The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-13
made in the investigation. Hundrsds's1ls

made in the investigation HundTedse1
discrepancie, were found that could not
/ be explained. In 1865 the Secretarg
the Treasury, the Registrar and I 6
Treasurer. all agreed that tbs net rev.
nue. was 1893. IL, ,615.0S In 1870 Mr..
Boutwelrs new method reduced this as-
gregate to $23, ,092, 7s5. 81. without word
of explanation as 70 the SlO,62l sSl9-56
thus arbitrarily stricken out.
A. balance OF So. .293, 1919 was alsses
/ lutely forced to make the conflicting &C
counts agree. The clerk in the Regis
tiers Office who for fifteen years had
made out the debt statement, testified as
/ follows:
! Q-I sec in column headed Amounts
| to be added TO receipts" marked "B, :
! S2.0l9.776.I0. and another one marked
&c" 81, ,000, 900, and the one marked I'd, 9
/ 81. .274, ,05I 60 making total OF S6,293,-
/ 82779, which You say ia 70 be Added to
receipts What is meant By that? A.
/ That is in accordance with the Secretary :
report of 1871. These amounts do not4gp
| pear on our books
O.I understand that these items,
amounting TO between six and seven mil
! lions Of dollars do not appear on your
/ DODkS! al 0O
| Q-But they are added BY the order oi
the Secretary? A.-So Understand.
The condition of the books of the
| Treasury is illustrated by the following
| testimony, which was given by Wan.
Woodville:
! Odd you find sup1n these books al
| terations. errors or erlsaFes? A--Il the
| 1reasurcr's books, from 1859 to 1867, IN
! elusive, the alterations, scratches and can
/ celled warrants amounted to about ,20a
| in round numbers.
| Q--Just explain generally what you
4 found On the books inregarj to alterations
/ or erasures of figures? A-Amounts
scratched ont ani new figures substituted.
J. w. Gentry testified next:
| Q-lIave you made a careful examina-
ton of certain lee gers OF the Registrar
and the Secretary OF the Treasury? Al
| have.
He then submitted prepared state
ment, showing:
The ledgers from the Registrars Office,
containing 428 erasures and apparent al
terations.
Six ledgers from the Secretary's Office,
containing 2,O99 erasures and apparent al
terations.
These were the great ledgers and final
books of the Government, with the ac-
counts of all the departments, which
were supposed to be posted accurately.
| Wr. WoOdviIle was again called to the
stand, and asked:
Q-Do you know of leaves being entire
| ly out of the books that appear TO have
been cut out? A--Yes, sir. In the begin
ming of the war some of the Treasury ac-
counts are that way.
| ON how many instances? A-Four
leaves in one case and five in the other. l
can produce the books if you wish to see
them.
Mr.. NJ. G. Hooker, Custodian of War
rants in the Treasury department, testi-
fed as follows:
Q-What report did yon make? A-The
warrants for which your memorandum
calls, namely, No. S95, dated June 80.
1868, for $847, ,209, ,450.90, and No. 947, of
June 80, 1870, for $40, ,760, 81 l. 90, do not
appear on the files, neither have they been
| on the lies since l have been Custodian o.
| the Warrants.
The corresponding warrant for 1859
| transfers from the treasury ABOUT V1VV )
600, 900, and is scratched and apparently
altered in several places, involving many
millions of dollars. Hooker also stated
that the appropriation warrants for 1870
from 921 to 947, inclusive-twenty-s
in alI-are missing. Many other war
rants are changed, and some of them
have from thirty to forty, or more, visi-
! BILE alterations.
These erasures, mutilations, raised ap
preparations, scratches and substituted
figures on the public books are not the
result of accident. They are wholly in
consistent with proper and honest book
keeping. No business man would per
nit his books to be mangled in thi:
shameful manner. The object of al
this fraudulent figuring was to concea
the robberies and rascaIities of the Re
publican leaders and managers, who
grew rich by favoritism, legislation, job
berry and colIusion with the Treasur!
officials.
; The books of the Government office
must be opened for examination, as Mr.
Hendricks says, but the first step ne
cessary for that work is to turn tn,
rascals out. This is the supreme issue
of the campaign.-New York Sun.