Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-13

enUin On 10 rsco Sei co. sG59s35 SO
Collections Nv salt on saine.......... D'Szt -
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sd47,911 u
Total smount Of defaicuion. during
the three years preceding June 30,
IsS4. upon which The inittd
Statfs has sued e. recover Ia I'M, 200 80, -
Ted states cOurts.............. .....SIioo''l5p
Total amount Of col. Ions on same l9'93S %
Total loss to fhe Government.....sl,jjO,S00 ~
now SUITS ARE BRoUGGT.
These suit. against deiau,ing public Off.
GERS are brought upon transcript OF ac-
count made by the First Comptroller OF the
Treasury, who certilies TO the settlement OF
the account. and that the officer has de-
laulted for The balance stated. and the
Comptroller. who is the final accounting
officer Of the Government, recommends
sut lie entered against the deiaulter to lie.
cover the amount Of the deialcatiOn. The
Solicitor Of the Treasury. ii he cOiucldes
with the view Of the Comptroller on the
CxredieLcy OF bringing suit, forwards the
CCmptIollera statement Of account or irin-
script to the proper United States district
attorney, and directs him TO enter suit to
recover the amount stolen a. certidei by
the Comptroller.
The statement OF the amount OF defil-
a. suits have been filed by the Government
IN the various United STATES courts 10 re-.
cover that amount. In those cases where,
on grounds OF personal or political eX-
pedirncy, suits have not been brought the
names OF the officers and the amounts
stolen cannot be ascertlined from any Of
Gcial Publication. the total loss 10 the
Government for the three fiscal years pre-
ceding June 30, 1888, As shown by the cer-
tiGcate Of the First Comptroller OF the
Treasury, filed in the United States courts
and sued on by direction Of the solicitor Of
the Treasury. The law officer OF the Govern.
ment in charge, is Sl,jG9, 1877. From
which deduct collections. els, $3.50. leay-
ing total loss OF Sl.jJO, S)0.27 to the
United States from the thefts Of its diSbuis-
ing officers for the lime stated ny McPher-
son aud Coon, instead Of sj.3Gi00, - they
certify.
ADDITIONAL LOssES-CONPRONIsE
II we add to the AMOUNT certified by the
First Comptroller and Solicitor OF the
Treasury as having been stoleu-yiZ., 81.
$50, s0o.2T, the amount stated by Attorney
General Brewster s. stolen by the STAT
reuters. si,200.O00, winch is properly
chsrgeable TO the Arthur Administration
for its failure TO collect it by an cnergeti:
Troso cution; the steal Of Burnside. dis
bursting officer OF the PoSt-Ofice Depart
mont in 1854. $4,000; defalcation 81
Morgan, discussing officer OF the state
Department in 1851, $4,000; Navy De-.
partment Medical Bureau fraud. In 1884,
estimated ut 100000; deiaca ion OF
United STATES Marshal Hall, OF Pittsburgh,
in 1884, and reported by Attorncy-General
10 be Slj3,C00, we have The amount stolen
under Arthur $1,000, SO0.27 instead OF
sJ,2Gi.C0, as stated by Secretary HcPhcr-
Ion and certified as correct 10y Acting-Sec-
Rotary. oi-the-TToasury Coon.
The falsity OF this McPherson-Coon
statement Is still further proven by the fol-
lowing statement, the figures OF which are
taken from the annual reports OF the So
Gcitor Of the Treasury to the Attorney
General. who reports the compromises of
official defalcatious for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1881, 1852, and 1883;
Fer The year eadine Juae go,
ltei. deiacatiOu3 Uf.............S 6l6,963 10
Compromised for.....- ............ lOJ,O3S Is
Loss " the Govcrnment..-....s 10000 81
For the year ending June 80,
1882, dcfdcatlOus Oi.............. sl4.52l 90
Compounded iOr................... 22i,2lJ 90
LOIS to The Government......3 59O,3O5 o.
For The year ending June 80,
1883. defhlcations Of............s 42S,9lj 0S
compromised lor....s'..........''. lt2uO1 ~
Loss to the Governmcnt......s 31I.s5O 10
Total amount Of defalcatious COM
promised during the fiscal years
ending June 1881, lsS2, and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 81 ,s54,399 so
COMPROMISED fOr................... iil33s 7S
Loss 10 the Government. ......sI,4I8,O6I O2
LOSSES UNDER VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS.
Assuming that the McPherson-Coon
statement Is correct a. TO the loss 10 the
Government by reason OF defalcation Of
United States officers from the commence
ment Of Washington's administration down
to 1861. which they make S24.4i1, S29.32 for
period embracing seyenly-two years, we
will pow show by the reports Of the Solicit
tor Of the Treasury, which have been trans
united to Congress by the Secretary OF
the Treasury aud the Attorney-General In
their annual reports, that the Mcpherson
Coon statement is fatty contradictory OF
the reports Of those Cabinet officer,
IRON LinCon's first Inauguration down to
june 80, 1883. These reports show a total
loss under the eight years OF Lincoln's adj
minisiration from official defalcations. after
deducting collections, OF S2i,Gj7,9I2.l6.
Stolen under Grant (tiSt term, Ss,76j.-
729.7T.
Stolen under Grant Second term), Si,374,-
1926.
Stolen under Hayes, S1,72i.523.sl.
stolen under Arthur's three We Irs, &c.
004, SOO.21.
Total lo,s, after deducting collections,
S4j.j27,G2j2I.
Ii is thus shown by the official reports TO
Congress Of the different Secretaries OF the
Treasury and Solicitors OF the Treasury,
from 1861 TO 1888, that during the twenty
three vars OF Republican administration
Of the Government the theits OF public
money aggregated S4J,521, 625.2I, while
from Washington's administration down 10
Buchanan's, both inclusive, a period OF
seyenty-two years, there was a loss OF but
s24. AL ,s29.32, an excess OF sal .0GJ, T05. 9J
stolen in tweDty-three years OF Republican
administration over seventy-two years OF
nrc, ious administrations, covering every
President from Washington to Buchanan,
both inclusive.
LET THE BOOKS BE OPEN.
The Acting Secretary OF the Treasury
having lent his signature 10 the Mcpherson
statement rs correct, and thus certified to
, faprant falsehood, as is shown by the re-
norris OF the comptrolling officers, the law
atfIcers. and the Secretaries OF the Treasu.
nv including such men A. Salmon p. Chase.
William Pitt Fessenden, Hugh McCulloeh,