Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-25
REPUBLICAN THEFTS.
Defalcations Under Various
Administrations.
More Eoney stolen Tnder RepssbLi-
can administration Than fsl
all the Precious Years
of the ReDEblic.

At grand open-air Democratic ratifi-
cation meeting in Washington, one of
the speakers was Congressman Post, of
Pennsylvania, secretary of the Demo-
cratic Congressional committee. In the
course of his speech he said:
Secretary Mcpherson, of the Republi7
can Congressional committee, has issued
circular purporting to show the losses
of the government from Wash1ngton's
administration down to June 80, 1888,
by reason of defalcations of public Off
GERS, and figures out very discreditable
state of affairs for Washington's admin
istration compared with the present ad-
ministration and the preceding immacu-
late administrations Of Hayes and Grant.
He says the percentage of losses, based
upon the receipts and disbursements of
the government, was, under Washington
So. 80 on the 81 900, while under Arthur
it is only one and one-te tenths of mill on
The 81 ,000 Hereports the total amounts
Stolen under Washington during his
eight years to be $3.50, 910 30, while all
that has been stolen under Arthur's ad-
S., 1854 90; and on this insignificant sum
he bases his percentage Of loss on the
enormous receipts and disbursements,
and thus gets his one and eight tenths Of
mill as the percentage of loss on 81 900.
The acting secretary of the treasury,
Charles E. Coon, certifes to the correct
ness of this statement, August 10, 1884.
This statement of Secretary McPher-
son and the acting secretary of the
treasury as to the amount stolen under
Arthur's administration is so utterly at
variance with the knowledge of every
person who has read the current news
of the past six months that its falsity
was exposed with the statement. But
an examination of the annual reports of
the solicitor of the treasury, who is the
law officer of the treasury department,
charged with the prosecution Of the de-
faulting officers of the government in
civic suits, to the attorney general for
the three fiscal years preceding June 30,
1888, shows this Mcpherson Coon state
ment to be absolutely false so far as the
amount they report as stolen under Ar
thurs administration is concerned.
FIGURES OF THE SOLICITOR OF THE
TREASURY.
The following are the figures of the
solicitor of the treasury, taken from his
official printed reports:
Amount of defalcations for the
year ending June 30, 1881, upon
which suit has been entered by
the United States attorney
general to recover. ........-.. $4SS, AT 81
Collected on the same by SUITS. II, 7S5 O4
Total loss on same. ..... S476, ,692 90
Amount Of defalcations during
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1882, upon which suit has been
entored to recover. .... S427, APO "a
Collected by suit on same. 1924 IA
Total loss to the government. $426, 1856 10
Defalcations during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1888,
amount sued on to recover. 1858, ,S35 Sc
Collections by suit on same..... 1924 80
Total less. s647, 7,s11 "a
Total amount of defalcations
during the three years preced-
ing June 30, 1888, upon which
the United States has sued to
recover in United States
courts urts.....................s1,5ee,7 81, ,5ee, ,7ss a.
same........,............... 1898 so
Total loss tothe government 81. $50 500 q