The daily gazette., 1879-07-29
FIRST EDITION.
EXPOSING THE MINT FRAUDS.
HOW DIsEcroB LINDERMAN AND HIS
'f,nN pnUU THa AAnH rnnrurNra

EXPOSING THE MINT FRAUDS.
HOW DIRECTOR I.INDERMAN AND HIS
CONFEDERATEs MADE FORTUNES.
WAsHISaToN, July 27.-There never
was moro foolish or wicked assault by
an Executive official upon representa-
tive of the people who manfully did his
duty, than Secretary Sherman's asser-
tion that the Glover Committee ''hound-
ed" Mint Director Linderman 'sinto his
grave on q false CHARGE" The "hound-
Ing" has been all on the, other side. As
soon as Il was known to the Treasury
Ring that the committee would inquire
into tLinderman's management of
Mint affairs, and had retained tne of
the ablest men who ever filed q position
in the Mint service, Mr.. George w.
Edelman-who had been thirty-five
years In that service and twenty-six
Deputy Treasurer Of the New York As
say Ofiice-as expert to aid them, the
Ring press vasl filed with attacks OH
the committee and OH Mr.. Edelman.
The New York Tribune was foremost
In this dirty work, publishing the most
absurd falsehoods and misrepresenta-
tions. For instance, the Tribune alleged
that Mr.. Glover had q personal spite
against Linderm an, whom, up TO the
time that charges were preferred against
him by George q. Parkinson and John
l.. Love of San Francisco, Mr.. Glover
had never known. II also charged that
Mr.. Glover had written letter avowing
an intention to "destroy". Lipderman;
whereas no such letter or Intention eyer
10. II 80 l.
ineia "war'' OH the Director,,when all he
did was to examine the facts and seek to
ascertain the truth. This is what Sher-
man calls 'fhounding man into his
grave"
When the. friendly understanding was
effected between. Glover and Hayes,
whereby the latter agreed to cooperate
with the committee, part of that un-
derstandiDg was that Hayes should be
promptly Informed of any misconduct
the committee might discover on the part
Of any Of his subOrdinates. As soon as
facts were armed discreditable 10 Lin
derman, Hayes was confdentially advised
Of them and requested, as Linderman's
term of Office was about to expire. to de-
lay nominating him for reappointment
till the examination of these matters
should be complete. This Hayes readily
agreed to do; and he did lay making
nomination for six months to enable the
committee to finish the investigation.
But as the inquiry went on, more and
more was found to need scrutiny, and
much of this the committee never had
time to GO over. The investigation con-
sisted mainly of inspecting the records
and asking Linderman to explain, under
oath, the facts found. This be wholly
failed to do, though he tried many tricks
whereby to deceive the committee, and
repeatedly, when lie found that his plau-
sible pretexts we're seen through and
could not mislead, he turned white and
broke out in cold sweat. He employed
every means, he could contrlve 70 breed
/ delay for the purpose of pr0longing the
investigation to time too late for the
committee TO report at last year 3 session.
In this he succeeded, and when that time
came he and his friends began to laugh
at the committee and spread il through
The press that Its work was q failure.
But, with truly military strategy, Col.
Glover outf1anked Linderman. While
the latter friends were chuckling over
his supposed victory, Glover had a brief
of the, ascertainedS facts prepared, and
while they were still rejoicing he quietly
furnished this brief to the President.
This replaced mirth by dismay. Linder-
man sickened from that time, and when
he saw his term expire without his re
nomination, found the inquiry proceed
ing at last winters session, and to save
the exposure and odium coming, he
took to his bed and died of guilty con-
science. Naught was published against
him but positive and undeniable facts.
After his death the Republican member
of the sub-committe in charge of the
subject, Judge Michael d. White of In
diana, objected to making report
against dead man, and asked that the
evidence be- presented for printing,
without any report. A report on Mint
affairs had already been drafted, and
Mr.. Glover considered that it should he
presented to the House; but under the
| cire umstances he consented that the
committee should not present it. At
the same time he deemed it but just to
himself, as he had been so widely and
shamefully belied in the matter, to place
on record some remarks thereon. These
remarks may be found In the last volume
| of the COngre ssiOndl Record for the last
| Congress. Mr.. Glover said:
| Mr.. SPEAKER, "Of the dead say
naught but good" is an old maxim, born
of-the holy spirit of forgiveness but
when sympathy is partial or narrow ii
oft works great harm. To speak gently
of the dead is kindly; but to praise their
lives without reserve, to write them
wholly praiseworthy when such they
were not, is to be guilty Of falsehood, to
destroy the moral force of example and
to encourage their successors to repeat
their faults.
After touching on various matters
found to be wrong, Mr.. Glover says:
The relation of the Director of the
Mint to tho "Big Bonanza" mines
which have led the world in the product
of silver during his term of office, Is the
saddest part Of his unfortunate. record
| 1t was not In accord with official honor
that he should become pecuniarily inter
eAted In the stock of corporations where
Of the Government WAS likely to become
customer. But being so, 1t was bul
natural that he should yield to the temp
tation; and the buying of millions of dol
lars worth of silver on terms very favor
able to the sellers, and his officially Ger
ufyinR to o false valuation of the mines
with the fearful results that followed
we're nearly inevitable consequences OF
the first false step. Linderman in this
case advanced So, ,425 900 to the sellers
about two months before the completion
Of ASSAYS, and thus enabled them to
make about $4,000 interest, beside the
,..lo,~p,,I v,oymaut Of n raClamatlOn O1