The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-03
FOURTH edition



Treasurer Herbert'5 accounts, but tho
known integrity OF Herbert and his
supposed wealth had preclnded the
idea, fffom the mfnd OF erSSfy one who
knew him that thef9 GOULD be any,
/ thing serious In the troubles and that
all he wanted wasa little time. But
last evening the crash came. Nh u.
J, Morris, shortly after the Heuse as.
sembled, offered the following resoli.
| ton: - - = e :.
WHEREAS, Through certain news.
paper PUBLICATIONS, implication has
been made that there Il Il shortage In
the accom!ts 81 tx-state Treasurer
herbert. TsssEsll2gs ss i
Resolved, That q committee of two
be appointed to investigate and report
Immediately.
This committee was named as
Messr5. Il. J. Morris and Hutson. In
half an hour this committee returned
with report that they found William
Ii. Herbert still indebted to the State
in the sum of $3i,4l7.37 and that a
check given by Mr. Herbert, after
numerous delays In its payment, had
been changed by him from $50, 900 to
$4,000, and that this latter amount,
now paid, lowered his indebtedness To
the State, which was 95l, 4l737, to 934,
4l5.37 as stated.
Following this report, which was
accepted by the House, came joint
resolution from Mr.. Hutson:
"Resolved. by the Senate and House
of Representatives that the Secretary
OF State be directed to proceed forth
with to enter judgment against the
bond OF William Herbert, ex-State
| Treasurer"
This was adopted, sent to the Senate
and there concurred in.
Then both Houses took recess till
Q O'clock, when they met again and
until 1880 p. M, they remained in ses.
sion.
The main'object of the night session
Is TO allow time for the enrolment OF
| the joint resolution instructing the
| Secretary of State to proceed against
the bond of Nh. Herbert. This was
duly enrolled, signed by the speakers
and transmitted to the Secretary OF
State and Secretary Marvel will this
morning take the preliminary steps
toward securing the State from loss.
In the meantiro anothnr tnint raso.
/ lutioY Formulated BY The Senate isfttd,--t W.
| also adopted, concurred inand returned
| to tho upper House. This was to an.
|
| part of the Senate and three on the
part of the House to endeavor TO dis
cover whore 0 uumber OF tho States
secuti.leS which lfa iiow missing NAV
DO. Senators Pillfng and Ross were
appointed this committee on the part
OF the Senate and Messrs Hickman,
Ridgely and Elkinton ON the part of
the House.
An explanation in reference to these
! missing securities may be appropriate
Just now. 1t seems that il has been
the habit of State Treasurer Herbert
lis, susf Is FIfik stt5iSE. fIis tEslTo pE.l
mortgage bofds, etc, III i lin box,
This box was kept in the vault of the
| Farmers Bank hero under Slate
Treasurers Giles, Reynolds and dous.
ton, who each in the order named pre-
coded MIR. Herbert Now, from time
immemorial this box apparently has
remained in the vaults of the bank
most of tho time, apparently undls.
turbed. EX-State Treasurer Houston
says he did not know what the box
contained. Governor Reynolds saws
the box contained paper, and he sup
poses the securities. He had examined
it, but could not now just recollect.
Herbert, however, was the first who
removed the box from Dover Mr..
Herbert himself has not yet stated To
anybody here just what that box con
| tanned.
1t is well known what II contains
now-thut Is nothing, literally moth.
ing. IL came into the hands Of State
Treasurer Burnite empty Then comes
the question-where are the securities
OF the State, anyhow In Burnites
possession, coming to him from Mr..
Herbert, are two bonds ono the school
fund bond and the other the june
tional BreallTater mortgage. Where
is the BreuIlwilter and Eianltfo,qI mort.
gage for S200,0ou and The SiT7. 600
worth OF bunk stock certificates?
These are contHNtrnms. Were they
ever in A1r. Iierbcrt's Possession? Wtre
they ever i'll unNbodylS possessions
Beyond the simple recording OF that
mortgage down ut Georgetown, was
there ever any other record OF IT. And
were the certificates of bank stock
ever issued and could or was any of
this stock ever lypothecated, II so. by
| whem2 These are all connndrnms
which this investigation committee has
to unravel, and IL will unravel it.
Already they have issued summonses
Tor all of the States treasurers and
tuilts4IS a. TAT bdth us tiieN can ma
them alive. On Tuesday next at =
O'Clock the committee Will go 10 work,
anil they're going to dig deeply.
The bondslnen of ex-StAte Treasurer
Herbert for his last official term are:
Frank Il. Herbert, John Otto, Jl., II.
j.. Hickman, Joseph Stoeckle, George
\. Maxwell, George W. Eckrls, Alvin
Allen. David Boulden, Joseph Heyd,
Serflck L. Shallcross and Giles Lamb
son.
Against these, as stated, Secretary
OF state David Marvel will to-day pro
ceed
lis a sad blow all around to many
warm friends OF William Herbert here,
They stick To him 10 the last. and
scores OF them still stick 10 him. The
universal comment here is, "We cant
understand III" and that explains the
| position OF matters all round.
Dropping the Herbert affair and into
j matters strictly legislative the only
/ his thing OF interest to WflmiuHtoil
Transacted was the notice given by Mr..
Smith, late last night. of bill which
creates The oilCe OF Superintendent oil
FIRE Alarm and Police Signal Service,
and nAnes Jonathan \. Aydom e.
superintendent lol the period of Ism
years q Il salary Of *, 200 per nnnum.
lie bill, which IS evidently the imudi-
work OF Mr.. Ayden himself, very con-
sidefatGly allows the Council OF VIII
mington 10 elect his successor inJune,
1901, Out of his 5000 Mr.. Aydon Is
to pay battery and lincmen.
Another bill Witch tie metropolitan
member, AIR. Smith, brought down is
hat 10 Nttrate several streets In vii.
lninglon. King street is 10 be vacated
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