Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-07-20

cial and authentic sources, and which could
not and he presumed would not be controverted
on this floor.
Extra chargesby Governor Cass as Governor
and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, ouer
and abopc his regular salary, as per docu-
ment No 224, 1889, Sd session, 25th Con-
gress, page 2.
From October 9, 1913, TO May 80, 70 years) ten
mtions per day go cents each) $3.50
From October 9, 1913, to. July 81,
1881, 300 per annum, extra 90
salary 26.7l5
s33,sas
said to be allowed By MIR. Calhoun six years af-
ter he was out of Office.
Document No. ll2, same session,
page Is, partly embraced in sub
sequent account 4,70U
30 days per diem, at 50 per diem, trav-
ellicg expenses, 40 cents per mile.
inconcluding treatiesat Greenville,
1914, St. Mary's (l6l8) Saginaw
and Saul de Marie, and making ar
rangements with the Wyandots,
&C., from 1917 to 1920, as per doc
ument No. 6, Sd session, 9th Con-
gress, pages l and II, (being ex-
ira compensation 80 days prepar-
ing before and after treaty S,476
Per diem, 50 days mileage, &C., ($8
per day and 40 cents per mile) at
the treaty of Chicago, in 1912 696
For attendance at Washington in
182l-22, Cos days. to settle his
own accounts. and mileage, (l0ra
lions per day. and 81 ,032 travel
ling expenses LAS
Extra services as commissioner to
treat with the Indians at Wapagh-
konetta, and at Prairie du Chen,
in 1925 90 days, daily pay and mi
leage, 1886, taking treaty to Wash
! ington So ,092 2,44S
Similar services in Indiana in 1926,
! 46 days $50
Similar services in Fond lu Lac in
1926, IS days 1850
Similar services at Butte des Morte
in 1927, 60 days $50
Similar services at Green Bay in 1888
&c days Liz
Similar services at st. Joseph's in
i 1927, 10 days $40
Services and expenses in Washington
Il city in 1927 preparing code for
4 the regulation of Indian Affairs,
and mileage, Ill days 500
Services for experimenting Indian
/ agencies Piqua, Fort Wayne, and
j Chicago for the years l822-'3-4-'5
i -'6-'7-8, at 81 800 per annum 10000
i Similar services, same agencies, 1929
80, and part of 1881, at 81 800
i per annnm $3.50
Total extra charges $50, 4l2
1t would appear from this statement, made
from documents specially referred to, land
i which, ifwrong, can be corrected by General
Cass's friends,) that he charged and received
pay four times for the same period of time:
/ lst His regular salary as governor
and er-o6fci0 superintendent of In
/ dian affairs of the Territory of
abont Is years $4,000
3D. 81 800 per annum extra salary
paid paid in 1881 ae,7ls
Rations-en rations per day at 20 cts.
i each for between nine and ten
years 6,6lo
i Sd. 81 800 per annum extra salary
being part of the above ls gears l4.s75
18th, Specific charges for 772 days of
the above time, at $6 per day and 40
cents mileage, in attending at In
i diana treaties at Washington to
settle his own accounts, and for ex-
/ ira pay as above, preparing an lndi-
j an code, &C., being upwards of
Il SIG per day for the time specified
4 above 12,7l2
Total 500, Alp
} This last charge, with his three salaries, one
fixed at $4,000, and two extra salaries Of. 81,
500 each, would make his pay for this period
amount to 81 1853 per annum-more than
S3l per day, Sundays aud all, exclusive of his
rations taken from-th pockets OF the tax-pay-
: ing people of the United States by Gen. Cass
!. for his services as governor and superintend-
t ent of Indian affairs for the territory OF Mich
gan at a fixed salary of 81, 900 per annum.-
If such were his extras as territorial govern
S or, what will they be as President? At the
y same rate they will amount to upwards OF &c.,
e 900 per annum, which he would have just as
: good right to claim as oficio commander
4 in-chief of the army and navy of the U. States.
1 Where is the difference?
In connexion with this, there was the fact
that some of these accounts were made out
and certified when he was himself Secretary
4 of War; but, not likeng to pass his own ac-
counts, he left them for his successor, with the
4 endorsement that they were authorized and
1 correct. And yet Gen. Cass was great econ
!? omist He subscribed 10 the Baltimore max
1 i'm that ssthe peoples money must be carefully
/ guarded for the peoples benefit" But he Mr..
a S. thought the General had in this case had
+ rather exceeded the bounds of moderation,
. whatever the opinions of others might be-
4 But this was not all that General Cass had re-
e ceived. Besides the above, received as Gov
O ernor of Michigan and ex-ofhcio superinten-
! dent of Indian Affairs he was about five years
d Secretary of War at $4,000 per annun, being
# total of $4,000. He was, spbsss gently
h some six wears rniEistor 10 Ot. cloud at @S,UuU
! ..sr arrnurn being S54 900, with an outfit of
d 1000 and an Unfit of 500; making total of
d 1880. The amount of extra charges during
n his travels in Europe and to the Holy Land he
had not yet ascertained; he presumed they
e were considerable. And to these sums his
) per diem and Mileage as Senator from Michi-
O gan, his pay as an officer during the late war
. with Great Britain, and it would present an
: aggregate ofbetween two and three hundred
: thousand dollars of the peoples money
is Enough he thought to satisfy a reasonable
e man; but it seemed not. he wants one hum
e dred thousand more. Of the private conduct
!, and character of Gen. Cass he would say moth
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