Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-24

Treasury Aseeaun was sasmi,'sd 10
the sela,t(A the eloslas hours VI the
late seaalc and consequently attracted
ess a,,eatl<W than II deserved 10 10,
esiye, That eommlttea was organised
oyes iNo yeara ago upon charges made
by Nc, psyIs, Of West N'gla,a, whe "a
serted that suarmoua diIiereneea existed
In lie stale aeuta oi the pahlie debt, aud
Ut the expenditures ior pepaloas, lot the
War aud Navy Departments, lot the in'
dian service, and Tor other hrapehes, ee'
tween the reports VI the Secretary OF the
Treasury, the Register, aud the fseaAar'
ug, previous Ia isii, rhvua dlsorepan'
eiea alsa extended 10 the reeelpls and
expenditures
While spme oi the ltems have heen
explained, serioua charges sIill remain
a. be mel charges that never can be
satisfactorily answered nor he Inlly M
leratoud la Thur length ani breadth
Nilhout change al administration
Whun thousands vi eIaspTea' a''e'aN
,loua Vt dsntes, and tprced halang,ssa ate
luuud on the great la'lsaTa ol Tie Treas
uTy, with munlaIions OF whole pages Ia
several lnalancaa. II ID certainly hol M
reasonable IT, suppoae that there mOa'
have hpen aaInp extraordinary motive
hT abandoning the Hyslem which Haul,
iiton ealahliahel Ia the Treasury, aud
Nhirh Was never disturbed uplil hul'
we'll occupied that oIhor,
A Ia believed that milllnnH Vt dullala
LA hunla aud noteS NeCe HuyreaHlulli
rounte,ieilpd, aud that large hpma we're
stalen Iungrpas never leglslalei 1nu'
cernIng theAe Ialae lsaoea aud helIA, anI
the uuratinn naturally arlsea, how tnnld
the hooks halance without ahow'ns
lhuao lnsarar How Nerp they maiu up
la principal aud IN tntpreAtp Who coy.
erred the deficiency, Ia What NaN and hi
What authority These aru wesnanl
muniriua, and they Cannol hp eaaIlN an'
sweTed
la November, IN}l, Mt mutNoll az
Jorrd the RpginIur at tie Treasury, The
official huakkpppeI at tho iiuypInuenL
tu alter tho hlnJea vt hia report Ho aa ln
agree with those lHsnrd hy the Secretary
In 1870 ~ Ia Quit hia HIaIemont alter
srIhr. tie nheypd that orlnI, With -
pcIir,l kunNlalsr ~ the TUE that lhn
vuuvheia Ia his office Cnnlradlolnd The
Su,tularA q tahlps unr ,rHnli at that
ur,leI Ia diuuloapl Ia tho iulluNln ieail
muuN ai ~, uuilioIi, 49, experienced
rlplk Ia the teglalare othre
- aup ia u column headed
Amounts Ia hp added ~ lr,riptp,
marked H., tg,Olp,7IN ~, aud another
marked e. Si,AAlnoR, aud then une
marked II, N23i,Ohl 90 mahlns u total
NJ td, anl. so ~. Which iou uaN Ia to hp
added 10 rr,p,pla, What la meant ht
thaif
"a THAT Ia Ia accordance With the
Sp,rrtaN'a report at 1871 ih'"
dHttUtis H. uui IIgsdr nu altr t"rI' 'hoN
ate Ia accordance With the SECRETARY n
udeT la oTler o. haImonlsn tho iva,
an h ahoNn Ia the report at 1871,
- understand that Ihpan three
ltuma, amounting IT, between HiN and
br,pu mtllIuua III dullaIa, dn not appear
"a Noul hnokst
~ - ihtg 10 nnt
- liul thpY ate added hi ntdo' at
the SECRETARY
A ~ | understand
tho truth at this mntter In that Rl,h
a,danu, thou Houiwplla aariajant aprio.
jarN, pought hy every mrana to discover
itrma covering lhuHu mlllluna, and, latl
iug ~ du 49,, urirTrd the mlanrn IT, hc
iurred toC that, and lot the illegal Ia
aur at aouc tNeuN mllllouH dn,ths the
ianio 1T 49,. hr wua madu hy ,,Ianj u
lie Judge ut the tNurt uj Nlalma
Senator WHITE Callod atirnil1n 10 an
ultvI urlti,uus dum
"rhp diHrrapaury 1T tilh,NNMh vac
~ part uAplalnri, hut theIe NHa, To- onn
the lausuagu oi the wltnraa, al HlaHll'
iIum 1T Hln,lAN, UoO that waa not uNplaln
ed quito au elaaIlt item; tlnNh,Ah
that VAS lrtt IT, conjecture, RlNNNAW
that waa lnll a. probability
MT nawra l'uoa not tho Senator
know that Il Iulna a. the debt at tho
kpvoluIlon, and that they had noI sol
Though With examining t.
"Mr MhNte Ito lucludvd the rrNur
iutinuan debit g. maku up hia tlmikh,
,Aal, aud Included everything he vuuld
laku aud u,tape aud still that elastic
Aun at elnOAi ,kh Waa uueN plained,
Ito gives IA ilrma amounting a. NlW-
NlA ON aud then lao saNH Aud thon az
,iudt, ikm ot 4iu.h1 imit, which WHH
tho rraulting urrnr iTum comparison,
ruuur,nins which, Ia notn printed Ia
the ilnanoo report vi 1871, ! alaia .
iuIlhvI investigation ul tho dniaIla viii
enahlr noIo accurate liomlsad nlaIe'
mrnt o. he madu,
hight YaaIa later, Ia isin lac had not
NOT iuIIhnr than Ia lNh, Ito Wan
asked
- In Nou Judgment, what did
thai elastic llum represent
~ IL pGphdbiy represented dlurounl
sullarpd Ia the plau,ng nj loans, r,tu,H
Ia calculation malo hl rlpIkH Ia nclIliug
luana, aud transportation al hsnina ani
uIInIa Ia copying, Au'
rhla In the lnuaa way Ia which ien
mIlliuua aud more at lha public moneN
ate accounted tot When tho ltemh
could uut hu iuuui, the balance Naa
iul,ud, ailor the example at kIcharlann'
"Elaallr ilpms' un Through lhrae a'-
Counta, hut the Whole truth ~ regard a.
their extent viii ueNpr loo knoNn unl,l
the Treasury papuIa aIp put mto honeal