Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-09

every person WHe ;. of GreenHx 81 Pnt
news of the pas sLL' OF MisssS tsehaA- IS
falsity was expos E=EteneA
But an examinaa ICK EFT. ;;anal e
ports of the Sol7 ~.sur}.-
z who is the law olhuor: asury
Department chargdADUkE ~scu-
ton OF the default rs. Sthe
Government in Cd at
torney-Generalf fol- u 0 0yernor: el,;s
preceding June 3QsHhUuSn Is
Pherson- Coon statehsSSi
lutely false. so fay .,as tSte. a,
report as stolen under kATH s Admfhv
istration is concerned;ES :
:. The following arestAe Asnres of the
Solicitor of thee Hsnfeys: taken from
his official printsd fupsT
Amount of defalcations foGtss3.
year ending June 30, 1881, .HraG
which suit has been enterdASe
the United States Attorney GEN
cs s5s sa &c same by 5 81 81
Total loss on same 49,. siss.sas 90
Amount of defalcations during
the fiscal year ending June 81.
1SS22, upon which suit has been
ksRssEea e re reeo coy; r. s4s3sso 2.
Total loss the Government sl26, 1876 10
Defalcations during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1882 upon
recover, se5s. SIS 6
=. Total loss. ............. ss47,si1 "a
June 80. 1855. upon which the
United States has sued TO re-
cover in the United States
Total amount Of collections on S-'''''''' :
same. ........... 1888 SO
Total loss to the Government S1.550 500 %
L Il kI-D IL o.
statement is correct rs to the loss to the
Government by reason of defalcation OF
the United States officers from the COM
mencement of W ashington' Administra-
ton down 10 1861, which they make S24,-
41,S29.32 for period embracing sew
enty-two years, we will now show by
the reports of the Solicitor of the Treas
ury, which have been transmitted to
Congress by the Secretary of the Treas
II ury and the Attorney General in their
s annual reports, that the Mcpherson
IS Coon statement is fatty contradictory
ss-of reports of those Cabinet officers
from Lincoln's first Inauguration down
GtosJune so, 1888. These reports show
total loss under the eight years of Lin
coin administration from official defal-
cations after deducting collections of
$2I.657, 972. 16,
Stolen under Grant first term: s., 5G5 7s9 z
Stolen u1dsr HAYES as 'seooho 'ernp 1s45sss1
stolen undeF Arthnrs three years 1904, %
- &, -. : --
ions ' 49, ueeuo'ins oo'.eo s.5. 5a7 sa5 o.
Ia tits inns shown bv the official renorts
40 CONGRESS of the Inherent Secretaries
nthe Treasury and Solicitors of the
hasury from 1861 to 1883, that during
twe1 rec years of Republican
inis of the Government the
I'd Tic money AGGREGATED
81 n9e from Wasbino-
down to Buchanan,
Il saventv.twn
So1 of5 7o5 Ok
a.of Renuh-
.pventvetwo
ytfations. Gov
NV bottom
Kan
lsnt1 t.. eus
cerfiaad a n lk.s(,s5s.I{e is
sssho,vH 10 L. "a 81 tbesC on troll
Il offices, Re law .officerst and the
S6eretar;es tbe Tre,snrv inclnd;no
Ss:eh men as salmon p chase. William
ssiff Fessenden. HnoK HcCulioSH and
~ Al MorriH "a f,xs,,;cha, onothay.
rona raason M vf1ba IooL Of the
teas1rv should s,ey S,ened Tor for ;nsne ds
in bvs new -oart3s I'm this conpec-
d It would be well to refer to the
Levine fact. Four wears 400 Senator
bis. of West VIRGINIA. when Chair
sof the COMMITTEE on Annronria-
tha ITn;tad States Senata drer-
serIsG tboronnhIv tha Accounts of the
Frsasrry DenartiRent, He forced from
.nws:a;rs yv!tneSaes a,l,oe whom, rvera
os1;csFs = the Tressnrv tho test;monv
.hat SSSs 49, Sno - th;rte sao tbonsena
,sss .,,rsr;s hooI and
q - SOFAS to make
ont a sinole
items were
!! !s::%: :s {: :: 4. # 4:
g in the midst OF
ne afg the amount stolen
JOB can be estimated in the
ehner:
81 = muap Stated ;nSeo.s na N tyy.n Sa,