Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-04-12

While the accounts and books OF
Col. Hemingway were under cXaininn-
ton by the Legislative Committee and
the special Commission appointed by
he Governor, VIC felt AMI said that
public opinion ought to be SUSPENDED.
rhe Committee and Commissions, aid
cd by an expert accountant, have made
IL painstaking examination into all the
transactions of the trcasllrcr's office
for the entire fourteen years of Col,
Hemingway's incumbcncy, and find
the books simply ANA correctly kept.
They find, also that they agree with
the Auditors books, which are II check
against the Treasurer. They locked
specially into those transactions where
il was supposed that Col. Hemingway
had failed to take proper credits, and
find that every item is entered rs ii
| should be. The result of the examina.
ton is an asccrtaincd dcfalcation of
S3l5, 6l2.10,
Tie gentleman who made these sew
eral examinations are men of the high
est character. They are the political
and personal friends OF the eX-ircasu:-
or. Civic pride and party interest
would naturally incline them TO weigh
well their words and actions before
giving out Il conclusion that would
ruin Il party associate and bring shame
on the State. The whole State was
looking anxiously for a rcassuring
word from these gentlemen, but the
worst Is upon us. Col. Hemingway
has been arrested for cmbezzlement
and placed under $25,000.OO bond,
which was readily gwen by friends.
lie asks II suspension Of public opinion
till he can have his accounts gone over,
As far as VIC can see, the case is con
cludcd against him. No statement
made by his friends will stand against
the facts already set out. A suspcn
sion OF: Judgment is impossible. liz
NAV be innocent. but there is nothing
in the situation to suggest it, and hi
must realize, as must his friends. tina
tin he shows where that S3l5,6l2,l!
went, he will be held guilty. by u can
did public.
lie has many friends who will no
believe HIM guilty, and We arc glat
that those nearest TO him can still thinl
him innocent; we are glad for theiI
comfort, bu: it is not in IN unbiased
mind to resist the testimony of fact
: and figures ms they stare us in tho face
lie had the money aud it is gone; VIII
, got it,?
No mau in Mississippi is better con
nccted than w. l.. Hemingway, an
tina, he meant to be honest when h
I went TO jackson we have no d0ubl
1 Our surmisc is that he was ruined a
%"IIoncst Dick Tate" of KY, was; Il
@ Pope of Tenn, and Vincent of Ala
and Burke of La, by speculation
|, For years his political associations
q Jackson have been the worst possibl
lie belonged to that company OF me
u who worked coavicts. bought bott0I
A plantations and specialized on II larry
scale. The mania TOR riches and sllo
rot possession of him, so much so, TIN
IS his servants wore livery in the fasl
ion of the lords in England. The pr
Il sumption. in charity, is that he 10
his judgment aud pristine intcgrit
Q and was swept along 10 where he no
is.
ID Ills surctics will lose nothing, MS |
assigned sufficient property to indel
ST nifty them. but tho State will probabI
Ds lose $685.. 6l2.1 Tho State is mu,
10 better able TO lose this money than
- carry tho shame OF the dcfalcatio
70 Gov. Stone will do his duty we dou
IA not. even in the fact Of every stubbot
10 difficulty. The good people ought
i. sustain him. II is going TO be We
&c hard for many people in Jackson to
right. aud we r by 10 means su
10 That they will DO strong enough to
Of II. We viii SEQ.
RI This IL written IN dccp sympntl
If With many saddcncd hcarts, but It
q. written for the information and gui
Of ancc Of those whose business It Is
A. see that Righteousness rcigns In 4
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