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SPECTATOR --EXTRA.
Gen. CaSs's Extra Pay, Sl,S65 i6-Gen. Taylor
not one cent Proved by Official Documents,
certified and appended
SPEECH Or
HON. ANDREW STEWART,
OF PENNSYLVANIA,
OFF PENNSY T.VN NIA,
Deferred IN the House Of Representatives., u. S.
.lugust ), 1913.

O'CLOCK, T. M, the i1ouSo having been IN session
thirteen hours, and said, late as was the hour he
had some few remarks To make which he would
make now, with the indulgence Of the committee
lie said, rise, principally, to settle small account
with gentleman from Michigan, (NIr. McCiel
land ) and it is with no little regret that perceive
the gentleman is not in his seat, for prefer saying
in his presence that which am about to utter
However, have alternative, at this late period
OF the session, but TO proceed at once, or IN all hui
man probability leave matters unexplained which
feel myself imperously called upon to maintain and
justify. l hope, however, soon 10 see the gentle
man in his seat.
1t will be recollcctcd that some time ago. in the
course of some remarks which made on this floor,
| took occasion to animadvcrt the public official
conduct Of Governor Cass, while Governor Of Mich
igan Territory, and o0icio Superintendent of In
dian affairs. That was proper subject of exami
nation by Representative of the people, especially
as the then governor is now candidate for the
highest office in the gift of the people of this entire
Union Some time after the delivery of that Speech
| had occasion to leave this city on a visit TO my
family, and during my absence the gentleman from
Michigan undertook TO answer what had said ;
and this he did, it appears from his printed
speech, with some severity. He characterized my
speech as villfcatiOn of Governor Cas-. He said
| had been guilty of traducng that distinguished
nan, of whom the gentleman from Michigan is
dersood to be the immediate representative. He
charged me with having been guilty of making
Governor Cass had received. Will it then be deem
ed strange if at this late hour of the MIC ht
avail myself of the opportunity presented to
take BETTING notice OF that gentleman's speech
1t is due to myself that should not allow it to pass
unnoticed but assure the committee | shall not
follow that gentlemans example; will not enter
into competition with the gentleman from Michi-
gan in the of abusive epithets. 1t would not
become me nor the place where stand nor will it
serve the cause of truth. This is theatre for
such displays.
would do injustice to no man; and Of Governor
Cass have said no more than unquestioned docu-
ments warrant; but called upon as have been by
the speech of the gentleman from Michigan, feel
constrained to repeat some Of the statements which
have heretofore made, and to add others of even
worse character, OF which was then ignorant
For these statements rely on public official doc
uments. If, then, err, do so relying official
statements emanating from the political and per-
sonal friends of General Cass himself, and which
have never heard doubted. And on these docu-
ments still rely to sustain the statements which
have before made, and Others which shall now
submit TO the committee and to the country.
On the occasion to which have referred stated
the fact that General Cass, whilst Governor and er
o8ico Superintendent of Indian affairs for the Ter
ritory of Michigan, charged and received from this
Government 56O,4l2 extra compensation over
and above his regular and legal salary. now
peat that statement, and have not only official
documents here to prove its truth to tho extent of
every dollar, and much more will appear,
but have the speech of the gentleman from Mich
igan (Mr. McClelland) himself, in which he add
ms distinctly the truth of that statement. He adj
mits it, every dollar, stated by me- and then he
undertakes to explain it, Sir, he saws among other
things that it is not all ertra pay, but partly ex-
penses which he had incurred at various times
This the explanation Of the gentleman from
Michigan, but am prepared to show that all his
expenses, and all the sums he advanced for ''pro-
ont. to Id
pound of iron, STEEL and everything else, has been
charged to, and repaid by, the Government, and
that the sum of 500 constitutes part of those
charges, but is an amount which went into Gov
Cass's private pocket. Were these not ertras,
then? There were but two kinds of pay to the Of
Ulcers OF this Government, regular and ertra.-
Governor Cass's regular pay was $4,000 per an
mum, and these sums, which amount to $60,4I2,
were extras, and above his regular salary add
mis- regular salary, $4,000, and the sum received
would be $96,4l2. But have not only the admis
sion of the gentleman from Michigan, but the off
cial documents which expressly declared this $780,
Alp to be ''extra allowances" Tho resolutions of
Congress which brought TO light these enormous
and unprecedented extras called on the War De-
parment for sextra allowances" and extra allow
ances alone. Is it not then manifest, that the sug
geston of the gentleman, that portion of this adj
mtted payment of $6O,4l2 were not extras, is ut
terly unounded is II not an attempt to conceal the
truth, and deceive the people to the real charac
ter of these extraordinary charges?
Here, sir, is the resolution itself, adopted the 18th
Of February, 1912, calling upon the Secretary of
War to communicate to this House "the names OF
such officers of the War Department and of the
army including paymasters and governors of terri
tories, who have received eGha allowance the time
when received, the amount Of the eCtrG allowance
PAID to each the service for which the er!ra allow.
ance was claimed, and the authority under which
1t was made" These are the very words of the
call. Two reports were accordingly made in an
swer to this resolution one by the Cd, and the o.
ther by the ID Auditor of the Treasury. To show
the care bestowed in the preparation Of these docu
menus, may here observe, that clerks were regu-
lariy employed for two years on one. and one year
on the other, of these reports and that in making
up The smallest of the two they examined 10000
accounts and vouchers. These reports then are
the authority on which rely for the truth OF the
statement that General Cass received S6O,4l2 as
ertrd allowances. Yet in the face of these official
facts, the representative Of Gen Cass on this floor
has the hardhood to say that these are not "extra
allowances" and to charge me in my absence with
"wifuP' misstatements with villifyinp and tradu-
cling General Cass by so representing them. sub
NIT, SIT, who is guilty of wful INTERPRETATIONS
Mr.. Cobb, of Georgia. When were those re-
ports made? -
Mr.. Stewart. One was made the 18th of De
ttemDer, 1872, and the other the 18th of December
ioi'' IN answer to resolution OF the 2Sth Febru-
ddy; t0E~. They were reports made by the officers
% the treasury Department in obedience TO n reso
lu'l0n winch called for nothing but "extra aIlowan
ces, and they show that General Cass received fnr
extra charges the enormous sum of S6O.4I2. more
IMAM was PAID 10 all the Governors of all the Terri
'ohes OF inc OhIeo otatcs since the foundation Of
our Government up 10 this hour. Let gentlemcn
be patient-this is not all. | was myself ignorant
OF much the worst part of this case when I spoke
before. have some further developements to make.