The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-09-29

The stat ~ reason Of the delay OF
tnpa" 'rlnpaIi.-. IN paying promptly.
And "hile r"peiIn. all Of the aiega-
tons II lo0s-l. - III my Office. as oa5--
less fabIcations. gotten up for pollti-
ca effect. ueThaDs as sort Of flank
movement, because the Democratic
Speakers h,v- made charges against
soInr II The official. under the present
fusion administration SUPPOSE
ought H. refer 10 the fact that DR..
ThoupSpn admits than when he came
in had Il settlement and paid over all
the pubic money then in my hands to
him. And so / have Or. Thompson )
certificate that fully settled up. what
ever that Is worth.
Now for that part Of DR.. Thomp-
CONS sp-e-h which refers TO the
time Of thu % Tuents made by me.
and the balances which he says
were LETT III my hands. He calls atten-
ton u some figures appearing in
statement made by j. W. Denmark.
Clerk If the Treasury Department. Let
40 one b" rnisl-ad into the conclusion
that tins statement IL a copy Of the
records in the Treasury Department
of payment during my term. into that
office. II II were. it would show speci-
ficaly the amounts paid in on Septen
Der 18Th, 1898. on account OF ell collec
tons aggregating 3220o0.00. which is
not embraced in it. But the printing
of that would have spoiled a good part
of DR.. Thomps0n's speech Nor 10 Mr..
Denmark statement copy OF the Ac
counts in the Secretary OF States Of
fee, if it had been. in cooperating into
it that statement would have spoiled
all OF Dr. ThOmpsOns speech. 4 his
statement is Mr.. Denmsrk= conclusion
from what he claimed to have ascer
tained in each OF these departments
BY the way. | have seen a statement
of like tenor. which he was pleased to
communicate in n letter to Collector
vi
has. I understand, had il published and
distributed over the State for party
purposes. This statement Mr.. Den
mark signed as Clerk OF the Treasury
Department, to give il the effect OF Of
fetal authenticity. Now this statement
is in no sens. y copy Of the record Of the
Treasury Department.. and | should be
slow to believe that the head OF that
Department would sanction the perver-
sion OF the DrIartmsnt for any such
partisan purpose.
But to the matter. ON some Of the
five accounts the law va. for monthly |
settlements. on others for quarterly
settlements. on other. the period was
not specified. When ! entered upon the
office. / found that the rule there and
In the other Department was to make
quarterly sediments. ] attempted no
change in that respect. The statements
were monthly and the payments quar- |
terly. The settlements We're made in
reference To me balance Ib4Iu Que on
the day FOR quarterly payment, and |
although for some cause or other there |
might be delay in making the settle |
ment and actual payment. that would |
i'll no wise effect the amount that would |
he turned over to the Treasury. For |
the amount due on the dav Of the /
last quarterly settlement would con /
troll. 1t always happened that be /
tween the day for quarterly settlement |
and the aS@ertaining the balance on
that date. and the payment to the |
Treasury-that there would be cOlleC- |
tiOns-but they would be charged up
on the books in the office n. they came
in and deposited in the bnnk to await
the day for the next quarterly settle |
ment. The payment to the Treasury |
would be credited on the book on the |
day when it was actually made. and
would in order OF time and position on |
the book appear after other c0llec-
ton had been made. The payment al |
ways represented the amount due on
the last day OF the preceding quarter
Intervening collections went in the next |
quarterly payment. The public will
understand this. 1t would be affecting
charity to assume that DIR. Thompson
6nd Mr.. Denmark did not understand
it too
The inference that Or. Thompson
wants the public to draw from this part
Of his speech il suggested by him in
these words: IF he had put these ar
rearages at interest and paid the State
interest on them. it might have been
some excuse for hi. delinquency.
though a violation OF the law. But he
did not do that"
Yes, Or. Thomp-on stumbled on the
truth then-in saying that l did not do
that: that | did not put these ar
rearases a interest; and his purpose
to suggest it to the public will fail to
be of the political benefit and advant-
age that he hoped to reaD from his
insinuation. DR. Thompson has the
record OF my bank accounts in his Of
fee and sees the book daily, and has
before him record OF where every
cent was. Not one cent OF interest was
ever charged or received The deposits
for the most part were made in the Cit
lens National Bank. Less than $40 900
in the aggregate was deposited in the
Farmers and Merchants Bank Of Louis
burg. The certificate Of deposit copied
was given for the balance In that bank
In December 1896. and for the purpose
OF passing it over to DIR. Thompson in
tn" settlement, and there was some
thing less than 1--WE thousand dollars on
deposit in the Commercial and Farm
ers Bank OF Raleigh. These | think
are all bank. of deposit for state funds,
and made :" by the State Treasurer
In REGARD To- the charge DR.. Thomp-
son makes with reference to the COndi-
ton of the stock OF books on hand, and
the place of storage. l viii say that the
books We're in that warehouse when |
came in and | had no other place to
put them. The Council OF State had
for wears desired to have storage
building erected. but lacking the au-
thority to erect one. thew had some
years before | came into Office rented
StronaCh'. warehouse to store not only ,
these books. but all other books be
longing 70 the various departments In
the absence OF a better building. the
Council Of State rented that ,