The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-04-29
PROOF WANTED

The Hon. John B. Hawley, of this city,
NJ. c.. has not been charged with taking
the salary steal. But his friends are
claiming that he not only never took the
money, but that he turned it over to Uncle
Sam, before he left Washington. The
people want the evidence. They want to
know the date at which he turned it over,
and they want to see copy Of any evi-
denee he may have that he has turned il
over at all. The Sergeant alarms has
been written to-but he fails to respond
The editor of this paper wrote to the
Treasurer of the United States for tht
names of all who had turned over theil
portion of the steal The Treasurer de
clined TO give the names, but gave thu
amount, as follows: $77,757.77. Thii
was on the 10Th of April. The extri
amount voted to each member was 50, 50t
year, including the last two years-les.
the usual mileage, to be deducted from thu
back pay because the mileage for that
term had already been drawn. The bach
pay would probably amount to about 81
500 each, except for the Pacific coast and
far west members, which would be less
Now, mark dates Hawley arrived home
on Saturday the 5th, and on Monday the
It'll, our reporter asked him ii he had
drawn the back pay He replied: No
| declined" He must have left Washing
ton previous to the 4th, as he arrived here
on the 9Th. But, on the 4th, the Wash
ington star published the following list Of
Congressman who had turned over to the
! L. s. Treasurer the amount of the stea
voted to them, viz
W. =, Sprague, Of Ohio.
I c. W. Willard, of Vermont.
G.. T. Hoar, of Massachusetts.
II. W. Corbett, of Oregon.
4 {. L. Merriam, of New \ Ork
Joseph r. Hawley, of Connecticut.
William NJ. Merrick, Of Maryland.
G. c. Este, of Massachusetts,
W. A. Wheeler, of New York
+. Perry, of New York.
W. II. Roberts, Of New York.
T. H. Roberts, of New York
1 c. \. Potter, of New York.
james Monroe, of Ohio.
W II. Epson, of Ohio.
! Vice President Wilson.
7. Van Trump, OF Ohio.
| Here it win be seen, are Il who had
then ton the 4th turned over their share
Now divide S771,757.77 by Il and you have
S4,573.9S and ll-l7ths--or about What
would be the share of each of these seven
teen But, since the 4th, We have seer
reported, the names of Crebs, of Illinois
Cox, of n Y, and Peters, of Me-, as hay
ing turned theirs over-but no John B
Hawley
On the 9TH, Mr.. Hawley said he had de
clined to take his share On the 4th, the
Star published the names of II who haC
turned theirs over to the Treasurer, which
at S4,573.9S and l1-l7ths each, woulC
amount to S77,757.77, and yet, on the
10th the L. S. Treasurer had only re
ceived this amount 1t looks a little hi
as though there was a Niger in the wOot
pile somewhere in regard to our Hawley
and the quicker he furnishes the publ,
with the actual facts as TO whether he ha
turned his share of the steal over TO thu
Treasurer or not,-and if 50, at what dat,
he did it, the better it will probably be fo
his reputation. Aud when he does that i
is suggested that he accompany his state
ment with a pledge that he VIII not tax,
any portion of the steal for the coming
two years He was elected under an i'm
piled pledge to serve for the old salary.