Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-03
AWAY BEHIND.
1 Very "snug" o. P. Shortage.
;oIoneI Patton Behind More Than
$27,ooooo.
IS Foraker Lives in PattOn's
House He Must Know
All About 1t.
)ther Handsome" Shortages Fig
ure on the Books,
md Make a Grand Total in Excess OF
$5I,ooo.oo.
)ther Handsome" Shortages Fig
ure on the Books,
md Make Grand Total in Excess OF
100000.
Tow Did Auditor OF state Poe Overlook
These Things in His "OmclaI"
Boiler Plate Report?
peclal Dispatch to the Enquirer.

pecial Dispatch to the Enquirer.
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 12.-The mag
ifcent showing" of the Ohio peniten-
iary as money-maker for befeoled
eople is simply
ONE OF THE PAPER MYTHS
yherewith Forakerism betrigs itself
,ithal to strut and display itself to the
arge school Of political suckers who are
silling to swallow any thing that has
j. B. F." blown in the bottle.
was looking over the books in the
tate Auditors Office to-day, and there,
four pages of the ledgor-from 90
o 80 inclusive-I found one Of the con-
ractors
YER TwENTY-sEvEN THOUSAND DOL
LARS SHORT
n his payment for the cheap labor OF
hat institution.
The name of the contractor is Colonel
\. G. Patton, head of the Patton Manu-
acturing Company.
The books are only posted up to the
tn day of August, owing to the illness
! the clerk having them in charge. The
ntries up to that date show
THE FOLLOWING STATE OF FACTS,
Which will probably interest great
lumber of people:
On the 1st of December, 1883, there
vas due from Colonel Patton to the
state for contract labor" q balance Of
9,89S.s7 and on "piece price" 2,976.59,
total of $22, ,37O.S9.
On the sth day Of August there was
lue on contract labor" S24,075.49, with
redits to July 81 aggregating $15,50O,
eating shortage of $s,575.49. On the
anne day there was due on "piece price"
's4,94795, with credits aggregating $16,-
90, leaving shortage of $1s,947.95, or a
!fand total of $97, 1884 shortage of pay
nent, some $1,000 greater than it was
line months ago.
In the State Auditors books Iafound
! APR1vATE MEMORANDUM
a pencil, which stated that there was
lue from Colonel Patton on contract
( ;9,O7549, on piece price $40, ,44Z95," a
rand total of $29, 1894.
This memorandum was probably made
by the Auditor of State yesterday or to-
lay, and is what he figures the shortage
q date.
I next called on Attorney General
Watson, who informed me that his
,ooks show that Colonel Patton is short
SS,b93.S4, which indicates payment OF
40 since the Auditors books we're
I'd, over month ago.
! But at the same time General Watson
omitted that tho indebtedness for Au-
rust had not been certified over to him,
lid, as this is little Over $4,000, the
Ih5rtage is not decreased below .$97,-
100, and is probably in excess Of $29, 900,
lS The Auditors private memorandum
ih8Ws.
The Attorney-General informed me
hat he had Colonel Patton's bond for
$4,000, and lien on 700 tons Of pig
ron, and considered the State safely se'
;6fed.
1t may be and it may not. Time will
probably tell that, as 1t did once befofe.
At all events Colonel Patton has had the
,se of $25, 900 Of the States money for
learly year without interest.
Governor Foraker resides in Colonel
Patton's palatial residence on Broad
street.
Years ago Colonel Patton got behind
with the State to the extent of from
100000 to $4,000, and simply
II WIPED IT OFF THE SLATE.
And the Treasurer has been whistline
for the money ever since.
In addition to Colonel Patton's SNUG
II borrowed this from Auditor Poe, )"be
hindhandedness," the'State Auditors
looks show several other handsome
shortages of payment" as follows:
Frank Klotts, $9,491.29; Columbu.
Bolt Works, So, 5O7. 81; and the Columbu!
Chair Company about So, 500.
II In relation to these General Watson
said that the Klotts account
rs WAS Practically vALuELEss
And had passed out Of his hands. I,
the other instance he said the contract
ofs We're all right and paid every TIVE
months.
The Auditors books, however, sbov
big red ink balances coming over from
November, 1888, in each account.
4 Altogether the shortage in payment
foots up the "snug sum"-as Auditor Po
would say-of $51, ,102.35.
H Query? Did State Auditor Poe coun
this as cash when he made up his recen
report" for Billy Capeller's boiler
plate factory?
If not, why didn't he say something
about it so that
THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE
To understand the true condition of tn
treasury?
4 Is it possible that shortage of $51, 90
lis 50 small or so common as not to b
worthy of note in an "off1cial" boiler
plate reportP
Or was this boiler-plate proclamatio
only intended to fool the people an
sosad the praises Of Forakerism?
An army Of black, gray and n