New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-07


ency.
What folly. what wickedness for such a
man. connected with such cause, TO des-
cend to acts which can be accounted no
better than swludlipg!
Here Is what Mr. Gidding's has done,
as stated by that venerable aud just man,
Elisha Whittlesey, The Comptroller of the
Treasury. 10 letter Just published:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
CoNrrsoLLERs OFFICE, sept q, 1852
an. c. ALLEN. Esq. Connesus, Ooio-Dsr ~
Your I'D instant arrived this norndg foa
infoTm me- that, 10 paolis meeting az Jefferson on
the 20,h iostsrL Mr. Gldongs accused OF posfet
lIg an excess Of mileage fees, tskiog pay tor eisis
hundred and City niles dc admitted he recsivedtns
amount bus said 10 the presence Of thirty or more
citizens tnat he ceiyot the pay from your haocs
'and If any blame attached you vera resp lnsole
for t. ADDING, DO sou Sieve Edshs Wntpesey
would violse ns osthi :" II any one was Gems irsos
IL was Mr. Whatesey, he said. from whose nsoos AnC
under whose authority nis mileage tee' we're aio
You saw take the liberty ask that you ~il give
the relsrn you hold 10 awarding Col the 1sr
iuesss sccoun, ana slso uhsther tue smounE OF ar'
sGodnRs. claim subject 20 your control OF usii-
..,~r In, exclamation IT, that Elisha Whi1lesey te1-
'dered him Dsy for $50 miles travel and no took IL
4. proper add, that solicit the stalemsn from
you for publication, &c
- IN nsver 10 your INQUIRIES reply: have had no
pover 20 add &c. or dsouct FROM tne amount paid 90
Mr. Glddlpgs for milesse; nor was tne amount re-
csiysd by him subject 20 my control or dect'ion--
| never rendered Mr GiddDgs bis paw for mileage,
ano be never took It from my hands Tnat | had nsi
such power known 10 him when he made The
statements you mention and IL 10 deeply lrttytng
that gentleman who has go long and 90 largely Gu
Joy led the confidence of constituency 90 respsatable
and intelligent should deliberately suemps to do
ceive them Mr.. Giddiogs might as veil blame me
for bs absence the House. aud taking pay there
for. when Important matters have been declded-mch
h, the bill mailing appropriations for our haroors;-"
20 throw upon me the ocium mat should alone ABIDE
wIh hlm-for receiving public money for mileage, aud
for per diem compensation 20 rkcA he t'ds noe sni!ed
By lar.
Oue nj. hit hope that haviog sststsd his cuplity by
tai ins public money for series of years, 10 which k
Aai ~ ksd moral claim he would restrain his pro-
D n.ity 10 violate the ninth commandment
tered upoD the dunes Of Ihis office onthe Let June,
lSi9 WhsteveE money 10 appropriated and used Tor
paying the mileage and per dion compensation OF men,
beTs Il drawn by the speaker, and CHARGED TO hi1o
The pay places the credit tide of his account
The 30th Congrtss ell sed on the 4Sh OF March, ls49
Mr. Winthrop was Speaker Of the House Of Rspresen.
tativss tor tnst Congress and ais account wa' nnsy
sened on The the 2}d Of March, 1919. moro than two
nor tbs before was appointed Controller
The Of the Secretary OF the senate for the
came Congress NOS hsvng been settled, IL cams under
my rey,i refused 10 allow payments made Tor sue
Constructive Mileage OF Senator'S exceeding forty thou-
inserted In the next appropriation scs 40
fJIiOws:
Arditishereby declared that according to the true In
erp citation the third section Of ths at entitled An
at allowing compensation 70 the members ct tue
Senate members tf ths House Of Representatives OF
tho lifted states and 20 the Delegates OF the Tel
rories and repeating sill other laws thai subec, ep-
proved Js.usry ~ lB8-s certificates which nave been or
may % granted by the pr, siding officers Of ths Seuae and
houss a Reure.sp,tv-s respectively OF the amount OF
csp ersaon due 70 the members OF their several Houses
ard to sucn Drisgae' are ard ought TO Dc Doomed ns
Tn IA
he departments and QGiee'B OF the government OF the
Uliteo states -
tie Ne gal mileage and per diem OF Mr. GlcdDgs, "ncn
b. took for the second Session OF tue MINI Congress,
vas foaly settled before was appointed Cpmpusler,
aud that during the t Session Of tho next pngress,
teolaIstse law was passed, which deprived the &C.
counting thceIs Of she power 10 make deiuctlonsr'm
Illegal psy Gonis.
IL sr Gidolpgs rased his voice against tAaI law he
can prove H. lie said nothing; and he did not wsnt
me- To- hsv the power examine and decide on the e-
gaiy of bis accounts. He knew full vol what would
be the consequence
The IL ID Rule OF the House OF Representatives az
rs ,hal be the duty of the Committee on Mileage to
ascrrtsln aud report the dtauce " tho serssant az
Arms for which each member shalt Teooive psy.
Tbs Iule vas aoOped on ths 18th Of SEPTEMBER.
ls35. The universal practice believe, has ooen tor
tts Committee g. request each member to state the
distances he is entitled 10 pay for mileage. .
The following IL the Law regulating sne pay for mile
see, aud attendance the House-Act approved Jan.
~, Isis:
That at every session OF Congress after the said 81 day
Of March, 1871 each kepre, ntaye eod delsgae shall bs
leo receive eight dollars for every day he has attend
ed on shall attend the House OF Repre- ontatVss aud shall
be allowed esht dollars fr every twenty mites OF ths
eA atsd osaGce by the usual road from his place Of
To the s. Al of Copgess Al the and
end OF every session and meeting Add heos-
sentative delegate ha. BEEN Ia sHs be deainsd by
sc tI journey To- from the of Congress
or after suva has BEEN is or shall DC unsbs to attend
the House OF Representative no shall be entitled u che
zane oslly allowance
II IL power 20 fix the distance for which Mr. Gid
diDgs has been entitled TO pay Tor coming Washing
top previous the last session OF Congress- had been
coIhd 90 e. II would not have exceeded four hun.
dTed miles. Ire Central railroad IN Lsylyania,
whil j. tho usual travelled road, Increases tho
distance from Mr.. Giddpgs residence 10 Washington
Nhen csmo here in 1873, at the first sson OF the
XVIII Congress, received pay for BOG miles For
sos eral yeErs | Travelled s'eubep vile, Wheeiog,
CumneTiano and Baltimore Aifer~ard | went ~
from ihence 10 Washington, In PeunsyVa-
mia, 10 Cumberland. The turnpike from Pittsburgh TO
the Mountain being completed, Travelled ~ the way
Of Bedford, Chambersburg and Bal more. For ten
paid for 365 miles, and fr six sessions Tor
Jll miles, n ileage 10 Wmhinh.On and the same
for rtuiung at each session, within the periods men
lioi ed
'Mr Gddl1ss csme to Washington .t,he lid Session.
Of the NXVth Congress- and TOOK pay for having tav
cleo 49, miles which exceecet tins distance bot~oen JEFF
ieIsoD - WashiD Ihe usual Travelled road which
was tho only egsi road, by nearly 100 miles. hink
card nOlhiDg 10 saying that II had been known At
the election that no mad ,sKen pay for his excess
Ui Mileage, he would LOg nave OtAihe1 ave hundred
" tes IA bis District
"Atthe uex, 5, ssiou-the Ist sos,ioa Of tho XVIII
eiupgaied lhs India rub Der road 20 J2I
miles
"t remained stationary until the close OF the I'D Sss
sion Of tho AANl'h Congress- when Is stretched again
W the dstsuee ESQ uios, and remained At tnst mile
for 10 year, me cots OIn5 lid Session ofae
KNXLt Congress. AZ the last SessOo, or lat session
oil the MIMIC Congress, she road contracted and was
reduced IL Ar Gidonxss account 10 SU4 miles when
Senator Wsoe from tho same village where Mr. Gid.
oings resides eDsbed to paIs the sans road oy
travelling jO4 mites.
As n.enuonss BEFORE the distance Ia Ine ceased by
the Cenuai Railroad IA PenDsy lyaais the mileage VI
senator Waco would DC less taaH Il no y L."
"Mg. Gdcings has hos been eutlne1 10 pay when s5-
sem for any oher than siekn 49, or the ba.
ness Of tbe Houte, and Under Ice ORDER and II his
counts had BEEN before for reyls H. iuyeUed WIKI
the power 20 ettls public accounts generally, should
nt have allowed BIN, nor the Speaker, for day IL
Appeared absent and nos tJr one or tho otner
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