Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-02
INDICATED.
Jesse Swain, We Love Him
Most for the Enemies He
Has Made.
Ihe Accuser Himself the Man Who
Made the Error Of Forty.
Five Dollars.
'' swans ohivalrous Treatment OF n
houns Girl who Tolls to sup.
port Herself.
Special Correspondents Of Tho enrottc.

80 Viiespohuence Of the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May 8l.-The pronup
eismento In the two Ends Of the News o,
sunday from ex-Comptroller w. NJ
or is in many respects remarka
Only last week your correspondent. ii
sPeahing OF the character of the campaign
aeulhst mr.. Swain, remarked that on,
Ilun VINO owed more to the Kindness o.
texas people and the Texas press thar
any other citizen OF the state was plottnr
hlght and day to iniure Mr.. Swain
Inc Jury with which this secret enemy
mas burst forth from his lair furnlsbe.
some excuse for selfgratulatlon; II il
evident that Nj. Brown felt the force ot
the arrangement, and his published phil.
llppic against Col. Swain is the result
IL must be evident to anyone who takes
the trouble to read the ex.comptroler,s
article that he wrote In very angry mo.
ment This was unfortunate The
CONDITIONS OF an angry man receive but
little credence from the Intelligent reader
Now that this Issue is fairly Joined the
pubic can reach but one of two conclu.
slons; either Col Swain has been greatly
mallgned by those who are seeking To de-
feat him for governor, or, II the CHARGES
be true, he is untitled for that position,
Impressed with this belief, / have To.
day made thorough investigation of the
official records. Let them PASS indo.
ment on the charges of MIR. Brown
Here is the full list
l. lie has had two sons in his Office
drawing pay for considerable time as
employees when they were students in
regular attendance at the university.
= when called on by the house Of rep
resentatiyes for list of the entire force
employed on January 1, 1855, he sup
pressed the names OF II and w. Swain,
winch should, In fairness and candor,
have been included therein.
.. lie suppressed the name of his
Waterman in said list, and has since given
me misleading statement concerning
the Waterman, still suppressing the
name.
4 lie put in two names as dummies in
SAID list whom he necessarily knew at the
time were not employees of the Office,
o. lie gave me loose and Incorrect
report OF the aggregate amount paid EN-
ployes in January, 1885, which is at yari-
ance both with the amount shown by
warrants certified to by the treasurer and
with the amount derived from his list
furnished the house; tire last being also
contradicted by the treasurer's state
ment.
6. lie knowingly overpaid II, Swain,
violating his own exact rule Of audit.
Z. He knowingly allowed pay to be
drawn by somebody 4 don't know by
whom in the name Of a young lady, then
an inmate of his family, who was in no
way connected as an employe with the
office.
What is the story of the records and
the testimony? Read'it:
J Haeh Swain and Walter Swain, sons
of the comptroller, drew $1,000 for work
performed at nights during December,
1884, and January, 1885, principally dur
ing the holidays. Non-resldents of or
ganized counties are given until January
] to pay taxes at the comptroller's Of
tice, and the last week in December they
create rush in the tax department The
chief tax clerk, Mr.. ID, II. Walsh, re-
quested extra help, and the
two sons of Mr.. Swain having |
worked before in this department and |
being thoroughly acquainted with all It's |
details, were employed to give the neces-
sary assistance. Their time was kept by |
the hour, and ] am informed by Mr..
Walsh that they each did as much work
Tor the time employed as the best clerk in
.he department.
3 This resolution called for the en-
)loyes of the various departments, the
lates Of their appointment to clerkships,
heir salaries, etc. Hugh and Walter
vain were In no sense employees or at
aches of the comptroller's office; they
,eld no clerkships and received no sala-
les. They did few nights work at so
much an hour, and when that was done
heir connection with the Office ceased
g.. The name of the Waterman, Mr.. w
=, Mccall, is doubtless as well known to
,lr. Brown as to Col. SWain himself AS
umed ignorance in such case
AN hardly pass for honest inquiry. The
statement referred to is
merely quotation from the appropria-
ion for said Waterman, which is placed
n the treasury list, and which may posi- !
,ly mlslead those who are signing to be
This Waterman can only be !
aid on the certificate of the treasurer, ,
nd has generally been appointed by the I
reasurer The last appointment, that OF Z
Ir. Mccall, seems to have been at the I
uggestion OF Col. Swain to Treasurer I
lubbock Mr.. Mccall is in no /
yay related to the comptroller. His I
mission from the list of employees fur
ished the house Of representatives &C. {
urred because il was believed by the \
Jerk who made up that list that he be- n
lnged to the treasury department. Il
The so.called ." dummies " were a
mployes OF the office prior to January /, {
ss5, and their names, by some means, II v
lakes very little difference how, got on
le roll which was given to the legisla
ire. II Mr. Brown had examined o
iat list closely, however, he U
ould have discovered that In the b
,lumn marked 'ipresenl salaryp intend e
/ as contrast to salaries al the time OF Il
,pointment, a blank stood opposite their d
lmes indicating very clearly that they al
ere not en- the payroll Of the Office "
3. The report furnished by Col. Swain L
Mr.. Brown was correct to cent, The AZ
,gregate amount paid employees OF the u
office for January, lss5,
As s422g.0s. The total which
r. Brown has figured out, silSl 0S,
,ances, OF course by accident to De
ROM The mistake Of sl5 belongs to n
r Brown, not to Col. Swain. IL was 10
used by the failure Of Mr.. Brown 70 get G
am the treasurer the numbers Of al the p