The daily gazette., 1875-04-28
WILMINGTON, DEL. APnEL2s, ls7n
Is the Executive Honest?

Is the Executive Honest
1t cannot be denied that the Presi-
dent has presented very stubborn
front whenever his acts were called in
question. He has been charged with
being connected with contracts and hav-
ing an interest in various Rings by
which large amounts Of money were ta-
ken from the Treasury. But no expla-
nation has yet been gwen, and all COM
mitttes have avoided investigating the
questions rs if they feared the result Of !
an examination. His conduct in the ,
management of affairs in Louisiana.
| through which he kept Casey and Kel- !
logg in power, present additional evil !
dence of dishonesty. Under the circum-
stances it is hardly possible for his Cab
mot to be of irreproachable integrity. !
Were the President OF that metal OF !
which Jackson or Polk were formed, eve
ry dishonest official would have been |
hurled from position as soon as his want
of integrity was discovered. But this
is not the case with Grant. 1t is impos-
sible for him to be ignorant of the cor
ruption OF the Kellogg crew, and yet he
continues to sustain that infamous
knave in all his basest efforts and he has
just prevented justice being meted out
to Clinton, the rascally Auditor of Lou
isiana.
The Tribune, which is certainly not
| III n.
servatives Of Louisiana, presents fair
statement of this case, ns follows:
"If il was not a distinct bargain il
was at least an informal agreement that
t when the Louisiana Conservatives gave
t in their adhesion to Mr.. Kellogg and
: took the seats assigned to them in the
e State House by Mr.. Wheeler's commit
q tee, there should be something like a
n genuine attempt at reform. The Repub-
= Hcan legislators Were TO turn over " new
! leaf, and MIR. Kellogg and his friends
= were to try, just by way of variety, to
. glvG the people, not perhaps n strictly
n honest State administration all at once,
y but government so moderate in its
n rascality that most men could afford to
l. live under it. The Legislature has ad-
o Journed, and there is some curiosity to
# learn how the promises of the compro.
mise have been kept. Beyond quarrel.
I ing over the retention of four Republi.
can intruders in the lower House, who
~ had neither credentials from the Re
1T turning Board of their own party mol
8. certificates from the Compromise Arbi
~ traitors We do not see that the Legislature
has done any serious work except votins
$4,000 to pay its own expenses.
1t cannot be pretended that the op
IS portumty for reform has not been in its
ne hands. The invitation has actually beer
IT. thrust upon it, What a chance to be-
lc decent and reputable was presented t.
Of the Senate for instance when the Stat,
no Auditor s accounts were overhauled b,
III committee OF his own political friends
Rascahty in handling the public none,
has been one Of the crying offenccs c
IT the Kellogg administration, and here a
as least very gross case OF it seemed to b
te exposed. On comparison of Audito
SIN Clinton balances for January, 1874. an
N, January, 1875, committee of the Hous
reported after three months investiga
ed tlon with the aid Of experts, that ther
oh was q discrepancy of 1913, ,494 in the ger
- ~ eral fund, 5000 in the school funt
'I III SlO7,6Oo i'll the interest tax fund, an
VI. S3O,9l5 Ia the ievee repair and constru,
ald tion fund. But this was not all. 1t wa
TO- known that an immense number ,
by fraudulent Legislative vouchers wei
az outstanding, and in order that the ger
ors uine might be distinguished from til
ing huIG, iaiaG, .ne poVethor called upon III
for examination and approval, declarin
t,o that he would sign no bill appropriatin
'ne money for their payment until this ha
nay been done. The vouchers presented
'el- accordance with this proclamatio
yet amounted to SAL 900, and of these IL
My Auditor approved S27 SOP, rejecting So
nto 99S. But it has now been discovere
ole that while he refused to issue warran'
the for some OF the approved vouchers,
mo did sign warrants, in contempt of q r.
Tho strainlng order OF court, for no less tha
.I,t .h Sl3S,557 rot approved, and these wa
5ht rants were subsequently funded at h
lrst instance by the Funding Board of wbiC
d. " he is a member. Upon this report ii
she House Of REPRESENTATIVES impeach,
ad- him, and passed n Joint resolution su
rise pending him from Office, and auoth
,tly extending the session until Nav IS.
allow time for the trial.
If the Louisiana Republicans had nj
desire to purge and live cleanly he
WAS their opportunity. What has Il
The Senate done? BY a vote in which nea
ing ly every one of the Republican mel
ant bers appears to have ranged himself
can the Auditor side, the joint resoluti
t be OF suspension was postponed" al
who tiell ljlc ISsOluliOu IOr prOlOQRlng I
tho session as defeated and the Legislatu
> -, adjourned sine die. Mr.. Kellogg, we a
at told, was very active in bringing abo
4eg this Illustration of justice. Is it al
nee wonder that the white people of Loui
d OF ana are unanimous in execrating tn,
rulers? Is it any wonder that Northe
an, Republicans who have hoped and lab,
aul' ',' ed to reform their party from the insi
lter- lose heart when they look at the frigl
lhce ful condition TO which Federal NAL. "a
liter ministration has reduced it in the Sout
Ints
rue The venerable Gen Leslie Coon
his docs not seem to soften with age. II
wv recent conversation with reporter
snn aI' The Louisville Courier Journal he fre
his mind in this way: II read the ,
pers, but do not read political articl
n ,1sh have so poor an opinion of Grant Il
n l let all political questions go, beca,
To. he id sure to be mixed up in some W
and with all Of them. l think him the IN
for rep IL loss obstinate