St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-15

Leed0m was not aware of this fact 1t
was because he knew nothing about q Q
state of his own or OF publ G
fl lances in the hands OF Mr.. Sill
rott. On this subject Mr.. Leedom stat,
tlat the discounting during the sessi' n
of congress was done with his own
money or with private moneys deposit
ed with him, not out of the public funt s.
and that when Congress was not in ses-
sion the discounts were negotiated with
the banks. AS to the presence OF
deposit of less than 500,
which the report refers to, he says that
he kept an account there, and that il
was an Overdraft. such as might occur
in a bank. He explained that Silcott
had in his part Of the safe sum OF
money belonging to him NeedOm). and
that he deposited his salary with the
paving teller and checked against it.
When he was notified by the pay
ing teller that he had overdrawn he
simply got the money out of his own
fund in SilcOtt'S part of the safe and
made the necessary deposit. In the
ease of the $1,000 check, he says that
when he found he had overdrawn he
found at the same time that Silcott had
taken away the envelope containing bis
UeedOm's) private funds, amounting in
notes and money to about $1,000. He
at once raised the money to
DEPOSIT AGAINST THE NOTE
and still held 1t In reserve for that pnr-
pose. In other words, he says thet he
actually had more than the thousand
dollars in the safe when he drew the
check, but that it was in Silcott's pos
session. and not in the paying teiler's
L. ba nf tho
sergeant-at-arms that Mr.. Adams, who
committee, has Overdrawn his accounts
to the amount of S7O: that eX-Speaker
Carlisle has oYerdrawn his account to
the amount of S416: that Mr.. Reed has
Overdrawn his accounts to the amount
of 81 1884. Other Overdrafts are: Cheath-
am, 5000; COlrain, 81; FOrInan, S4l6;
Clifford. S5; Heard. s346; HOuk. S3i33;
Lee, 81, and Spin0la, $4l6. In the
cases of Carlisle, Re d, FOrman and
HOuk. the vouchers have been filed.
A reporter made an investigation of the
case of Speaker Reed, and discovered that
it Was not, in fact, an Overdraft, az
least not so far as Mr.. Reed himself
knows. Mr.. Reed placed his certificate
in the sergeant-at-armS Office on the 4th
of December, when the money was due.
for his
ADDITIONAL SALARY AS SPEAKER
and authorized the prOcurance OF a
draft for the amount on New York. A
day or two afterward he got the draft.
His certificate should have been taken
TO the treasury, the money drawn and
the draft procured. 1t appears. how
ever, that the money was not drawn
from the treasury, though the proper
hr pnnd 1hic ufunC
the appearance of an Oyerdraft. A re-
porter spoke to MIR. Reed about the
matter this morning.
Il have never overdrawn my account" re-
piled the speaker, with some astoniShment.
Il have never drawn my money until 1t WIS
due. drew $l,934 after | was elected
speaker, when it was due. stated in nay
certificate that the money might be
got for me from the treasury in the
form of a draft on New York. i got my
draft in due time. l do not see how they
could have got the draft without depositing
see how this can be put in the light of an
overdraft. II Is certainly not due to any act
Of mine.''
Mr.. Adams, Of Illinois. the chairman
of the SilcOtJ investigation COMMITTEES,
said that his account with the sergeant
alarms was overdrawn TO the amount
of $40 through misunderstanding.
II gave check" said Mr.. Adams, "for
that amount at about the 1st OF November,
with the idea that my salary for that month
was due me, but since have found that my
certificate had never been fled with the
treasury, and SO instead of drawing my
salary for the months services, / find my
account overdrawn. 1t was simply mis-
take, and as soon as there is proper party
authorized TO receive money the matter will
be settled"
Mr.. Adams said he had no idea when
the committee would finish their work.
or whether another partial report
would ',e made before the final report.
1t is proposed in the committee that
they recommend that the matter
be sent to the court of claims
for adjustment and that the
action of the house In the matter of re-
imbursing the members be guided by
the decision of that court. This course
may be followed. 1t Is understood that
a dozen or more of indictments for for
gerry will be returned by the grand jury
against Silcott on Monday.