The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-02-09

COURTS. lHslO 9i 4il.s73 05 59i. .3Ss 9
If this comparison was pushed int
all the other branches over which
the Department OF Justice now exer
cises control, it would hold good il
the same ratio. In some respects
particularly those concerning the
prosecutions OF public officials, il
would be even more striking.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT - CUSTOM:
DUTIES.
Let us now go into the Customs
Bureau, and look at the integrity Of
the officials there, as affected by the
question of embezzlement and defal
cation. Since the 4th OF March
1869, there have been brought
against Collectors and other officers
OF customs and their deputies, fifteeI
suits, civil and criminal, involving
S75, ,l3S 62. OF this amount, $34,.
900 only is in the nature of defalca.
tions, and that by Collectors depu.
ties. OF the remainder, there has
been paid in settlement of accounts
s10,732 81, and judgment obtained
for SO, 500 IA more. Now, in these
fifteen cases the moral responsibility
of appointing these delinquents rests
as follows:
Appointed by Buchanan-.........l s 5,l56 81
Appointed by Lincoln...........-4 1873 n
Appointed by Johnson .......-..-.-s 3i,s2I /,
nn Tell ~
In the case OF one Lincoln appoint
ment, one Buchanan appointment,
and three johnson appointments
judgment has been obtained amount.
ing to $50,732 81, and paid in full.
In every case the suit has been
brought, or the judgment obtained,
by the law officers of this admlnistra-
ton, and in the three cases of actual
embezzlement, those of Deputy Col
lectors Bowerman and Wilson, st
Baltimore, and Wellman, at Savan-
nah, the two former are in the Peni-
tentiary, and the latter is under in
dictment for trial. If it be said that
not i'm this direction ale the corrup.
tiOns in the customs service to be
looked for, / reply that / am dealing
with the one point only of the official
integrity OF the administration ap.
pointments, and that the administra-
tion stands pledged by its action in
other departments to attempt the
reformations of the abuses of the
customs service, as existing in the
several custom houses, which no ad-
ministration has ever yet succeeded
in eradicating.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT - UNITED
STATES TRKAsURER's OFFICE
Next we will take the office of the
United States Treasurer--not in the
nature Of q comparison with other
years, for it has been under one head
for eleven years past-but in the ma
ture OF contrast of its almost in
comprehensive amount Of business,
with the per centage OF losses from
the crime of embezzlement or defal-
cation on the part OF the Treasurer's
employees. do this because Gen.
Spinner is tried and faithful officer,
steadfast Republican, and because
his administration shows results in
this respect believed to be without q
parallel in the history of financial
transactions. The following table
shows the aggregate yearly cash
transactions OF his office for period
of eleven years, Six months, and nine
days--from the S0th of June, 1860,
to the 9th day of January, 1872.
This is simply the amount of cash and
drats-or, in other words, actual
money-exposed TO the cupidity and
and dishonesty of several hundred
employes-and in no wise includes
the large amount of bonds and se-
curities deposited in the Treasury as
trust funds. These amounts are the
"clearings" Of the Treasury office for
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