The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-02-10

In the Dubuque Herald of the I'd of Feb
ruary, we find an article Of which the follow
ing is portion:
''Whlle, however, we had began to enter
tain the hope that Governor Stone would be
able to show clean skirts in this matter, we
are surprised to learn of another serious
charge which affects him much more serious
ly than the other. II is simply that s29. 900
which has been placed in his hands is unac
counted for, where the law expressly requires
that it shall be accounted for. and that in de-
tail. 4 law of the State has placed in the
hands of the Governor a certain amount Of
money to be used as contingent fund. TO be
expended by him as he thought best-al-
though the fund was created mostly for the
benefit of sick and wounded soldiers The
law authorizing the fund, requires the Gov
ernor to make detailed statement with
to the Legislature. The report of the Audi
tor shows that the Governor has drawn S2g,-
o92 II, but has not as yet accounted for a
dollar of the amount"
To show how utterly los. 10 all appearance
even, of truthfu!ness the Dubuque Herald has
fallsn, we state the following facts In the
General Appropriation bill passed BY the
Legislature of 1864, was the following.
expenses of the Executive Department and
for the relief Of sick and wounded soldiers in
tae service of the United States from this
State, for the term of two years ending Dec
3lst, 1865, the sum Of Ten Thousand Dollars,
which together with Five Thousand Dollars
drawn by the present Executive from the un-
expended appropriation made by Chapter
Fourteen of the Acts of the Ninth General
Assembly, shall be under the absolute control
OF the Governor for the purposes aforesaid
and the further sum OF Ten Thousand Dol
lars. which, together with the Fifteen Thou.
sand Dollars undrawn of the appronriation
made by said Chapter fourteen, shall be un.
der the control OF the Census Board, 10 be
disposed of as follows, to-wii: ]. heHecer the
Fifteen Thousand Dollars herein placed un.
der the control of the Governor shall have
been expended, the Census Board shall make
such allowance ont of the moneys ia their
control as they deem circumstances require,
and the Governor shall report 10 the mex,
regular session of the General Assembly a
full statement of the disbursements Of this
appropriation, with proper vouchers therefor
The whole amount of the contingent fund
thus provided for, was sac, 900, and Of this,
S25,0o0 was placed under the control of the
Census Board. Only $4,000. all told, was
left to the absolute control of the Governor,
and for this fund there are vouchers on file in
the Executive office for every dollar or the
whole amount of the appropriation, only
S26.5o0 was expended, leaving Sl3, 800 un-
drawn, and the facts in relation to the dis
bursement, have been duly reported to the
General Assembly, as required by law Yet
the Herald deliberately proclaims, in effect,
that Gov. Stone is defauiser to the State in
his misappropriation Of this fund to the
amount Of $2s, 900! Is ii any wonder that q
party which sustains such journalistic falsi-
fer as its principal organ. should be uniform.
ly repudiated by the people of the State ?
Register.