The Portland daily press., 1872-05-06
Action Of the Ohio Delegation.

ACbIOh VI UuC OnIV DC1C6 dtlUAs
About balf of the Ohio delegation held
meeting after Mr.. Greeley nomination. The
session was said to be stormy.
The larger number of delegates made speeches
and some of them were denuncatory and ex-
citing, while others counselled moderation and
consideration. Among the most prominent
were Judge Hoadley, who was one of the COM
mittee ON Resolutions He said that Judge
Stanley Matthews, the temporary President,
John w. John, as well as himself, had left the
Convention in disgust. 30
Judge Sloan said he had been originally an
Adams man, but there was evidence that
Greeley and his friends had practiced fraud
upon the Convention, and until he had such
evidence he should adhere to the nomination.
He believed that it was for the interests of the
country that there should be complete change
in the administration of the Government. He
counselled them to be calm and conSlderate,
and to act deliberately like men. .
Judge Brnkerhoff said he would not be made
a victim of choice between two evils. Men
came to the Convention from New York and
Pennsylvania who were as much intruders
the Devil was when he intruded himself among
the sons of men, They came and Outwitted
and outnumbered them. He did not belong to
anybody now. He was not yet willing to say
he wouldn't vote for Grant but he shouldn't
vote for Greeley. & H
Gen. Jack Easement asked if they were not
all pleased with the platform Other MEM
bers answered yes, yes. He further inquired If
Greeley was not an honest man? What more
';s &c , s nau beh;ud
him. He was going to stick by the nomination.
Gen. Burnett said he now felt discouraged
and disheartened. He didn't think civil ser
vice reform had anything to hope for from the
nanas u sucn nlen- Iieeley was IN a1ess, pro,
g,essise s.nt tpeiai II LiiS yee nc a e
II:n ~ a, ~ au ~ u; NJ WI
is pon.lca irisnas anu assooaSes ~ NC
many corruption Though he deeply erieyed
at the result to-day, he Thought they ought to
MAINTAIN tneir own organizauon Ior ia lure
MIGHT Mich ranen mo' ''Ao N'' p p '''' '
Col Parrot said there never was more
shameless trade made by men than that made
oy Gia Ed DroWn IN tne Gonve i N1a ....
GU. Eye say d anu as'e was
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a,har 90 tI,a Stnt . nis S,;.tao
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Ndl' Hn 1n Vi Ooialnoia4a came 20 tne ae
coe VI sno ~, ~ sau .lisaI oise.ey
was among el,e nrst 70 ngne Iammany, wheie,
IMo vi te,s1S . alose' saying ne uiu
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Judge Hoadley again got the moor, charging
that Iainmany mad trumphed he SAID ne
SAID he would defeat Greeley and Brown II ne
had TO vote Tor Grant to do It, lie was no
offlce-seeker, but was after men to punch them
before they got their hands in the public treas
ury; but he was not in favor of abandoning
their organization. He said they should remain
together, maintaining their organization until
the time should arrive when their principles
could prevail sE PC
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II coiipiiaince Win tne request Oh MI. Dawess
the Secretary of War has furnished the fol-
lowing statement which c9nclusiyely refutes
ond le,,art,,uo,,s H. &c. ,.o...4.a
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hepresehtatr'e BECK; ~ wEsrrrwg s9As
WAR DEPARTMENT, April 90 d
DEAR SIR: 1 send herewith, in accordance
with your verbal request of to-day, statement
in regard to tho amounts received and disburs-
ed by this Department on account of the ap-
preparation for ordnal ce, ordnance stores, &C.,
Mr.. Beck, in his speech in the House of Repre-
sentatives, On Saturday last, remarks: "Dur-
ing the last fiscal year. in defiance of that law,
(act of July IL 1901 the War Department, as
is shown by the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, expended $s,0O0,O00 in excess of the
appropriations, and sold arms to the French to
make good the deficiency; and the proceeds of
these arms are now deposited in the Treasury
70 Tile circuit Oh tnaG OeParIinent, suDJecI 10 De
drawn out by 1t. MI. Beck is IN error at all
points In the first place, the War Depart
ment did not expend any sum in excess OF APP
preparations made by law and, therefore, 1t
had no denciency 70 make good. In the sec
ono place, 1t dld not sell arms to make good the
deficiency. In the third place, when ordnance
and ordnance stores &c, are sold, the proceeds
must De pald INTO tne treasury 70 the credlt
OF the approprlaton mage o. specincal,y lor oru-
nance, ORDNANCE e stores, &C, anu c9uad NOT 1e
uTdWu except IOT EXPENSES IOr OTuLlaIlCc, Oru-
nance stores &c, alone. lnereIore, even II
tnere were aenGlency OF oveI1ekpenGitture on
o.ner accounts .he money 70 I .ne creuls 81 G.a
,,aIce s.GieS ec ooulo noe any po;sipn.y'
and this rule applies to al appropriations. All
y n y; DC aSsa Tue sPecni purpose loa
,ntI, n1 & anu e % f snS
Iourtn place, the pIoceeas Oh the safes reierred
20 aie no. mo uep9sl.ea II. .me 70 'he
Jro',,', u eho a ttnd LII n.y. epo. W NC
Drawn OUT Dy II, as stated Dy MI. BECK DuC, on