Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-11
EOlGER a FAILURE.


THE TREASURY STILL IN THE HANDS OF THE
OLD RING.
Washington special: A good Republican
slid TO ne the other day: "In heavens
n'mP, is there no way Of getting rid Of this
old imbecile in the Treasury Department.
Why, This man Folgsr knows nothing what
ever! He is managed by he old Treasury D.
partnent ring as ensiiy As thatcsr driver out
yousPr hsn les HE hor-e9."
Why, what has he done now?' asked.
"Done? Why, he has done everything he
ought rot TO have doae and has left undone
everything be ought TO have done, and there's
10 heslth ia him"
This Republican belongs to the Episcopal
Church, You see.
Uoder Window" he went on, sit was dis.
cCvsrtd that a very strong and powerful ring
had absolutely controlled the Treasury d.
pertinent fer years. They made the Secrc-
taIiss do apylhin' they wanted. You see
they were ell old hsnds and knew the ins
and outs oil III. business thoroughly. Secre-
taries come ard Secretaries go, and they al
ways go iast as they begin to learn some
thing. TheSs ring fellows 90 on forever
And they've all been geitiog rich. They i'm
prove the shining honrs. Upton, late Assist
ant Secretary, was the head of the gang. HIS
chief tool was man they called a custodisn.
Several hundreds of thous ands Of dollars
were spent every year by these fellows, Up
ton giving the authority and the direction
aud the custodian doing the dirty work, in
the purchase Of supplies for the govsrnmeut.
They bought carpets and furniture here in
Washington for every customhouse aud
United States building in the land. And
didn't they whsck it to the contractorsi No
msn could sell these goods to the D.part-
men. without making 'divvy' with the rirg
The riDg furnished d.sks, chairs, clockp,
tables, stationery, eie, 10 the Sherman min
coppoop bureau, whea Sherman. was
Secret,ry and wanted to be President, and the
government paid for the goods. Window
ives forced into an iuvt s!igation of these
things by poor Site do, that newspaper maa
whom they killed up here in the Repu6hicdn
Office one night, you know. SOP had great
Influence over Wiudom. But. when lhese
facts came out Window got scared, stopped
1.-The investigation, sent Upton on a grand
jEnketiDg tour 10 Europe at government ex-
pense-sonething about bonds-dismssed
the custodian, Up,oa's tool, and ordered the
clerks who hsd been making the invsstiga-
tion back to their d-sks. Some think VIM
dom got his orders from Gnfeld-nobody
knows After he had been vindicaed, Up.
ton resigned ard started this banking ofiic.
Fight up here in the Corcoran building. Aud
now comes Folger and placidly p ace hims Elf
in the hands OF the ring, and refuses to hear
a word against them. He DOES whats YER
they want him 10. SJme day he may find
how they have 1sed him. But then, he
thinks be knows everything.
Sometimes | think he ls a mighty sly one
himself. He put John c. New at the head
of the committee TO Investigate Hill, you
kuow. Well, who is New1 Wasn't he the
man who distributed Dorsey's greenbscks 10
buy Indiana for GarGsld? There never
wss such farce az that investig alton. Fol-
ger wogldn'l pst Hill under arrest. He ltf.
~" 10 CnHfgs OF an Toe oHcihI papers. Aif,I
these papers were necessary TO prove Hnrs
.,uilt. When they we're called for, Hill refused
10 pcodues the N very frequently. Then New
ami the rest OF the committee would sit back
and laugh at Murch and the other fellows
who were trying TO get at The truth. They
thought it was smart.
"Folger knew all this, ard yet never
raised his fiuger. Why, the clerks over
there swear that the old man don't know
anything-that he really ia an im 5eciIe, with
just sense enough to hold on and draw his
salary, while the ring ruas the machine.
They did hiLt once that he had s)ftening of
The brain, but l don't take any stock in
thai.
"No; Pm sfrsid it's the 'graud old party
Pm sfcaid it neeGs q most Tremendous
'lickiug.' LIS got 10 be io) big end s'rong
and insoleht. hate TO say it, but L really
think it would be good for the country 20
turn the boys out for while and let them
scuf srourd for living like other people
have 10 do. In Iced, l dol"
Aad my friend, with no idea that he was
being interviewed, walked off. He holds no
cfi3e, nor would he accept one, neither is he
iutsr e: IN any business before the govern
mem.