Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-09-27

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IHl PIkIN FACTS. = No. A.
%Retren1 ment."-- Ii cannos have been
forsotten bl the American people that du-
ringMr kdam's administration, grsa.
ouscty yaskaised by those who wished 20
get be- goyrrnment into their own hands.
agailst The sxirapag rance ofthe Adminis,ra.
ton The people were told aud made % be-
lieve Vat The various departments at Wash
ington: ID the Custom Houses in N. York.
EPhiiade'p's and other cities. were filed
I, with g 2, ;se N, Is ssho did nothing but live
upoh,bs.he-aoslance A committee Of Re-
irenchhsni and Reform was raised in the
House fRepresenta,ives and one also IN
The Senns' Tor he purpose Of examining the
various Executive offices al Washington. and
reporting what clerks might be dispensed
wiih, and whh expense nigh, Be cur.ailed.
The committee Of the House made their re-
port in May 1929 and stated that "by a ju-
ditious system oil reform nj least ONE
THIRD OF THE CLERKS IN THE
DEPARTMENTS MIGHT BE REDU-
CED WITH SAFETY TO THE PUB
Lie INTERESTS" And on the 9th
day OF February, 1920. only four days pre-
vious TO the inaugural speech Of Gen. Jack
son. in which he dsclarcd that 'rhs recent
demonstration Of public sentiment has in
scrbrd on the list OF Executive duties, in
characters TOO legible to be overlooked, the
task OF Reform" the same committee by
their chairman, Gen. Hamilton. Of South
Carolina. reported TO the House the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved. That this House has right TO
expect that the Executive will submit to
Congress OF It's next session. q comprehensice
scheme Of RETREscHNEST. which shall ex-
tend 10 ne looping Of Of all tie useless Offices.
and oil securing more sGeet'rs aecoHRtabiii-
ty in those which are retained.
Did the Executive, nj The next session, OF
erer thereafter. submit, TO Congress "a COM
lPrehsnspe sehsne Of rstseneAmeaii Were
any OF those Offices which The committee
pronounced useless" ever "lopped OFF,
We've The clerks in the Departments ever
reduced one.ihsyd." as the committee inform.
ed the tounIry could be done with safety 10
the public interests 2"-Thesc questions ~ilI
be best answered by the following
STATEMENT
Showing the number and compensation Of
thr Clerks. Sc. in the Custom Houses in
New York and Philadelphia, and in the
various del armeDis at Washington. in
ls2s. and also in 1887 from public doc
umenis
NUmbsr and NHmber ana
Computation compensation
~ 1928. in 1897
Custom House Ner York.
ia SIi9.062 Ala s450.O0C
Cssfom House PHILADELPHIA.
6s sI.265 SO ss,ess
State Department
i6 1880 40 5e.5l5
Treasury Department
ssiieii.r s5as rsta,.ry '''
Nons s 7.45C
War Department
90 2s.65o AZ casio
f.c Commanding Generals Office.
None 2 1906
Adjuiaat CsasraFs oGes.
Pay@ssft, Generals Office.
oaariermaster Generals Office.
None 1906
Ordnance Department.
3 1850 10 9.22i
Subsistence 3 ssa Department %,
Sarge" Generals 0Ses
Indian Department.
None IA 1900,
Superintendent Indian ADairs.
T. l.500 8 400,
Indian Agents
I6 $4,000 10 1906
Sab Ageais aud Interpreters
| ~ 3la2i0 -
| s@ Sab Agents
- IA lO.5o'
Commissioners
b- a 900,
geo Assistant Agent
- -si.i 81 I,20l
| SixTEgs Commissioners SS
| per day; ELEVEN do. nj s.
per day; % interpreters
| IS and others at salaries Of
! - from $3.50 TO $500 per an
nun; and So persons en-
ployed ut from $3.50 TO 90
per day,--,he whole es,ima-
ted at Si6O,OOl
1883 ss46.sl7 Total s95 s7sO.70.
$50 346.3l,
Increase in eight years 5l2 S434.47;
Ia the mean tine let il be remembered
that the gross expenditures oflhe government
rose from THIRTEEN TO FORTY
MILLIONS OF dollars