New-York tribune., 1886-04-06
GENERAL BUTLER EMPHATIC.
HIS EARNEST REPUTATION or GROSS LlBELs
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HIS EARNEST REPUTATION or GROSS LiBELS IN
TIE RECORDS OF THE HOUSE
W,sInNGToN, Aprl 5.-Gen'ral benjamin +. But
ler today wrote aud delivered Speaker Carlisle The
following letter
Sin: Nav hope that public duties will prruit you
TO lay the following communicable" ipl'rr - s,i,..
and have it referred to its Committee on Mlhtai!
Affairs ,.,,,, :, - .,
Committee un Muilry AFFAIR of the House, hN'hg
Leen directed by resolution investigate the man
arement of the Nation j Home Tor Dsabith Nonn'ctI
Soldiers after sptn.ing some ten hohih- m '"'' al
yestieaon turned their attention. IN Inc 'aiy pr' ~
February before the expiration oi their 'et o. srr
vice on the 4th oi March. to the accounts OF ,e GE
Treasurer OF the National Home On tne iotn W l'p
rnary the chairman informed me, at boston. Ma''h-
ehuetts tha the accounts current of the lfcast cr
of the Beard found III the annual reports ma e 10
Can yress with the exception Of The years - ~ anu
TO- TO- ~, =, V ir,,Iv nntrne The commit
ter reported among other incorrect statements; INT
d,r,n tle nine wears IreccJing the close OF The year
1870 HE amount of ned States bonds recel ed by
the treasurer male total OF sos, ,436 o' mat
the total amount accounted for by the treasurer from
the sale of said bonds -l.S' .fl3 oo ehNing !"
dcfcieucy TO be accounted Tor of S2l o23 ".
OF course II this report were true, nut one inference
was possible and that was an unla"lui
and non accounting 10y the treasurer of tins large sum
of public money. While engaged at nome III eNd"'u-
inc NV accounts in endavOr to ascertain the errors
the committee which was WORK oil ihuen .nic 1,lu
labor-the items covering some fourteen years ol io
and over Sl4 coo .UOD in accounts tound ms
wronofll and hurtfu statement claiming 10 be taken
from The records of the committee. published IN tha
newspapers on the first day of March. Mter
full examination find that every material part OF ihe
account as stated i'll the report of the committee TO
be untrue and unjust besides being hurtfui aud de
amatnry and these statements arc the results of te
pros,cs In the report of the committee In my
reports to Congr every bond accounted Tor to tue
last dollar every dollar accounted for and youched
to the last cent The fact appears printed therein,
that charge myself with United States bonds amount
ing TO - los 2s6 50. instead of S2Os2. 436 GI az
the committed say and account receive from the
sale thereof for - 10. $50 30 Intrad of 81 81,
Alb 90 as the committee say. showing bunder III
the committees statement against me OF ~ y i6b ~
repeat all this appears in the printed reports to Con
Cress Of the treasurer OF the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
These terrible calumnies have gone into the oheal
records of the House. "a will to the public press
gIoss bels which am powerless fully 10 meet uh-
less through your instrumentaity, Mr Speakei the
matter referrsd by House to it, Committee
on Military Affairs to investigate the correctness oi
these public accounts, that the reiutat0n sha.l
stand on the records Of the House side by side with
the misstatements, as humbly pray nay be doue