New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-09
No MONEY vIs,ppLIrD n NEBRASKA.
No WUNF1 NINAFTLILU N NIbI-f'NN'
A LETTER FROM GIN. BRlSBIN IN Defense OF HE
ETfIrF SOCIETY.
To me Edftor Of Ths Trtbunt.


To me Editor Of The Trtbhnr.
SIR: Your tier with nclosure from Crcery was
rcad 10 ne to-day by fzra Willard. President of tho
Omaha National Bank and member Of the Ne
braska Stltc Ala and Relief Society. Gen. ORD Is
away at Washington or ! you'd ask him to call the
Executive Committee of which he - Chairman, to-
Qcther and send You an official reply 10Y Hauh-
ders will write to you, and in the mean time take
the liberty Of assuring yOu that there IA no cause lor
uncasircss about the proper disposition OF the sup
niles sent to the Nebraska Stat Aid and Relief Socl
ETY.. know every member Of the Society, and every
one Of them may he implicitly trusted. Gen. ora Is
President of the Executive Committee that handles
ell the money and buys all the supplies. The Sec
retary Lieut.. Trent, is an army oilicer' ana lor
long time has been an acting QuaTtcrmaster IN
charge of Government funds. Cen Ora hiHSeh
signs Ill bills and orders all payment OF money out
of the treasury. All supplies are bought on BIDS ad-
verlscd for and every care IS taken to get as mug"
-four. meat. &C., for the money as possible
Ever since the Aid Society was organized a set OF
Nebraska scamps have harassed it, They appneu
10 be made collecting agents, ard when the Society
rcusod to allow them TO go abroad and steal from
the generous they got in rage. and some OF them
went any way Tho Society vigorously followed
Them M and whenever they heard OF any OF these
unauthorized agents they told the people not TO trust
them Most Of them in revenge denounced the society
"a \ set Of scamps. Through the vigilance Of the
Fvocutive Aid Committee little has been stolen by
boeus collectors on account Of Nebraska, but the
Kansas Committee has not Jared SO WELL many
rogucs being now ont and collecting for Kansas
am told At the beginning the Society asked me 10
become their solicitor and / did so. nave raised
over s9Oc0O aud placed it in the hands OF the Exec
ntive Committee. OF course | would not nave uohe
co If tley had not been perfectly trustworthy Gen'
Ord, name ia no doubt enough TO satisfy you, Dut
boro in Nebraska people would soon dstrnst Cen
O~1 m tLcy would Ezra Mard Gov. Saunders,
Herman Kountz, and other members Of the EXecu-
tive Committee II is all fudge abont the note
business. Not dollar Of anybodys money was ever
lent on notes by the Society. A fellow named
IIutchison went on to Indianapolis and dld Just
what Cr,crv tried to do in New-York We had
local committee. composed of members of the Board
of Trade and Uutclisoa went before them and
made COMPLAINT that the Nebraska Aid Society
was not honest. At the suggestion Of the Society
the Board Of Trade sent out Mt norris 10 lIVeSI.-
gate tho whole matter and to report to the Board
inclo3e Mr. Morris's report, and you viii ma IL
almost n complete answer to Mr.. Creerys charges
Tl,now not what moro / can say The secretary
If fine Aid Society will send you the statistics ana
rcDorts Of the Society, giving an account In items OF
all tine receipts and expenditures We all feel that
vour mind must be set Mt rest at any labor or cost
Yon have done so much for our poor Western people
that we would not for the world have you suspect
for one moment that your efforts were misapplled
or unappreciatcd. JAMES T. BRIsBS l. s. Army
OnaLa, Neb, Jan. 49, 1875.