Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15
A Glimpse at the Glover Report.

A Glimpse at the Glover Report.
1t is well known that the Glover Con- |
gressional Committee on frauds in the
Treasury at Washington made report
during the last session of Congress, but
for reasons unknown it never came to
light. The New York Star in some
way or other got a copy and published
it in full. Its revelations are truly start
ling, and if they turn out to be true,
show that millions and millions of dol
lars of the peoples money have been
squandered and stolen.
OF the character of the report the Star
says, sit is not the product Of any parti-
san conspiracy; it is no mere journal
istic sensation; it is the fruition of a pa
tient and sober inquiry conducted under
the auspices of our highest legislative
tribunal.
1.-THE document ia lengthy one, but
all who peruse it will readily appreciate
why John Sherman. and his Radical
COulIcASS WCAC 81 dAAAoOo W SA4OeAOA Ao'
1t lifts the roof off the Treasury for the
first time in twenty years. It shows
that the swindling Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing has absorbed $27, 000,-
600 of public money, the greater part OF
which was wasted or stolen.
"It shows that interest on United
States bonds has been fraudulently col
leeted for years by an outside Ring epe-
rating in collision with Treasury en-
ployes.
''It shows that the thieves were pro-
tected and shielded by Treasurer Wy
man and other high officials. Every
rascal whose crimes forced him out of
Office received a more lucrative berth
abroad.
sit directly duplicates John Sherman,
whe not only perpetuated the corruption
he found before him, but multiplied it
for the purpose of rewarding partisan
services-as, for instance, when he al
tered the Customs regulations on our
Canadian frontier and ruined hundreds
of merchants, solely for the sake of in
creasing the fees of Republican Sena-
tors protege.
"The Glover report demonstrates that
the Federal Secret Service Bureau is a
sink of rottenness and blackmail, in
which no honest man can attempt to
perform his duty without mourning the
penalty of certain dismissal.
1T incidentally examines the South
ern cotton seizures, and details how
Hon. William E. Chandler, having Sc
cured full list of these cotton claims,
was enabled to resign his position of AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury and
step at once into law practice worth
100000.
"But the most startling disclosures OF
the entire report refer to the MINIS and
to the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing. Everybody on the Pacific coast
knows how Linderman pulled the Bo-
nanza mines in official reports and made
fortune out of the swindle. But it is
not SO well known that as much as $19,'
900, 900 in excess of the authorized vol
ume of currency has been afoat at one
time. This and many other over-issues
as well as deficits in various depart.
ments, have been concealed under false
entries and forced balances in the Treas.
ury books.
"On the whole, a more sccndalous ex'
hibit of jobbery and robbery has nevel
been presented to any civilized nation
The charges are almost too startling fol
credence, but they are none the less
true. 1t is humiliating to us as people
that such thievery has been SO long toll
Grated, but it would be unspeakably in.
famous to cloak or condone it. How t.
the line let the chips fall where they
may"