The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-09-09
BoUNTY-LAYD WARRANTS.


BoUNTY-LAyD WARRANTS.
The following Communication appears In u late number
Of the New York Tribune:
70 The Editor Of he ~ r. Tribune
sra At the present Of issue bounty land warrants,
200 day. two must elapse before very
many of the present claimants expect receive their
warrants Many OF the applicants will be dead before that
period arrives Complaints made from al parts OF the
country this unnecessary delay and the Commissioner is
often requested TO pat clerks to expedite the bush
ness, but continues to treat both complaints and requests
with sovereign contempt. Many claimants poor, and
possibly he his friends speculate claims their adj
vantage he desires retain the present force Of the Pen
zion Office until after the commencement of the next pres
DENTAL term Without answering the request to increase
the force the Union attempts to show that delay OCCASION
ed by the necessary be taken prevent frauds II
then the greater for Of clerical force by
this neglect of their interests the present administration will
hardly increase its partisans among
B0UNTY-LAND CLAIMANTS.
About five months have elapsed since the passage Of the
bounty-land act and during that time hundred
and elspe thousand applications under that have been
received which number l75ss0 have been enveoped
and brieied l15540 acknowledged o057o registered in
two-leter index, $4,000 examined re-examined and
262Te certificates issuedan OF cler
cal labor without parallel in the history OF govern
Nearly one hundred and fifty clerks have, since
the passage OF the act abored diligently faithfully and
ntelligeuy TO execute law which demands untiring pa
enoe considerable investigation volnmnous correspond
ence and the jealous And yet the correspond
of the Tribune not satisfied He talks Of delay in
the face of the of business which is daily
and hourly disposed of in the Pension Office and scolds
the Commissioner for not employing clerksi Did it
to this sagacous writer that the Commissioner
has discretionary power in the maiterhat Congress
has limited the number Of clerks in his enployhat his
clerical force only fully up to its legal limit but that
he has temporarily employed all the available force which
could be spared from other bureaus with the view Of
pedtng business and in the hope of satisfying the reason
able expectations Of claimants?
To the expectations of the Tribunes correspond
cnt would require the employment OF at least one thousand
additional clerks and the renting of large number OF
private ouse the public buildings now filed to
their utmost capacity by the employees Of the government
We admit hnt with this additional force and additional
ROOM land applications granted without the delay of inves
gaon the late hountyand act could be executed in less
than thirty days. far issuing warrants to the I'll 600
claimants concerned But the effects such hot hastea
haste guarded against by the far-seeng trainers of the
aet-woud reco upon the stimulating parties. Bounty
land sell at the rate of 81 10 per acre The
reader need be told that if hundred thousand
suddenly thrown upon the market, the price
would fall TO twentf cents acre. if not 10 still more
Insignificant sum.
There occasion for to say word in defence or
comniendaon Of Judge Minot, the Commissioner Of the
Pension Office His application to and aptitude for the
delicate arduous and responsible duties of his Office are
well known those who have immediate interest in
the display Of such necessary qualities in public officer
lie has discharged his official duties with such intelligent
frmness Of purpose with SO much rapdity and yet with
much care have inspired confidence and respect IN
all who have business at the Pension Bureau. We cannot
close this article bettor than with the following extract
from the New York DayBook in reply to the communion
ton already commented on:
% We happen to know that Judge Mnot the Commits
soner and Samuel Cole his chief clerk have DONE and
doing everything within their to expedite the rights
OF claimants under the bounty-lard law"
ENCOURAGING ADVICE
Abiding to the nominations made by the democratic