The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-09-07
WHERE THE TAXES GO.
DEFALCATIONS, EMBEzzLE-
MENT AND PLUMBER.
Wholesale Plumber by Grants Office
holders-A Convincing Array of
Figures.

Washington, Aug. 9lst,-Senator Win
dom, Chairman Of the Senate Committee
on Appropriations, in speech made in
the Senate few days before the adjourn
Of Congress, introduced table prepared
by Assistant Secretary Conant, purport-
ing to show the receipts and disburse-
ments of the government from its organ
ization to June 80, 1875; exhibiting also
the amount of defalcations, and the ratio
of such losses per 81 900 to the aggregate
received and dsbursed, arranged
as nearly as practicable in periods of
administration. In this official state
ment the losses during Grants admins
tration by defalcation, and in other ways,
are set down as follows Total losses in
collection and disbursement Of Revenue
from Customs, and all other sources, Post
Office, War; Navy, Pensions, Indians and
miscellaneous from 1869 to June 80, 1875,
50, S46 1922 This, it is claimed, is fa-
vorable showing, and peoial comparison
is made with the administration of An
drew Johnson, during which it is claim
ed that the total losses were S4, ,6l9, 599,Sl.
Now this official statement, prepared
by Assistant Secretary Conant, is wilful-
ly and deliberately false, and the figures
in it are Cooked" for campaign purpo-
ses, as l shall proceed to showl In Feb
ruary last Senator Davis, Of West Vlr-
ginia, after repeated efforts, succeeded in
having resolution pass the Senate, call
ing on the Secretary of the Treasury for
"a statement of all balances due to the
United States from public offices, and all
such balances due from other parties
mo longer in the service) whose accounts
terminated since 1869" In reply to this
resolution, Secretary Bristow sent to the
Senate, under date of June II, 1875, a vo-
luminous document, in which this infor-
nation in detail was supplied, The Dem
ocratic Senators endeavored to have this !
document printed, but the Republicans
strenuously and successfully resisted
Now, from the official statement,
prepared under the direction of Secretary |
Bristow, | extract the following summa-
ries:
Balance due from pastmas-
ters indebted to the U. S.
whose accounts have ter
minated since 1869, up to
June 10, 1876. ..... S373,3jl "A
Balance from eX-U. S. Mar
shals on account of expen-
ses of courts from 1869
to June 10, 1869. ... 249,26O Oh
Balance due from officers of
courts, on account Of Off
cial emoluments, from '69
to June 49, 1876 ,.,., 5S,067 So
Defalcation of U. S. Attorney
II. B, Swope ...,n 10000 90
Balances due the U.S from
Of Territories ,.,, ~, 1O,708 ..
Balances due from sundry
civil officers, &C., out Of
service since 1869 to June
10, 1876 .,,, e. 265,7 us l2
Balances due from late AS
SCISSORS of Internal Reve-
nue. .,., .,.. 1859 80
Balances due from Collectors
Of Internel Revenue on
their accounts as disburs-
irg agents, from 1869 to
June 10, 1876. ,.. 33,5lS 10
Balances due the U. S. from
to June l9, i876 " -. 69,9O6 "a
Balances due the u S. from
diplomatic and consular
officers, from 1869 to June
10, 1876 80. ... 80. Al ,993 09
Balances due from US. ban
CO,j..,, '' -, .,..~ 18O,178 81
Balances due U. S. on acct
Of Indian services, by Off
GERS out of service, from
1869 to June 10, 1S76..." 1882 04
Balances due U. S. from pen
sion agents out of service,
accruing from 1869 to June
10, 1869 -. ..., ct. 22S, ,S24 so
due U S. from ex-
Collectors of internal reve-
nue. appointed by Pres't
Grant, from 1869 to June r
70, 1876. -. -. e, 2,212,544 20
Balances duet U. S. by ex-
officers of customs since
1869 ,.., ... 1878 81
Balances due U. S. from re-
ceivers Of public moneys,
disbursing agents, survey
ors general, registers of
land offices, &c, from 1869 6
to June 10, 1876. e. 104,636 65
Balances due U. S. by ex-
Commissioners of direct
taxes for the insurrection-
ary States of Arkansas,
Georgia, Louisiana. Missis-
sippi, North Carolina, |
Texas, and Virginia, from
1864 to 1869 -. 02,665 21
Balances due from ex-ofi
GERS of the U. S. Navy and {
others, on the books OF
the Fourth Auditor, from
the year 1869 to June 10,
l876.,., 49,. ..,,. 623,2O8 70 q
Balances due from army Of
fcers out of service, from
1869 to June 10, 1876 -. 784,553 O0
Grand total ,............ .$5,5OO, ,595 SO !
1t will be observed that the amount |
ue from ex.collectors of internal reve-
ue alone, who have been appointed by
President Grant since 1869, namely, 81
1854 20, is nearly equal to the total
Osses sustained from 1869 to June 80, {
S75 according to the statement of AS
istant Secretary Conant. The sums
iven above are defalcations pure aud ,
imple, and do not include the vast sums
tolen in the collection of the internal
evenue, and by smuggling through the
)ustom House. Besides all this, the
mount stolen by the whisky ring alone