The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-09-24
DAILY JOURNAL.
Prom The Washington Repsblie.

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Prom the Washington Republic.
General Scott and the Treasury.
Mr. MERRrwHrHER, the short term Sem
ator from KKNrUcKY, and the Democratic
journals, are making parade OF General
Scorr's pay and emoluments. with the
view of demonstrating that the General has
availed himself of every "pretext' for ia
king money from the Treasury; and that.
il he should be elected PRESIDENT, "rHE
TarAsrRr:: Would BE sURRoUNDKD by MIN
GREEDY FOR EXTRA ALLOWANCES, POINTING
70 THE ExvMPLK AND APPEALING TO THE
fREcEDESrs SEE BY GEKEAL SCoTr HIM
sxLr."
General Scorr has received extra allow
ances legally granted to him as to all 9TH
er officers Of the army in similar situations,
and when expressly authorized by Con-
3;ress, and none other. All that he has re-
.ceived-pay, emoluments, and extras-he
has discussed. we apprchend, in the nee
essarily large expenses OF an officers life;
and we should not be surprised if some of
the very men who are now writing him
down for his extravaganza and greediness
of money had shared the veterans hospi-
tality, and aided him in the consumption Of
the very income which they now think SO
disproportionate to his services.
This is not the first time that General
Scorr' income has been a matter Of Con:
gressional investigation; and his enemies
took as little by their previous motion as
they are likely to take now. On the 29th
of March, 1914, Mr.. JOHN w. DAVIS, then
. member Of the House Of Representatives
from indiana, introduced in the House an
amen ment to the Army Appropriation
bill, by which he proposed to abolish the
Office ofmajor general.
Mr.. J. A BLACK, a CALHOUN Democrat
from South Carolina, opposed this amend
ment of Mr. DAVIS, because in fact there
were "teuer field oflders than regular or
ganization of the peace establishment
would require. A regular organization of
aour present force would require two ma
-jOr generals and four brigadier generals,
whereas there were now but one major
general and..two brigadier generals"
To this Mr.. DAVIS replied that he had
no. .persnsi objections" to the Major Gen.
eral. None in the world-of course-His
=. objects were purely public and political.
""H saw no. earthly use for the office as 1t ras
now conducted. and he could not consent to
paying this gentleman $1,000 year for
living here IN Washington for what purpo-
ses he could not imagine. 1.-THE Major Gen.
4, eral was doing duty with the army, or
q. commanding some military division, he
should not object; but he must express
his disapprobation Of his being placed here
as the military adviser of the SECRETARY OF
WAR, some gentlemen suggested"
Here:was an imputaiiOn sufficiently e.
plicit upon General SCorr.- Mr.. DEAN,
Democrat, Of Ohio, rose at once to repclit.
He said he was opposed to any act OF legis-
lation which would reflect personally on
General ScorT. "lF ANY MAN HAD ADDED
GLORY TO IFS COUNTRY IT WAS GENERAL
-Scorr." He would not strike" he
said with emphasis, at "TaE wAR-wORS
VETERANS OF THE COUNTRY"
Mr.. w. DAVIS then proceeded to bring
out his idea more distinctly and explicitly
He did not like this residence of General
Scorr at Washington, which was making
him familiar with the legislation and the
to say, with some bitterness, "that he wish
ed to relieve. the Treasury from the pay
ment of Major General for sittin & in his
parlor here, and debating to Congress
what it should do. His object was to get
rid of the Office; and he had said nothing
in disparagement of the officer. He did
not wish TO see an officer quartered here
ON the country, FILcnING FROM THE TREAS
uRY some eight thousand dollars per an
mum, wnES HE WAS WORSE THAN USELESS
These and similar remarks reused the
indignation of Mr.. DRoNGooLE, Democrat,
of Virginia, very able and eloquent man,
with soul somewhat above the candle-end
and cheese pairing economy that's SO much
affected by gentlemen from Virginia, in
allcases except. when Virginia is concerned
Mr. III RoMGooLx burst into the debate with
one of those'interrogative passages in which
he was SO formidable and effective
What" he exclaimed, in that thrilling
tone of his which sank into the heart d
every listener-"what did the gentleman
MEAN when he talked of money BEING
FILCHED FROM THE TREASURY
as applied to that officer! Did the gen
tleman MEAN to say that General SEQ II
had received money to which he was no
lawfully entitled"
Mr.. j. w. DAVIS covered beneath thi
home-thrust. lie wilted under the rebuk,
of the generous and noble minded speaker
MrJ. w. DAVIS explained. Mr.. j. w
DAVIS said he had spoken with referenc,
to the Office only. and not with reference t.
the gentleman who at present filled the of
flee
Mr.. DIoNGoeIr received tho ,nol,o.,,