Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
WHAT TATE LEFT;
A Legscy Of WranglIpg and Crimina.
tisH Among She Officials Of the
State OF KenluckY.
The Auditor CASTS InsInuations Upon a
Judge Who Strikes Back Again-But
the Money IL Conc.
SWELLING THE DEFICIT.

SWELLING THE DEFICIT.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 22-The de.
falcation Of the State Treasurer grows IL
imouut as the experts examining hi
sccounts progress. Yesterday afternoon
Auditor Hewitt announced to the Gov.
ernor that the amount of the deficit was
SlS7, 1858. but lister this sum was increased
by $I9, $50, and 1t is now thought that the
total shortage will not be far from
1880. 600. The books Ct the Treasurer's
office show extreme looseness and neglect
and it will be weeks before order can be
brought out o. the existing chaos. Where
the money went is still as much q mys-
terry as ever. That Tate accoum odsted
his friends st all times is admitted, but
| that he losned such q sum as this Is
hardly believed. His private papers have
not as yet been examined.
TO INVESTIGATES THE AUDITORS AFFAIRS.
FRANKFORT, Ky March Ex-senator
Wright offered q resolution in the state
Senate for the appointment OF a commit
tee to Investigate Auditor Hewett's al.
legged failure to discharge his duty In the
matter OF supervising the affairs of the
treasurer. This may prove preliminary
step towsrd the Impeachment Of the Audi
tor. The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
MUST BIZ INVESTIGATED.
LOUISVILLE, KY March 22.-The At
torney General has caused attachments to
issue against the known assets Of the sb-
sconding Treasurer.
A Democratic caucus Was held at
Frankfort last night. Resolutions were
adopted requiring the Democratic party
to thoroughly investigate the accounts OF
ell state officers and the administration
Of the affairs Of all state Institutions.
Mr. Sherman Of this city arrived home
from Canada to-day and says he saw
Treasurer Tate in Canada.
REPORT ADOPTED.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 2s.-The re-
port OF the legislative commission ap.
pointed to prepare and prefer rrticles of
impeachment against Treasurer Tate was
adopted and the prosecuting committee
named in accordance with Its recommen-
ds ion. Public interest now centers in
the Investigation to be made In the
AUDITORS office. Auditor Hewitt Il
man OF high character and
ackno "ledged ability, hut the feeling is
prevalent that he must have been too
lcuICht VI UcIollSb III kue IHALL6T
Of money accounts with Treasurer
required by legislatures. Many openly
declare he must have known Of Tste's
shortage long before his flight. A morn,
ing psper published q statement thst
Judge Thomas F. Hargis, formerly on
the Supreme bench of the state, was one
Of the Officials in high plsce who had Dor.
rowed money from Tate. The article
e. sofF 70 bak "a
WAS now due the abscondlpg treasurer
from said judge. Judge Hsreis is one of
the best known politicians Of the state ard
the article caused great deal of COM
ment. This afternoon the Judge publishes
caro-, half column in length, in which
he makes the following salty statement:
az do not owe james W. Tate or the
state Of Kentucky any sum whatever. /
would call for my salary as judge some
times before 1t was payable, and Tate
would take an o q or q brief memo
rendum and pay me the salary, and when
the warrant was issued by the Auditor
1t would be delivered to Tate
and he got credit for it.
Why should Hewitt single me
out under such circumstances and have
my name published as one of these who
got he money, but mention no one else. |
He knows do not owe any Of the alleged |
o. US, as well as he knows his own |
evaslVe methods. Hewitt may deny put. |
ting my name before the public to crafty |
mis- malice, and he may get some bench |
man or tool TO take the responsibility of |
doing go, but that will not change |
the fact Can he, however, ssy truth
fully that he was not at one time engaged |
in speculation in mountain lands with |
Tate? Csn he also truthfullY say he never |
WAS and has not rect ntlV been in whisky |
speculation with Ta;ef The Auditor must |
know Of all money that is paid In or |
drawn out Of the treasury. he is the |
chit OK, balance and guardisn Of the Treas
urer ard his conduct. II the Auditor |
performed his duty closely how could the |
Treasurer steal during Hewitt's long in
cumbency In Office, being now third |
termer himself. Fsyette Hewitt is the |
last man on earth that should De allowed |
TO Investigate Tate, his bosom friend
Tate, at whose Preside and in the bosom |
Of whose family Hewitt has ever been q |
wtlcome and intimate guest. 1t occurs to |
me that it would be more seemly for |
Hewitt and his brother to stand |
out OF the way until both of the financial |
the twin sisters, the Audit |
or's and the Tressurer's Offices, are fully |
investigated. No harm can come II the |
honest from doing so, and the servants |
of the people ought 10 be prudent enough |
TO do all things well, openly and fully, at |
this time, as failure 10 do so will leave |
at least in the minds Of many. |
IN pETppraTE pawnrnp