The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-15
/ urge that cases like this, VIII,

/ urge that cases like this, VIII, n
frauds are concealed in the vaui-s
or on he books OF 8 department the
only remedy TO the people is BY
change of control, SO that she book
and vouchers shall CONS under h.
examination of new and disinter-
ested men. Do you think l. am an.
swerei, when you say was mis-
taken in surprising that in this cast
the frauds were all under your
administration, when in facs part ol
them extended back into tina O
your predecessors Why, sir. thai
makes y our Gaze worse for the bd-
reau OF medicine and surgery defai
cation is large, but a more serious
fact is that i5' could snd dip extenc
through two administrations of tn
department, a per'ou of nearly fon
years, Withou, detection, but vt BIZ
came more serious, so far as you III,
in ividually concerned, when the
fact is considered that you had no
tee and yet look no Sufficient action
The information upou wh CHI spoke
wss from Washington on The 20 il o
last month, by tue Associated Ptess,
the same tnat brings me your letter.
the Associated Press Obtained It's
informa ion either in your d'part-
ment or from the investiget
i0g committee. If You wer,'
incorrectly reported, that was
the time for complain,
and correction. You testified thai
The total of the Suspicious voucher
discovered 80 far was about S33. 600
and that the money fraudu'eutb
obtained was in some lnsianc s di>
vided between the Watchman In the
department, Car gan, chief erk,
aud Kirkwo, d, in charge OF the ac-
counts. Now, what nutics b d
you? According to the A. socia e.
Press report of your testimony you
received q letter last year charging
CarrigaD, one of the parties, wi
drunkenness, and after that a man
came TO you and told you thai
KTkwood snd Carrigsn were en-
gagged IN frauds. Did not that puJ
you upon notice and inves igs.ien ?
You testified that some inquiry
was made and that the conclusion
was that white there were some sus
p;cious circumstances they did not
warrant the conclusion of guilt
After notice, verbal and in writing
you lett the men in Office; you did
not bring the frauds TO lieht, nor
the guilty parties TO punishment.
1t was Government Detective Wood
who discovered the frauds. and the
Associated Press report eays Wood
declared he would have no further
dealings with your department., but
would press an investigation be-
fore Congress. What is your next
excuse? Worse, il possible, than
all before. Youssy large number
of congressman, iacluning sumo
gentlemen Of great influence and
position, recommended that the
bead OF the bureau, DR.. Wales,
should be rsappointed. Members
Of Congress knew nothing If the
frauds, they had no opportunity TO
know. It wss within } our reach
and duty. They were probably his
p0r-OnaI IIlenQes you were MS
official superior, but in fact
did you reappoint himP Iunder-
stand not. Perhaps the detective
di GOV cred the frau Is too soon, bat
DIR. Wales was not one Of the three
guilty pa'tles He neither forged
vouchers nor embeZz ed money. His
responsibility was just the same as
your owu. He vas the offici su
perior OF three rogues, as you vera
OF himself as we'll as them. Neither
he nor yourself ex ,osed the frauds
or punished the parties.
l have not thought Of or consid-
cred this as a case of politics. Al
dressing my !. eighbors l said th~t
To and like cases adm nish the m
to demsnd civil service reform in
the removal Of all from Office who
will not seef to promote 1t within
the sphere of their Official uuty end
authority. Resp ctfully,
7. a. HENDRICKS.