Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-02

Montpelier, Jan. 1.-The charge that
Governor Horace F. Graham during the
IA years that he was State auditor,
failed to account for S24, 1886 which he
had drawn by orders on the state treas
urer is contained in report Of a firm
Of accountants, Arthur Young e. Co., Of
New York, made public by the State
Board of Control tonight. Governor
Graham, who is awaiting trial on indict-
ments charging grand larceny and EN-
bezzlement. gave out a statement COM
nenting on the report, in which he
called attention to cOmmendation of his
conduct of the office of auditor in re-
ports to the Legislature by the bank
commissioner and the inspector of
finance.
THE first year he held office" the re-
port says, "the auditor failed to account
for portion of the cash which he had
drawn by orders on the State treasurer.
The same condition prevailed in every
year but one of the H-odd years he held
office"
Communications on the subject follow:
MIR. GOODELL'S STATEMENT
The Board of Control was called to-
gether at a special meeting at Mont
pelier August %, 1913, at which the board
unanimously voted to appoint commit
tee to employ n reputable, expert. certi-
fled accountant from outside the State
to make a thorough examination Of the
books in the office of the auditor of ac-
counts VIII l.. Davis of Rutland and
John +. Weeks of Middlebury were ap-
pointed as this committee and they sub
sequcntly employed for the work Arthur
Young & Co, accountants and auditors,
Il Broadway, New York city. Their re-
ports were received by the committee at
Rutland December &c, 1918, and a special
meeting of The Board of Control was
called at Montpelier the following day.
The Board of Control directed the &C.
retary to mail a copy of the condensed
report to every newpaper in the state
on the afternoon of Tuesday, December
81, 1918 and TO keep at his office a detail
ed report, open to public inspection.
Respectfully yours,
HARVEY T.. GOODELL
Secretary of the Board of Control
Montpelier, Vermont Dec. 81, 1913
To the Special committee appointed by
the Board of Control Of the State of Yer
mont, for the purpose of having an in
vestigation made of the office of the
State Auditor of Accounts.
Gentlemen:-We have made COM
prehensive audit from October 9. t)O2 to
January 3, 1917, of the accounts of the
State Auditor with the State of Yer
mont, also the accounts of the deputy
state Auditors, and of the staff employed
for the same period. this being the term
during which Mr. Horace Graham held
the position of State Auditor of Ac-
counts.
We find:
|. That there is balance unaccounted
for by Mr.. II. +. Graham.
?. That the accounts of the Deputy
Auditors and of the staff during the per-
iod from October 8, 1902, to January 8,
1917, are correct.
STATE AUDITORS ACCOUNT
The first year he held office. the Audit
or OF Accounts failed to account for q
portion of the cash which he had drawn
by orders on the State Treasurer The
same condition prevailed in every year
but ono Of the fourteen odd years he
held Office.
The yearly amounts unaccounted for
vary from $500 to over 1900 as shown
below:
Horace F. Graham in account with
the State of Vermont
cash balance unaccounted for from
October 8, 1902, to January 3. 1917.
oct Q, 1902, to June 80, 1903, s21S2O.