The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-17
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INuiNNNrmls, Ju,yH, EN-Gov, Hon
bricks hl, written the following In re-
sponsr Ia the letter III Secretary 'hnnd-
mr, published in The Associated Press
paper, Tai, mornings
indianapolis, JUy iL l'Nl-i" Hon, "
sir! ind in the newspaper, this
morning u lriirr Ia me from your
self, written Yesterday aud rirru-
lutuI through the Associated Press,
You complain that lid ynu
injustice III nay address TO lho
prnplc of this city, made the
evening before. Ia that address !
urged that We have need Of books IN the
Government offices, opened Tor cNami.
nation, aud, rs an illustration, I cited
u ease a., fraudulent vouchers IN
nnr of the bureaus of
Your department, ml thu npom
your testimony before ltv sub
committee of the ScuaIr IL appeared
that IN" frauds amounted Ia Iiii,mi, and
Is not every word OF That iruc'
You were brought ho,ur" the commit
tee and testified, n. stated, that you adj
mit,cd under oath that the sum ~
money lost amounted to sE3,OOo but
your defense Is that the cmhoZZlcmCnt
did not holly occur under your admin
islrntiou, hut part of II was under that
at Your predecessor, II seems Ia hpN"
covered Il period from June -
l>,p. down 10 January y, ISL.
DOCS that help your case
mcnt II year and nine months al that
period. Your predecessor held office
about one year aud ten months. lie was
in office at the time Of the payment of
thp first false vouchers, lunc2l, l'>SO, aud
M Ia April :, lS'2, when you
came In, and You continued
thence until the last false voucher was
paid, January2i, 1851. The period was al
most equally divided between Yourself
and your predecessor. How much OF
The $4,000 was paid out under yourself
and how much under your predecessor
your letter does not show.
But, sir, upon the question that was
discussing, 1t does NOT make any differ
cncc who was Secretary when the false
| vouchers were paid. urged that "aslS
| like this, when frauds are concealed m
vaults or in books of the department, the
only remedy Of the people is by +,
change of control, so that
the books and vouchers shall come
under he examination of new and dis
! Interested men. DO You think ! am
answered when You say was
mistaken in surprising that III
| this country the frauds were
all under YOUR administration
when part of them extended over into
that of your predecessors? Why sir
| that makes your ease worse, for the
bureau. medicine and surgery dcialca
ton is large, but the more
serious fact is, that it could
and did extend through TIVE
administrations of the department
Il period of nearly four years without
detection, but it becomes more serious
so far as YOU individually are concerned
when the tact is considered that you hat
notice and yet took no Sutlicien
action. The information upon which
spoke was from Washington, the 2'itl
oi the present month, by the Associate,
Press, the same that brings me YOU
letter. The Associated Press
obtained its information eth
or in your department o
from the Investigating committee
II YOU were not correctly reported, tina
was the time for complaint and correc
ton. You testified that the "total of Sus
picious vouchers discovered so far wa
about 5000, and that the money fraudu
lently obtained was in some instance
divided between the Waterman in th'
DEPARTING 1t. Cmr,9gn, Chief Clerk, au'
Eirkwood, in charge of the accounts
Now. what notice had you? Accordin!
to the Associated Press report u
your testimony YOU received II !cttC
of the parties, with drunkenness
and after that Il man came To You nn'
told YOU that Kirkwood and tarrigal
were engaged in frauds. Did not thn
nut YOU upon notice and inVcStig tion
You testified that some inquiry wa
made and the conclusion was tina
: while there were some suspicious rlI
cumstances they did not warrant th
conclusion of guilt. After notice, ven
bal and in writing, you left the men in til
office. You did not bring the frauds t
light nor the guilty par
ties to punishment. 1t wa
Government Detective Wood, who dis
: covered the frauds, and the Associate
Press report says Wood declared II
would have no further dealings wit
your department, but would press III
investigation before Congress.
What is your next excuse
: worse. if possible, than al before. fo
say large number Of congressman, n
Guiding some gentlemen OF great IN
, hucncr ard position, recommended tina
the head OF the Bareau, ID
; Wales, should be reappointet
, The members of Congress knew nothin
} OF the frauds. lncN ntu no opportunity
to know. 1t was within your reach an
duty. They were probably hi
personal friends, You were hi
official superior. but in fac
: did you reappoint him?
; understand not. Perhaps the detectiN
discovered the fraud too soon, but d
} Wales was not one of the quilt
parties. He neither forged vouchers I
: embezzlcd money. His responsible
) in the case is just the same Us your owl
lie was the official superb
of the three rogues as you were OF hin
. self, az well as them. Neither he NJ
t Yourself exposed the frauds or punisile
the parties. | have MOI thought of ,
> considered this as case of poi
I tics. Addressing my neighbors,
! SAID that This and like cases admonis
| them To demand civil service reform
= the removal of all from office who shl
, seek To promote it within sphere
| their official duty and authority.
. Respectfully,
Signed r. \. HEShRIvkS.
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