious,) to ascertain the mount Of mo-
ney in the Treasury belonging to the
Sinking Fund, and draw on the Urea
surer therefor in favor of the acting
Commissioner Of said Fund, specifying
in every such draft the source of source
from which the money SO drawn for was
derived"
Now, mark the duty imposed by the
above section, and the consequences
that would have resulted from its prompt
and faithful performance:
First: 1t was made the duty of the
State Auditor to ascertain "quarter-an-
nually" from the books Of his Office, the
exact amount of money in the Treasury
belonging to the Sinking Fund, and t.
dru0 the same thercfrO0 on behalf the
acting Commissioner of said fund. Be
tween the date of the passage of thi:
law and the time at which Gibson de.
faulted, the above duty imposed by tho
eighteenth section (above quoted) or
the State authorities should have beer
performed at each of four distinct quar-
terly periods, to wit
1. On the 18th day Of June, 1856
2. On the 18th day of September 1856
3. On the 18th day of December 1856
+. On the 18th day of March 1857.
Let the reader mark that at each o.
the above dates, the law (kolley's net,
law of April s, 1860 made it the duty
of the State authorities to ascertain tho
! whole amount of the Sinking Fund in
the Treasury and d,av 1t Meycfrom
This duty was not optional but, imp ara
tee. Had it been faithfully performed.
the whole AMOUNT of Sinking Fund
rightfully i'll the Treasury at each OF
those dates would have been withdrawn
from the Treasury and GppIisR to til,
public debt Of Ohio.
Second. Thesum ofS547 900 acknow-
lodged by Gibson to be missing on the
day he resigned his office, res n,opcy
JeGongiay to tie Shaking Fund, and Is
alleged to have been lost or used by
Breslin and never paid over by him to
Gibson. Now, presuming for the sake
of the argument, that this allegation is
true, why has this immense Delinquency.
charged back q year and q hsfon Bres-
lin, been SO long covered up b. the
concurrent knavery and neglect o. the
Treasurer, Auditor and Fund Conmis-
s]ioncrs? 1t will not do to OFF, rs a
sufficient apology the alleged fact that
Gibson footcd the Auditor and I~iEycsti.
eating Committees by producing, fol
their inspection, moneys and drafts
which he hal ,rrowcd for the sole pur,
pose Of deserving them. This hu:n:iiat-
ing plea may suffice to show why they
reported that the money was ali IN the
Treasury, Int tt IooS not Explain Why the
18th section of, kelly's new law ta5ove
quotcd) was not promptly and fully
carried into effect. 1t does not r>pioiH
why the State Auditor and the Com
missioners Of the Sinking Fund neglect
ed to ascertain the safety Of chat fund
by drawing on the Treasury for the
full amount that ought to have been
there on the 18Th of june, 1855, five
months after Ir. Brcslin retired from
office. Il dos Rot cEpAGiA Why they
did not draw, in like manner, on the
18th day of September, 1885, as the law
required. Ii Gp~s not erpttiR why this
duty was a@aiu omitted on the 18th day
Of december, 1885. II does iot crPtuus
Wv it was s'tNaegdecfed on tie 18th day
Ma1.h 1857. At each of these four
distinct periods, it was within the law
full 3owor-nay, Il wat mqGe The intPcra-
tire Ie7aI duty of the State Auditor and
Sinking Fund Commissioners to have
applied such q tcst to the condition of
the Treasury as could not have failed to
bring to light the alleged dcfalcation of
Breslin, now claimed to have been
screencdand covered up by his successor,
PIoUs RESIGNATION. - Gibson, the
late dcfrauder of our treasury, in an
address to the people of Seneca county,
says:
"I am the victim of SANDER, while a
venal press seize upon my misfortunes
as food for excitement. L have i'm
plorcd the Great Ruler for wisdom and
courage to meet all.
The mercy of Christ is boundless :
He pardoncd the thief upon the cross,
Where's or money?
Ho2iowny's Oiatntcnt and PiUs.-A
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