New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-18

have lust seen handful purportlng TO co

have lust seen a handful purpOrtlng 10 con.
tain the copy of letter from r. WHTTLESEy, just s
sued nom the Office OF The Conneam Reporter. To that
extraordinary omanatl0n from the Controller OF the
Treasury wish TO cay few words by why OF reply
IL pun IOIts to ie written In answer TO one addressed
TO him by the editor OF The Coanfam Reoort0. The
contents Of Mr ALIENS letter can only be a1certaned
By that pat Of it which Mr.. WmrrLEsEY represents
Mr. ALLEN es saying;
pub me,rg JeAeron the 10th instant IT. Gbpss
Of lesg- f- t1tna Tor 80
mile the amount hut sad preserve
thirty cleU ha, he received the tom yo~ hands
any blame attached esponsbe Tor sdLns
DO behave ElH. MsnrIs.sr would violate h. oah nSy
hand. aud under Who authority h, mileage alosed
You sy i"Ie TIC liberty to ask that you vii s'c the f.
aho whether the OF GIppIss' clam s.s sJoSs COO
er 70 ,o' i1s"sl nd h. tool ~
To THE statement If Mr.. Allen, have but short re
ply. ] attended no such meeting. hard no s4eh
charges at any modiEg Of Tie kind andasuer al Gyti~
nor on any occasion, nor 10 any person did sayo ia'
mate that receired my mileage or any p1rtDa Of
JrOu Mr Whl,sys hands, under his authority THIS
e'tye staeHeM Of Mr.. Aliens Is an aHmd8ated faI's
hood
All that Mr. Whitlesoy Therefore says in reply to this
flste men may be- passed over with the simple remark
that he should never sssai OF honorable pfeten'
tlons upon the authority Of the editor OF The CoaHea@
RtIortr.
What have soid in relation TO Mr. Whttesey on this
subject hae long been IN print over my own signature
aid before the public. IL " simply this that the allow
hhce oi mileage always passess under the inspection
ard j. subject ~ the decision Of the First Controller OF
the Treasury. lint during the fourteen years have
hten ia CobCrcsE, my mileage has been siciioned by
that ofcer That IL had been sanctioned and approved
by Mr. Whresey the present head Of that Bureau and
that TO ray my mileage WA Illegal, was to charge him
with difcctiOn Of duty.
Ills admitted by Mr. Whitesey that the Controller d
the Treasury did thus sanction una approve the mileage
o. every member of the House Of Representatives up
10 the fret session OF the ast Congress but he says thai
although he rejected the constructive mileage Of the
Senate be did not poss upon the mileage OF the mem
befs c Tic House Of Representative that having been
done by Lis predocets'r before he entered upon his
duties. Upon this point presume he s correct al
though my information wss derived rom officer WAC
ought have known the fact, and who sure had no
desgn in misleading Nor do regard II rs nlnterai
whether be Liz Predecessor sanctioned the allowance
OF mileage don't think his predecessor ess edPaoN
or less k01,est han himself wac certainly C rect "a
saying that my mileage had ever been approved ana
sanctioned by tie Controller OF the Treasury and
though Mr. Whulesey did NOT III the Office a. the time
the mileage Of the House settled IN lsf', ms sup
posed vet my rem TX was substantially correct.
But while Nj Wb:csey denies in the strongest terms
tie leeeny Of ny mileage in 1885, he did not hesitate 10
pess upon and fancton the allowance 10 General Cas-
OF g 62 Eiios 20 Senator Fech, 22i2 milss 10 Seni-
tor Dodge q Wisconsin, 3 $50 miles Seistor Dodge,
Of IowG, $500 miller 10 Senator Walker, Of Wisconsin,
$500 All ihefe aowsnees were far higher ia proper.
Ton than mine The usualy Travelled road for them was
the usulDy Travelled read for Yet NJ Whittlesey
sonclicncd and offered those allowances while he rs
sails Tor receiving far less in proportion 10 the dls
tsIoe | reside nom Wellington. Hi Official action
should better comport with HE professions. .
Az 10 The amendment 10 the appropriation ol OF ls
undeTftCCd il have been inserted by tie 5snits IN
Of Tie controversy between Of their
members fnd NJ. Whillesey; and slthOrgh opposed
IT, ny reccilc, ton is that could not ger he yeas and
nays Upon IT, and Of my vote would appear
sei nsi IT, II was however, attached the sppropns
tous o. that year. ind died when the money approp'
G;cd ty the b expended, and should hsye bad no
force eject upon any subsequent appropriation, nor
uIon the sditn Of NJ Whuesey since taar time. We.
il he has gwen IN erroneous contraction 70 L, VII
lot he drwn into any controversy with him ON mat
ter Of such ufing consideration Other and more M
ToltfItmGtcrs demand hs and ny etten,ioa.
Mr.. Whttlesey is correct in saying
The 1919 kss o. The Hoase q Kspfe-~nste- = - tO~s
= II hs' l. the duty the Committee a-ge ~ 1eett-A
ard Tor The f 20 the Sergeant AZ Arms fer W A e'ea H
ier lhai receive rly. = -.
rr.ycal parr svc, has been for that coluitee to =
cet stsh member 70 the dt~Hce he e,i 20 pa TX
err" -.
He Is tlco rTect in sayng that my MI NJ ne
three tctfcIc Of the XXYth Congress Estimated ~
4s0 niles lat wton ne represenie that ~ more t'sa
Wis enliilcG TO ly law, he s most elapaaiicty IN
errcr
Agrcoatiy 10 tie practice as stated by NJ ,s.fuesy,
tie no2i sefGi n Ci Congress when called en- oy us
Committee Mil lge, sent to them tnc San; ss,na'
q $50 Inllff i.g sisiance from nay rcsitia e %
ingts ~ Wh,D III climate eaine before ~ s'nhtr
ih'y dccltIcn L In net 10 myself, ana ny HhaiIno''
y,ie rss.d il TO 81, hundred and treafys crea mafs
Iff VIE dcnc ~ tie committee, without any relaes'