The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-28
As Foraker Lives in PattOn's
House He Must Know
All About 1t.
Other Handsome" Shortages Fig
ure on the Books,
And Make a Grand Total in Excess OF
S5l,ooo.oo.
How Did Auditor OF state Poe Overlook
These Things In His "Oniciar'
Boiler Plate Report?
Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.

!ppeClal DlSp1lcu 10 inc f'uQullcT.
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 12.-The mag
niicent showing of the Ohio peniten
tiary as money-maker for a befoolet
people is simply
ONE OF THE PAPER MYTHS
Wherewith Forallerism betrigs itsel
withal to strut and display itself to the
large school of political suckers who are
willing to swallow any thing that ha:
81. B. F." blown in the bottle.
/ was docking over the books in the
State Auditors Office to-day. and there
on four pages of the lcdger-from &c
to 30 inclusive-I found one of the con.
tractors
OVER TwENTy-sEvEN THOUSAND DOL.
LARS SHORT
In his payment for the cheap labor OF
that institution.
The name of the contractor is Colonel
A. Il. Patton. head of the Patton Manu-
featuring Company.
The books are only posted up to the
sth day of August. owing to the illness
of the clerk having them in charge. The
entries up TO that date show
TILE FOLLOWING STATE OF FACTS,
Which will probably interest great
number of people:
On the 1st of December, 1883. there
was due from Colonel Patton to the
state for contract labor balance of
S9,30S..s7 and on piece price" Sl2, ,976. So,
a total of s22,37039.
On the SGh day of August there was
due on contract labor" S2+, ,075.49, with
credits to July 81 aggregating S15,50o,
leaving shortage of SS,515.49. On the
same day there was due on piece price"
S34,94I.9g. with credits aggregating Sl6,-
900, leaving a shortage of SlS,947.95. or a
grand total Of S2I, 523. "A shortage of pay
ment. some $1,000 greater than it was
nine months ago.
In tue State Auditors books found
a PRIVATE MEMORANDUM
In pencil. which stated that there was
due from Colonel Patton on contract
S9,0T5.49, on piece price SO, a
grand total of S20, ,523.44.
This memorandum was probably made
by the Auditor of State yesterday or to-
day. and is what he figures the shortage
to date.
next called on Attorney-General
Watson. who informed me that his
books show that Colonel Patton is short
S23, 523.34, which indicates payment of
$4,000 since the Auditors books were
posted, over a month ago.
But at the same time General Watson
admitted that the Indebtedness for Au-
gust had not been certified over to him.
and, as this is little over $1,000, the
shortage is not decreased below S2T,-
900, and is probably in excess of $4,000,
as the Auditors private memorandum
shows.
The Attorney-Genera informed me
that he had Colonel Patton's bond for
$4,000. and lien on 700 tons of pig
iron, and considered the State safely Sc
cured.
1t may be and it may not. Time will
probably tell that, as it did once before.
At all events Colonel Patton has had the
use of $4,000 of the States money for
nearly 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
$50, 600 to $4,000, and simply
WIPED IT OFF THE SLATE.
And the Treasurer has been whistling
for the money eyer since.
In addition to Colonel Patton's snug
I borrowed this from Auditor Poe, )"be-
hindhandedncss. the State Auditors
books show several other Handsome
shortages of payment" rs follows:
Frank Kiotts, S9,49l.20: Columbus
D,1+ lNn,1,o E0- ~ ,n1 tho al hue,
Chair Company about $500.
In relation to these General Watson
said that the klotts account
WAS PRACTICALLY vALuELEss
And had passed out of his hands. In
the other instance he said the contract
prs were all right and paid every two
months.
The Auditors books, however. show
big red ink balances coming over from
November, 1883, in each account.
Altogether the shortage in payments
foots up the ''snug sum"-as Auditor Poo
would say-of s5l. .lO2.35,
Query? Did State Auditor Poe count
this as cash when he made up his recent
report for Billy Capeller's boiler
plate factory?
II not, why didn't he say something
about it so that
THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE
TO understand the true condition of tho
treasury?
is it possible that shortage OF S5l 600
is so small or so common rs not to be
worthy of note in an ''ofiicial' boiler
plate report?
Or was this boiler-plate proclamation