The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-04-01
NOLAND'S BONDSMEN.
They Hold q Meeting i'm st. Louis
and agree to Put up Their
Share of the Deficit.

ST. Louis March 26.-The Laclede Hotel
was crowded with Democratic politicians
from a. parts of the state yesterday. The
occasion for yesterdays gathering was a
called meeting of the bondsmen of ex.
state Treasurer Ed T. holland. The gen.
tlemen who arranged for the "pow-wow"
expected that there would be little diff.
Guilty IN collecting the amount of his in
dividual liability from each bondsmau
and that the shortage would be raised in a
short time and be In the hands of the
Governor at Jefferson City by tomorrow
afternoon. Such, however, was not the
case. The money was not raised and
may not be paid To The state officials with
out a suit. The meeting settled one thing,
however, and that is that ex-State Treas
urer James S-iberl's skirts are perfectly
clean. LII had been slated that some of the
bondsmen did not care 10 pay up until
they bad been satisfied that the money was
all taken during the holland aJministra-
lion. Ii any Of il was borrowed" while
NJ lind was chief clerk under Seibert, then,
they argued, Seibert was responsible, and
his bondsmen, and not Nolanh's, would be
iiatls for it. MIR. Seibert's books were ex-
smined bJ a committee of the members of
the lust state general assembly just before
he went out Gf off e, and he was given a
clean report, showing that all of the money
called tor by the auditors accounts was la
the state treasury. This report is in ex-
istence and it exonerates Mr.. Seibert of
all charges of completely in or knowledge
of crookedness up TO the time when he
lefI Office.
The bondsmen are satisfied that they are
liable for the entire amount OF the holland
deficir, and those who met al the Laclede
yesterday are in favor of making il good
to the State without waiting to be sued
There we're only eleven of the twenty-five
bondsmen present, however, aud they
could not accomplish much toward raising
the it'll amount.
The meeting was called to order in room
10, on the parlor floor of the hotel, at 10
o'clock, with The following gentlemen
proson: Ir. 4. p Moorehouse, VIM. III.
Phelps, Waller Young, Senator Piersol, j.
T. Elaaney, w. H.Swift John Gordon, c.
E Peers and Z d. kenna. Gov. More
house was chosen Chairman and z. ID.
kenna, Secretary. After an informal DIS
cussion OF The situation, a recess was takan
until $50 O'Clock in the afternoon to give
several other bondsmen, who hal business
engagements an opportunity 10 be present
At the afternoon meeting Mr.. John Kel-
lar, of 81 Charles, AMI K. II. Hern, the at
toruey, were PRESENT, In addition To the
gentlemen who attended the morning ses-
sion. IL took them two hours 10 express
themselves on the situation and arrive at
a coucu.ion satisfactory to themselves.
While they were all OF ,he opinion that IL
would be best to pay The money into the
state treasury, without a suit, yet they did
not feel obligated to assume the burdens OF
the absent bondsmen, who were equally
liable with those present Ii was finally
agreed to divide The amount OF
the shortage by twenty-five. the num-
Der OF bondsmeB, and call on each
sondsman 10 pay up his share
Those who put up their money on the spot
were as follows: Walter Young. Gov.
Morehouse. E ID. Kenna, w. III. Phelps,
Senator Piersol, John Gordan, c. E Peers,
and VIM. Christopher. John ODiy and
j. S. Fleming having already sent their
proportionste share to the state officials at
Jefferson City, and E. c. O'Day having
promised to do so, q total Of fourteen out
of twenty-five bondsmen may b, considered
as being cit the pot"
The nine bondsmen who were not pres
ent st the meeting and who have shown no
disposition to pay their share of indebted
ness without a suit, will be asked once
more To join the majority in an attempt to
settle the business as soon as possible. Be- |
fore sdjourning the meeting appointed
Gov. A. u. Morehouse a COMMITTEES to see
or write to them and solicit their co-opera-
ton. Should the govs rnor succeed iu his
mission another meeting will probably be
held within few days. Should he fail,
there will be no necessity for meeting,
and the matter will be permitted to take
its cour:e.