Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-10-05


from any sinister motives are their answers intend
ed for any uniavorabe prejudice 10 Mr. Kendall any
other person.
Your early attention 10 this request viii much oblige
your friend A. DUNCAN.
JoHS T. sullivan, Esq"
! "WAsHIsGrox CRY, July !, 1898.
"DEAR SIR: In reply to your note OF this morning.
would remark that supply stationery for thr Post or
flee Department" whchis charged 10 that Department,
and paid for out ofth- public contingent fund" Those
articles procured by the messenger and entered
| IN pass book kept by him.
81 have also furnished paper and other articles OF STE
onery for Mr. Kendal's private These have been
ordered by his servant or by members OF his family
sent 10 his private residence and charged in every IN.
stance, In his indiriduai account.
| l remain very respectfully,
Your obcdIent servant,
JOHN +. SULLIVAN.
| know tina, most men think Mr. Kendall over.scru-
pulous and loo precise on these points, but 10 all such
suggestions he replies that it is impossible for man 10
err on that side and that he will go out OF office as con-
| scinus ni recltude as he came in.
And has this done nothing for the public lha tshe
should thus be pursued with never ending abuse; Has
lie not been ecirnt and faithful in every public irnst
Could the duties of Fourth Auditor be- better discharged
than they by him: Did he not bring the Post
| Office Department out of deep embarrassment by
magic? Has he not almost doubled its business and
Glness2 Has he not, with great skill sustained is
dit under circumstances which shook that Of oil the banks
in the country, and Of most business men? In fine, could
that Department be managed with more efficiency or bet.
ter success:
Sir it is for his virtues, his talents and bis Success
that the bank stIpendIafles hate him They know he
will not corrupt and cannot be corrupted. He Elf.
cent in putting down the Bank Of the U 3 and he de-
sEcs 10 the Government Independent, of institutions
wh:rh experience proves have not discretion
manage their affairs, and Of course enough TO
be trusted with the custody Of the public money
These his real offences. II is feared that his in,e
grIty his efficiency and his success will give weight TO
his opinions and his judgment; and every pree sriz
cd To assl him He has sent lew prospectuses of
newspaper few fife nds he has pressC his opinions
in certain letters and loass he takes few 10
hat Complaints there Of The mails, and hat sug
grSons u improvements and he received three hundred
and sixteen dollars Tor his expenses in negotiating with
the Slate bank Are these hS only crimes; No. Sir
II is made offence in him 10 have said that he could
sislan the credit Of his parimenl without the help Of
Congress- The Treasury Department. abused because
it wanted help and the Post Office De Eminent because
il did not If TO put of the power OF Sr Kendall
10 sustain The credit OF his Department, we have been
throwing extra allowances upon him, and endeavorng
to force upon him in the present depressed condition OF
the revenue 500 new mail routes to be put ope
ration. And have men cXult here. under the inn
preston, that they would thus embarnss him. that they
had 'g"t him up tree al last II has even been
sand, that he was already embarrassed; but, this is
far from the TRUTH that the most ereduous do
brlievrit. Their wish is father TO the thought -"
The Committee the Post Office Expenditures, con.
aims MA" orlty of Opposition If they find the
acl: Do you think, Sir the matter would not be
mined into and reported If there the 81 ghtest iuh
the assertion? IL il were 80, should know
t. and the eIultaon Of certain patriotic gentlemen on
his floor, would know bounds. But, Sir, scrutiny
invited, and malignant aspersian defrd Instead Of
having freed their game, gentlemen will fnd themselves
hIll barking up the wrong tree y
cannot help giving some very conclusive evidences
If The sincerity Of the bank attorneys, III their attack
upon the Administration in money matters
Mr. Kendall is abuse for having received S3l6 10 r..
fund his expenses, after performing journey public
pi poss No" let see what the bank men did while
r.: Secretary Of the Navy in 1896, :,
:. He is now. understand Of the pillars Of Tie
'arty; man whom they specially delight 10 honor. He
rag chief clerk, named Hay he positively for
Inn, disbursM 10 advance the public money any body
ed in The avail efgEsot the navy, and Des"ne employ
Tins pnstyty Forbidden Instant stations; yet, though
chief clerk $500 Of the public hb7td advanced 10 his
lS2G and ST nj him New Orleans TO look ah"venLer,
counts Of former navy agent lie did nothing there
whatsoever hut get 800 more from The navy agent
md without any bills rendered, Mr. Sruthatd allowed
him $500 for The expenses, when he was allowing only
$500 10 officers of the navy for The expenses o the
sane Journey. Would yon 5riieve H. Sir after hearing
nv colleagues specch' THIS man was receiving MS
50 COO salary as chief clerk during the whole period OF
his absence In what has any member OF the pre-
sent grossly and directly violated Inc
law
! This Mr. Sourhard as Secretary Of the Navy, was al
80 Commissioner Of the Navy Pension Fund, which was
vested in stocks On the lst Of July e2S these stocks
were paid IF 10 h" amount of Sci "a - ana on Tie
st Of January 1929 the amount Of S2i5 ecu Ia more
THESE were rcinvcsled until February l1th le2o Ny
which means more Than $4,000 of interest wos LOST
Who was using The money IN The mean time, is what
! 10 not know Mr.. Hay having written letter or Two
N the subject ard perhaps conferred With the cashier
Of the branch bank in this city, made out on account
charging half per cent commission for renV' sting these
stocks and Si500G0 which had been renVesed
IN 1926 Mr. Hay still Mr. Southards chief clerk,
At salary Of $4,000 per year; he was cut on ny Ia"
linn. he n.
d. red was properly part OF his regular duty and cd
40, probably occupy him two hours; and yei Mr. South
rd allowed him this charge of S3SI6 81 and
he pockeird The money Thus WIS this charity fund Tor
h, support of the crippled officers and scamen and heif
families punLcred yes, Sir, pundered, by loss OF n'fr
Isl through neglect and cash actually PAID ay; ID sI
la,ion of law Of about THIRTEEN THOUSAND
iDOLLARS; and yet the men who want 10 restore lhe
Jyn,s,y who did This mouth at about corruption and
abuses which now xs only in their own corrupt hearts
Has any thing like this been done by the pesen ADM
nstraun; No, Sir, II has put an end 10 the allowances
of commissions in oil such cases.
Let Us look little further AT the pure cyha'ty whom
The reign Of banks is to restore
Unon Mr. Soulhard's recomms Rdation, Mr.. a dams,
in 1928 believe. appointed one Andrew hfmS'tohg,
navy agent at Lima, in Peru. This is believed 10 be
The only instance record. in which foreign navy
agent WINS nominated 10 the Senate that class OF ohcrfs
having been considered special agents, not expressly
nroyided for n the law Mr.. Southland then advanced
10 Armstrong 81 COO out Of the Treasury. What his
WINS for no one Of the secret could divine; or e1
change al Lima is always in favor OF the United States,
md il seemed ridiculous TO send money to country
where money grows But reason has been discovered.
No sooner was the money got than s2Oi0 OF 1t "0'
lent 10 r SouLhards chief cik for tro years, r!'hcst
;utrtsf and ucs ntyer repaidby him Whether lhs was
The true reason for departure from all usage IN ms
proce eding, know not. Whether MIR. Armstrong mus
bought his appointment, know not All know Is the
fact have stated and every one must ora" Ills 0"h
differences. -, cL; H. q, .
WIS, an cutlery is KEEP, up, Mr. Chairman, by TIE
Rank advocates upon The false allegation that The 40.
ninstra,ion ie seeking by the Independent Treasury
;ns,er nnruoses Those who are struggling to get the