Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-10-04

No. III.
THE fecond article of charge advan-
eed by the Committee, is. that " fome
:" irreguLaritiss are ltated to have occur,
"red, where monies have been advan
" ced upon the iimple application of the
" Secretary Of the Tiealuiy, by letter,
without the formality of urant,
" and iometimes even without a presi.
" Gus appropriation but in theie cafes,
" the nrcgulariy, has been afterwards
" covered by fubiequent warrant, and
" appropriations, and the Committee do
" not diicover, that /; has been produc
"'ive of any injurious consequences to
" the United States"
Mr.. Wolcoit admits "that i, has been
" The praaice for The Secretary of the
" Trealury, to dired payments and re-
Z" mittances to be made by letters to the
Treafurer, ard afterwards TO cover
4" the payments by warrants"
He ihcws that this praaice was re.
ported 70 Congrels by Committee Of
the Houie Of Representatives, in May
1894, and fully fandioned BY their pre-
ceedings upon that repors-He Gates
the eatent 10 which the practice has
prevailed, and exhibits the jult AID
honorable motives upon which it is
jufihed-The Committee themfelves
teiify that it has been productive of no
pubic injury.
An agreeable Englilh poet fomewheTe
BOATS that B. ha5 JkiN to complain. -
If the Committee of Inveliigation can
not take TO themielvcs the fame credit,
at Leaf their deficiency will never be
imputed 10 their want of fondnefs 70
the oceupation--at leaa they can pride
themielves upon having laboured at the
talk con am9rs-Could any thing elfe
but an abara6ted love Of blame and cen.
fire, for IFS own intrinlic lovelinefs, in.
duce four men coathed with authority,
under the folemn form Of an c,quiry
into the naturalization Of preceding
public officers, to brand as irregaiari,iss,
practices always avowed, deliberately
authorized aud approved by the legiila
.ure, an which they themfelves teaify
to have produced no injurious confe.
quences 10 the public Yes, there is
one osher inducemcnt capable of pro
ducing the fame od,ous effea--the pro.
fcribiog fpirit,cf faaion.
50. The expenses Of the officers and
clerks, attached 70 'he feat OF govern
"ment for The removal Of themfelves
and families from Philadelphia to
Warrington, and amounting, as is
6 Rated, to the fun Of 3,37z Dollars
g and "a Cents, the Committee arc Of
opinlos was drawn from the Urea
and expended without any legal Az
thority."
In anfwer to this charge, Mr.. VOL
colt quotes the at Of Congrefs paGed
on the I6h July 1890 one Teton OF
which is 10 the following words:
I" That on the iaid fra Monday in
" December in The year 1900, the feat
" Of government Of the United States.
lhall by virtue Of this "A, be transfer
red to The diaIia and place aforefaid
I" and Ill OFFICES, attached 10 the taid
feat Of Government, ihall accordingly
[" be removed thereto, by their relpec-
+" tive holders, and thall, after the laid
(" day, ceaie to be exercifed eliewhere ;
and that the nsclgary expenee Of yJueb
" removaL fhall be betrayed out OF the
Sc duties on inpolts ADD tonnage, OF
8. which fufficient fun is hereby ap
: propriated."
Dy The Law, made at New York, nc
nroyiGoa was made for the expences
incident 10 The removal of the public
offices from that city to Philadelphia
| Thefe, however, were provided tor IN
| March 1891, by special Aas OF Con.
| prefs, granting additions to the fala,ies
| of the Attorney General, and the fnb
| ordinate officers in the Treafury, and
| 70 the CLtrks in tbe f0eraI offices, adequate
10 indemnify them for the expences Of
their removal Ia April 1890 wher
tbe final rroyii:on for removing &c
Warrington was made, no erPreis aP
pronriation was made to indemnify the
clerks in the Offices, for The neceiiary
le1pences incident to the removal I" be
t. eaufe il was underaood, that the ad
/" Of lily I6, 1890, authorized tbs 0ll0e0
l.. nrce of all neeegary fxpmefs, both to tn
g Clerks and the Officers"
Bu, after the removal IS completes