Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-03-05

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i6fssss ssstizsd thai sftss xakinx 4i9 go
- pso1ss froln his eouutxy, be was :
aAxtons - ssrvs her In shis, has hour Q
s. 9 sTsn's rsn = sAAs e sppsopriatsd near.
private use, % that lie coald devfse sosn
lnaehins - saks all sha Soakhasn eisaes
md 20 eua gst burt. ,w -..
& ColonaIs, inssnated with the power q
&&ising regiments, eolludinx With con
tsseseks, barseri1g away and dividing con
tracts for horsas. and osheg suppliea; 1.
enEleh personal fayorftss purchasing ar
tieles, and compelling false invoices to b
giyeu. - =. =, = s'-..'..s 81.
psr2ET2xGr rARTrcgYs CRrArsfs.
While 1t Is no justification, the exam,
pie has been set In the very Department,
of Government. As general thing
none but tavoFktes gain access there, and
none othar can obtain contracts whicI
bear enormous pro6ts. They violate tbs
plain provisions of the ,lsw requiring bids
and proposals, on the false and shalIow
shretexk thas the public exlgeacy reauires
It. Should this last a. long as tho PeIo-
psnesian war the same excuse would bt
used, The Department which has allow
ed conspisacies, after the bidding had
heep closed, 10 defraad The Government
Of the lowest bid, and by allowing the
guilty 10 reap the fruits Of their crime,
has itself become pdrticsps crsaaists.
VINO presands any public exigency for
givlng out by private contract, without
hid over enc million nuskets. at fabu-
foas prices Who psetends public ex-
igeacy 70 make private eaatTaet for ri
fling cannon, 10 the amount Of $500, ,0O0f
PESgsELTASIA HoRSEs.
Kentucky 10 proverbial for hes splendid
horses. Her loyal citixens would have
been beneAsed By sales TO the Govern
mcnt. Who will pretend that the public
azigancy required thas when cavalry reg
imanss were 70 be forwarded from the
State Of PennsyHy ania TO the land of sftbe
dark and bloody ground, y is was necessa-
~ 70 transport At q great expense, the
Fen4ainiBg disabled, diseased horses left
in the KeysSaas State Ny colleague on
the committee (Bir. Dswesl a few days
siaee spoke of the peace offerings to Penn
syiyanIa politicians, and referred TO the
horses of Colonel Williams Regiment.
CAMERON cRAR0KD WITH OFFICIAL FALSE
HooD ABOUT CONTRACTS.
There il yes anothsr case. A contract
net made upon the responsibility of the
Bureau, as the late Secretary said, but
bg Ass cypress oYdsy, gad refused to be
made untilso ordered. | refer 10 the con-
trscs to purchase one thousand horses, to
be delivered AZ Hantingdon, Peunsylya-
MIA Such . horse market the world new
er saw. The first iaapesOsar--~an honest
masa--of the arst hnndred, rejected thres
in hEe. The next day, owners refused to
present themselves, aad BIZ Same legarde~
main he vas reIgzoved and othess aabsti-
tutel then hosses 0f all ages, frem two
TO thirty Of all diseases and defects, Sc
cret and open, were from dag To dag re-
eeived. Tue whole neighhorhood were in
in arms- The people rsnoaatsalsd.--
Lawyers and cleFgymen were present at
the inspection, aud saaghs TO deter the
.baecaaesrlng crew by open condemaat
tieu; the inspectors hssded not this oiaaa-
or, lgt aFdsred the horses to be ridden
upon the csowd, to drive them aways If
possible. f..
AsesEx REYoSp pKscArPTIoS.
Horses with guaning sores, which were
seen uy the inspectors and branded; and
if ona outraged common d. ceuey he would
ba rejected, and an opportunity soughl
the same day to pass and brand him.
Immediately the horses were subsisted by
private contract 20 fayorites at thirty
nine cents per day, and they sab-let tc
farmers at from twenty -four 10 twenty.
six. Over four hundred Of these horses
serc sent With Colonel Wynkoop's Regi.
ment, and the papers at pittsburg report
sonlo actually so worthless the we're lefi
on the docks. The remaining Ave hun.
drci were left at Huntington Tor the ben.
eft Of contractors; fu that single trans
action over hfty thousand dollars wert
stol II from the Government. Such fendi
ia human shape care n0t for exposure 1
tclon's doom through life shouldbe theirs
and the labass of your Committee will b,
OF little practical v4lue unless Congress
shu.l W iaw punish with severe penalties
suCli enogmities,
CONTRACT BROKERAGE.
At one time il would seem there wa
an intention to establish huge contrac
brokerage system. The testimony Of Mr.
John Smith, of Kingston, N. T., powdel
manufaaturer, shows that in theanonsh o.
MAY he proposed TO give Dir. Weed per
cen.age for powder contract. That b.
went to the Astor House, met Mr.. David
sen, whom he had nevBr seen before in
auired of him for Mr. Thurlow Weed
| during the conversation be asked wha
Mr. Smith wanted of MIR. Weed on beiny
told, he inquired of Mr. Smith what b
could afford To pay hs replied hse pc
cent. Dir, SmiGh alsa 4ays thai Mr.. Wee,
vsked him whist be could afford to pay
That aftsrward st Washington, b
banded his propositions for powder TO Dir
| We II, who took them 10 Mr. Eameroa
the result was that Ar. " ged was author
| ixed 10 write letter 10 General Ripley
the head OF the Ordnance Department
| 10 divide the contracts for powder be
tween the States manufacturing. IL
Somewhat strange thas the Score tar
Should appoint Ar. Weed ~ hia msasen
ger so carry his wishes Cd the aiffeEen
bur ea4us. MIR. Smith understood thai b
wa. to pay Mr., Weed five per cent.
I Mr.. Laflin also testified that bis pow
den krn, dsmarred % paying Mr.. Wee
1 Gws per cent, thai Mr.. Weed gasa theI
au;hority 10 make 600 barrels Of pos
/ der, but they preferred having The author
| it5 directly from the Government. u
also sessiEes thai the pasrAoi Dwyer, wh
Il Rgusesa In the cattle contract in May 3
Juie, at Washingtoay sasd htm il /
II would give five per cent he w0asasel y
4 the powder hocou.d make DIR. Esaain d
Il ciined.
ln gkaxesism obtain ooneracss whea fr'
qucnEly they have not the pecaaiafy r
sources TO salkll them, and nos manafa,
. xursrs sf the srf5fsfsE Ia ha delfveresd