The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-04-06

10 lub OlaNG. Auu NuC NuhlNOI N8hibihS
or cause to be examined on oath, any or all book
keepers, clerks and agents, touching the pay
ment of moneys into or ont of the Treasury
or OF moneys remaining therein, or touching
the deposit of moneys belonging to the State,
elsewhere than IN the State Treasury at Colum-
bus.
Now, sir, armed with the authority of this
law to make the examination Of the Treasury,
Auditor Wright 30 far from discoverin" any de-
ficiency in tie public fund.- reports upon count
that the assets which ought to be in the Treas,
ury are all there.
Yet, sir, Auditor Morgan, without authority
to examine a single page Of the TreasurerS
books, or to set a foot inside of his counter, is
charged by the gentleman from Madison, with
completely in the robbery of the Treasurer, for
not discovering and exposing what these three
committees vested with full powers and after
laboriouS investigation aud examination were
unable to discover If Mr. Morgan is pa-t'cip'
c1in,inis then bv the logic of the gentleman, a
fortiori are Alfred Kelley, Felix Marsh, R. w.
Taylar, r. Buckland, b. F. Smith, John A.
of the above named committees, public thieves
and plunderers. The conclusion is inevitable.
The gentleman from Madison, (Mr. Harrison)
dS NeIl ao the ScHbleIhdh hou SuydHoS"' N'tl
Parsons charge that on the 10Th OF June, TO-
55, Mr.. BreSlin communicated to Mr.. Morgan
the fact that he was not able to raise iuudS sui
ticient to pay the July interest, $4l4, ,7O2,IO by
the sum OF SlOOooo when the lreasurer'S BOOK
showed that much larger sum than was ne
cesSRry ought to have been IN the treasury
Therefore, they say Mr.. Morgan kneU there
was deficit IN the treasury, and therefore he
Is partic,ps c'7n''ns with BreSlln:
Now what are the iacts. MT breslln, as
Mr.. Morgan all along suspected, was 'oIloWlne
that pernciouS custom OF his predecessor more
honored in the breach than IN the observance
OF depositing the public funds with the banks
brokers aud Others. When the time come FOL
the payment of the July interest, 1900, Mr.
breSIm informed Mr.. Morgan that certain par
ties IN Cincinnati had disappointed MN IN lht
repayment OF the public money deposited with
them, and he could not provide tor the entire in
terest due. To save the honor and credit o
the State and prevent herirom going to protest
the tund commissioners, OF "hom MI MOT
gan was one, transferred sufficient means IRON
the sinking fund to meet the dehciency, anc
the amount was replaced by Mr.. BreSIin, to the
credit OF the sinking fund, within thr'y days
thereafter The last year OF Mr.. M"rgan'S
term was half gone when these things tFanSpi
red and all the iacts were laid before the Gen
cral Assembly in the Report OF the Commls
S'oners OF the Sinking Fund sent 10 the 1ener
al Assembly OF 1896. These gentlemen have
cleaned those Iacts from that very report.
Now, sir II these facts were sufficient to give
Mr. Morgan to Eno1c that there was dehcieNcy II
the Treasury, they were sufficient to lniorn
the General Assembly, Governor ChaSe, all the
State officers and all the people OF the state
the very same thing. Where was Auditor
wright that ne did not discover the deHct.-
These facts were published broad cast over the
State; why did not the astute gentlemen IRON
Madison and Cuy"hoga discover 1t? Where was
Alfred kelIy and Il: W. Taylor, and the Fl,
nance Committees OF the Senate and House and
all your investigating committees that they
DID not discover the de'a'catlon! lhey had al
the 'ac's that were IN the possession OF AUDI
tor Morgan and many others; the very act'
relative to the want OF funds TO meet the July
interest, 1900, were lald iuily before them IT
print
Now, applying the logic oi the gentleman
the same iacts by winch they seek 10 prove
that Mr.. Morgan knew o' the de'alcatlon II
June, 1913, and was therefore p0rt'c,ps c'3m''
MS therein, prove that Governor Chase and al
the State officers ana the GENERAL Assembly
elected IN l6oo, ana all the people OF the 9late
including the gentlemen rom Maclsoh anc
Cuyahoga themselves were also accessories tt
the pIunder OF the treasury.
ihe gentleman rom Cuyahoga makes chargt
.ot gross neglect OF duty against AUDITOR Nor
gan. lie reads from the report OF the treasury
investigating COMMITTEE TINS passage:
"lnStead OF the published 'eports and state
ments OF the Treasurer and Auditor being made
up from the books, as they are posted at tht
end Of the fiscal year, or at any other period as
the law contemp'a'es and The Pub''c believes
them to be, they are not unfrequently IN dlrec
conflict with them. The precise condition olt
particular fund IS not, ana can be determined
entirely by the books, but by abstracts and
statements made up from evidence outside o
them, which are therefore made to become tht
test OF accuracy and not the record ltsell"
And then he proceeds TO ask:
''Who was Auditor oil state during all thest
four years, that the BOOKS OF the AUDITORS oil
flee We're so inaccurate, that IN orCer to show
the pubic the true STATE OF alialrS ne was com
| PEELED to go to outside abstracts and statements
| in order to present true and accurate accoun
to the people! Why, Wm' u. morgan, ant
him only and upon him let the blame ia!l."
Here, Sir, we have another specimen OF tn
| profound ignorance OF the financial history Q
the State, which appears to reign supreme OIL
the Republican side OF this House. The gen
teman from Logan charges that the Auditor
books were all right and revealed the detalca
ton, and the gentleman from Cuyahogo tina
they were all wrong and did not reveal 1t, ant
therefore Mr.. Morgan was guilty oil gross neg
lect otdutys Now, SIR, does not the gentlema'
from Cuyaho,ga known that the AUDITOR book
were kept In accordance with the system PIE
scribed by law? Has he never read MIR. hel
ly's report, which have before quoted, IN whlc
he attributes the imperfect manner in wh'c
the public accounts were kept IN That once
defechue Legislation, and not TO The fanit OF ina
officer? The iault was in tn system, and