Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-06-27
Correspondence Of The n. 7. Express.
CASS AS INDIAN AGENT.

W~AsBISGToS, June IL.
1t will take some lime and some labor to
unburden from the rubbish of the Public Doc
umenis. the facts connected with the atinln-
i~stration and INSTRUMENTATION OF General
Cass az an officer of the General Government.
The Democratic nominee has grown 1ch up
on the spoils OF office, doing nothing we are
willing enough TO believe, personally, out yet
holding most unscrupulously To the creed,
that ''to the victors belong the spois of Of
flee
General Cass was Governor Of Michigan
Territory, from 1918 to 1921, and received a
liberal salary as compensation in the discharge
of his gubernatorial duties. His love of ac-
QUESTION, and persevering aspiration. how
ever, secured for him an extra compensation,
nominally for Indian service OF fifteen hun
bred dollars a year additional. as salary and
beyond all this, ten rdtions Il day, equal TO
$3.50 a year, from the date of his appointment
in 1913 TO the end in 1871. Here is an extra
allowance OF 81. 230 per dnHuul, for d~ischalg-
ing duties incident to the office Of Governor,
which h. held, and for which he was most
literally paid. All his, OF course, was indie
pendant of his salary as Governor.
Or the Both of April, 1881 General Cass after
begging steadily for ten years, received sic 800
as extra compensation. and on the 18th of
November, 1889, So SIS was allowed him as
additional pay. The particulars OF this case
may be found in document ll2-254, Con-
gress, Sd Session, II. of K.
In document pa, same Congress, / find the
following tens under the heads oil ''allowan-
ces made TO Governors of Territories, TO cover
expenses incurred on account Of the Superin-
tendent of Indian affairs, for Office rent, clerk
hire, &c.
Lewis Cass, Michigan. from Oct. g.,
1912, to May %, 1922, 10 %rations
per day, al 20 cents each S6,6l0
Lewis Cass, from Oct. 8, 1918, to
July 81, 1881 extra salary al ST.
500 per annum) 26,7l5
Total. S33, 1926
All received as extra compensation.
In a more important document, No. 8, 26th
Congress, ] find the following items under the
head of.extra allowances" aud where Gene
raj Cass appears 10 have received, not as Gov
ernor OF Michigan, bu; as additional pay while
holding the office of Governor.
Lewis Cass, for a per diem OF IS for
55 DAYS extra service as Com
missioner, ct the Treaties of
Greenville ia 1914, and ST. Ma
RVS in ISIS, and concluding ar
rangements with the Wyandotts
in 1927 aud lays S444
Travelling expenses 260
Attendance and travelling at Fort
Meies, 1877 200
Attendance and travelling at St.
Marie, in September and Octo-
Der. 1918 600
Ira Yelling and other expenses Incl
dent to the Saguenaw treaty, in
1919 24O
Do. do. to the treaty Sault st. Ma
ry, 1920 1896
Fifty days extra service before and
alter the treaties 400
Commissioner at Chicago, So days,
at IS per day, 1921 4l6
Mileage for do. SIS for every 20
miles 2lS
Attendance at the seat OF Govern
ment, 1926, for settlement Of
his own accounts 1889
For treating with Indians at Wap-
aghkonetta in 1928, and..allowan.
Same kind ofservice, same year,a at
Prairie du Chen, and carry ing
the treaty to Washington 1902
SINH lar service, 1926, in Indiana,
in Sept. and Oct. 552
Similar service, 1926, at Fond du
Lac, three months ] 1850
Similar service, 1927, at Butte DIES
Morte, June, July and August $50
Similar service, 1923, at Green
Bay, July and August Lib
Similar service. 1927. at st Joseph,
Tor Sept. 24O
Services and expenses at seat OF
Government, Ill DAYS, 1929 1920
Extra pay for services at piqua, o.
hio, for Wayne and Chicago,
1922 to 1928 l0,oOU
Extra pay Tor services at Piqua, O.
hio for Wayne and Chicago,
1929, 1899 and part OF 1881 3,o7o
Total 1927, 0S7
This is treble pay for actual service, and do
plica,e extra pay to the amount OF sixty thous-
and four hundred dollars!
Thera were other benefits than, this receiv-
ed. During the time that Gen Cass was Gov
ernor Of the Michigan Territory, he received
his regular salary, always liberal-even mu-
niicent for the amount Of service performed.
Nor was this all, for the position of Gov.
Cas- enabled him TO become rich and q spec
ula,or in the public domain, and he
located his lots almost in the heart OF the pres
ent great city of Detroit. The Government
has made him rich. and in a manner, it would
seem, not always in accordance with princi-
pies of strict equity, and many will doubt e.