The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-02-10
THAT "ITEMIzED" ACCOUNT.


On the second page of this issue of the
CHRONICLE will be found the report of
the committee of three Messrs Oscar
Lindsey, William F. Ely and w. p.
Savage appointed to prepare state
ment of the grievances of the Morris
County Board Of Agriculture against the
State Board of Agriculture MIR. Savage
was deputized by his associates to inspect
the items and vouchers Incidental to
the expenditure of So 900 appropriated
by the Legislature for the use of the
State board. Mr.. Savage failed to
find the accounts in the custody of the
State Comptroller and in consequence
of this he and his associates on the COM
mittee concluded there was something
crooked" in the conduct of Secretary
Dye, and recommended to the Morris
county board, which met in the County
Hall, on Saturday afternoon, that man.
damus proceedings be taken against the
State board to compel it to give public
accounting of the legislative appro-
priation.
The editor of the CHRONICLE found no
difficulty in obtaining these accounts in
Secretary Dyes offic--the natural place
to look for them. He found also fully
itemizrd statement which corresponds
with the accounts as given below. Be-
cause of the minute detail of this full
account, its publication, after having
been carefully audited would he need
! less expense, for it is of no public in
terest The accounts given below are
sufficient for any Que who does not think
that State Comptroller Hancock and
State Treasurer Swain have, along with
the agricultural board, entered into a
conspiracy to defraud the State.
AS will be seen, the working expenses
of the committee are very small, indeed,
the amount paid for treasurer and
stenographers salary and clerk hire
altogether being less than four hund ed
dollars All this information we have
obtained by simple inquiry at Secretary
Dyes Office, the secretary courteously
assisting us. No mandamu4 was neces-
sary. and if Mr. Savage would take the
same course he would obtain all the
facts in the c,lse, though necessarily
without any noyoriety.
The following letter from Franklin
Dye, secretary of the board, is self-ex-
planatory. and fully corroborates the
statement made at the annual meeting:
TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 1899.
j. Frank Lin 'sley Editor Norris County
! Chronicle, Morrist0arR, ~. j.:
DEAR Shiny attention has been called to
an article in one of our newspapers purp0rt-
ing 10 be the report of meeting held In Nor
ristown on February IA representing the
Morris County Board of Agriculture.
In this report 1t Is sta ed that action was
taken for the appointment of q committee of
tve 70 have mandamns procsedlngs instituted q
Of Agriculture TO compel them to carry out the
will of the Legislature which will. they seem
to interpret TO he the printing OF an t'emized
statement OF all the expenditures under the
State Board act in he annual report
would advise the gentlemen back OF this
proceeding to consult with the Governor be-
fore they incur Anv expense In this direction
and would say that | have had an intHrview
with him to-day relative TO the publication III
this staterssnt. He asserts that he has nc
of publishing this statement from thoSr en-
tertained last wear, He then refused 10 atln v
the same 10 be published and SAWS he will
again decline 10 order q useless expense.
, FRANKLIN DyE Secretary.
The CHRONICLE believes the threatened
mandamus proceedings will only result