The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-30

The recent expose mad. 81 the financial
affair. of New York City, betray. the un
parallslcd corruption IL the Democratic par
~. u shows what they ean do and wha,
they w,H do when they have the power.
Well may the citizens IL New York city h-
alarmed when they read the facts aud fig
urss. lett A. the Esoi prints u the Dcinocra-
~ upon the great metropolis Il the country
Even the N.Y. Herald, Mayor Woods anna
bl~ sympathizer, and the common apologist,
IL late, of Mayor wod'. party, feels com
PEELED Ia raise it, voice against the iniquite~
p.itetratcd under his official administer tion.
We avail ourselves Of a cot-m,-erary's all
stract &c this exppse, {" give mir rca,lers
some definite idea IL the management III
New York City Finances under Democratic,
rule. u Appears that the accounts u thu
city have lecn kept IN the most bunglmr
manner NJ attempt At order or methsd
seems IL have iccn made in the financial
department IL the city. A committee IL
investigation appointed short time since b,
the Council f,nnd that ia the office of Oh,
commissioners Of Streets and Lamps, there
were "a" bc"k>, papers, or vouchers, Ia guide
them in their examination, and intimate
tia, il such were ever kept, they were Ia
ken AWAY by the late Commissioners. Ia
tiie Co,nptn,ller's ofiies, they describe the
bnr,k- and paper. a. mingled in one con
-
in the Bureau ~ Arrears, they designate a.
.'.i,sgracciu anal deplorable. The annual
collections made through the ofiicc amount
10 from one a. two millions of dollar; and
yet, since it, organization, n" ree,r,is have
been kept aud. according la the reI.rt, ne
one has the most rcinote idea III the amount
Cor which the Bureau should be held resl-pn
slhle The frands. declarations, errors and
delnquencies that the committee detected
IN mere cur-ory examination, astonlsicd
anil surprised them. The amount II unpaid
taAes nov On the book, appears t. bc -
s3t,61O; but how much Il that large
amount has actually gone into the pocket
oi the collectors. may u. imagined from the
iaet that IN hundred instance have been
found. running over eBly three year, IA
which collector. have returned taxes a un-
psid, which they subsequently, aeknowledg-
ed had been paid At the time they made the
retarns.
IN the books Of which the committee
could get hold, they found Discrepancies, u
which W one wa able t. give an account.
A discrepancy of SIS co. Wa found between
the Comptrcll.r's report and that IL the I
ledger in hi- office. A difference of Si9s
no wa. found between the amount OF reyc-
hue funds returned in the comptroller's ~
ports and hi. own Looks. A difference III 1
ss3,slG was found between the entries aud !
returns and iire-luan stock They also
found the assessment bond- issued this year
to cover the unpaid assessments ipr paving
strset~, Sc., u exceed b, s2-uaV the deh
.senes.
a list u defanlter., in tile shape ~ sher
III, contractors, tAA collectors, A.. amount
ing IL sl3G,Uv, y gwen The unsettled
balance 81 the tax-rcee,,er up To- l>5C, i.
Get dawn az So, is9. The unsettled bal
snee II has .uecs-ssoI u sst dawn al -, las
tis,
tine 81 the most cuIious and at the same
tune startling beauties 1T The :. stem how
ever . that the account. II tue respective
otheers mad. % tot Just What tL.y
pleased, and when the fraud j. discovered
the matter ], let drop
The report give. the following a. the
Amount ii frauds alreasi, discovered ~ per
petrated against the cit,
Gain. against collectors, A. s..-.z.szs.s laizi a.
Unpaid taA.. -...-t.-....s....== ~ GO =
talasd ass"--inrists I, 10 We Vi
IotA amount oi fraud. 10 ssS.o /
Such an unparalleled esps.e j. not only a
,ieaenine exhibition u b.gus Democratic
rule, but Disgrace to the eountr, GENERALLY.
Il intiict- a stab np,n our system u self
government, far more injurious than the
deAdl'e>t assaults the opponents u Rrpub.
icanism have ever been able 10 make against