The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-08-28

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dollar Of the public revenues has beon
lost.
Second. That IN the case of the We
nango National Bank and the Bank
of Commerce, both were designated
places Of deposit for public moneys, by
act of the Legislature, and therefore
Treasurers Kemble and Slifer, under
whose charge of the Treasury these
defalcations occurred, claim exemption
from all responsibility, and certified
the accounts to the Attorney General
for collection.
Third. That Elk -Treasurers Mackey
and Rawle have fled bonds for the
collection Of the small items of losses
sustained under their respective ad.
ministrations of the affairs of the
Tressury,as soon as the amount which
cannot be collected from the bank in
which the money was deposited can be
aseertained. Both gentlemen are good
for the sums thus put in litigation.
Fourth. Both VIM. H. Kemble and
Eli Slifer are good for the losses which
occurred in their administration, in
case the State fails to collect from the
banks in question.
But the gist of the statement is con.
tained in the following, penned by the
State Treasurer, with the doors of his
vault wide open, that the light of day
may enter:
81 found no notes, checks, due bills
or other evidence of debt owing from
any individual, firm or corporation to
the Treasurer of the Commonwealth |
other than those contained in the fore.
going list"
These are the items thus referred to
by the Treasurer:
DOugherty, Bro. & Co. Harrisb'g g. 81, ,721.O !
Bank of Commerce, Erie............. 1896. AS
Venango Nat. Bank, Franklin. 6,l40S2
G. A. Mason & Co., Towanda........ 100000
Inland Ins. Dep. Co. Lancaster 3, I09.7S
Bank of Brandywine, w. Chester. 1,O03.sO
Iotal. $50, ,872. As
The Dougherty & Bro. item is Sc.
cured by note, and the other five
items are in the hands of the Attorney
General for collection.
We repeat these facts for the benefit
of the reader. The statement of Treas
urer Noyes has been carefully perused
and reperused, studied and digested by
the intelligent reader, whose Judgment
is now made up on the whole case.
The charge was that the Republican
party, aud more especially Kemble
and Mackey, had mismanaged the
Treasury. On that charge the Demo.
cratic party has conducted its cam.
paigns for the last six years but at last
the vindication has come, full, com.
plete, searching and powerful, pro-
nounced by a Democratic Treasurer
First. That no worthless due bills,
notes or stock are deposited in the
vault of the Treasury as evidence of
Indebtedness to the State.
Second. That there is nothing on the
records of the Treasury to show Re-
publican mismanagAment.
Third. That whatever evidence of
Indebtedness exists is legitimate, legal
and properly secured.
Fourth. That the just conclusion is
that Republican charge of the State
Treasury has been in all respects hon.
orable and honest.
Never was official character more
thoroughly and completely vindicated,
by the voluntary action of a partisan
opponent, than the management of the
State Treasury, under charge of Re-
publicans, has been shown to have
been strictly honest and legal, by the
statements put forward by Treasurer
Noyes. 1t spikes the guns of falsehood
and malice, which have given the Dem
ocratic party victories it did not de-
serve, and silences, at least in this
campaign the tongue of political SLAM
de-.
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