The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-15
ar. Ii. GAMBLE,
Uate Comptroller.)
cd. :. WALKER"
Given March II. 1879.

Will be said that Messrs Gamble and Walker by their adj
vice. aided and abeted the conspiracy spoken of in the Com
mtees report? In fuller details and explanations of this
branch Of the subject refer to my reports for the
1873 and 1874, and in the report of January 1874, will be
found statements Of the paid to relieve the bonds held
by Mr. Lewis of Tallahassee and the Warehouse and Security
mpany New York, these being determined by
SIMPLE calculation of the amount due under the contracts
specvelv made with the parties holding them The Ware
house Company, however, made deduction of from
their
committee of the Legislature of 1874 made full nve
cation of action in reference the sale of the bonds of
1878 and the redemption of the hypothetical bonds hearing
Governor Reed and examining his charges against and
oy male which rcearsed the facts and concluded
follows:
committee do not consider the disposition of the bonds
strictly cash sae seemed from evidence adduced that
with cash said claims could have been settled much less
yet perhaps under the circumstances the best that
could have been done and favorable settlement of the claims
above referred to- ASSEMBLY journal, 1874, page 37O
The minority report vocay and entirely endorsed my
action Assembly Journal 1874, page 373 At this time
one Governor Reed suggested fraud the existence
of conspiracy to deraud the State.
Governor Reeds motive in prcrrng these charges will be
fully appreciated when is considered that my settlement of
this account with Ltteed and Bayne 4 Co showed that
Governor Reed had borrowed large of money upon the
bonds for which he had accounted the State and this
fact prevented Governor Reed from obtaining payment of his
claim against the State which committee of the Legislature
of 1873 reported to be $4,000 Senate Journal 1873
1881 But no appropriation for its payment made In
1874 after report of the Legislature
ported that $24 1929 should be deducted from Governor
Reeds claim (Which had reached the of s396o63
the State had paid that amount borrowed by him Gov
and not accounted for by him to the State Assembly
Journal 1874, page 3iG)
Governor Reed this committee that he had repaid to
Lced this sum, and that should be charged him
against the bonds but the committee did give cedence
to this assertion. f
In 1875 committee Of the Senate reported Senate Journal
1875, page 1867 that the State Governor Reed moth
ing since the report Of 1874 made has been
tanned that Governor Reed charged the State for
arms than he had paid for the
And now after lapse of five years. Governor Reed again
presents these old charges against knowing well that his
claim frequently rejected again presented will be
ha
Bayne & Co. and General Ieed and himself have been
grossly erroneous.
In my report of January 1874, that Is of the
bonds of 1868 and 1869 unaccounted for On July 5
1873, Governor Reed writes that in June, $780, 81 e
received from Soutter Co. IL bonds recovered of W. r.
Pettes These delivered to General Lte6ed under then
existing agreement to take the entire All bonds at IS cents
General Ltefed informed that he had recollection of
receiving these bonds.
These bonds not among the hypohecated bonds but