Pocahontas star herald., 1916-02-25
onesFrs Pike, croiton q Co.
Memphis, Tenn

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~. rr.rsrs T. II. Beebe and C. A.
Rus-ru. the accountants who have re.
Gently been auditing tho books ot
frr efaft Capitol, under the direction
of fna legislative committed
awg shall expect a thorough Inyose
ucaflaD made, without Partially or
preludIre. aud report made 10 the uu.
dersiFnOd
"rhr matter Of terms has been
,r-feB upon with Mcssrs, Beebo and
Ppss,l and / shall expect you 10 90
to work at once and complete same at
The earliest possible moment
"yours very truly
GEO, rHoRNBuRGH,"
II will be- observed that he em.
prrrra Negsrs. Begbo and Russell 10
rufr my Office, and they were the
orrr rhat were in the employ OF this
lgr.rrarrp committee, n they did
honest work for the legislative com.
mInag. who can say that they would
not do honest work for the Hon
GEORGE ThnruburEh? And what right
has uIs committee 20 question .hoir
report when working under Mr., Thorn.
puran. when they themselves, had
tbr same committee employed7
COL Thornburah's Report
Nasrrs BCCbe and Russell took
up tho work In my office Immediately
and made the report 10 the Hon
George Tnornburgh on the 9th OF Oe.
tob,r. Tho substance OF this report
was published IN the daily papers
soon thereafter. Mr.. Thornburgh, In
commenting on this report, made the
following statement;
4 think am justified IN saying
that this report Is indeed cred.'ab.c
10 Mr. Hodges, as g. covers period
OF about three and onc-half years, and
an amount Of over two hundred and
seventeen thousand dollars. with
every cent accounted for, and accord.
Irr 20 Mr. Hodges receipts, S2IG5
over. which was paid In two or three
years aga. The accountants IN the
discharge OF their duties call attention
20 the sfact that certain amounts
should have been received by tho sec
rotary OF state, but they cannot saw
they were ever received Ey him. Mr|
Hodges explains this in q statement
which is hereto attached
In regard TO the system OF book
clsed. IL is proper TO say that they
found the same system In vogue in al
the state offices, and in order &c
change IL IN one Office II Will be pro
per TO change Il in all Tho system
was not adopted by any Of the pres
eut state officers and they are not re
spousible for Il.
Yours truly,
GEO. THORNBURGH"
Dr. BrouFh. IN his effort to prOlu
dice the people against me, does not
hesitate 20 make any kind OF a charge /
regardless Of the kind OF a charge .
He states that ] had on deposit 10 |
the banks OF Little Rock, In my own
name, S2lL0OOOO, which should have
been 10 the state treasury. The 'el.
facts are that received checks Co. +.
most every mail every day, and these
checks could not be turned over 10
the state treasurer himself would
deposit them iu the bank daily and at.
the end of the month would au'e
with the state treasurer for an OF INC
money received 10y me du-ur rn.
month D have his receipts Tor oyaI
E2lGlN0N0 When the accountants
completed the work in my Office. 81.
was clearly shown that the SsI1u000r
received hy me duriug the three w.
o half years time had been tuur.
over 0o the state treasurer and haJ
his receipts for The same
iu leaves the impression that nlf
deposited az one time over g2010o(
in bank. when ne well knew tor 10
could easily have found out wi.H slight
inycsuea. that such a statement
was wholly without foundation and
absolutely false
Now he claims 10 be a lawyer yoi .
he miscOHsDwed the law Of section /.
1891 OF Kirby's Digest when he male
the charge that ! had violated thai
section by depositing the funds men .
toned above IN a bank.
The last Legislature passed law
requiring that settlements be made
daily with the state treasurer. an
complying with that law TO the letter
and with all other laws OF the state
This could also be Gscertained by the
profound doctor Of philosophy If he
were at all inclined to search for and
state the truth.
Conclusion.
II Or. Borugh is SO pressed foI
issues in this campaign that he will
Btoop to such tactics as the above
how can the people Of Arkansas pul
faith in any statement that he makes!
He seems to have gone wild in his
efforts TO splatter mud at me and ic
create a false impression in the minds
Of the people. Gradually the voters
OF tho Cfots nv, learning the true