The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15

Der cut without permit on
school lands ...... $685.. ......$ II, $50 IL
him to the State treasurer -. 4,s92 0a
Amount not paid over ....s 6,484 Is
Amount paid to McIlrath for tim
Classified ...... ........... -. Ats 90
Amount of same paid over by
him to the State treasurer -. $40 o.
Amount not paid over s 1856 81
SECOND DISTRICT.
Amount paid to b1cIIrath for tim
Der cut by permit upon school
him to the State treasurer -. s5,6l6 o.
Amount not paid over -. s q, 56e 81
Amount paid to Mcllrath for tim
yersitv lands ...... 80. -. se,5ss 81
him to the State treasurer -. 24,s29 "a
Amount not paid over 80 1868 80
Amount paid to McIlrath for tim
school lands :. :. -. -. 1910 %
Amount of same paid over by
him to State Treasurer $50. la,ls7 81
Amount not paid over ...... 1922 6S
Amount paid to McIIrath for tim
Der cut on State lands not clas-
.gifed. without permit -. -. 1917 96
Amount of same paid over by
him to the State Treasurer -. 1896 81
Amount not paid over ...... 4,28l s.
Amount paid to McIlrath for tim
State and other lands ...... -: 4,l8l u
A him to State treasurer -. -. 5000 90
Amount not paid over $3.50. 4,18l II
Fir First District 49,. ..... 49,. &c, 1872 70
Total amount not paid over IN
Second District =. 54,2O5 SO
Total deficiency 49,. -. $50, 1888 60
! There is credited to Mr. McIlrath on the
books of the State Treasurer, among the
gross amounts paid in by him, without des-
| ignation from where received, the sum of
S. 1913. so in excess Of the amount audited in
above statement That amount should be
taken from the above aggregate deficiency,
making it ST. ,05O.1s.
Our readers will observe that in each
case the money paid was paid to McN-
rath, the man himself, into his own
hands;-not to Butler Comstock.
Hence this $77, O5O.13 was McIlrath's
own private steal. He had already had
his share of Comstock s'hush money
and the probabilities are that he took
the lions share, but, not content with
this, he then filches something out Of
every dollar that passes through his
hands. And to provide for the contin-
gency that some individual payment
might be traced up, he pays IN 1888
SIS in a lump, 50 as to be able to say
that it was handed over to the
State Treasurer therein. He did not
suppose that sweep-net would be
thrown over his whole official career. as
has been done :. :, the committee.
Here are the totals as made up by
the committee
Deficiency in LIST and I'd Lumber
Districts -. 49,. .......... $1,000 10
Amount received for stumpage
onL S. & NJ. R. R. land 1855. 10, 1856 50
Kandiyohi county stnmnape 5l8 "a
Hennepin county stumpage " 1900 w
Making total loss to the State s100,O05 OF
This is money ACTUALLY TRACED INTO
Mc1LRArH's HANDS.
But if We add to this the money
taken by Butler Comstock. as ''hush
money! the money retained by the
lumbermen to pay for keeping secret
their guilty knowledge of the transac-
ton; and the losses sustained by i'm
perfect measurements Of the amount
taken by trespassers, there is no doubt
that the sum total WOULD EXCEED 4
HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
The twcnty-four indictments reach
another point, to-wit that Mcllrath
did not sell the stumpage, where per-
mits were issued, at auction, after ad-
vertisement, and wit b such public no.
tice as would insure competition, and
the highest price for the States prop
erty. Here again was fraud, collision
and robbery.
In short, the depths Of the rascality
are almost fathomless. They will never
be sounded until an Anti-Mon opoly
Legislature takes possession of the Capt.
toll and orders reaching, sweeping
investigation, into the whole business.
To prevent this the Republicans are
now at work. In counties where the
majority of the people are against them,
they are trying to diride the OPPOSE
ton. They will attempt here and there
to s'sneak in Republican member or
two; in other cases they will throw
t. 1eir votes in body for certain other
car. didates and thus establish claims on