Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-06
The Gity Ereasurer-isis Aduiinistra
tiUn Of His D.Itigs.

T. ~ L-.iJe ~ ths Commercial.
As tie fa.,:t and r.. - E-i, have both
made attAe4s uaoa C.fy Treasurer Vincent, i.
may no: lie Cd. ef the way to state what Is
known TO every e.czsA IN any wy connected
with pubic AFFAIR.".
That the business of the Treasurer o;iiee Lad
increased &c Einth that tAe late Treasurer Lad 10
employ an Assistant. u vnom he T@a 52eQ
year more tAau LIE received himself.
That fo- several mouths before Mr.. Vincent
entered the Ireasurers oa9e, two a--!staAts
were employed besides the lata Treasurer Sz
Iessrs Woolley aud Iho;ns..
That the Treasurer foaai them there (vAeu
lie entered by authority ct C1t.ncll.
That months before lie fool h.- scat S.
Treasurer. these gentlemen. II inpauy with
Mr.. Capby had visited tile t Ierei.t cities 10 de-
wise system Of bookkeeping the Necessity Of
which was evident, s. under the old system
there was an alleged defa.eAtion. THAI Mr.
Woolley the gentleman who pr.nc pa!.y III
stitated i, reported 10 the Finance Committee
that II was impossible fot any ene man uud, r
tina, system 10 perform the dunes Of lie Treas
ureF- Office.
That this system doubled tie lsbor
That knowing th.s. the Council dll sway With
the two assistants who were II the off = when
Treasurer Vincent entered SAT- vino were en-
gagged il performing precisely the same duties
before he eule1et a. the! we!e sfterwa:j,l AID
gave him one
Taat therefore III the T.essurers c:s.e there
is oi.s less n3r slsa5y gei ''la asrs caS t,i.a
te entered /.
That this was born known 70 ,he editors q
the GIset.e sad kc-fg Ee-au41 tu- that they
T1lfully nllss:Ake. a- great MANY political pa
per- do FOR polucAl effect.
That the business Of the Treasurer atiee had
~: been done by one person FOR more than g
year before Mr.. Vincent VS. elected.
That since lie tqzi iiS s. r Is las .F .7tt.
| .'.2H sotti,f II. - l4s0ttsS,
Ta2. fsJn Jane. IS7i 70 Jl4e. Is. tAeye wA=
double tie business doGe IN it--double the
| n n1uey Received sni pad out-tL4. there VS.
| from June, l-73, t. ja4e, ls74.
| IAst the Treasurer il one y-a! has sold shout;
| i've times the amount any Treasurer ever so.d
| before il the same time.
That no private Establishment in tAis tl:y does
near the snoun- cf business tina: tae Civ I.=sS-
urer does with the sale force.
That every dollar + No. only recsip "a .o7 but
| in many instances llp.ics.o receipts are gwen
| and that the new -y-tel, IN some INSTANCES for
| the same amonut u business has Increased the
| labor Of the Office ten fold.
| That the business OF the TreasGrers OH =,
| Ike that Of every other o,a1e. increases - TO
city increases, and that il every oilse il tie
| city the number Of people has been doubled IL
most instances treblea, ana in sona instances .
| times the force Is employed there w&= before
for instance in the poe, ot.ice.
That the Treasurer no- only fully understands
| book keeping, but he invented system Of book
keeping that people came distance t. learn,
and that though keeping llree Il ti.Iai accounts
| il his own business lie never had a dispute with
single person a. 10 the correctness u his ac-
count and never hai SUIT before any Cour,
| great or little where the correctness OF his I'LL
was disputed.
| That the charges sgaius, the Treasurer are
| simply fal-ehoods Of the editor Of Et4,y Ere
| nlpg and taken mp BY the Gaztt., and what
every person who docs business with the Tres
| surer knows.
| That the editor Of Erers Ere1,iag knowingly
and perslstently sdheres to these falsehoods.
and gives them currency. knowing that the Trea-
surer being paoLc officer Will not take notice
OF them.
That this is done out of mere persona g,altg-
nifty.