The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-02-04

UnequiYOeaI Rstractiea Of
Charges Against State
Treasurer R. P. Williams.
caust'c Letter frou Gel EiIIi1ms Ir
duces Republicans 0rgss 10
Publicly Admit The '0la
Politician" Lied.

Politicians" Lied.
From State Tribune.
Sundays issue Of the Glot.e-D~mo
crat contained u malicio1s aud know
ingly false accusatioa sg~inst th,
personal and official integrity q
State Treasurer K. 2. Williams Il
has been the pnli.y Of the Globe
Democrat for years tn d-.suae Mis-
souri, and Islander her pubic o-ticisis
A regular, hut ANONYMOUS contrib
utor, THE Old Politician, regularly
devotes his Sunday screis Ia thi'
purpose.
Col. Williams promptly demanded
an unconditional retraetSNn of the
charges in the following cau>tic let,
ter:
City Of Jefferson, Me-, jan, 20
To the Editor of the Slcbe Demo
crat: In your issue If Sunday last
an anonymous, but Regular con-
tributor to your paper, stirling him
self 1.-The Old Politician" uses the
following language; "raey GOT him
nomina ted, an after h. took the
office he turned out To be lust the
kind % man they thought lie was.
I've never been able To tini out what
one, OF how many Of them it was
who had the Pennington asylum
funds out OF the treasury when the
money should have bAen spent to
complete the building 1, vss at a
time when it was money in Your
pocket to buy anything aud sell il
on the ris"; you couldn't miss 1t.
Somebody made big money out o
the investment o them Farming on
funds, an don't believe that Vii
liams ever got a cent OF IT, III say
that much for him. But h. showed
the weak character of the man he is
by lettin' 'em have the money out o
the treasury Mt all, ard thu worst Of
all was that month AFTER month,
while the cry was being raised for the
of the buildings with the
money appropriated Ia the leyisla-
ture Williams failed completely to
publish the monthly report 81 the
of the funds in thetr5asury
which the law makes it his duty to
do"
The statement in every particular
is maliciously false and libelouS Your
correspondent, without shadow of
cause or justification, has aSsai'ed
my honor aud integrity as a sworn
officer of the state. and. in Justice to
myself, my family and INV friends
and the great Democrats party Of
the State which has honored me with
this high and responsible position, ]
demand full and uhequivoeal retrsc
ton OF these charges.
There has never been one penny Of
the States moneys used during nv
ncumbency OF the office OF State
Treasurer for private purposes The
for the Pennington
asylum was promptly paid on pre-
OF the warrants Issued by
the State Auditor. the regularly con
stituted authority for Issuing such
Until the warrant in such
cases is issued by the State Auditor
and presented to the trersurv for
the funds are kept on ~
post with the State depositorie>,
where they draw interest for tn.
benefit of the State.
1t is not true that the lsw requires
the treasurer to publish monthly "
ports Of the condition ofthe treasury
The law, however, requires the treas
urer to make monthly, quarterly and
annual reports to the Governor. un-
der oath, and this Law has been
strictly complied with. In addition
to this and without any requirement
of law, have given ous for publira
ton each month to the correspond
ents Of both metropolitan and local
papers, copies OF the reports filed
with the Governor. There is not a
bank or commercial oftie in the
state which is conducted on stricter
business principles or morein &C ord
ance with the cav than the state
treasury.
II the charges you publish are true
l am guilty Of a penisentiary crime.
/ tn. reiore demand that you publish
this statement IRON me and in addi-
ton to such publication. editorially
retract your charges. Yours respect
fully, r. P. WILLIAMS,
State Treasurer.