The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-26

ihrreforc. r., o.nm-ui that he ~ required
ia reimburse the postal revenues OF cuba la
that amount
Rathhonc Rrprimnnded.
III" bills rendered for furniture ;o- the
oiiicial fesidcuc'. the report says. contain
many items. such as charges for trunk,
gloves. dug collar. OvcTcJat, hats for Goa h
man. boots for iootTnaE. shirts coiiars and
cuffs fer curchmdn, etc.
ltathb"n- claimed that Il was III" custom
df al countries that Off Gals should be fur
hl~hs with such attendants. and that they
should b. clothed at tn" cxuenS- II the pub
iic I"v"HueS. Whom the character Of these
i,iFc' $ hctsrii. known To III" Postmaster
General. D. wrote 10 Diccr,or General k:sth-
bon" as follows.
u have to-day. for the first time seen
certain Of Your bills AS Director General az
Posts. which were brought here by Colonel
Burton. some al these bills are not only
without authority or justification, but are
SCaHlaIOUS. and never should have been
passed or paid The Auditor. who is re-
SpuuSill. {" a different department. wGs in
SNcuStble III allowing them. and your 5r-
ton in presenting them for allowance WAS
grossly r,rTvh.nsrle. without waiting for
q review ana Tvlsns Iteration If these bills
~ "a riShtfu! audit. You should at once re
l nm, TO tn island treasury tile sums
thus improperly paid
ts1thbJHe made numerous official trips.
IN April! iSH. ne mail" - tour or fnspec-
uCn. ACCOMPANIED 10y his family. and hts
"Ap. nse account covered the entire expense
az hts family. la May OF the sam" year
he came - the United State, and charged
Up As official expenses his expenses to Gin
cinuati and Hamilton. o. where he went on
pFiVat. business. The repoT; SAYS EatEbOUe
was aware al tho time that thcse charges
were unauthorized and fraudulent
Holds All Three Responsible.
In November iss9 when his family wrre
in New York. he charged SOS for eight
days in New York. while waiting for a
steamer. III. stated that no part Of this
expense was for his family. The report
Says.
iieye that the Director General expended
50 - u day for personal hotel expenses
while In New York awaiting the sailing
Of the vessel Tor Havana. but do believe
expenses of his family. and that they have
been frdudueEtly charged against the
postal revenues IF Cuba
The report also calls attention 70 a var
1893 for which no accounting was made,
and another $50 warrant drawn in May OF
the same year. II says:
From tH- records IL appears that Eath-
bone had drawn warrants 10 himself IN
he sum OF 500, received the money there
on. and made no accounting whatever for
the same tn the department q: Posts
There stands against him. therefore, the
charge OF unlawiully apprupriatlnS Si-"p
OF the Cuban postal funds for his own use
The report also calls attention to many
large expenditures by RathboDe for which
no vouchers were filed. although they could
have been easily obtained. For some months
m!sCp llan.0US expenses aggregated as much
as SO. Such items as repairs. $50
freight $40" appear Reeves explained
that ne passed such accounts because they
had been allowed 10y the Director General.
The report does not credit this statement,
saying:
The evidence IS too strong Of collision
between Nicely. Rathbone and Reeves
L says:
General Ra,hbone has been engaged in