The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-27

~ OAA DOAAQe IuGA A4EI n4A a I
large amount Of State funds IN their
hands, concluded to try their hands,
with some of their Democratic friends,
ID gold specializing, which was then
ranging at great highth Ia New
I ork city, and to assist them with |
a healthy margin in these specula-
tons they deposited $133, PSI IA in /
the Democratic Wild Cat Bank of III. I
J. Lyon q Co. of which Co" Mr.
billiard Tickets, one of the Dem
ocratic Sinking Fund Commissioners, |
was the head. But Democratic speeu-
lations on the probable, and By them
hoped fer. destruction of our Govern
ment By the rebellion, proved fall |
ure, and gold rapidly went down and |
the bank of i'll. j. Lyon 81 Co., broke, |
and the Sinking Fund deposit OF
S135. 81 Ia was for a time lost. The
President Of the Sinking Fund Board, !
w. II. Talbot, who had made the |
deposit, fearing personal liability, sue
cseded in securing collaterals from
this broken bank to the amount of
$50, 600. upon which the amount was
afterwards realized By Republican
officials without much material loss.
But the balance OF $50, PSI IA would
have forever been lost to our Common
School Fund had it not been for the
faithful vigilance of our Republican
State officers, who, after six years
litigation and close watching, sue
ceeded Ia May last, through the
energy of our present efficient Auditor
of State, Major j. ID. Evans, at con-
siderable cost, In securing the whole
amount Of principal and Interest; but
no thanks to Democratic officials.
The Democratic Agent of State,
Col. J. q. Walker. elected by the State
Legislature of 1S63-about the time
she military authorities. of our State
commenced arresting Dodd, BoWles,
Milligan, HoTsey, Hefren and other
good Democrats for their little trea-
sonable scheme to assist the Southern
Democrats under JEFF. Davis with the
Knights Of the Golden Circle and
Sons of Liberty-concluded the Uni
ted States was getting too hot and was
not healthy for him; and departed
suddenly for Canada, where so many
other good Democrats went during
the war, and took with him $50, 600
belonging to the State of Indiana, that
he had with him as Agent Of State.
But, By the vigilance of Governor
Morton, the State was saved from
loss. Tho relatives, friends and sure
ties Of Walker paid up his defalca-
tons for fear of extradition. Had all
the Democrats Whe went TO Canada
Dominion would long since have been
overrun and taken from the British.
A. =. Willard, the last Democratic
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nevolent asylums in 1857. aud sent the
unfortunate inmates OF these institu
tons home to their several counties.
because the Democratic Legislature
of that year had adjourned without
making any appropriation for their
support. But after thus disorganizlng
these institutions and causing great
distress and trouble TO their unfoTtu-
nate inmates, and great expense and
trouble to their friends aud the coun-
ties to which they belonged. he found
means to reorganize and reopen these
institutions, at much extra cost, few
months afterwards, without any Leg
islature having met 70 makean apprO-
priatien, thus making an extra cost
and an unnecessary expense to the
State ard people of &C least ono hun
dred thousand dollars.
Captain john M. Lord. a Democrat |
ic Agent of State, elected Ia 1855, was
found, after the expiration of his |
term Of Office. in 1859. accor-
ding to the report Of Norman Eddy, |
Democratic candidate for Secretary OF |
State, to have purloined from the
TO his own use, the sum of SIC, 259 80, 4
and was induced, after some months
delay, to settle this delinquency by
giving his three notes, each for 49,
635, payable to the Treasurer of State
in one. two, and three years, with six
per cent. interest. Another instance
Of Democratic official unfaithfulness
and delinquency.
With the large sinking fund Gre
ated by taxation. the Democratic
party, In control of the State Govern
ment of Indiana, had for the eight
years prior to aud including the year
1858, succeeded in redeeming $751;
$40 of our State bonds. This was
mighty financial operation for the
Democrats, and they would have de-
served credit and the gratitude of the
people. had they kept these bonds re-
deemed and honestly cancelled and
lied them away, as in duty they were
to do by law. But under
The model Democratic administration
Of Gov. Willard, the Democratic
officials were too hungry for money to
shink of this. So. without any legal
tight or authority, these bonds were
lgain put on the market, and accord
ng to the regart of John w. Dodd,
Democratic Auditor of State, of No
rember-1, 1869, sold to defray cur-
eat expenses " and pay interest +"
"a the State debt.
1t was bad enough to reissue and
ell these bonds without legal au-
hority. and thus require the State to
edeem her bonds twice over; but the
most rascally and inexcusable part of
he transaction was the fact that this
'391 SO of State bonds were sold and
iashed but for $267, 10l 81, thus sub
Getting the State to a shave and loss
L 1874. 708 Oh. That sum. By Demo-
ratio fnanciering, went TO the benefit
# Indiana tax payers, oUer the fsft,
IS these bonds have since been re-
ieved by the State, under Republican !
ule. at par. together with all others
wed by the State, amounting to over
10, 5000 and they will stay re-
leemed.
Such are some Of the instances and
TENS of Democratic fnaneiering 10
he affaHs of the State, when last IN
Iower Add all these items together,
nd they aggregate the sum OF So &c. |
81 II. as follows, to wit:
Increase OF State debt under a
Gov. Willard ..........s2 4c39g5 CO
wang land sWtndle ............... 10000 90 i
feorgta land swindle ........ -........ 1850 o 90
;tat stock forgery by DC. Sto-
Ver.. 4-Ut W
)ver issue and embezzlement of
state Trea -ury notes-.....-....-.. 81 90 ,
Useless and fraudulent reprint
ing of old documents .-...--..--.-.- 5000 CO
linking Fund deposit in bank I