The Republican journal., 1876-06-01


airy of 81 800 liz currency, and takes clerkship
in the office of the State Treasurer at ST 800 in
State warrants, worth 70 or so cents on Il dollar |
This he could well afford because he handled |
the funds of the State, and if he cashed his own
warrants, he makes near Y $4,000 per annum !
on that, and there is nothing to prevent it., eX
cept his own honesty. There has been much
complaint of this, yet it is persisted in to this
day. But the TreaSurel's Office is to change
hands, since the special election to fill vacancy
and his office as State Prntesis about to expire.
Bnd now he wants 10 he postmaster at Nicks
burg. I regret to add that he is 50 degraded
that the charge Of corruption and bribery is
no offense to him, and it comes from various
sources.
Morgan, who il Shcriit Of I,zoo County, has
been ia refugee from his county, chairman OF
the late State Convention, hnd husband of !,
very respectable colored woman, who. when a
state ,i Senator offered IN writing to sell his vote
for - 900 and Raymond refused to pay it. say
ing he had already paid him $500, aud that was
enough for that vote.
A. T. Howe, eX-County Treasurer and eX-
member of Congress, who took from the treas
ury of Pamela County, through an ignorant
colored Board of Supervisors and now unlaw-
fully retains the sum of s., 1857 Il have GER
tilted transcript of the record.) and which he
does not deny, but refuses to pay. This in brief
is small part of the record OF three of the Gov
ernor's confidential advisers, friends, and coull-
ciors and he must have known their character
all the while.
This, be it remembered, is not Demo-
cratic SANDER, but the voluntary stale
ment Of a man sufficiently prominent i'll
the party TO be Attorney General OF the
State, and is but a portion Of a two col
umn letter filled with like Statements
The shocking betrayal and robbery Of
the poor colored men who entrusted their
small savings to the Freedman's Bauk, is
another case in point. The officials We're
all leading friends and supporters Of the
administration. The report Of the inves-
tigating committee, just made public,
charges fraud and forgery upon the man
ayers. We make some extracts
1t is the opinion of the committee that Henry
D. Cooke, Lewis Clephane, I!ailet kibourn
and John o. Evans should be indicted, tried
and punished to the extent of the law Tor plac-
ing with the bank S95 900 of worthless second
mortgage bonds of the Mary land Frccstono
Mining and Manufacturing Company, whist
those who are pecCniariiy responsible should
De SucQ LOT lHe recovery Oh inc money or GOOD
securities issued in exchange for these bonds.
This was the celebrated Seneca sandstone tram
sactlon.
In another case, A. c. Bradley ana The pres
ident. }. w. Alvord We're parties TO Il pretend-
ed transfer of property held by the bank Il, Sc
curiy for debt Of som: $4,000 and accrued
interest, whereby the bank received y lot OF
| notes given By Bradley and payable one. two,
three, four and i've years after DATE whilst
Bradiey's principal, A. II. Shepherd entered
at once into the enjoyment Of an annual income
of $4,000 from the rent OF the property to the
pos-otfice department. The contract OF lease
was made between Bradley and the depart
mcnt, ten days before he obtained Il transfer of
the property from the officers of the bank.
There We're also great many small >pecula-
tions by which the bank was drained of its
funds. The books are mutilatcd and dcfaced-
leaves cut out in some places and firmly pasted
together in others-Without proper indexes to
guide and direct the searcher in their hidden
my Notwithstanding i'll false entries and false
| balances, and altogether exhibiting a labyrinth
of winding aid ncver-endng perpleXitv ami
contradictions. That such things could have
occurred and been permitted to continue year
after year without purpose inconsistent with
official integrity, or correct business practices,
Is Incredible. Add to all this forgery, as in
the case of Boston, teller Of the Washington
branch, and the way the ircc.iincn's money
went is not difficult of comprehension.
1t cannot be denied successfully that
there has something more than q faint
of suspicion chung about the Chief Exec
utiye for years. Mcdonald, now in prison
for whiskey frauds. was the Presidents
boon companion. Babcock who was tried
for completely, and barely escaped by aid
of The Presidential deposition, vas the
confidential private secretary of Gen.
Grant. Every man, accused or convicted
of Il part in the frauds, was his political
friend, Supporter and admirer.
1t is a significant fact, in this cunnec-
ton, that the evidence on which the whis-
key ring was broken and its members
brought to justice, WAS obtained by de-
tectives employed outside the regular gov
ernment force. ! here was always found
to be a mysterious control that prevented
the latter from getting at the facts, or
from reporting what thcy did get at.
Secretary Bristow is to-day cordially hated
by the party, from the President down,
on account Of his part in that matter
They wait only for a convenient oppor-
tunity to make him feel their djspIeasure,
and receive the punishment visited on
Sumner and his associates
The difficulty in obtaining proofs OF
frauds, even when their existence is note
rious, is well known. The parties are
bound 10 secrecy by tLa strong bond Of
common interest. 1t was only through
the accident of 4 personal quarrel that the
evidence which disgraced Belknap was
furnished Men grow suddenly and mys-
terously rich, and the air is thick with
rumors of fraud and beliefs in its exist
ence; while the evidence sufficient to le-
gally convict is beyond the power OF man
to gather Fortunately the great verdict
Of the people is not hampered by the
technicalties of legal rules.
One Of the strongest arraignments Of
the prevailing corruption that has been
made, as well as an eloquent appeal for
reform, is that made by Republican
member of the Belknap impeachment
managers, Hon. Mr. IIoar Of Massachu-
sets. before the bar of the Senate He
said
my own public life has been a brief and III
significant one, extending little beyond the du-
ration of single term of senatorial office, but |
in that brief period have seen five judges of a !
high court of the United States driven from Of |
flee by threats of impeachment for corruption |
or INSTRUMENTATION. | have heard the taunt
from friendliest lips, that when the United |
States presented herself in the East to take |
part with the civilized world in generous com
petition in the arts Of life, the only product of
her institutions in which She surpassed all |
others beyond question was her corruption. | |
have seen in the State in the Union foremost in
power and wealth four judges of her courts
impeached for corruption, and the political adj
ministration Of her chief city become IL disgrace |
and Il by-word throughout the world. l have
seen the chairman of the Committee ON Mill |