The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-22

IS SHOWN UP

/ CHARLESTON, Jan. 22Eyery-
body is stili talking about the bis
sensation Delegate Moore, OF Mar
shall county, created ny delivering 4
'lspeech charging gross mismanage-
Iment and corruption at the State
Ipenitentiary. I9e,began BY taking
up items in the bdennial report Of
the warden and from excerpts sought
to prove many of his charges, liss
first explanation was the method of
bookkeeping, which he declared was
haphazard form that would not be
recognized In any well managed
business corporation. He charged
THAT itemIzed expenses were hidden.
funds were diverted and that COM
plications were purposely made. ne
declared that every book belonging
to the clerks Office of the peniten-
tiary was not kept in that office, and
that one 'booka checlSbook, the
property of the peniteatfaTy was
kept "in the private ONCE OF the
West Virginia Clothing Company oil
which the treasurer Of the peniten-
tiary Is the proprietor. Here the
checlbooks are and here they ye.
main. and hare. were drawn checks
for $25s,sO9.57. When you want Is
refer 10, the eheclhaol Of the west
Virginia penltentiary yon have o..
open the safe of the West Virginia
Clothing Company. This may be
Legitimate, but 1t Is grossly inconsis-
tent"
Continuing, Moore revealed some
alleged homogeneous conditions in5the
commissary department, referring TO-!
page q of the annual report, Ne
said: TT is simply a sheet Of pa- i
per with provisions COM
sumed,' Values. quantity There
Is not line to indicate any inyen-
tory, supplies, or stock on hand I'M
the beginning or stock carried for
ward at the end Of the period. There
| is no account balance ON hand at the
beginning of the biennial period ike
wise at its close. 1T simply begins
and ends at zero, loose handling
of 100000. as the report shows 81
property annually, "A few entangled
notes in this department consti-
tutes It's so-called uptodate business
accounts. q do not charge this de-
partment with dishonesty but incom-
petence is written allsoyer it.
Here is another inexpltcable a1osi-
aly, bologne, lard and flour are in a
category to themselves and are puf-
chased by contract, while the rest Of
the list, Goals, sugar. etc, are bought
In the open market, anywhere. every
where. Is It not an adherence ID
business methods which demands
that all supplies for the Institution
be bought by contract. let to the low
est bidder, by awards'
Taking up that part OF the tepor.
devoted to state shops, Delegafe
Moore said: ''The state shop puf-
chases according TO the report were
st2, 5ss!17 worth Of materials bought
in the open market. On page 81 OF
this report win be found Table /
which shows thousands Of dollars
worth of materials bought all
bought from Abraham .BIau1a, Of Chi
cago. Why should Blaum have the
fright of way over all other eompetit-
lors? Right here want to remark
II the mask was pulled of the, arm Of
Abraham Rlaum, 1t might be the
means Of disclosing the fact that 2 :
relation Of other than buyer and
seller exists between Abraham
lBlaum, the, West Virginia Clothing &
Company and the penitentiary. IN,
1.-THE same schedule appears this enuui- 3
leration: 81 suits Of clothes. y
fovercoats, 81 shirts, IS undefshirts.
Sc hats, and so on. g3ought where2
Ian bought Of the West Virginia
Clothing Company alias John Bioyds
resident director and treasures ot
1.-The penitentiary. The court records
confrm the fact that John Bloyd 81
the west virginia Clothing eenpans
/ are one and the satne. ID 9thes
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