, 1864-07-07

immora1i'ies WIS brought forward. The commit
tee declined to examine as witnesses persons OF
- infamous not dsen!ag It
pubIic officer on trial before. such parties. The
committee found that the alleged evidence pro-
euIcd By Colonel Baker on the h, loth, 11th and
1efh dn5s OF April, were bg him laid before the So
llc1tor Of the Treasury near the. close Of that
month. Two Of the parties making the statements
weIs at That tine Si1P{o5ed n te Tfeasuf Pc
and questioned them in regard to the afddasits.
Ie reported the matter to the Secretary OF the
Treasury, who summoned Mr. Clark to answer Is
He DENIED thelr tnthhn every particular: Pending
further Investigations the Solicitor directed Mr.
Clark not to discharge the two employees nntn
were dismissed ifom tic Tfeaiury: i Reviewing
the whole case, the Committee arc fally persuaded
that these charges we're in part the result OF an
printing in the Treasury Department, and partly
The result Of conspiracy on the part Of Colonel
Baker and the female prostitutes associated With
BY the odinm thus raised AGAINST the Treasury
Department shield himself and jnstify the uu-
auihorized arreat Of one Of the officers IN the
1icted and the publicity given to these shameful
and unfounded charges appear in 3 still stranger
lieht v6en CONTRACTED wit6 the esecedinely wssk
and Inadequate evidence addaced to sustatn them.
The charges are exceedingly unjust and cruel,
from the fact that they hare to come extent com
pronfbed the reputation Of the three hundred te-
ozdty Of them are wives Or sisters OF soldiers who
have fallen In the 8e1d. The committee feel that
IN no community In the country will there be
be women than those employed IN The Treasury
Department. The committee therefore, report
that The charges made BY The Hon9r7hle Js@es
had been converted into a, house for orgies and
tss baechansls f.a,s is wholly g1Taned ;Es5s, b.
and etnplorct In the printing Bureau of the
Treasury, 1hst the ether charge That millione and
millions of the public money had been sacrificed;
By the 81 stem Of printing pnblicuoncy now In use
In the Treasury Department, is not only unwaE-
Ianted By the tacts- but 40 evidence has been ad-
dnced to chow that single dollar has been fraud
ulently tsaued under the egstem OF printing now
in use. On the contrary, the plan Of doing the
work In the Treasury Department has facilitated
ss dueea he eos aae of t
the Government the oxnership and custody Of
the plates and dies. which would otherwise re-
way officially connected with the Government.
The Committee find that Nr. Clark, the Superin~
tendent Of the printing bureau. has Conducted the
skill, and has made 1ts operations successful
aeatnet formidable obstacles and discourage.
mente. The Secretary Of the Treasury appointed
charges asainst lin, contained IL the report ola
COMMITTEES Of the last Congress, which, however,
we're neser acted on, and bus also from time 70
as sed hat eS na
founded. In his letter addressed TO tho commit.
tee. june Sd. he ssys: No eridence has been pro-
Lad been un'aitnfal ID hss new duties OF reuissin
his work as IN officer Of the Department.
The evidence besorc the committee has, tailed
eumed his present. duties has i' rendered d hin
unworthy the confidence Of the Government The
charges made hy tho Hon. F: ?. Blair, Jr., IN bis
FrTtfN1tfhA
mainly In the allegation that the Secretary OF the
Treasury bad used his official patronage adversely
advance his Own. T6ia not being chsrg. q nal
teasancc In office the committee does not regard
i a proper matter Of otac1al inquiry, and ask to
r @ II Bss
which relate to trade regulations on the Western
waters, and to alleged frauds and corruptions on
the psrt ofthe Treasury acens there empl ,yed, are
Intimately connected with the military adm1als-
t1ation In those departments that the committee
ask to be diseharced from the further consider
mend that II be referred Tor Investigation to the
Joint Committee on the Conduit Of The War
sred TAs the polt Sf ,innE puo!ie
ing OF expense to the Government and security
against frand, and the Affairs Of the Printing Ba-
rean hare been administered With marked ability
N of witch is respectfully submitted.
Air. Feuton submitted the folio wing report:
The undersigned, member of the. Select Com
1nittee Of which the Hon, James 4. Garfield is
Chairman, to examine in relation to matters con-
nected with the Treasury Department. begs leave
to say that be concurs in the conclusion Of the
Committee a. to the policy or doing tue work Of
The printing Of the public securities. obligations
and National Bank currency in the Treasury De.
partmcnt, and as to the careful and generally cor
rect manner in which such work has been there
conducted. Nor does be see any re1son from the
evidence submitted to the Committee to dis
the 1nmoraltties charged to bave been committed
IN the Printing Bureau Of the Treasury Depart
n,ept.
The undersigned. however, is not able upon tes-
tiu1oby which has been submitted TO the Commit
tee, to agree with the majority IL their conclusions
in reference to the eonspiracies Of the New York
Treasury Department and to prevent the publtea-
tion Of the public securities, obligations and Ma
t'onal Bank Notes fa that Department In order to
secure the eane to themselves.