The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-03

sclf-government. The whole batch
Of opposition papers and speakers are
holding up a list Of sixteen Grant of-
fice-holdcrs as dcfaulters In various
sums, amounting in al to the alleged
sum of $l,717,5O0. This list having
been analyzed by the indianapolis
Journal compared It with the records
of these several cases--is found to be a
Kangaroo fact-the longest legs be-
hind. We hope our Liberal -Illiberals
will keep this list a-going, as, il this is
the best they can do against the Repub.
lican Administration, the people
honest voters everywhere will see that
finally we have one administration
honest and courageous enough to bring
rascals to justice even though they be
members ofits own party. Now care
fully read this list and note that whore
the defalcations have not been recover
cd or are in process of recovery by
pending suits on bonds, the thieves
have been semitic prison:
i - L. Hodge, Paymaster United
States Army, $4,000. He was Dem
ocrat appointed by Andrew Johnson,
and BY hr the greater part Of the steal
ing was done before Grants election.
He was detected, tried and convicted,
under tAis Adsainissrdtion, and is now
In the Penitentiary. 49,. -, 60,
]. w. Norton, New York, Post Of
fee $ll5,O00. A clerk appointed by
Postmaster, and not by or through ex-
ecutive influence. Horace Greeley is,
one Of his bopdsmen, and is as much
responsible for the defalcation as GEN
eral Grant, who had nothing to do
with his appointment. !, .s.-,-..st
j. F. Bailey, Collector Of Internal
Revenue, $l33O0O. He was q CORES.
pondent Of the New York Tribune, an
intimate and personal friend Of Gree
ley and appointed ON the recommends
ton of Greeley, Fenton and Theodore
Tilton. Bailey has fed the country
and suits are pending against his sure
ties. The whole amount will be made
good. ts i, s.. ,.,f,,, ~
William III. Lawrence, Pension
Agent, New York, I'll, 900; abscond-
~ and suit instituted. ,sa
EsaA4rM MD(Enex. Post Office clerk,
Washington, go ,O0l The real amount
of his defalcation MAss 0nly abOpt $l7,-.
600. He died in IN insane aDyu6m q
short time after his dcfalcation was
discovered. The whole amount has
been wade good by his bondsmen.' IL,
Charles =. Edwins, SEk In Treasury
Department, $500 Convicted and
sentenced to the Penitentiary.
Seth johnson, clerk in Treasury,
$50,00. The amount was $37,97x He
was convicted and is now in the Pcni-
tentiary. o
Fred. A. Mardcn, clerk in the Treas
ury, $I2,000-true amount was &ll.4l3.
He was convicted and is now in the
Penitentiary. fI;f. sJ n
George d. Orner, Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue, Missouri, $lOO, ON-great-
ly exaggerated in amount, but suits are
pending against his snreties, and the
whole amount will be recovered.
John A. Phillips, Deputy Collector,
New York, $30,OOO The whole amount
was made good to the Government by
the Collector. The deputy fed, to
Europe.
M. L. Harris, collector, New York,
*24O,OOO. He was appointed in No
vember, 1866, by Johnson. The Senate
refused to confirm his appointment,
and he went out Of Office March 3, 1867.
two years before Grants Inauguration
as President. Suits were brought by
the administration. Harris is now an
actice supporter Of Greeley. Il
Barton Able, collector of Internal
Revenue Mt st. Louis, $25O,O0O. He
was appointed by johnson in 1866.
and removed by Grant in May. 1869,
two months after his Inauguration. His
stealing was done under Andy johnson
and detected under Grant. Suits Afe
now pending against Able's bondsmen
Able is one of the leading Greeley men
Of st. Louis, and loud-mouthed for
reform.
w. B. Forbes, Pension Agent, Phil
adelphia, $4,000. Was arrested as
soon as the defalcation was discover
ed, and has since paid up the whole
4
w. A. Britton, United States Mar
shall, Arkansas, $l2l,OOO. False in
est0. The Comptroller of the Treasu-
ry, certifies that Mr.. Britton is not and
never was defaulter to the Govern.
ment in any sum whatever.
Marshal s. Low, clerk OF the Boston
Post Office, 10000. Not appointed
BY Grant or known to the Adiministra-
ton. 1t would be as just to hold
Grant responsible for q defaulting Dry
goods clerk or thieving State printer
as for post office clerks. Besides, the
who appoint them are
obliged to make good any detalcation,
SO the Government loses nothing.
- Reed, Postmaster, Jacksonville.
Florida, $4,000. A gross exa9gera.
tion. The total amount of his deficit
was $7Sl SO, for which suit on his bond
ls now pending and the Government
will not lose cent.
We have thus gone through the
whole list not endeavoring to conceal
the truth, but stating the exact facts
1t Is noteworthy that the two largest |
defaulters-Hodge, $45O,OOO, and Able, |
$3.50, OOO-were both appointed bv |
Johnson, both detected under Grant,
the former sent to the Penitentiary,
where he now is, and the latter (who |
was removed two months after Grant |
was inauguratcd) is now shouting for |
Horace Greeley In st. Louis. Further
more, out of the whole list which the |
foots up as 81, III, 500, (some
Of the amounts greatly exaggerated, Yin |
many cases the full amount has been
made good to the Government, and in
The rest, it will be made out of the
bondsmen,so that the Government. will
lose nothing in the end. We do not
deny that some scoundrels have crept
into the Republican party, but it is our
custom to arrest, try, convict and i'm
prison them, AMI not pardon and ap-
point them to office. as Mr.. Hedricks
did with Charles w. Hall. Tho big
gest thieves that have been discovered
under Grant were appointed by Andy
Johnson, and handed down TO us by
that corrupt Democratic Administra-
ton, under which they carried on their
without let or hindrance,
and never would have been detected but
for the election of Grant and Rcpub-
lican. The next time the Sentinel
wants to fire off broadside, it had
better not aim at its friends.
The Colorcd National Liberal Con-
vention which recently met at Louis,
vile was attended by only sixty per-
sons.