The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-20
THE. EXPERT ACCOUNTANTS.
Senator Glass Talks About !, Circular
Ic:tay krni,,st nc Bill.

&c; tex Against Inc Bill.
The Fill Introduced n The Senate some
time ago, ard wn.ch passed taat cods5 idSl
week with but Two votes against IT, pro
vid.i,s Tor the Appointment OF taree IN
pert Accountants by tlhe Aud.tof Oh + uo1ic
Accounts to examine and verify me ac-
counts. locks and funds of public o1ilc.ais
in In : Stale. mas encountered oEl'osieioil
from some Of the public officials.
Yesterday Senator Lr.s.ss, the patron or
the bill, received from county clerk
a copy Of t.le y..l a; 1t passed
lie slna.c with circular letter printed
on the back OF it and addressed to treas
ureTs, .ae1-ftS. serseaEts, CLERKS, consta-
bIes, ma ik.tl axes. private tenkers or any
one WHO hand es f1uD.-c funds. This cir
culIlr reads as follows:
1'his b.il imposes extra work on al
officers in she State without extra COM
penSat!on. ne cost 10 the State Tor
thesa three officer; viii be ros less thnn
sl5tt0 and may be Si0,GC0 ger year, to
wi.,ch you. You write Al once TO Your
representative in the House or Senate
what you desire; Il is taken Tor granted 4:
fiat al! honest men are opposed to this
b.ll, as 1t WI require them TO subscribe
ana keep books in accordance with the
.dCa OF some liJtle G5ook-kecper.
The court clerk VINO received the fore
gong clrcGlar ard sent 1t to Senator
Glass, said he had no coEcealnlS MS to
make and was not afraid TO have mis-
.-cohs and accI,tiI...; :nsr2Ctcl Gy an! Jody.
He declined ~ request hi; representatives
II the General Assembly to vote against
the bill.
A1r. $tlags n discussing tG1e rlattcr yes
terday. said he Thought the fellow who
framed that circular ought TO be among
the first nll.n examined. He is evidently
Il badly frightened official" said the
LynchburS Senator, .or he would not
have made himself r-G!cG.ous by his fig
tres ard his argument. Inc talk about
the cNanGrGrs costing ,hc state $4,000 or
Sl5,G0o, Of half Of either sum is fudge. at
the outside they val! not co.'s 5000, and
il tie Auditor iinds That they are dong
the state no good service he can put an
chi TO Gh"!r work 1T any time after Il
tair demonstration. can name Two c0un-
ties IL my own Congressional district chat
htEe lost enough money by deialcat!ons
within the fTnst twenty years TO pay three
expert accountants Tor the next fifty
years. And !sn'tit queer, continued Mr.
Glass. that the official who wrote that
circular appeal 10 his tellowoHiciatS
should have thought tina all honest men
should object to a scrutiny by the State
OF their books and accounts? 1t looks to
some Of us 'tllu. every htneSt man ought
TO invite such inspection The Federal
s'Ne' iiiiiti't faS Il system or inspection
Tor nearly every department.: does shat
necessarily mean that every postmaster
or mail agent or revenue agent or district
attorney is a rascal? Does the eXamina-
ton of national banks mean that every
bank president is a thief and every
cashier Il knavc? or is it regarded by the
government a desirable protection to
the people who deposit their money in
national banks?
Nh. Class said many senators and dele
gates had received letters written in re-
Spouse to the prompting of this circular
but he hoped the hill would be beaten if
beaten at all, for a better reason than
that some Of the public officials Of the
State object to having their books inves-
tisated by skilled accountants
The Senate bill is now before the Ri
nance Coal!rlttcc OF the House and will
be considered TODAY