The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-31

$4,000 a year, ana that they would have
done so in spite OF Mr.. Daily. but for his
deputy.
There have been some cases. according to
MIR. Daily, where Captain Hart questioned
bills from some Of the public institutions,
Dut they We're only such cases as occur in
any private business and were always ad,
the business Of the state institutions, such
as the asylums, prisons, reformatories. etc.,
10 that of a private business man. Some
times man has a running account at a
store. lie makes payments on 1t. After a
time bill is presented for more than he
owes. He shows by his receipts what he
has paid. An examination of the store
keepers books shows that an error has
been made.
ness said Mr.. Daily, j would not charge
that man with an intention to defraud me.
Sometimes wholesale firm ships goods
want When the bill comes in for the goods
the manufacturer simply writes that they
have been returned. He does not necessari-
ly think there has been an intention to de-
fraud or cheat him. If he has been in BUSH
ness any time, it he is not altogether green
about business methods, he knows that
errors are made in handling great business
concerns. So ii is with State institutions.
The business of the auditors office is 10
guard against things of that kind. Because
bills sent here, because they may De
questioned and returned for verifcation,
does not imply that there is corruption all
along the line"
Mr. Daily very plainly did not want to
say anything that would repudiate or dis
credit the wild charges Of his subordinate,
but at the same time it was apparent he
thought the charges were. wild, spoken in
the heat of passion and without thought or
what they implied. He seemed to regret
that because it had been Mr.. Harris duty
to guard against errors he should have got
the impression that every man he encoun-
tered was or would be rascal If given half
Much TODD has been made over the fact
that it is under the operation of the Null
law that Deputy Auditor Hart has been
able to achieve gigantic things for the peo-
pie, stress being laid on the fact that he is
the alleged author of that law. man VINO
was in the Senate in 1897 calls attention 10
the fact that the State institutions are con-
Quoted under the same law as always ana
that the only difference between the Old
law and the present one is that the new f Jaw :"
turn them over TO the treasurer OF state De-
fore drawing their salaries.
Turn back to the appropriation law or
1885, said he, land you will find that the
officials were required to give detailed state
ments of their expenditures.
CAPTAIN HARRIS STATEMENT.
''My attention has been called to an ar
ticle in this morning. Sentinel that appears
as an interview with me. ] incidentally had
a conversation with the Sentinel reporter,
brought about by reference to the means
being employed by certain Republicans in
Marion county to control the delegation in
the state convention of next Thursday, for
trading purposes. spoke of the new law
that required more specific accountings, and
said believed in the large disbursements
for State purposes $4,000, that was worse
than stolen by the loose system of business
detail, was now saved. ] did not expect or
intend this should be a reflection or sweep
ing charge on any state officer, for the new
law has been in effect since the legislation
of 1897, but what I do say and believe is
that in the closer accountings, growing out
of the furnishing of supplies to all the state
institutions and the expenses incident to
their management, saving of this much is
annually effected. The methods now in
vogue in the state expenditure carry verifi-
cation from the source of supplies to the
place of delivery. ] would not reflect on the
honesty of any individual state officer, and
did not think this construction would be
given did characterize the political meth
DDS employed by certain politicians of Ma
rion county to control the delegation from
this county and their votes in the conven-
ton afterwards as political piracy"