The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-23
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rs big as the others.
Mr.. Blackfan, Superintendent Of For
eign Mails, has been several times
abroad, professedly in connection with
postal treaties, but actually for his own
ease and comfort. DR.. Mcdonald, Su-
perintendent Of Money Order System,
is now in Europe examining, as is al
legged, the foreign methods OF paying
money out by postofice orders, upon
which ours is modelled, aud which are
annually reported by all the Govern
ments that have adopted this practice.
An excuse is readily invented when
ever any. of these or other postofiice as
sistants or superintendents or chief
clerks or favorites want to make Eu-
ropean tour at the expense of the pub
Lie. Erring Brother Key is not con-
suited. They come. and go at their
own convenience, and the cost is
charged to some general fund, so that
the personal items never appear in the
official statements.
Year after year the deficit of the Post
Office Department increases, and no in
quiry is made beyond the general re-
ceipts and expenditures. Tens of
thousands are annually covered up,
which form part of systematic plum
der, and when committees pretend to
investigate charges that are known to
be true they are whitewashed just as
those against Tyner and others were in
the last Congress, who had been flour
ishing about Washington and making
the contingent fnnd pay for their pa
Jade. The Committee of Appropria-
tions will do well to call for the extra
expenses of all officials of the different
departments before voting the regular
supply bills for the next year.
SECRETARY EvAhTs PROTECTING OFFICIAL
THIEVES.
It has been semi-offi ficially announced
that John s. Mosby, United States
Consul at Hong Kong, China, is to be
recalled. The alleged reason for this is
that he caused one of his dispatches to
be printed in the newspapers, and that
this, being violation OF the Consular
regulations, is sufficient to warrant his
decapitation.
The real reason, however, is that
Mosby has made himself exceedingly ac-
tive in ferreting ont uome of the frauds
Of the Seward ring in China. he had
not been at his post two weeks before
he discovered that David Fl. Bailey, his
predecessor, had in one class of fees
alone defrauded the United States Gov
ernment of $4,000 or 10000. He in
stantly reported this fact to the State
Department. His dispatch on this sub
ject was sent Feb. 20, 1879, and must
have reached Washington long before
Bailey, who had been nominated for
Consul General at Shanghai, had been
confirmed by the Senate.
There was ample time for Mr.. Evarts
to Withdraw Bailey's nomination had
he been disposed to bring rogue to
justice. But, in an authorized state
ment to the press in regard to the
charges made by Mosby against Bailey,
Mr.. Eyarts declared that he knew moth
ing Of these allegations when the nom
nation was made.
At best this is mere subterfuge, be-
cause he could still have withdrawn the
nomination. But the truth is that
formal charges against Bailey had been
made at the State Department by Mr..
Wells, ex-Consul General at Shanghai,
before the nomination Of Bailey was
sent to the Senate. Wells also ten
dered the evidence to prove that Bailey
was nominated for this position at the
special request Of Minister Seward. II
is striking proof of the intimacy be-
tween Seward and Bailey that the lat
ter refused to reinstate, on their return
to Shanghai, the Marshal and Office
clerk who were called to Washington te
testify by the House committee that in
vestigated Stewards case, and who wert
compelled to testify against him.
That Mr.. Evarts is determined, at al
hazards, to prevent any further expos
ure of the criminal doings OF the Sew
ard ring in China is shown by his an
nouncement. that Mosby is to be re
called. He will not succeed, howevor
He was compelled to order an investi
CATION of Mosby's charges, and the re
suit has been that they are sustained
by unimpeachable evidence, and the
agent directed to make the inquiry hal
SO reported to the department.