Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-17

BROKEN DosES-DoSE. Ne. l..
RETRENeRHENT4ND REF0Rul.

delivered III Congress ii the present session, Is one
by Nh. Bonn Of ohIo. which contains Il fund OF in
formation and and facts Tor the people. We propose
10 give onf readers the greater pant of ms speech in
Broken Doscs-and we lrust, the pty>ie# may work
where political health is necessary.
Nh. Bond takes up the famous Retcnehment and
Reform Report ofa Committee OF the Idouse of
Representatives during Mr.. Adlmss administration.
and shows wherein the receipts Of that Report dit
fer from the practice Of hose il helped 10 power.
The committee, Of which. | again repeat, the
gentleman tiom New York (Mr. Clmbtrlengl was i
member, reported that they had obtained informal
ton by v hiell they were satisfied "tllat BY 4 Judi
cious system of reform, instituted hy The Executive
officers themselves, at least one lhifi of the Chem
present number Of clerks IN the departments might
be reduced with safety 10 the public interest
The number Of clerks lHs not been reduced IN any
one OF HE departments, but GA the contrary, there
has been a considerable Increase will prove 1t.
The State Department., in the wear l12s, included
the Patent Office, and the whole numdct of clerks
was sixteen; the salary and compensation of the
Secretary and I'LL his CLERKS and messengers ano un-
ted 10 SIS, 30.
The whole number Of clerks now employed in the
State Department aud the Patent once is forty.
The Joint salaries aud compensation amount TO
S5G.515 -
The Patent office, in 1923, was managed by a Su-
rerintcntent, with \ salary of s LOCO, aud TWO clerks
and a messenger, whose Joint compensation was So
700. II is now under the charge Of one ii the Re
formers the title OF superintendent is exchanged
for that of Commissioner, and with the change Of
titles comes the change OF SALARY from $1,000 to So,
600 The number of clerks Is increased from Two
10 twenty-tonr, and the compensation from 81 800
10 Sol 900 and, not content with one messenger,
and his old salary of SinO, they provide a salary of
$40 for messenger, aud then give hun an assistant,
to whom is also paid Sl5 per mouth.
The Secretary Of the Treasury, IN the year 1909,
employed eight clerks and two messengers. HIS
salary and tin rpJI1nt,Aafllp al tlp fIYrl. md moe
scngefs, amounted to S1S.Gnn.
The present Secretary of that Department land lie
was taken from the body of felormers, who made
proclamation from the Senate Cllambcf) employs
fifteen e~lcrksand two messengers. His salary and
their compensation, amount 10 S21,l0O!i \ similar
result will be lounl in comparing the present
with he former state Of the several subdivisions of
the Treasury Department. But, by way of in
Producing economy and despatch IN the Treas
ufy Department. the committee - proposed TO sim
pity the forms Of business, and 10 reotganilc its
subordinate branches, 50 as 10 dispense wrll one
fourth, If net oue-fhifd. of the officers ~ the Tleasu-
~ Now. sir, ITO reorganization q thc Department
has been attempted. Instead of reducing. they have
Increased the number OF officers and the ioims OF
business, under tie new mode Of simplifying, have
become 50 complicated, that the gentleman from
New \ ork, lNr. CambrcIene,) now chairman OF
the Commltte OF Ways and Means. declared here,
during the last special session, that, after fifteen
years experience as a member OF this House, he
YUM II 'i1lLiill u NI'4tiNllni lDthH l fttNllIN {
counts, and HE manner in which the Sccretary's
Annual Report ON the Finances is stated =
Next as To the an Departmcnt. In ~lS2s.tlc Sec
Rotary OF WA employed i chiet clelk, besides sew
entcen clerks and two messengers. HIS salary, aud
tlcir compensation. amountcdt 10 so, Gj0.-The bu-
sincss Of Indian affairs was then managed by hlm al
so. in 1858, the Secretary oil that Department en-
ploys. inclusive Of The Indian business, about forty
clerks besides messengers. The JOINT salaries and
compensation OF the whole amount TO SG3,sl0.
Z In ls2S, we hedr nothing OF a Commanding Gen
erals Office, with lis CLERK and mcsstngcr.
In ls35, the Commanding General is allowed a
clerk at 81 200 aud a messenger at $500 per year.
n1s25, the Adjutant Generals Office employed
three clerks, whose loint compensation was -, go.
In 1s3S, the Adlutanl General EMPLOYS seven
clerks and a messenger, whose JOINT compensation is
S7,225.
In ls29, the Paymaster General cmpleycd three
clerks, whose united compensation was $1,000.
In l735, the salary of thc same number oil clerks is
Si,290, besides the messengers salary.
In 1s2e. | have been unablel 10 discover any allow
ance for clerks to the Quartcrmaster General.
Ia 1888, that officer employs III the Office at Wash
ington seven CLERKS, whose united compensation is
81. 800.
In l62s, tho Ordnance office employed three
clerks, whose IoInt salary was $3.50.
! In ls3S, the Ordinance Office employs niue clerks,
besides a messenger, aud their aggregate conpensa-
ton was %9,262.
In 1s2-, the Subsistence Department employed
four clerks, whose joint compensation was $3.50.
In ISIS, the Subsistence Department employs four
clerks, aud Il messenger, whose JOINT compensation
Is $3.50.
In ls27, the Surgeon General was allowed a clerk
At Sl,l5O pen year.
In 1893, the Surgeon General is allowed a CLERK,
Al Sl,2h6, and a messenger al 5000 pr year.
In ISIS, the business of Iadlan afalls was dischar-
gcd at the War Department, by some one or two
Of the seventeen clerks which first mentioned
In 1s5-, tins Indian business appears to constitute