The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-12
RATnBDNE'S HAUL,
The Expenditures of Late Dhec.
tor General Of Cuba.
PROVES HIS RAScALl7Y.
Charged Eve7vthingto Public from
Coachman's Gloves to $3.50
Carriage. A Mass
Ct Figures
Ct Figures

Senator P!att of Connecticuts, chair
man of the senate committee on rela
tions with Cuba, Friday made publ
the statement prepared by the auditiu!
lewiston of the war department shoE
ing the expenditures made By E. G
Rathbone, late director general Of tb'
department Of posts for Cubs. Tt
statement covars the period from
January l, 1899. to April 80, 1900.
There are no remarks, and tue boci
is solid mass Of figures. The tots
disallo Eances for the Is months we're
s72,S3l
The first disallowapce was oo accoun
of an expenditure of $3.50 for duchess
carriage, made on the % h Of February,
1899. There were frequent disburse.
ments for the director generals car
riage service.
Rent for the coachman, stable; etc.
seems to have been regularly paid out
of the public funds at the rate of $llO
PER month, and in one OF two instances
the hostler's salary was thus supplied
All the coach furnishings were pro-
vided ia this way. Ia 1899 uniform
costing $40, pair Of boots costing $l5
and another hat costing 50 were bought
for the coaohman. June 9, a rain coat
costing $26 vas supplied to that indi,
vdual. The coach later was supplied
with rubber tires at an expense to the
public Of $ll0 In addition there were
many miscellaneous charges for stable
rent and for carriage and car hire All
of the payments made to G. W. F
Neeley, chief of the financial bureau Of
the department, appear to have beer
carefully scrutiniEsd, and many Of them
we're disallowed.
Neeley made trip to the United
States going as far west as his old
home in Indiana under the direction it
is stated in the report, Of the director
general, and many Of the charges in
this connection were disallowed, upon
re-examination, but not Of course, uo-
til they had been paid.
In april 1899, DIR. Rsthbone made a
visit to this country under the claim
that it was made in obedience to the
orders of the postmaster general, and
the auditor fnds that the trip was not
authorized and refuses to sanction the
entire expenditure which was an even
$500 Similar action is taken with ref
eraace to the purchase Of sn enameled
bath tub for the department Of posts
secured at "a cost Of s42. Attorneys and
notaries were paid $ll0 for services in
connection with the leasing Of Ms.
Rathbone's residence. There was also
charges for plumbing and paper hang
ing at The residence and for a chsnde
lier in the billiard room Of that estab-
lishment. In one case the rent Of the
house was paid from the public funds.
The house also appears to have been
furnished at the cost of the public. In
December Of 1899, and January 1900
several bills were paid to New York
and Washington firms By Rsthboue,
sggregattng 1925 and 1858, one $l33,
one $l21, another $l35.
The last bill includes 240 entries and
covers many articles of domestic use,
such as clothes, gloves, scarfs, toilet
articles, cusptdors, champagne and 9th
er wine glasses, table ware, kitchen
utensils, bedste ads, bed room sets, bed
clothing, etc., shirts, collars, and cuff:
we're charged to the government.
All the payments made to Cowan ]
Co., Of Muncie, Ind, for printing and
stationary sggregsting several thou
sand dollars, are found to have been
illegitimate.