Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-23

n BY II, suppose the illustrious name Of Washing
ton Irv Ing would not suffer II say that he stan,
here as deaulter to the amount Of three cents
Z Here is another officer In tho list whom was Ia
strunsntal, among Others, In oommendlng to Il
public service, In which be greatly dstinguishs
D himself. shall hold myself responsible for hi
defaleation, principal and interest In gold.
amounts to one cent I do not suppose that any
body will think that Robert Walsh was an em
bersler or defaulter 10 the Government, and ye
. he Is put down for q small amount Here
nnd an old Colonel whom knew well, who die
In 1854, who 10 marked as q deiaulter for $500.
Mr.. President, I do not wish To impair the credi
Of the great tanking house Of this city, but an
bocnd TO say that corcorsn 4 Riggs stand dowi
here as defendants under this call.
Barring Brothers are down, and, worse than that
the English Government itself 10 put down as
detaulter. AZ have just settled nearly all ou
old difficulties with England and got into new
one, do not wish to see the credit Of that Govern
ment impaired, and for its relief must say tha
marginal note reads; "The Secretary Of Stat
says he has no doubt this was settled long ago.
II occurred In 1913, but II stands on the books Al
over u 200 Of default by the British Government
Mr.. President, l might go over . great many
Illustrations OF the same kind, but have mad,
quite sufficient TO show that, while there are o.
course In the great operations Of the Treasury
many defaulters and many embelzlers, nothing
could be more unjust than to mix them up with
these persons who are marked 10 default in the
Treasury, but who are not defaultcrs n any sense
whatever, and probably do not owe the Govern
ment anything. Certainly Il Is not likely that
corcoran Riggs, Barring Brothers, and the Brit
ish Government owe the Treasury anything.
That is what Senators said IN reg ard
to this document, and yet the table is
printed. They discredit the source,
they deny its truth, they repudiatc its
statements; yet they order its results
to be printed and preserved, and it is
used as q campaign document. They
make campaign speeches upon it. They
quote it as true, and they calculate re-
suits from il. What becomes of polit.
ical fairness if such proceedings as
these are TO be countenanced by the
Senate? What becomes of the verify,
the truthfulness of the record of the
Senate If statements of this kind are
to be printed and filed with our rec
ords TO remain there as official docu-
mcnts from the Treasury Department
The basis of this statement was bad,
the structure unsound, and the results
it produces are utterly and absolutely
unreliable. The statement is incorrect
in every particular; the losses are not
truthfully stated, and necessarily the
conclusions are not correct; and yet
the Senator from Indiana prints the
statement and relies upon it. A leader
OF tho House, dare not refer to what
is said in the House; but in the Record
Of Sunday / find a speech that also
relics upon this and quotes il in e1tenso,
to figure, administration by admins
tration, the ratio of losses fixed by this
most veracious document. II is quoted
by the Republican leader of tho House,
not by him alone, but another promi.
nent Republican gentleman Of the
House in his speech also quotes and
relies on ii.
II Is for US TO test this statement by
known facts, ascertain whether il is
true, discover for ourselves whether it
can be relied upon, learn whether this
is the kind of budget to be given to an
intelligent people, on the eve of great
political contest, by the Senate of the
United States from which the people
are to make up verdict which is to
control their dcstines for four years.
Let us examine it by the tests of the
record lot us examine it by printed
documents; let us test its truth by
that which cannot be gainsaid, and If
We find that not only have Senators
here discreditcd it, but that on its face
it bears falsehood, then the cause that
it attempts 10 serve must be baseless
and bad indeed.
At the outset it may be said that it
is Of course difficult for those who are
in opposition TO obtain the necessary
access to records to get the data on
which to contradict q statement of this
character.
Mr.. Edmunds. What docs the Sem
ator mean by that?
Mr., Wallace. / mean by that that |
we are compelled to grope our way |
through printed records. We go for
data to the Treasury Department, and |
find it occupied with something else
TO other Departments, and printed or
ders intervene and when we 90 TO
the Treasury we cannot get volumi-
nous mass Of documents in time TO serve
our purposes, and yet Senators get il.
do not pretend to say that there is
any willful disposition to refuse infor-
nation, yet say that printed orders
are in the road, that time cannot be
given TO the officials to furnish the doc
nments in time for use on such occa.
sions as this.
Mr.. Edmunds. If the Se- ..or will
allow me, because that is rather a SER
ous implication, / wish TO say for one,
and l feel pretty sure that | am stat
ng tho truth, that no discrimination
whatever is made in tho Treasury, or
my other Department, between Sena-
iors, with regard to their political
nth, or their race or color or what
'vcr, and the Senator can get all the
Information from tho Treasury that
ny honorable friend from Massachu-
'etts, an cx.Seorctary, can, at any time.
Mr.. Wallace. 1 have no doubt that
can rot II. |, will not h. denied but
I will net como in time 70 serve tbe
,urnoso
M Edmunds II wil, como In tho
amo time that IL will for anvbodv else
Mr.. Wallace. The Senator may have
hat opinion, but / am entitled TO mine.
We arc Obliged 10 qrope tbrou oh nrint,
ID data. we arc oblIged IN meet The
that we and ON this nr;nt.
Nj statement in the hest way we can
f we prove lis falsebood in vital noints
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