Washington telegraph., 1848-10-04

this S60,i12 to be aextfa allowances. "
The resolution OF Congress which
brought 10 hght these enormous aud
Unprecedented extfas called on the
Waf Department Tor .'exira allowances,
aud extra allowances alone. l. IL not
then manifest, that the suggestion OF the
gentleman, thai portion Of this admitted
paymeut Of S6a.ll2 were not extras. is
utterly unlomdgd; Is II mol an attempt to
conceal the truth, aud deceive the people
as 10 the real character oi these eardor-
dinafy charges!
OFFICIAL REPORTS ON EXTRA
ALLOWANCES.
Hero. sir, is the resolution Itself. adopted
the 2sth al February, 1872. calling upon
the Secretary Of War to communicate to
tins House "the NAMES OF such oiiicers Of
the War Department aud of the army. IN
cluding paymaslers and governors OF Ter.
ntories, who have received cLifa allow
ancs, the time when received, tue amount
Of the etfHa allowance paid TO each; the
service for which the chtgd allowance
was claimed, aud the authority under
winch it was made. These are the very
words OF the call Two reports were ae-
cundinglY made in answer to tbs resahi-
ton; one by the 2d aud the olhef 10y the
Sd Auditor Of the Treasury. To show
the care bestowed IN the PREPARATION Of
lhese documents, | may here observe,
lhal clefks wsfe regularly employed iaF
two ycaTs ON one, aud one yeaF on the
other, OF those reports aud that IN MAX
ing np the smallest ot the Two they ex-
nmned $4,000 accounts aud vouchers
Thesc reports. ihcn. are the authority on
which rely for the truth u the statement
lliai General Cas- received s6o,il2 as
crfaa allowances. Yet, IN the lace ol
these official laets, the representative OF
General Cas- On this ilooI hns the hard.
hood 10 say tint these are not .sx,ta al
lnwancez. aad 10 charge m1 m my alb
,enes with "WiiMl misslaieinenls, Win
tHayiug aud iFadaeing General Cas- by
70 misrenfesemiug ihem. ] submit, sir,
wae T. guilty oi misrepresentation
Aif. GoHH. OF Georgia When were
ih5-e reports made!
M, SrEwARr. Ole was aIade the 18Th
o. Dlceml &, 1872, aud lac other the
lOsh OF December, 1913 in answer to a
resolution OF TIC 2sih OF February. 1912.
they were rcporl- made BY officers oi
tile Treasury Department in obcdlencesto
a resolution which called for nothing bni
"exiu, allowances" and they show that
Gen. Gas, received for cxim charges the
enormous sum of S50,il2, more Than was
pail TO OH the tioycrors-o' ali the Terri
loaes OF iim United States since the
foundation ol oar Government up % this
hour Let gentlemen be paiIeul-ihis i
not all. Was myself Ignorant of much
the worst parl OF this case when ] spoke
before. | have some further develop
incmts 70 make. before ! take cuy scat
lhug will sianlc genl men over the way,
their candidate, and the eounify--lraus-
actions which, venture to say, 40 honest
nau would stand up and justify, here or
elsewhcre. But, before proceeding 20
Tins matter, ! have lew words more to
.py TO Iie gentleman from Michigan.
That gentlemen almit- the receipt, 10y
Governor Cd-s, OF tie S60ll2 over and
above las regular salary Now, hear his
explanations as TO th1 fret item, S6.6i0,
ior ratioAs.
TEN KATlONS A DAY
In The lrst place. what are the facts.
Governor Cas-, ia October, 1921, came to
dis city to settle his accounts, and, ia
addition lo au eNUa allowance OF 81 800
prF wear over and above his legal salary
ol $4,000 hc charged ten mions a day,
%, 20 cents opch, ior every day ifpn the
date ofAi- appointment, in 1913, to 1921,
q or 5 ycurs.l amounting 10 $50 year,
Tor m, whole period ihls wasa charge
of money made Tor rail0ns 10 which Coy.
enor Cas- was never entitled. The Gov
crnor OF a territory has no dghtiomtions;
bat Governor Cas-, who never drew ra-
non. drew tins amount otmoucy ASA sum
10 which he ailsdged ic was entitled. !
repeat. that ihe Governor ola Territory
is mon entitled 10 nlion,, but ii he were,
was il not likely that Governor Cas-
would not have drawn them through a
period OF I or years! Tie was not en-
titled to them, aud he did not draw themi
but AZ the end OF 7 or e yoars, he makes
up an account charging ten mlious a day
al 20 cents each, lor the whole time
to SG,Gl0 This charge The
Gentleman from Michigan admits, (and
who can deny it) but he intepolates the
word. "lof supporting the Indians ~ Ra.
tions lor supporting the indians No,
the gentlcman knows that no mtious
were eyer drawn by Governor Cas- clos
supporting Indians or any body else.--
No. sir. he knows It was a money charge
and, as far as truth is concerned, the gcn'
llenmn from Michigan might as well
have said that they were drawn 10 support
the starving Irish, as they were drawn to
support the Indians, Were the lOrauons
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