Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-05-22

For tie pusshais a tiSs,<f. IS puA |: ia,ss i
war had bssa bcton b id opdet s}sn;i IA stbes-
ity for .he ale Of ne Uni,eS states ) ,risa,r
yards. and ss c,agrris as3 he ne ,in,c
that they suthcs.f.I the hr d n, I'll pace =
ing the ihips ptlsile for The rfS ica To- dix <s
ssly, the comrii,sc are of ~ siioa th.st OF {.
navy yards ~ere pnrchsfd ,n,hous fsuthot
~ aod The money ni!spp!isd " iich sss raadic
then. a'
In the war department here Elatife sp-
psaFs TO have been trea:aeta ; c0a w rnau
thorited. In the year g;le Of hslldia .
vas commenced undes the dirsaions Of inc tktn
fcreiary of war, on The bark ! OK the 8, nayk AZ
near Pniiadclphia. which have fiueS oeEs curied
on IN lmaaacI highly expcnlive. hcie tuii-
dings have bsen called Laboratory, ard aitho'
yet IN an unhnlhed fs,s nave already colt the
Uniud States Is: Cos dolls. cents which fun
has been paid out of the appropriations heIeto-
fore made TOR the qus.,er maisI's department.
The committee are ct opinion that this expsndi-
turc OF money could not have been juiti6ed at
any sims, bat more particularly al moment
when the United States wsrc borrowing money
at a high rate Of interef to meet objects which
ihc lsg;fliturc coniideied a. necsilary aod had
jsneioSed b. law.
IN fhe distractions evsn by the fecretary
OF war to the accountant OF the var department,
in bis letter of the aSth of December 1907,
heresith reported and marked l., rule is poi.
itiycly iaid down that expenditures ior se,ef tr-
Tites feGlered in relation to the duties of the
war dcparpen' arc to be admitted. And on the
10th day OF December, in the year 1890, the
fecreiary OF the treaiury made a report on this
fubjrcf TO the Psehdent OF the United State,
tfnbj,insd ard marked M J in which the princi-
pic is again rceogoiied as applicable 70 the de-
psrtmenss otiate. war anS navy. On the fub-
fe9cnt day the PfcGdent Ggntd tvo c.ftid-
cafes as vouchers for monies Eid to have beea
expended in relation to the duties of the wa, de-
parsmenr, which ccr,ifcstes are annexed TO this
report and are maCkod N and .. Tia. com nit.
tee eDtertain no doubt As TO this mcsfure, al il
is authorized +; no law whatfoevcr, and they had
futsrsd thsrnieses that the federal seyerumeat
required no ervicss Of any nature which ought
10 be concealed from the officers @! the tealury,
or from the iee!il,turc: They conGier thefe
facts as coming property under the head of cx-
peadi.urcs nor authorized by la-v.
Two other cafes OF sxcep,ionablc expendi-
ture IN the war department. have been ificiently
examined ~ warran. repor, upon them. Tbs
hst relates 10 an appointment conierfed by the
late P'efaent upon U,iab Tray, Efq. in the
fummer .of the year 1900 while he was Member
Of the Sesate Of tho United States the iecosd
relates TO paysnect made from the contingent
fund Of the war department, 10 Mrs. Ariana
French. OF Gccr2etown, IN the month os
July 1900. Nsither OF ,hele arc very exten-
Eve in anoant, bn, deemed important for the
rrecedenss they may hereafter furniih.
il appears, from s6ocnmcnt herewith ex-
hibited end marked P, that Mr.. Tsacy vas sp-
pointed TO viGt and examine into he actual
este OF the gariiions, Indian trading houfs,
fsetories, &c. 10 ihe n. w. Territory, on ,hc
frontiers o: TcnnsGse aud Georgia aod thst
MIR. Tracy received for this fery;cc the FUN cf
1855 dolls. and cents; 7s5 dolls. and cents
bei.g for travelling & other incideatsl oxpences,
and i,a3z dolls. for his compensation, from the
18th Of Jun: to the 10th OF November, in the
year 1880, q, dollars per day.. Frcs, tho &C.
counts exhibited by Mr.. Tracy for his cxpcnces
1t viii be f:eo thar during th,!c months he vii.
lied Piufbu'g, Pre!euc I:, Niagara, Dc,rsit
and M.ch..imachibacs. bat did not fulfil the
other Objects of his mifion.
The committee cannot forbsar to remark,
that Mr.. Tracy's acceptance of this appointment
has the appearance at leaf of incoa6fsncy with
that part of the conitita,ion which provides that
Sc no perfon holding an Office under the United
States fhsli DC Member Of Congress" MFR.
Tracy was at the time Of receiving The appoint
r.cnrs during ITS contiou snce, and has ever ipce
been Member Of the Senate of the United
States; and from an infpeSiion of the roll Of the
Senate the committee find that for the le!t II
days Of the 5 months Of his fcrvice under The
above appoinuaent he not ouly had his expenc;s
borne by the pubic TO considerable amount,
and dlikcwiie received dollars per day, bo, that
he at the fame time received ss Member OF the
Senate dollars per day, for travelling from
Btchheld, ia Connecticut, to the feat Of gov
ernment, diaancs of 344 miles, 10 miles being
allowed for travelling one day.
JanH M Hexy. Efq. forme, fecre,ary of
war, refgned that ofics it s believed in the
moath OF May, 500, and the document marked
X, hereto annexed, ihews that 10 the month Of
April preceding Mrs. Ariana French lcaied a
booie TO him for one year. to commence from
the it of June following That an award was
made between the parties by which il was declar.
ed that Mr.. M'Hen,y fhould pay to Mrs.
French aos dolls. and 9, cents. for damages
fdeainsd by her BY reafon of his not occupying
her houG agreeably to the contract and that
in conformity TO the opinions of the treafsry
and the fecretary ct the navy, and by the dirsc.
tion of the fccretarv of war this fuun was paid