The Irish standard., 1891-05-02

Neither my report. or the report of an
auditing committee lie such was ap-
pointed), have been published. MI
O'Brien asks with q fodr1sh OF trum-
pets, what his account with the Union
is? ALI members of the Union know
that be served two full years as secre-
tary of the Union at salary of $3.50 per
year $780, He also served as secre-
tarY from June 10Th to Sept. 18th, 1890
at salary not yet fixed. but will likely
be placed at 5000 90. Total $500. He is
debited with an acknowledgment of his
own, SIS IL. Amount paid by st. Luke's
cadets. but not reported. $50. Amount
ordered charged at last meeting of the
Board. S2S9 a. Total $275 10. Balance
still que Mr.. O'Brien, $M.87. The
gentleman endeavors to show that the
Beard did not know its business when
it said that some societies had paid al
excess of national per capita tax. The
Board understood that societies were
assessed for all per capita taxes on the
number OF members stated in their of
fetal reports but the assessments
were made on the wrong reports. So
cleties should pay national taxes on the
number reported by them on the 10th
day OF October IN each year. Mr.,
O'Brien assessed them upon the reports
made by them in the following Jnne
I am aware that he did this in the case
of such societies only as had made no
report on October 10th. but the Nation
al Secretary held their reports for the
year previous. and upon this number
the number officially published by him
they should be assessed. I may add no
fault is found with Mr.. O'Brien be-
cause of this. The Board holds Gift,
ferent view from his, that is all.
Since the ex secretary is anxious to
lay claim to having exhibited marked
ability in the MANAGEMENT of the tinan.
cial affairs OF the Union, / think will
follow this argument a little farther.
AS stated above, he charges himself
with having received $484 rs. Even
this is not true, In order to- make up
this amount he has to make the first en-
try read: lon hand at beginning Of
year, $35.11. There was not one cent
on hand at the beginning of the year.
He drew an order for this money June
18th, 1889 and that emptied the TREASURY.
The other items IN the receipts are fees
and dues, but know of one society
which paid It's tax, yet it has received
no credit. The amount is small, but
that cuts no figure. st. Luke's Cadets,
st. Paul, paid So cents tax. No record
of it is to be found. So the total re-
ceipts should not be $484 Is, but that
amount less $35 IL, plus So cents, or
$$449.72 So his boast that he lis pre-
pared to prove that every statement and
every figure inserted in that report was
absolutely correct" will fail to carry
much weight. Let us go on. He col
lected the national per capita tax from
the societies of this Union in June last.
He should Lave paid it to the National
Secretary at once. When I went to the
convention August 7th the money had
not been sent. The consolidated roll
of the National Union showed every
one of our societies in arrears-great
financial acumen! He turned over no
money to the treasurer of this Union
during the fiscal year ending June 18th,
1890, although the constitution of the
Union SAYS he should do 50. That re
port transmitted to Mr.. Nc.
CURE, faulty as it is, is not a
true transcript of his own records.
In these he makes an entry of unset
tied accounts" amounting to 500 IS
This entry is not correct either. for a
reference to his annual report of one
year before will show that the Union
then bad unsettled accounts amounting
to 1925. At the time he should have
made his last report, no portion of this
sum had been paid; instead 1t had been
increased, What a PRODIGY as finan-
cier! This man even expects us to give
''authentic reports.''
AS a member of this Union resent
the insult implied in the statement,
The greatest difficulty found was that
some societies failed to paw any assess
ments at all.'' a few did fail. But
his own records show that the Union
has lost a smaller percentage of its in
come in this way than the average of
the best conducted business houses in
the state. six per cent. 3 per cent. 2
per cent are rates OF annual losses. He
finally makes stab at myself, and be-
gins by telling us that fer the three
years preceding the last convention,
full and complete reports OF all the acts
of the Board were regularly published
in the Catholic newspapers. and he asks
why has it become necessary to SUD-
press such things under the present ad-
ministration ETC." / might answer,
because Of the acts Of Our late secretary,