The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-04-01
1HE DEFALcATION A6AIN-AN0rHEE
SENATOR HEARD FROM.

published letter rejecting upon the
Board Of Examiners in general and the
Governor in particular With regard to
their Official performances, &C., concern
ing the Treasury defalcstion. This let
ter called out various comments here
and there and it was followed, lately,
BY communication in the Enterprise
from two of the Board-the Governor
not signing. In response to this state
ment, Hon. o. h. Grey, Senator from
Storey county. writes . letter for publ
cation in the White Pine News and it
appears in the last Tuesdays issue Of
that paper. The Communication is in
M. Grey's peculiar, nervous style and
il not little caustic and personal. Al.
luding to the statement contained in the
Examiuers' Standardization, that until
the death Of the late Treasurer, nobody
saspected . defalcation, he says:
More than three years since, Mr.. Attorney
General informed me that in his opinion all
WAS not right with the State Treasurer, and
based his opinion ON the fact that when he
last counted the money he found but 49,
report showed balance Of S1l4, 0O0-the |
Treasurer accounting for $40, 900 as being in |
his personal custody.
This is most serious charge by i'm
Misunderstanding, as it necessarily
does, question Of veracity between the
Attorney General and the Senator.
Proceeding to a further defense With
the Board of Examiners and still with
considerable asperisy, Mr.. Grey states
- follows:
Early in the session of 1859, the subscrib-
er introduced . resolution in the State Senate,
on information obtained Of the Land Office Of
the State, asking for the appointment Of 4
Special Committee, with power to send for
persons and papers, take testimony, employ
IN expert and use such other measures As
would thoroughly investigate the financial
ronditiou OF the State. This was defeated.
through the lobbying of the State officers and
ZION was nearly ended, the Committee ON
state Affairs vas instructed to make an ex- !
lmination. They made eursory inspection q
u the CONTROLLERS books, and reported all ]
ighs-When none of the means to ascertain T
he faets, had been used. This was one more ,
riumph of the State officers over 'corTxpt
ND pvessssing Legislature! 1t was always a
Wandered an absolute usurpation for . legis-
ator to inquire in any manner into the acts of
.entlemen 90 far above them in point of in 4
diligence and character. never knew what A
las. II /
% State Affairs we're, unless to see to it that =
he State officers we're not swindled out Of the
;ght to steal.
Nov whatever of Justification there
nay be in these statements and charges,
hey are presented With altogether too r,
,ueh of chow of i'll temper to be in a
trict consonance with fair discussion y
the matter in hand and if Mr. Grey
TiH reflect upon the full purport of his n
he will discover tina, be has Il
onveyed the ide. that blamewor,hy acts y
ssaeh to the reputation of parties Who o,
ave . right to be exempted from the If
APPLICATION which the wide sweep of his
lnguage conveys. We do not desire, -
J they say in Congress, to interrupt the B
Tread ofthe gentleman's argument, but NJ
0ply to state q point Of order.
We have now heard from two State Al
enatcrs upou this interesting question.
may be that some highly interesting h'
ID important facts may be ELECTED if :; =,
hers will come forward aud tell the
lblie what they know. iB'
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RRy. Joau RaoWx whose soul has be