Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-08-19

tdtt WIN t'itdiHtN. 4 went Nt.ttGNhNs hi7t w
jae Thirl Auditors office at the Treasury De
paumeui. and there was told that the vouch-
ers were flied in the office OF the Second Au-
iitor. then proceeded 10 the Office OF the
Second Auditor. Mr. McCela. and told him
thlt ! wished 20 see the vouchers q General
Clss for the payments that had been mIde 70
4 him, au what was The answer l-ceIFedt
I The huditor Toll me lt could not attend to
( IL. Sir said !, .scan YOU give me the as
sistaLce Of a cierhF' NO" was the answer
I"my clerks are all bGsy-come some Other
time" said should not consume much
I time; but was thus denied any means an !
all assistance 10 examine whether there were
vouchers or not BY the Second Auditor OF the
Treasury. The gentleman from Michigan,
I however, has shown that he could get all the
/ documents that he wanted. lie has got an
account oi OIL General Tsycr's regular pay,
aud doubtless he has sought for General lay
/ lors extra pay; but he has not been able TO
/ fad any because. as appears by the records,
/ he has never received a dollar; nevertheless,
! the gentleman from Michigan has not hesita-
ted to insinuate, and TO scnd il to the country,
| Ihat Gen. Taylor has received more extra pay
than General Cass, III the face OF these docu-
/ mtnts, which show concusvely that he ne
yer received a cent OF extra pay during ser
vice o. forty years, in the course OF which he
was doubtless oftenenited to it. as it APP
! pears nearly all the officers in the army have
been, Yet the gentleman from Michigan in
sinuates that GEN ruyor received extra pay
iof what he calls, ''thc formal routine OF light
military duty, at comparatively unimportant
pos Sir, Gen. Taylor has spent much OF
his time IN the service ON tn western Iron
tier; but is the iron tier service "light military
IdutyY Were there no lIafdships and prl-
vations to endure there? Let the Western
members of this House answer. undertake
to assert that the frontier service is the most
Idiscomiortabe, the most undesirable that an
officer, who preferred personal ease TO the
hard duties of the camp, could be subjected
TO. But Gen. Taylor has always been ready
10 serve his country wherever his services
were required how ardueus soever they might
be; and 50 far from heving received more ex-
ira pay than Governor Cass, as insulated,
defy the gentleman to show that he has ever
charged Que dollar for extra pay. Here is the
document which shows the sums paid TO Off
GERS OF all grades Tor extra allowances from
the foundation OF the Government. 1t is at
the service Of the gentleman from Michigan,
OF any other gentleman ANA challenge them
to iind the name OF Gen. Taylor once as the
recipient OF an extra dollar. But Gen. Cass
received between 100000 and SIC, 900 for
sitting in his splendid and comfortable nan
sion Ill the cit, OF Detroit, enj ing his cham
paign, with every luxury, and the society OF
family and friends, while Gen. Taylor was
enduring hardships on the western frontier.
These are the two men now placed before the
country for the Presidency. Which will the
people prefer? 9.he man who never contain
mated his fingers with the extra Prerequisites OF
Office, or the man who has become itch by
such means, having received more than all the
officers Of like grade III the Government? If
Gen. Cass shall be elected Preside OF these
Unit ted States, how can he refuse TO others
similar allowances, under The designation Of
extra pay, which he has himself claimed and
received, without hesitation, and without
stinu And 10 what plumber would not the
Treasury OF the country be then exposed?
| We have an instance OF this on record. 1t
will be seen in this document, No. ll2, that
Geo. b. Porter, Mr. Cass's successor as Gov
ernor of Michigan, actually charged and re-
eelved by order OF Governor Cass, then Secre-
| tary OF War, IS, 400 for similar extra alowan-
ces, nearly equal 10 one halt OF the whole
mount granted to all the other territorial gov
ernors put together. How could Governor
Cass refuse? How could he deny to others
| that which ne had SO freely taken for him
self?
But there is another fact to which wish
10 call the attention OF the CONT
tee. Gen. Cass came to Washington in 1921
TO settle his accounts; remained here during
whole session OF Congress POS days, obtained
SIG, 900 Tor extra allowances, and charged the
Government 81 ,40S tor this tine, receiving his
legal salary OF 81 600; and extra allowances
al ~ IN with Il 1fiD Il
lal secretary for attending to his business
home. He also spent another winter here il
the came way, helping to make an "lndian
Code, and eiecuoneerlng Tor the War Dapart-
inent' Tor which he charged, S 500 in addi-
u0n 10 all his salaries, Increased by new ex.
lras 10 So,OOU per annum and as usual 81,
800 extra 10 his secretary.
But there is another matter TO which wish
to call attention. 1t is his, On the l7th of
October, 1921, when Governor Cass came on
TO settle his accounts, the principal ground
which he based his extra claims was the rise of
provisions in Detroit in 1914, rs, and 'l6.
aud he sent Sd schedule OF The prices" of what
he calls the ARTICLES OF Lille" with his letter
TO The War Department, and said if the De-
partment would allow him 81 600 for these
three years (S6 ,000in ally be would be satisfied;
or, TO use his own words, these three years
comprehend the period 10 which am willing
inns allowance shall be restricted, aud within
which the prices OF every article was most ex
trdVagant thus basng his claim expressly
on the ground OF the rise in the price of pro-
vision OF chickens and eggs, pigs and potatoes,
ana perhaps, Bologna sdusages," which, il a
good reason Tor RAISING his, would be equally
good Tor raising every other salary in the coun-
Try but what IS most astonishing is this;
Twelve days after the date of this letter res
tricIihg his claim to $4,000, having got new
views on the subject, he writes another letter,
dated the 18th OF the same month, increasing
his claim from So 900 10 ZOO; that is from
o2,OUu extra Tor three years to So ,230-not
lor three years, but for the whole period offs
his service from 1913 TO 1921, which lie re
ceived. Now, what will be thought of this
mans conscience, who SAYS Sc 900 is enough
one day, aud claims $4,000 the next, for
precisely the same services? | leave gentle
men to explain. But there was another trai,
IN Hills letter even WORSE than this. In reply
TO suggestion OF the President, that the
mode puln out by Governor Cass Tor cover
Ing his claims could nor We justified by tow or
Usage. Governor Cass SUCCESS that there
WAS no limit TO allowances out OF the comtug
enl-yes, ontlngent-approprlat for Due
lndlan department but "Ihe discretion OF the
Executive" aud TO conceal the true character
oil The Transaction, he makes this suggestion
10 the Secretary Of War. quote his words
lie says: . The Npendlture oi the approQrla-
item tor the Indian department is entirely dis
crelOEdry with the Cover ment; il is applied
to such objects, and IN such manner as the
Gorernnent may deem mJst conductive to
the publlc interest--there /. no limitation but
Tie disCretIOn of the Executive | do not ask
the sum have stated as fixed annual allow
ance, but as a tar estimate oil my claim under
The authority of Government. | do not ask