Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-09-05

ter in earnest, and churches, citizens
and organizations of all kinds are
contributing literally. Let the good
work go on, and everything be done
that can be to mitigate the suffering
and relieve the distress and want In
the fever stricken cities.
Democratic Defalcations in PennsylYa.
mia, Missouri, and Ohio.
When Mr.. Noyes, Democratic State
Treasurer of Pennsylvania, was cleo
ted last year it was claimed that "his
election would lead to the disclosure
Of gross mismanagement of the State
finances on the part Of the Republi-
cans" As no report OF Irregularities
bad been made, as promised, his at
tention was recently called to the
matter, in not very polite way, by
Democratic county committee. Had
the committee known the reason Of
delay they would not have been so
anxious for the report. But Mr..
Noyes yielded, reluctantly, to the de-
mand, and the result is "the most
complete vindication OF the Republi-
can officials that was ever received
by any party" But this is not all.
The discovery was made, and reluc-
family divulged, of an over-issue OF
State bonds to the amount OF $780,
600 during the official term of John
M. Bickel, ex-Democratic State
Treasurer, now residing in Philadel-
phia. Nor is this all:
Mr.. BickePs bonds are missingl
The Huntingdon Pa.) Journal, Au-
gust 80, says: -
"Not only have 100000 Of State
bonds passed mysteriously and un-
accountably into the hands of private
parties, but the official bond OF the
State Treasurer during whose term
the loss occurred is also missing"
The Harrisburg Telegraph states
the result of the search of the MISS
ing bonds as folIows:n aela-aa $3.50 .
There seems to be no room for
doubt but that the bond given by
State Treasurer Bickel in 1852 and
1858 has been stolen from the pack
ages containing the bonds filed by
State officials in those years. The
search for the bond was concluded
on Saturday. every package OF bonds
from 1900 down to the present date
having been carefully gone over by a
competent clerk In the State Depart
ment, but no trace of the missing
bond was found. Mr.. Bickel's bonds
for 1850 and 1851 are there with the
bonds OF others for the same years,
but while the package OF bonds fol-
1852 and 1853 contains all the bonds
Of the State officers for these years
the bond of Mr.. Bickel is missing
It has gone where the woodbine twi.
meth, and all further search forit has
ceased" .a. t8.l fs erer
Mr.. Noyes was elected, says the
Journal, for the purpose of disclosing
the short comings and dishonesty o.
his Republican predecessors, but IL
this respect his promises have MOI
been fulfilled, He has given his par
ty an exposure of a Democratic de.
falcation, feeling obliged, no doubt
to discover some wrong doing. ever
If it should be in his own party. AnC
now they are mad at him. Has hi
not shown his incompetency by fail
ing to find any Republican crooked
ness and by not overlooking Bickel's
transactions as flnancierl Accor
ding to the Democratic views, he has
In st. Louis, Mo-, disclosures have
just been made Of financial misman
agementr on the part OF the Demo
cratic State Treasurer, Gates, involv
ing loss to the State amounting to
half million dollars, while TIT
! Treasurer's bonds are pronounced {,
be practically worthless" Investi
i gationis now In progress to ascertain
the extent OF the loss OF the State
1t has been ascertained, says the 81
Louis Epening Post. that "there i
absolutely no cash in the treasury.
The July interest on the Stat
debt has not been paid, and there ar
no funds wherewith to pay the Janu
AIRY interest, about 100000. So IA
as has been ascertained warrants OF
the Treasury have not been paid whel
presented, since the LIST OF March last
and they are now selling on til
streets at St Louis at ninety fiv
cents on the, dollarl The Euenia!
Post, August 10, says:
ut is now becoming a settled con
viction in everybody's mind that tn
Commonwealth OF Missouri was new
er at so grave crisis In her civil his
tory. Each day comes laden wit
= new rumors OF greater and wors
} rascality, and, worse than all. ia
more desperate state OF affairs is no,
tacitly admitted on all sides than tn
Post charged at the beginning Of it
q revelations. People are astonishe
? and amazed that such gross wrong
. should have remained so long hidde
from the public eye." eoi -ia9'r9i9
: IL Is stated that the only way OF re
: lief will be'in calling the State Legis
lature together In extra session t
: authorize special tax upon the pee
pie, in order to meet the defleiencie
in the treasury. h r sa - o1i
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