The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-12-27

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every person who has read the current
news of the past six months, that It's
falsitv was exposed with the statement.
But an examination of the annual re-
ports of the Solicitor of the Treasury,
who is the law officer of the Treasury
Department charged with the prosecu-
ton of the defaulting officers OF the
Government in civic suits, to the At
tornev- General for the three fiscal years
preceding June 80, 1888. shows this NC
Pherson-C Coon statement to be abso-
lutely false, so far as the amount they
report as stolen under Arthur's Admin
istratiop is. concerned, ett. -
" The following are the figures OF the |
Solicitor OF the Treasury, taken from
his official printed reports: Z. 4
Amount of defalcations for the
year ending june 30, 1851. upon .
which suit has been. entered by C,ft. rff
c: sSs Z S, :sss - sfs g
Total loss on same. !. sre.sas %
Amount of defalcations during
the fiscal year ending June 81,
e es rp1 70 r ec,c sun nus s4s7. 40 "a
colIeetions by suit on same 1,224 IA
>~-~>~N- - - - --
Total lossto the Government. s426. lse 10
Declarations during the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1889, upon RAJ 80 49,
ssssss s; s. =. II; sssss ss' g
Total loss. ...5..... ...... ss47.sn "a
Total amount of def aications dur So.
Ting the three years preceding
| June 80. 1885, upon which the 50
United States has sued to re-
cover in the United States i
1e same Auoun. =. .o ''.... 1865 50
Total loss to the Government :. s.. $50, 800 q
"Assuming that the McPherson-C Coon
statement is correct as To the loss to the
! Government by reason of defalcaticn OF
| the United States officers from the COM
mencement of Washington's Administra-
ton down 70 1861, which they make S24,-
| AL, 1923. 32 for period embracing sew
| eptv-two wears, 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
ury and the Attorney General in their
annual reports, that the Mcpherson
Coon statement is fatty contradictory
of reports of those Cabinet officers
from Lincoln's- first inauguration down
to June 30, 1888. These reports show
a total loss under the eight years of Lin
coins Administration from official defal-
cations after deducting collections OF
$24, 657,972 16.
Stolen under Grant Second term 4,Ti.5n2t
sto.en under Arthurs three years 1s,OJi,soos;
Total loss after deducting collec-
tons. ..-.-. $i55z ,6>a2
1t is thus shown by the official reports
to Congress of the different Secretaries
of tho Treasury and Solicitors of the
Treasury from 1861 to 1888. that during
the twenty-three, years of Republican
Administration Of the Government the
thefts of public money aggregated
S45, 527, 625.27, while from Washing
tons administration down to Buchanan
both inclusive, period of seventy-tw
years, there was loss of but, S24. AL,
S29. 32-an excess OF S2l, 065, 1855
| stolen in twenty-threc years of Kepub
lican Administration over .seventy-tw'
!. years of previous Administrations. Gov
ering every President from Washington
to Buchanan, both inclusive"
The Acting Secretary of the Treas
ury lent his signature to the McPhersol
, statement as correct. and thu
: certified to a flagrant falsehood, ?
, is shown by the reports at the CONTROL
/ inc offices. The law officers and th
Q Secretaries of the Treasury, includ;n
: such men as Salmon p, Chase, Williaf
9 Pitt Fessenden, Hugh McCullogh an
r Lot M. Morrill,, it furnishes anothe
r strong reason. why the, book of tn
' Treasury should be opened for hspet
n ton by new parties. In this connef
v ton, it would be well to refer to tn
v following fact: Four years ago Senate
!. Davis, Of West Virginia, when Chat
!. man of the Committee on Appropri'
v tions of the United States Senate. owe
v hauled thoroughly the accounts of Il
Treasury Department. He forced fro
unwilling witnesses, all of whom wei
r officers Of the Treasury, the testimoh
"a that there were thirteen thousar
- erasures ON the Treasurer's book. ar
o millions OF, dollars entered SO as to NAL
q the books balance without sing
A. item to show when the items We
"a so made or what had become of tt
"a money. This extraordinary showiI
N did not receive proper attention at Il
r. time because we were in the midst
20 great prosperity. !
q The magnitude of the amount stol'
i in the twenty three years OF Republic
- administration can be estimated in t
Il following manner:
no II the amount stated, namely, "a
SCI, 625.27, was invested in standa
= silver dollars. and stored in the Tres
- ury, subjec. to the order of the ST.
- Reuters, and the order of Republic
" thieves who have taken it, calculate
thus 1 900 pounds would make . +
ne load for a horse and cart, and tt
is $4,000 weigh. ! 900 pounds, it wo'