Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-21
HONEST OLD DICK TATE.
HE DEVELOPS A SUDDEN INTEREST IN
EXTRACTION MATTERS,


Leaving the kentucky Cash Box MIMI
Half Miilion-The Corn Crackers lie
wailing Their Misplaced Confidence II
Good yellow Other wicke,iness.
! TRANSFORM, Ky, March 81. james W
Tate, who has held the office of state treas
urer for twenty years, is found 10 he SEQ
900 short in his accounts. He left here lasi
Friday, and is supposed 10 be in Canada He
was suspended by the governor Tuesday
| morning. and n resolution has been intro
duced in the legislature Offering 5000 re-
| ward for his capture
| LATER-tiovernor Buckner, in his message
| to the legislature Tuesday afternoon, an
nuunced that state Treasurer Tate was sus-
| pended from all official duty and an exam,
| nation of his accounts had shown him TO be
a defaulter to the extent of nearly IA quarter
| of "a million. Experts are now investigating
| the treasury accounts. The investigation
was brought about 10y the strange conduct of
| Tate himself TN Thursday last, Senator
Wright states that he had a long talk with
Tate, who questioned him closely and at
great length as 10 the exact provisions in the
extradition treaties between the United
States and Canada. 1t began to be rumored
around the streets1hat there was only small
amount in bank to the credit of Tate, and
when the treasurer was not seen ON either
Friday or Saturday Auditor Hewitt sug-
gested that an investigation of the circun-
stances should hc made, This suggestion was
acted on, and though the experts have not
Se1 s"h" i"r enough II. ti'e ilNc't'E,tion 10
ne an'e :" '',ho report rul''or say 'l'ay Tue
ueia'v''t''" mas "li'"'S run UP ~ uisu 10
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iate mas oeeh III o'nce lor over '"eh'y
years anu 'ii' ID '''e ii'S' ''.U
mas ever uocii uiuor ',Nci'' anu uu' venues 70
Iop"erS nave tn"S uce'i .nro"n Uloh 1fU
every ScHN''i u, 'u' i'9 iH'''"io ,no no.''o ,i''
paHseu IcSolutio" "i''cr'"S niI 'hNeSuisaVioh
nS experts w men llo resolution caihe up III
lhe senate thut houS mas Always NoIeu II
down, ana TINS actloh was characteristic OF
lhe present senate as wen as ltS predecessors
me oondSmeh oil Mr. iate are, however en-
tfeIy solvent ana Ihe loss 10 the sIate Is
thought, therefore, ehtireiy calapie Oh peils
maze good
EX-Supreme Court Judge Thomas +. har-
gls SAID; fehdlnS the canvass Tor Ihe NOM
lhatlon To state oiiiceS III 1881, iauy came 10
me in frankfort ana sad tlat rate was de-
faulter, and that lie ought 10 DE exposed
insisted that unless PROOF could DE produced
OF ms gum tine charge shoulu noI he lhaue,
as 1t might he mistake; nut she seemed 10
he so convinced ana wei posted as 10 what
was gong on thaG refused 10 support late
Tor the nomination, ana the tact that re-
celNcu nuns from my coilliuehIl"l Poiiuicai
friends Ill Frankfort Iof year before lhat |
tine Democratlc party was III great u'lilger |
from this source, strengthened me III my OPP |
position 10 late $ nomination.
Judge FOX, Democrat, VINO ran Tor state |
treasurer on the frohibltloh ucket III 1851 |
said: II took the auditors reports IN 1919,
As lar back us could get theh' ana by SIM
pie calculation discovered that there must
he something wrong, was privately tod
Oh various suspicious circumstances, puI Ill
such way that could not use them
Treasurer Tate went TO Louisville last
Thursday evening lie registered AT the
Louisville hotel, ana remained tlere until
FRIDAY hlght. re boarded 1le evening Tram
Tor cincinnati FRIDAY hiSht, ana was seen a1
Cincinnati late that night, since when moth
ing illS been heard from NM
>" popular was Tate ana SO much CON
fdence idid everybody have IN MN That 1t
was no trouble for HIM to get the nomination.
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