Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-01
Leading Republicans Voice
Their Opinions on Nc
Camant'S Admissions.
PUSH THE INVESTIGATION
10 the Very Bottom, Seems to Be the
General View of These.
THE PRESENT SYSTEM TO BLAME
For the Evils That Have Recently Been
Brought to the Surface.
NOT A QUESTION OF PARTY POLITICS
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SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.l
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 30.-The aston
ishing admissions Of Auditor General Nc
Clmant and State Treasurer Bower, made
before the Legislative Investigating Com
1aittce Yesterday, were to-day the principal
topic Of conversation among all professional
and business men Of the city. McCamant' 5
Statement that all his predecessors in office
laj acted in precisely 'he same manner as
l.c has acted is so astc cnding, it is asserted,
that nothing but a thorough investigation
into all past administrations viii satisfy
the people
Among the Republican politicians some
boldly aver that the officials under fire are
honest: some claim that the whole thing is
political Job instigated by Secretary of
he Commonwealth Harritv and carried ont
Lv Governor Pattison by stretch of his
HG-Eoritv The more sagaciouS, however,
no deem that il j. best to make the most
uf the facts as they exist, say emphatically
.nst The Republican party wanted this in
r.sri-ariou long a-o.
THE SYSTEM AT FAULT.
Surveyor OF The Port. John J. Ridge
way, while declining to cTiticise the Nc
iauant admissions. ou the ground that he
Lad not vet read the morning papers thor
a.-h.y, stated mrescrvedly that, in his
ur.Elnn, ruG system provided for the
EaualGC Of State moneys WAS altogether too
lsN and lha; more checks should be inStitu-
ei that ra~caiity Of any sort on the part of
officials might be impossible. Referring to
the INVESTIGATION nov going on, the Sur
vrror said:
- would have everything Immediately
rooted out Delay viii serve no ends. The
sooner evrrvtlin. is out and as far as pos
s.aa cleared up the better 1t is due to the
people, and they viii have it. Affairs at
.Hs prescn. stage are such that it is impOs-
-.".a To hide ANYTHING, and any attempt
rHEo So is the height of foolishness. As
EenUbhcan, ] am the more anxious tha t
ID the present case everything should be
~ou-hg 20 l,ght, and that the investigation
should 20 back to past administrations if
laa-c Is any evidence 10 warrant il, regard
-ss Of who may suffer No guilty person
should be shielded. Il is the right of the
ieo0le to know how their money has been
administered.
MAXI THE THING THOROUG.I.
Colonel John l. Rogers said that the ad-
.--lcHs of NcCmant and Bower were
a.--- damaging but what he wanted TO
STATE particularly was that the whole
system under which such TaScality was
possible should be destroyed. Pull the
roots "t The perniciouS system up" said
I.He Colonel, land the NcCamant, Bower
and 6ard>icy branches which >prout from,
and are uour.>hed by ii, viii die The in
E.-rI-aji0u 10 DE >al istactory must be
q. rough. Past administrations must be
-na into. and no dead mans memory
4s7|.-.r-..t 9r+.ar 10, G-o fl,a
r.al@r of Justice. Kill the whole system
u machine politics one andfor all.
Hnarrnu l. Carson, Republican. said:
''Fa,r- s. only o:c course open for the In
E.-..-ariug Committee now. Everything
1..~- come out 1t is no good endeavoring
l-er1o defy the public outcry. 1t was
..ua The people that Senator Quay and the
.uuUhlic.n leaders should have instituted
- inquiry themselves long ago and de-
Ianlyd he officials designations. Now it
is tuo latr and any obstacles they may en-
reavar lo throw iu the way will recoil on
-H p own heads.
\ WARNING FROM AJAX.
III may have been sublime for Ajax to de-
.--ue lightning. but ii struck him blind all
-.e same. and the Republican party, if it
90 -auute ID shield anyone or hide anything
-..II find Ir>rlf in a similar predicament
.s ueonle demand q thorough investiCa-
rau aua il must 70 back and back until the
whole rHi1- has been exhausted and every
.i~.aays' Official exposed. %
"EiCt aIauj's $ admissions are most dam
...rE." said Councilman Thomas J.. Hicks.
-..i- statement that he knew money had
...n raid To Bard>ley hv the State when
#. EITy Treasurer was aheadv delinquent
have but one urerpretation-that Nc
Camau- himself was pccuuiarily interested.