Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-06-03
$3.50
1924 CT

itwi!i he seen by the statement referred to- that
thore was expended, curing the late war with a.
ior secret service that is to say, from 1872
10 $50 S'|3l0 80 cents, upon the ccriilicateof
tic 9'resldcut, wi thout specification This expen
Gre may seem 70 be large first sight; hut when
~ i reCoected that the only crisis in whic,, thcr.
VOL pton'"H ne any occ;-ion 10 use secretser-
vice 'ihh IN our Government, to any CONSIDERABLE
c%teni- would nc in pcrio! of war during which
p'oeIy Is one oil the means sanctioned by the prac-
nee OF nations, for The procurement of information
IL must be manifest that war epoch furnishes no
no standard Tor expenses OF this character that be-
long 10 period Of peace.
Tor example: Oh TIE sS77 $40 30 which apoca,
TO have been expended during the war with Great
hftah II Is now notorious, that $50 10 W, r. paid
TO Jobn Henry, Tor disclosures which were suppos-
ed might DC important 10 the safety Of tie country
and 10 the integrity OF the Union and if the par-
'o"iar occasions of the rest of This expenditure
Wcre known.i IT Is confidently believed that thew
woAd be ioEnd reicrrabie TO that necessary. viei-
lance AMI precduioD, which in a o. j -car
MOI Only watches the movements ~ Il des. H.. O, l,,
encnN but prizes into the dispositions and inirgues
vi tiird Powers.
iial the legitimate occasions of ,,,is cy,o,a;-
lure are contiHed, almost exclusively 10 ,inIs of
war - father manifested 10y the fact that althon,rh
men iI'NesiiEaiIons III pursuance OF the nstrtic
"hs al the House, carried back TO the Is, or
1,hy' A'd", yet the statement obtained from the
tFeasury lailcd 10 furnish AN example of s,,c, an
expenditure, previous TO te 10Th day OF Sept ISI2
ne TWO pay Inents mentioned by the Register as
.'i'''A'fS NOM inc i'THlfgG public tn
poem lna0c To the Secretary of state in 1894 and
III 1856, on account of the contingent CHARGES
% government, the COMM tao arc sal fi d. can
iio property be referred 10 the secret serpice fund
iheS anu Ihdt, by an act of Congress- posseJ ~,
the 2"il day oil Mach, 1890, a sum of $40. 900
was expressly appropriated Tor deraying the soon
higeh, clargcsof Governments" but at The same
inc "n PRESIDENT was required 90 cause a req.
"0' statement and account of such expenditures
10 De aii before Congress at the end of the wear"
similar appropriations were made occasiouiy after
wards, when the balances Of former apuropria-
.'hS had been carried TO the surplus fund.- These
IONS The committee consiler TO have been
"Piic'bIc, exclusively, TO domestic purposes: and
they nave not been able TO find any Instances of n
Se"e' $fIcice expenditure IN the domestic opera
lloH' o 'nc government except two which, occur-
lcu u'lGr-'n administration of Mr.. Adams, who.
on tie Ztst December, 1899 signed two certificate,
OF mat ciiaracicr--cnc for $500 paid TO lanes
Ross y the other for S 800 paid to Samuel Lewis
sen, expressed TO be iOr expenditures "in relation
10 me u"ues OF The War Department., but both OF
when were reported by u committee of the n. OF
H. 20 be ia violation of law
fGJectIns a war crisis as furnishing any standard
~ ms eNPehui'ures' In Tie time OF peace, your
committee would invite reference the disburse-
ihehts during pacific era. BY the table IL vii.
he seen that this Administration expended d,triu,-
INC last year alone, :S2,57S more than was disburs
ca by He twopfeccdng Administrations in period
OF years.
fo'r committee felt themselves inhibited bv H.,
Practice O! the Government il not hy the authorl.,
oil law, tthe latter, however they conceive some
what quisuonabie) 10 require an exhibition of fho
!'7Is oi hc expenditure of this appropriations hut
the course OF thetr Investigations they travelled
ul, is IN y nave reason to suppose 10 the door Of
thls secret iund, which was offered To b, onensd q,
,hch on terms y which they did not feel il trciv
duty 10 assem-. - ''o'
In thc appendix, It will be seen tl,af vour CON,
Wilee received = communication appiis;uo tFc,l,
That The late DIuieI r. Cork late member ot Co,.
eGSss from tho State Of Illinois had received the
sum 0 50. 90 for some services connected ,vip,
the loreign rlaiions Of the country As no record
appeared oi tins item any of the accounts trans
nm,.ei either rom the Treasury or the Department.
OF Sair, rCOfgmittee called on The Secretary al
pate 70 nlqfm tIcm, il, n point of fact, MIR Cook
lad been 30 employed whore they were p, look G,e
inc settlement OF the account This call resulted
"a an overture the part Of the Secretary OF Site
70 make - TIE Committee % a cOnfdenitH com.
W"hcgNoH respecting this expenditure, which
nc nelhoradWitted OF denied" On full conside
ration your committee decided 70 decline RECEIVING
q communication burdcncd with such an obligation,
as iHey essted to make no rcIor 10 tIi. Housc
when mlShl not be common 70 the people wrIcsa
Wue ices and servants we are.
Att VIZ Go, X after TIC adjournment Of Can
gre w. he Spring of 1921, received an appoin,
heh' ON the President, connected with our f-.
ai5n intercourse; that one thousand dollars were
Z di 20 iilin ih advauce 5nd ia part cornpeneaf;s.
4 ~ he services; that he actually embarked fro,.
Ne" , or@ ior Cuba5 towards the oni OF Ao,t
l"mcn q 'pce0rs was he place OF his public o
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