The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-04-15
THE TREASURY INVESTIGATION

on heHennDmenI ItlAllNo 10 tue meinOl
Of conducting The Treasury DspSHmSn
ofths United SINs 90 lengthy ssIo do
ter perussl BY the casual reader. Blu
while tho intelligence Of the country
can afford 10 ovShook It's details. the
introduction end the conclusions Srfiyed
at should not escape .hsir attention. -
The reporssrs we're Senators EImund'
AMI BackelsW and Representative Hal
Sey' The Joint resolution containing
their instructions WsS passed in eOB4s
qusucs OF an existing suspicion that the
details Of tho Treasury Department 10
lOlng 10 The nstiouAl securities had Gi.
tanned such VGSDsS' ss 10 10 uniulelligi.
bio ADD uDnanSgrsbls. This suspicion.
iSntedleaU to say. Va' stimulated by the
interruptions charges of the SObel Dem,
ocracy during 'hS last osmpsign. To
remoIelbVSe iuspCicns. or. ifshOy we're
co6frnsd, to gather 'uun:fas!S Is would
remsdy the iuegulsrilies, bec.ns g duty
with the CougfeIO. Ths country had q
rgh! through ia Agtnn TO q sight into
the workings Of onS Of ito moSi in poIlsai
departments. The Republican pOhy
would have bssn lSiIhicss to itS mission
bad it stopped Sbor, either Of exposure
Of its agents. 10 cASO Of dsrsiciion, or
thar viudic'lion, in case Of their is.Og
tiiy,
twill be seen, then chat The inseuli.
gatio0S called Tor and msdO, we're into
tho internal and mechanical ansSemsnt
Of the Treasury. ,fbS financial view,
Of tho Secretaries Fero not brouga, IN.
der consideration. Bearing in mind tia,
by reason Oftho war lbs Treasury found
itself in en- emergency no one had contain
plated, 'bAi ii VISA called upoa to perfect
fn'neiGI system Of amazing pr oportiOps,
that 10 execu!ingi! is trust il had not oply
10 call inIo existence the bilions i. dis
burGed, but in doing 60 ESI compelled
10 quOdrupls ils force by unskillsd re-
crafts, and that the .im,s required Q
rapidly OF transact on which really pre-.
vented sniits a:Surocy, however honsst
aud capable every subordin5;e may hay Q
been. some conception may be had of
the Treasury undertaking. Who could
wonder. thSn, at ilight irsguISrilics?
Who would not be sStOni,hOd at ndiug
all things so nearly exact? The report
impartiaIly says:
:. IA 1ih he seem Sssa shat EoIgS-.. !,
this possibility or probability Of error,
loosoness> end 'TGnt of regularity, was
realized; bdt tits believed that no very
extensive Losses have occurred ia conss-
quence, and it is possible. and in soms
Instances perhaps probSbls, that msuy
Of the discrepancies reported are estiIs.
ly innocent ores, arising from irregular
ity in the method and detail, rather than
from positive fraud.
Throughout the whole body Of it moth
ing appears to sustain the most plausible
charges Of freud. Even the great Sellers
discrepancy Tsnishs' under pre,umpt.
ion Of honest intentions. Negligence 10
a clerk here, Sigh! mistake there, and
all owing to hurry aud s1CiLcmSnt, ara
made to account for all the diseord in
tho complicated machinery, We have
seldom seen SO complete vindicaIion
of departmental management, aud uorsr
underNo many ombarrasSmeRR. Tho
reporters arc uuit in their opinions
The sanction Of Nj Ssulsbur, could
scarcely have been expected had hS
hsarkenod to tho PrejudiceO of party
AS it il, his accord gives the opinion oil
the majority double weight anil places
their report beyond c,vil.-Prcs,.
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