New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-24
xxXyEIIih CONGREss....First Session.
SENATE. WAsnIsGToS, May q, lsOi.
RTPIAL op COMMUTATiOS.

Mr. MORGAN CIn. \. W introduced hili 10
prohibit the release Of drafted persons nom dram b the
naymcnt Of money viz; That much Of lie act EN-,
fcd An net foI enrolling and calling out Tie national
forces aud for other purposes approved Mfch eo1,
and acts amendatOry thereof a. authorize the dscha
of any person from military service by reason Oh the
payment 81 500 for the prOcuraon 81 substitute OF
otherwise be- and the same l. her by repeated re"
yided that nothing contained IN this act sh1li be CON
,rucd 90 alter the provisions Of the existing laws ea
tive to persons actually furnishing Substitutes
NAVAL SUPPLIES.
On motion Of Afr GRNE O'n Iowa. lis b!ll IN relation
20 Naval supplies was taken up and he addressed Tie sen
ate for over two hours IN ~ the Gdiers report
made thereon by The Naval Committee. He gave q
history Of the Of obtaining naval supplies sihce
the organization ~ the navy 10 show that under navy
agents WHO originally wcfd not legally authorized ON
GERS a system had grown up by COLLISION Win coEtrue
tors and kmcn and that The syrlcn pfopvsed
BY hs BIZ would remedy these abuses: lie defended
the Chief Of the Bureau ~ Yards and DOCKS for is e.
forts IN detecting the defects Of The old s!siein lie
held that the snbOrdinates were IN fault lie ahhN" u
certain contracts heretofore made under blds ioi su
plies showing "a examples instance. where scotch ZION
had been bid for al one dollar per ton. ana AneIl.
iron al tEenty and thrtsN dollars per ton ana 81 INC
large amount advertised Of the former only nine or ~
tons were deyered while Of the latter. d"sp" OF
treble the amount would BE- furnished Inc cvhi'l"'
knowing by collision beforehand what amount would %
required were thus enabled 20 secure 'he c"h'Iae,
against honest men by reason OF their gRrfnte 'ts
under the system being lesr. lie eontrhue'
that these things showed COLLISION between cohtfhcoI
and the employees Of the Government. He nontoheu
among these contractors, smith Brothers a 'o'' V.
Boston, who had since lrtl. furnished 10 the hHoun
Of al 0l09OO; Sohofeld CO.. of Now York. to about
similar sum; and another firm in NcwlininshlIo' 10
the amount Of ,~2 tJ2; also Joseph L. Sh'hR'' VI
Washington, items IN tue laitcrs bill 10 tLc Nh.!
Yard amounting in the agg1 egate b. >te1 he Deihs
the lowest siddcT Of those whom MI. Grimes pr's"su
10 be merely his confederatcs. The prices Oh ,he
articles actually furnished were double their inuihe'
value: for instance, ares at e. % The lnIhc' P''o
Of which was 15c and many other articles Ia proper
tion. Mr.. Grimes showed also from thcir Doors .la'
Scoiod & Co.. under court martial. III Sepi.h
Der last had furnished brnss screws costing NJ
e. 10 and forty eight sheets Of copper co.tg Sl< NJ
81 HgJ 20; leather costing 81 re 81 O4J &c. &C. MI
Grimes explained at length the necc sty OF his biil
20 remedy these defects He said II would provide hht
these matters Of supply woald be confined 10 reS u
officers OF the Navy instead Of temporary Potica up
pOnices and prescribed such severe punishment ana
penalties would diminish 10 larger extent the COZ
rupiiOns and frauds which were now praciiced:
Mr. HALE agreed with the Senator from Iowa en-,
TREY that the frauds and gross ontragcs pcrpetrheu
upon the Navy department were crrOne"usi put Wv
difference between him and the Senator az to the re-
sponsiblity great He had no idea TINT the sweep
ing charges made by the Senator against Navy AT'ht
and working men. whom he proposes by one ci DO" ~
sweep IRON the Navy we've true. The assault on 'hc
Navy agents and ianster workmen aud mechanics was
solely because they had IN many instances protected tue
Government from the tempts al fraud on the part VI
those who were pa'tsans oi The heads OF tue bureaus
III the Navy Department who sought "a he cHilchcu W
the public expense lie instanccd cases where Nay!
Agents had while cndoMOring 10 protect iD'
Government from fraud the pnrt Of fiyorites oi ic
heads Of bureaus incurred their dspeasufe One c"se
IN point the supplying Of the shaft OF the hichit
Cambridge at the CnhTle-tOWn Nayy.lard. VIXEN TIE
Navy Agent refused 10 pay the enormous rnce OF ~
cents per pound when everybody knew could be puf
chased Tor 80 Mr.. Hale IL defending hc lrm ~ SIA
BTOthcrH & Co, said they had bccA among the hrt !,
expose the manner Ia which frauds were peIpctiaird
upon the Government. The Committee Of Nav AiLiIs
IL dsehargDg ten datv had come to tic CONCLUSION