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

sponsible bonds. OF these defslca
tons, nine occurred in the Pension
Bureau, three in the Land Office, anC
one in the office of the late disburs
ing clerk. The moral responsibility
OF appointing these delinquents Il
cfiice rests as follows:
| No. of cases. involved
Appointed by Johnson..-.-...-.-9 sl0s.5s7 3
Appointed by Grant.-...............4 l07, 500 v
Out OF nine pension agents who
have defaulted, five were appointed
by johnson, four by Grant. Tbt
three land officers defaulted were al
appointed by johnson, as was also the
Disbursiug Clerk, whose defalcatior
was discovered at the very outset o.
the present administration, and who
was last week convicted and sen
fenced for his crime, which was com.
mitted before this administration
came into office. In every case it fell
to the lot OF the new administration
of the department to expose the
crime Of the offender, and 10 recover
the embezzled money where it could,
and it is exceedingly probable thai
the government will not lose cent
in any Of these cases, so careful has
been their management. 1t should
be added that in these cases, as well
as others, the greater number oi
these defalcatiOns (nine out of the
thirteen) accrued under the last ad.
ministration wholly, and that this ad-
ministration had no part or RESPONSE
bility IN them, save to expose them.
And not only has the Interior De-
partment sought to correct the abuses
OF trust for which its present manage
ment may be legitimstely held re-
sponsible, but it has gone into past
administrations, has prosecuted Wig
orous and unsparing Investigations
into all frauds, and has put under ar
rest and indictment men who have
for five years past fiaunted their cor
rupt gains in the very face Of the
government, of which the Wright
case is notable fact,
THE POsToFFICE DEPARTMENT..
We will now take up the record of
the Postoffice Departments de.
partment which has been as cause
lessly assailed as any in the govern
ment. Some of its bureaus had be.
gan to be looked upon by their former
heads as their personal and; life
property when the new admin istra-
tion made changes. The old occu-
pants packed up their personal prop
erty, and, in one instance, great
deal that was not personal, and, as it
is generally the case with such peo-
Pile, set up in the claim and contract
business. Not faring any better in
the long run than any other agents,
they have, it is known, to some ex-
tent been used by disappointed and
bafiied sharpers in furnishing certain
distorted facts upon which to found
charges. But investigation
of these charges has been cordially
invited, and if the scamps who have
failed to bleed the department do not
sneak beyond the jurisdiction of the
Sergean. at-Arms, there will be some
rich developments.
THE PosToFFICE EEPARTMRNr-GES-
ERAL PosTOFEIcE ACCOUNT.
Since March 4, 1869, suits have
been entered against 105 Postmasters,
who have failed to adjust their SC
counts to the satisfaction of the de-
partment. These cases involve
total of s91, ,738 So, or an average of
less than one thousand dollars each.
The suits are brought to enforce set
llement, which has been deferred ne
elected. or evadsd, for q variety
Of reasons. In most cases it is either
4 want Of diligence in closing the &C
count, or a matter of disputed vouch-
srs or claims which the department
las refused to allow. The moral re-
'pOnsibillty of tie appointment of
.hese deliDquents rests as follows:
Amount |
No. of cases. involved. |
appointed by Johnson.-.....---.S S7,0l4 10
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