The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-11-29
The Alleged Deficiency Of S3S, 900
Under Republican Rule In West
Virginia.

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Virginia.
Editors lntellIEencer'
The Wheeling Register and other Dem
ocratic organs throughout the State arr
making most audaciuos and persisten
effort to parry the damaging effect Of the
disclosures and arraignment Of the off
Cial delinquenCies Of the present Auditor
and Treasurer contained in the report o
the Committee Of the House Of Delegates
by charging a deficiency Of $Ss,O0O il
the TreSury while the Stale was under
Republican administration. This chargt
Is founded upon \ statement furnished BY
clerk in the Auditors Office, which i
referred to in and accompanies the re-
port Of the Investigating Committee, th'
correctness OF which, however, Is mo-
verified or youched for by the committee
The truth is, | Iapprehend, that the state
ment cannot be verified or avOuChed in
telligently and honestly, and am in
Clined to think that the clerk was either
ignorant Of the facts, or, for the purpOst
above indicated, sought to attract atten
tion to fabricated Republican delinquency
on the principle that anything Is fair il
politics II il accOmplishes It's purpose.
| venture to say that an examination
OF the books in the Auditors office il al
that Is necessary TO dissipate this state.
ment OF the Auditor'sclerk and to show IL
utter falsity. The first item In the state
ment Is sufficient to condemn 1t, It's this
"AmounL Of money in the Treasury (o
West Virginia. on June 20, 1868, Al
shown by tho books in the Auditor,
office, S225,279 49,"
Now, | doubt exceedingly II there was
one cent In the treasury Of West Virginig
on the day given, Certainly there wal
not, unless on that day II was transferred
from the treasury Of Virginia. think /,
probable that the clerk has got hold o.
the books Of the recognized government
OF Virginia, and has taken his "amount'
from them; instead Of getting II from The
books OF West Virginia for, according tC
the official documents, II will be fOunC
that the precise sum named, viz: 1926,
270 SO, was the balance In the treasury o.
Virginia on June 20, 1863, and II will "
recOllected that the books Of the Audi
tors office Of the recognized government
were allowed to remain with the Auditor
OF West Virginia, in order that the latter
might enforce the collection oil delinquent
taxes, make settlements with sheritIs
clerks Of courts, &C., within the counties
comprising the new State.
The Legislature Of the reOrganized
Government, by an act passed February
4, 1868, (Acls lSG2-G3, page G2), appro.
priated the specific sum Of $4,000 tC
the State Of West Virginia when the lat.
ter should be "admitted as one OF the
States OF the United States" and by the
same act there was also appropriated to
the said State Of West Virginia, when
the same shall become one OF the United
States, all balances, not otherwise dppropri.
aicd, that may remain in the Treasrry' oil
Virginia: provided, however, that the
unexpended surplus" Of moneys paid
into the Treasury OF Virginia from the
counties located outside Of West Virginia
after deducting the moneys expended in
such counties, shall remain In the Treas.
ury Of Virginia ~ the property Of the
latter State. This was the only source OF
financial supply to the State OF West
Virginia when II was organized on June
90 lSG9 md none of t6is came into ita
TrenSury mill sfler that dale "
Goycrnor Peirpoint remained In Wheel.
inc for S0me lime niter The organization
OF the new State, and, tho Auditor Of his
Iiildretl E,sG,, ol Wheeling, to nm the
vacancy temnnrarily, with n view IN 40.
curing his valuable services in mnkinv
nm ihe accounts of the reorpanizeI 0oy.
eminent nrcpnrntory TO Ia removal 10
Aiexandrin within iLe State oi Virgirio
On july ID 1868, Mr., Hildreth made hii
report 10 Governor Peitpoint Of the state
nf The finances Of the FeorvnnileI goy.
ernmcnt which renort ns wall aS o1hsr
documents ON the same subject. NAV 6e
spon Lound I'm with the ,IonrhaI ri the
Honso of DcIegnipg of West Virginia In
The year 1868; and from this Il appears
that nm June 20. 1858, there was II The
treasury Of the reorVanized government
tho above balance Of Sgg527O H. II
will be scen that The act Of February
L. 1S63 above ouotcj. did moi cnn.
tSmnlSte the Transfer Of Tho whole nj
ihis hnlance 10 The new State, bni
only Ibalances not otherwise appro.
nr;nted !" nnd exceptinu aiso bv way
IF n nroviSo 'tlhe nexnenJsd s,;rniuc'
of m6neys received from tl,e counties n
Virginia outside Of lie New Stat" Nfter
dpdiictinp Tho amount expendej IN those
rounticS. These we're 10 remain IN ths
treasury of Virginia, and aggregated n
iarpe aim, not nrecisely ascsTtaineJ Al.
ihnI,vh approximoted by Mr.. Ilildreth in
his renort Asn matter of facL ths whols
oi tho aid sim Of S225 279 BS neyer ~ wnS
ironsferrpd In the treasury of West Viz.
vinin. ar TO any officer thereof The
books cannot trIthfully show such trans.
fer, and I venture theydo moi. To veriiy
mia abatement il IA onIy necessarv In reie,
n tho renortS made by ihc Gn1;lnr and
TreHs,rer oi Wpst Virginia IN Tho Ciov.
ernor in January 1854, which arc fonnd
I,o,,nd win the journal Of the IdonSs N
DsIsvotes of thSt ypar These shaw
and they agree In thiS narticulSr nrSc;se.
iv@ihSt the amount received fEom
Virginia VIVA Si76OOO. and M
moFs. md this wSS mt ali RI.
reived nj one time. The tenott NJ ibs
;TrsSsursr Shnws that 500 sG2 II wos ~. ~.
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