The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-24

subscriptions fer the DArLY GArr ci1,, and
"xnxLr VALLEY Vine, must be accompanied by
the cash in all cases
DAILY subscri bers car pay The carrier If they prc
Ter, once In two weeks. The carrier in advised To
require payment in advance, in all cases.
NO job Work delivered until paid for.
All advertisements must be paid for in advance
except In the case Of customers with whom ", have
mutual accounts. With such settlements ain he
made quarterly.
way the school Money wen,.
The Commissioners appointed At the last
session OF the Legislature to examine the af-
ialrs OF the various State Offices, have made
their report TO Gov. Lowe. And the matter
OF Legislasing upon School matters being
exclusively within the province Of the State
BOARD now in session, the Governor has
deemed the report on the Office Of Superin-
sendent OF Public instruction, Of sufficient
interest and importance to lay it before that
oooy. We have a printed copy Of the report
before us, and the revelations of the mode
OF doing business in that Office will star,le
even those who are familiar with the pecula-
tions Of DIR. Eads.
Our readers may know that the Office Of
Superintendent of Public Instruction has
current accounts with the Government nj
Washington City, with the Land Office Of
Iowa, with the School Fund Comm issio ners
OF every county in the State and with the
State OF Iowa, and that during the last ten
years millions Of dollars have been received
and paid out, and that the amount OF the
School Fund now is over two millions OF
dollars What then will our readers think
OF the following statements of the Commits
sioners:
NO account book OF any kind Is found in
the omoe. The nearest approximation to it
10 sort OF hlotter, or memorandum book.
used by Mr.. lads, and containing an entry.
under date Of March 10Th, 1856, Of 1926.
eoo.so received from the United States, and
Two apparently distributions among counties,
10 tue amount OF about &54 900 each, and
under different dates. OF these we sneak
more particularly hereafter.
There il no book showing debt and cred
], account with the United States for the
five per cent. fund.
There is no book showing a debt and cred
II account with the Superintendent respect-
ing this fund received from the United
States, and until recently disbursed BY him.
There Is no book showing the amount dis
trlbuted to the counties by this officer
ihere rs no book showing an account with
the several counties, embracing either the
principal or interest, or both, Of any or all
school moneys held by the counties.
There 10 no book embracing the very i'm
portant statistics annually returned by the
School Fund Commissioner, and preserving
them IN a permanent form of record.
There ~ no hook which serves in the
slightest degree rs check upon the accounts
OF the several commissioners II the counties
There Is no book showing the loan aud ip
terest account with this State.
From the various Reports, Exhibits. Bonds.
&C., on Bile in the various State Offices. the
Commissioners are enabled to ascertain that
Mr. Benton, the FIRST Superintendent Of Pub.
Tic Instruction, balanced his accounts fairly
With the School Fund.
In regard to DR.. Eads' administration the
report opens With most unpromising COM
plant OF utter confusion and contradictory
statements and reports made By himself and
others with whom he did business. They
pronounce the apology for Book, which
wasfound in bis Office, 'en,ireiy unreliable,v
dishgured by alterations, erasures and ire
concilabic statements.
The Commissioners set forth the confound-
ed confusion OF the affairs during his term OF
ONCE, at considerable length, and they come
10 the conclusion, from the most reliable
data within their reach, that the amount Of
his defaloatlon is the gross sum of x1l,.
ss0,9T.
Happears further from this Report that
although the total amount OF the School
Fund j. S2,03l ,24l SO, the actual amor.
honment Of interest to the several counties
last year vas only 1886, 900 instead OF over
$-oo,ooo, indicating strong probability
both OF dcfalcation of principal and de-
iinquencies Of interest. And the Comm;..
sioners are satisfied that there ought TO be a
fuil Investigation into the state and condi.
ton Of the School Fund in the various conn
ties VI the State
IL seems that there has been neither books
De
accounts nor records kept in the Superin-
tendent's office, from the beginning, although
The law expressly provides for them. and
That there has been like neglect, disregard
aud violation Of the law in many other re.
spteis by the Superintendent, and by many
q The county fund commissioners, also.
HE Office Of Superintendent Of Public In
s'rucion hiss been held by locofoco incum-
Dents from its creation to the present time,
ana that party Is entitled to the exclusive
credit Of its management, lille the people
have only to suffer the consequences in the
loss Of probably hundreds Of thousand. 81
dollars Of school money, including principal
ant interest.
Tn The Aiissouri Republican, one day Las.
week, announced that Senator Douglas left
New Orleans on sunday Lost for Havana.
Senator Douglas is disposed TO show his con.
tempt Tor the higher law" as well ID his
travels as on the aoor Of the Senate. il xould
seem.
Tn The anti tax payers Of gobinson Al
leghany Co., Penn, have passed resolutions
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