Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-03-02
HONESTY AND REFORM.
TIM L,rE ATTORNEY GENERALS HOTEL
Bills AND HACE llEr.
belfast Jou,pal.l

An auCCdutc Of the late Attorney Cen.
Mcclellan, and which comes 10 Us well
youchcd FOR, illustrates the well-kuown
ayaricc OF that official. When the Fusion
Secretary OF State was summoned to Shows.
why nc should not answer 10 a writ Of
mandamg~, commanding him 10 exhibit the
returns. the Attorney General was asked
by the Governor 70 appear sud answer To
IT, But who, said Mac. always mindful
OF the main chance, who T. to pay mc5"
The Only reply made was 10 engage Gould
to conduct the defence. This explains
why the Attorney General was not per-
miticd to open his mouth IN the case.
That was case IN which the official
overcached himself An examination OF
the treasury accounts az Augusta reveals
n bin showing the most characteristic
sharp practice on the part OF Mcclellan,
and one which, Ii IL does not trench closely
upon the borders of fraud, evidences the
most extraordinary liherality towards
himself officially Because the bill limiting
the compensation OF the Attorney General,
of every kind, TO $1,000 per auuum, had not
been PASSED until the last week in Febru-
ary. Mcclellan makes a series of charges,
ranging from the first day OF the year 20
the salaries, covering every possible item
during the time. 1t i obvious that the re-
peal was for the political year 1879, and
that the Attorney General had no more
right to expenses for January and February
than he had for the rest OF the year. As
curiosity We append copy OF the bill.
BELFAST, April Il, 1879.
STATE or MAISE
4 frI ~ -
,'i rom u :. ia "a ., ' So, w s;aS
To hotel bin (Was qutiiticd) > -
jan. l., 10. - To car and hack fare TO
and from Portland, 30
To hotel bill. went To sec about action vs..
Atlantic * 81. Lawrence Il. L., other
actions, 20
Jan. %. TO car and hack fare TO and
from Augusta, ~
To hotel expenses, . -
'i To- Bangor ~; thence to EcIisst, 10 80
Hotel bill. 80
Feb. TO expenses 10 Augusta and hotel, 80
t two ,, DAYS, '''''' " ''' 49, 1900
Feb. 10. 10 ear fare 70 and from Roston
and stop over tickets at Portland and
hack Il went TO Boston about Hart
murder, and TO see witness about
Dexter Bank, Sc.), 10 %
Expenses from Boston, Portland ana
Augusta, six days, - 10
FEB. ! TO expense at hotel At Augusta =;
it-n " d .
Feb a. To fare 10 Boston, Portland,
called at Augusta, and fare back and
hack hire in Boston, Portland, Belfast, Is 20
Hotel bill live DAYS, 20 90
TeIeprams from March LIST, 1872 975
Stationery and postage up 10 Feb. -,
when was furnished SS
Telegrams from March 10 date, April
Il, iS79, iS
The charge $40 hotel bill was qualified)
So 10, =" is the one item which will commend
itself To the economical tax payer. Those
who were about the Augusta House on
that occasion. and remember 1.-THE noise OF
the captains and the shoutings" will think
the cost very moderate-very. The great
prevalence of hotel bills and carriage hire
in this account will strike the average
reader Us something marvellous. Hack
men, hotels and railroads must have SIN
cerely mourned when the axe of retrench-
ment cut them from boarding, lodging and
conveying this official. There are only
three actions mentioned, and yet there are
charges of one hundred dollars a month
for real or constructive travel in looking
after them! kilograms before March j,
1879. 1913" may be explained upon the
lame apology that the retrenchment law
had lust gone into effect; but there can be
none TO cover .'telegrams from March TO
April r." except that they were still chas-
ing the Attorney General in his flying trips
about the State, looking after those three
actions, ut salary of $1,000 per year, 81
per day for endless hotel bills, and unceas-
ing hack fares.
Our readers will perceive that Ii Is no
small matter, financially considered, to
have a Fusion Attorney General, pledged
to reform. But if he had asked, as in the
mandamus case, "who Is to pay me?' q
glance ut. the items above given, would
have answered the query.