New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-20
urw WORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. JULY co. 1858

not do 40 subs.an.'ally-their prAyi'u. ach'n' ana
of bringing fair coclp.riiion INTO dIsrepn'c A.,
thoulh the ac, was passed l,s, session. they ne u
on 10 he old Dracticc until 'he last m"inen| upon
the technical plea that It was intended ." spP! :"
the rev nscsl year. c"mm-ncIng On me Isl OF july,
The Bureau of Construction sdVt rthrd 'or ''""
TINS If two descriptions of sn'h acte cal, ana
n. con tract WA. taken by a responsible house m
Baltimore at 50 - per tun, bring 6o CENTS tnn
l-ss thsn wss p2ld tO the nTm oil Whlch
Mrs. T0uceys nephew was member oe
fore The investigation last Sess!on. aud ~
cents tun less than was paid slDc- tn- loV'.t-
cstion This ference OF prlc- Convicted the com
b,parion OF having imposed UpoD the Government
and twas soon announced m Phadephls, by one
of the y. concerned, that the contract should
not be executed. The meaning 81 tbI. menace was
explained. upon discovering thai coocitoa "aS
inherited in the contract prepared b, Mr.. Iouct!
himself before leaving here. which put the con
Tractor entirely - ;h- mercy ~ the Governmen a
GO, di,Iun VII Oh vas DOT minated IN IN" ad'er-
tisensnt asking proposals. No such Condition,
and. iud- 60, Do condition at all, was imposed 50
lopg as Airs Toucey's nephew furnished the coal,
but when The 100 was 10 pas into ober hands, ~
qruuity MAS exercised 10 contrse some scheme oy
whico 70. object of the laS might De de-
frst,d R.Uonstrarce was made against TINS
urusual requirement, and then the Uu'h
leaked out 10 the answers at officials acoue
Il Navy Department, 10 Inc enrc', toae 'he v,'-
trsmi,h. throw up The cor tract ifthey did net Ike
l.. This uas precisely uhat The Secretary desired,
in order "a excuse his former p,rti,ilty, by assam
lag hat th- prw system could not be- worked bene-
tciil,. The .rck has not succeeded yet, aud IL
the epartmeD persists IN lis purpose there is some
satisfaction in knowipg that to- case NIL be over
h4uled next winter, With toe investigation "nlch
wss imperiecly made asst session, and perhaps sn'
other 10 trace the rslstIons between Seaman, the
late Superintendent OF prIn'iDg-w ho was appointed
through Mr. Toucey's influsn,e-snd paper mlli
IN which Mr. Toucty Was interested. All thesede-
y.opmen's, which were suppr' SSed or stihrd ooy
partisan msi0rtes on toe committees VIII yet De
made public and with proof that will ast"und the
country. When men in bigh position eau be comPu-
Gated with such di-gracetui collisions they ought 10
be exposed and there fair Glance now that some
of them will be before the numbered days OF TINS
Administration are ended. Ard, notwithstanding
the Sd ,alling perjury which was invoked last ses-
son to screen the guilty. and to prevent anything
Ike full dscosures, enough is known of access ole
testimony 10 mske out every case that vii De- pre-
sen,ed IL will tltn be seen in what way the ex-
penditures run up beyond SSl 100000 in the first
year of this concerns; how tavorltes were gofget
with public plumber; how contractors were AS
sessed; how presses were subsidized, and how the
peoples money was squsDdered, without care, con
side ration or accountability.