The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-15
HOW IT WAS DONE.

The ntod,ts operandi by which, under
the Radical administration, the moneys
in the hands Of the tax collectors were
employed by the Governors, Kellogg
and Warmoth, is family Swallowed
forth In the revelations Of Ed. Fulton,
the ex-tax collector. just brought back
from California. These tax collectors
received the taxes, in certain proper
tions. In money aud in warrants, with
this money they bought warrants ct
discounts, and through the Cover
nors managed to pay them in at par,
thereby making large profits for
themselves, perhaps, but which a
suspicious world has always be-
Iieved were divided with the Cover
nor. Then, when the chiefs Of the
party-the Head Chief was always
the Governor-were in present need Of
money-always, of course, for party
purposes, he sends some old or new
warrants to the tax collector, and
made him exchange them into
current funds. 1t would be the greatest
scandal to insinuate that Warmoth,
kellogg and Vests suddenly acquired
large fortunes were swelled by these
large and constant pactolian streams.
The late archive embezzler and ex-
Auditor, who IL now enjoying the lux
uries OF his golden yacht In Mobile
Bay; during the whole administration
of Kellogg was the trusted mandatory
and manipulatof in these transactions.
When Kellogg wanted money, no had
only to have warrant issued and direct
his secretary to go around to johnson
and get 1t cashed, and the money was
handed over and the warrant stood for
it.
We remember little illustration Of
this which may have passed from the
memories of some of our readers.
When an appeal was made, in 1873.
for subscriptions for the relief OF the
sufferers from the terrible epidemic Of
that season, Kellogg, then enjoying his
comfort and grandeur at the Fifth
Avenue, New York, sent q telegram,
to his private Secretary to fill
up blank warrant on the
contingent fund for one thousand dol
lars and to take the warrants to John
son, get 1t cashed and hand the money
over to the committee for the Shreve-
port sufferers and then tell the newspa-
pers. We do not refer to this incident
to revive the discussion respecting the
morality OF this transaction. That has
already been sufficiently handled. But
we refer to 1t to illustrate the manner
in which this Office was run and this
corrupt business conducted.
Fulton promises to give fur ther illus
trations. According to the Times inter
view, Mr.. Packard was quite as great
an adept in this business as Kellogg.
It appears that he, too, required
Fulton to cash the warrants is-
sued by his government, under an
obviously illegal act Of his bogus Legis-
lature. Fulton would not do 1t until
the Treasurer assured him that the war
rants would be received for taxes, even
If the Nichols government should be
installed, as he (he Teasurer) had two
years OF his term to serve. Ii this state
ment of Fulton be true, Messrs. Pack
ard and Dubuclet have need to explain
their connection with this exchange Of
worthless warrants for the good money
paid to the tax collector by the people.
There has been a grand larceny In
this Office, and some one ought to be
held to account for it, where 80 many
are 30 clearly indicated as having
shared the "loot."