The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-10
AUDITOR MlLLER's DEFENSE

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uo Writes n Card Giving Ills Side OF the
@ Hubbard Controversy.
To The EIiior efthe L'iIlliass.es7..
sIn:-AIr. W. 7. Hubbard having pub.
lished q political document over his sigma.
ture in your issue OF Tuesday last, which
seems TO call for reply from me, l re.
quest that you will insert in your paper
the following: -
In the first place | must be allowed TO
say that Mr.. iiubbard's statement lin his
letter to me) in regard to an anonymous
Communication which appeared In the
HtJhter,ii r,iidocs not apply to me, Us have no
knowledge OF its authorship. l have no
doubt, however, that Mr. Hubbard by tho
use OF due diligence may be able to dis.
cover the author of the communication
referred to. The statement OF Mr.. Hnh.
bard so far as /. relates to his letter 10 me
and to part OF the conversation which
.ook Piaec between US, is substantially
true, but although the conversation took
place upon the very day Mr.. Hubbard
prepared his published statement he for.
got ~ to mention some OF the most i'm.
portant parts OF the conversation. Mr.,
Hubbard states that when he met me on
Tuesday afternoon | informed him l had
concluded after consideration not to give
him an answer. This | did not saw. |
did say, however, that | had decided not
to give him the information asked for. /
toid hiin moreover that the tables for tho
fiscal year ending September 80. 1881.
werr, not completed, but that / would be-
frank enough to say. that ii they we're
completed | would not give him the state.
ments from them. l also stated that had
during the eight years had been in office
refused to give to the public the figures
from an unpublished report; that had
myseit frequently prepared articles ior
the newspapers but had always carefully
avoided using any 'iisares except such as
could De tount il, the published reports
that had been frequently applied to fur
the information which he requested but
had invariably refused to give il TO any
one; that although there were statements
IN the unpublished reports that would be
Of advantage to the Democratic marty RI
would not permit them to be used. Mr.,
Hubbard Stated that the condition OF mat.
ters in the United States Treasury, conld
be aScerfained every three months. / nm.
swered that that was true, but that tho
Information came through published state
ments which the law required to be made
every three months. :. i g
When l declined to furnish Mr.. Huh.
bard the statement, liz said. t.It will sn;t
my purpose better for you to refuse to
give me statement than to let Inc have
It," II Mr.. Hubbard meant what he said
to me-, then he is certainly not. acting
honestly with the people on whose behalf
he has made complaint on account OF nv
failure to comply with his request that the
statement be furnished him. From Whit
Mr.. Hubbard himself stated and from Mi
the circumstances connected with the mat.
ter it is evident that he did n0t want or |
expect to get the statement All Tho
figures which he asked for can he uuita ne
re IDLY found in the Treasurer's Office no
in the Auditors Office, and vet alter INV
refusal to comply with his request he did
not sec fit to call upon Treasurer o'Br;en
tor the information, although i. is we'll
known that the Personal relations between
Mr: Hubbard and the Treasurer are quite
intimate. II ri. 49, - :, wv
Mr.. Hubbard knows-no one in tba
State knows better than he-what the dn-
ties OF the Auditor TO the people OF the
State are, and that they are prescribed by
the CONSTITUTION and by statutes which he
himself helped to enact. He knows.
moreover, that there is not single require,
mentthat the Auditor shall furnish such
to any one except through his
reports TO the Governor. + agree, with
Nj: Hubbard that the people have d right
to know how their affairs stand, and he
people having directed when and how the |
Information shall be furnished; will
in due time get tin accordance with the
requ!rementsofthelaw. If, however, Iwere
required to furnish statements to the !
political stump speakers throughout the |
the State who might choose to cali upon |
ME, siiohld be fully employed in giving |
attention to them and would have no time |
to attend to the Legitimate affairs OF NV
once. Very Respectfully, i
y, ~, Jos. S. MILLER.
1EbFf{iu1 IT Ia 1.,oE.. q 1901 - - | |