The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1867-02-02
SECRETARY HOWLETT.

i Office of Secretary Of the Ierrltory OF 10anO,
1 since about the FIRST organization of the'Ter-
ritorial government. Since the Ascending
of ellison be has become Secretary himself.
During his employment in the office there
has been-so Secretary McCulloch says-a
total of $4,000 forwarded from the United
States Treasury to the Territorial Secretaries
of Idaho. OF this amount, only about S2O,-
600 is accounted for. The matter requires
investigation, and the Legislature just closed
very wisely aud properly appointed Com
missioner to proceed to Washington, charged
with the express duty of investigating the
financial affairs of the Territory. In order
to render more complete the investigation of
the matter, the Legislature also appointed
Committee of its own members to examine
into the accounts of the Territorial Secre-
tary. There was no intention to reflect upon
/ the present Secretary when this bill passed,
as it was believed that the great losses sus-
tanned by the Territory, ands the fragrant
wrongs perpetrated, were due to former Sec
retaries. Indeed, it was given as one of the
chief reasons why the investigation should
be prosecuted that, unless it were by such
means really gascertained which of the former
Secretaries had proven corrupt, some of the
odium might fasten to the present Secretary,
and therefore, doubtless, it would be well
coined by Secretary Hewlett, inasnuch as it
would enable him 10 prove himself innocent
of any of the cuIpability which really did
belong to the office he succeeded to. It was
in this spirit that the bill passed. Now, let
us mark in what spirit Secretary Hewlett
received it: He refused to recognize the In
vestigating Committee of the Legislature, and
denied their authority to examine into his
office and the bad old fool actually put HIM
self under the charge of U S. Marshal AlVord
during all the time the Committee sat, to save
himself from arrest feared by him, but not
contemplated by the Committee. This
action on his part, in connection with some
facts which became known few days before
the Legislature adjourned, caused the Com
mittee and many others to believe that How
lett himself was corrupt. The sequel has
proved the correctness Of these suspicious.
Had Hewlett been an honest officer or an
honorable man, he would have courted the
Investigation. He is neither. Now to prove
this strong expression:
Hewlett made oath that he had received a
telegram from Secretary McGulloch on GER
tain day, ordering him not to pay the mem
bers of the Legislature until further orders,
on account of their having refused to take
the oath of allegiance. There are but two
ways for letters, kilograms, or other COM
munications from distance to reach Boise
City-the Express and the mail. We happen
to know that no letter or dispatch OF any kind
came to Secretary Hewlett on the day that he
positively swore dispatch did come TO him.
by Express or mail. This convicts him oil
perjury. Secretary Hewlett exhibited dis
patch purporting to come from Secretary Nc
Culloch, in substance as above stated. He
received no such dispatch. Hence he must
have forged the paper be exhibited. Again,
on the 18th ult. be declared it to be his inten-
ton to appropriate the $4,000 placed to his
credit (subiect to his draft) by the Govern
ment to the demands of the then present
Legislature provided he should receive no
instructions from Washington commanding
hi m to do otherwise, and stated that be did
not expect any such instructions. In the
face of this, on the last day of the session,
he pretended that he had received, agreeably
to expectation, dispatch ordering him not
to pay any money to the Legislature. Thus,
to the character of perjurer and of forger, he
adds that of the wilful liar.
Secretary Hewlett made oath that he re-
ceived the dispatch in question on certain
day. The day before THAT DAY certain gen.
.tleman, in Howlett's confidence, told certain
member of the Legislature that such a dis
patch would be shown by Hewlett the day
AFTER the session closed, and the language
Of the bogus dispatch subsequently shown
by Hewlett was identical with the language
repeated by the gentleman referred to on that
ccasion. This proves it to have been a
bogus dispatch. ~ IL
Again, to show Howletts disregard Of
truth He solemDly declared that he knew
nothing of the calling out of the soldiers on
the day of the great excitementin Boise City, |
over bis refusal to pay the members. Mar
sbal Alvord declared that the soldiers came
expressly upon the call of Secretary Hewlett. |
But what need to pursue this matterfurther,
now2 We have shown Hewlett to be per-
jurer, forger, a silly, absurd liar. The In
vestigating Committee or Commissioner Street
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