, 1906-11-02
Exploded POWDER.

The Cheyenne Leader has revamped
and thrashed out every charge it has
been able to call to mind during the
present campaign and is now COMPEL
ed to resort to the burned powder of
two years ago, 1t charges that Hon.
Leroy Grant was in October, 1904,
short In his accounts to the amount
of s~l,s1450. The charge was made
by Mr., Bartlett, now editor of the
Leader, just prior TO the election of
1904, and was at that time gone into
and fully explained by the republican
press of the state. In view of the fact,
however, that many people have come
to the state since that date and that
they may possibly be deceived by the
statements of the Leader, The Repub,
lican will again give to the public the
truth.
Leroy Grant, as state auditor, has
kept his accounts with the First Ma
tional bank, Cheyenne. Every dollar
he ever received in fees, taxes or 9th.
erwise has been paid into the bank to
his credit as auditor. He has never
at n time placed a finger on a cent
of the states money except in his of.
fetal capacity in receiving the same
and in depositing it to the credit of the
auditor as stated. Further than this,
The Republican has taken the pains to
make personal investigation at the
First National bank, Cheyenne, and
has been informed by Mr.. George Il.
Abbott, cashier, and Mr.. A. d. John,
ston, assistant cashier, that the First
National bank has never given to Mr..
Grant one cent of remuneration direct
ly or indirectly for the handling of the
state funds coming into his hands and
deposited in the bank.
The state examiners report was
drastic, as such reports frequently are,
and 1t Is freely admitted by Mr., Grant
that there was some question between
him and the examiner as to the time
when moneys paid to him as fees should
be turned into the treasury. All mon
eys from every source whatsoever were
paid over to the treasurer by the aud.
itor in October, 1904, and upon August
"a, 1906, the records of the auditors
office show that Mr.. Grant paid ovel
to the state treasurer S22,7 20.66, foI
which sun he holds the t~reasurer'S re
ceipt. Since that date $3.50 in fee,
have accumulated in the auditors of
fc1aad inquiry al the bank by The
Republican brought forth the informa
ton that the balance to the credit OF
he auditor on November l, 1906, was
$3.50. Not n cent of the states mon.
ey has Hon. Leroy Grant eve touch
ed. His hands are clean and he has
been an efficient, capable officer.
Referring to the payment of the mon
ey from the auditors office to the treas,
urer, the Leader says:
BY Ii of those curious condolences
among grafters, the attorney general
was chairman of the republican state
committee, and in the interest of party
success it was necessary to suppress
and have the prosecution of the case
dropped.
In hot haste the republican man
ayers got together and the money was
raised to make up the de~tiCiecy."
Could anything be lower down or
more contemplate that that? The
charge is made that republican leaders
got together and raised the money to
make up the deficiency" when as a
matter of fact no deficiency ever ex.
listed. The money was in the bank TO
THE CREDIT OF THE STATE AUDI.
TOR all the time and the states rights
We're never jeopardized for a single
minute.