The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-28
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horror at the report that Mr.. Chase
had turned the Treasury Department
into haren. Mr.. Brooks, Copper
head Member of Congress, said, "Clear
the galleries of the ladies, so that
can speak plainly, and l will tell you
the number of prostitutes who are paid
by the Treasury Department" Then
all the CoppGrhead correspondents of
the New York News, Cincinnati Ens
quirer, &C., went into long accounts
of indecent developments and disgust
ing details. Then the Ohio Eagle
opened its innocent eyes, and raised its
spotless hands, and asked in its sweet
voice, if such things could be, and went
on to show, with the delight of q
pimp or reporter for the Police Ga
zette, that such things were.
But tho whole story has been spoiled
by the Report of the Select Commit
tee, appointed under a resolution of
the House, to investigate certain
charges against the Treasury Depart
ment. Gen, Garfield, Chairman of
the Committee, submitted report Just
before the adjournment of Congress,
from which we extract the following
in relation to the charge that Mr..
Chase kept Government harem:
"Col. Baker was very active during
the whole investigation in assisting
Mr.. Brooks to find testimony. Near
ly every witness summoned to prove
alleged immoralities in the Treasury,
was previously, manipulated by him,
and in several cases written abstract
was made by him of what the testi-
mony would be. In one instance,
with q barharity rarely surpassed, he
arrested funeral procession, took
from the coffin the corpse of a young
lady late an employee in the Treasury
Department, charging that she had
died in an attempt to procure an abor-
tion, the result of immoralities in the
Treasury Department. The case was
examined by a justice of this city, and
q post mortem examination held,
which resulted in decision that tho
young lady died Of pulmonary con-
sumption. The physicians reported
that the post mortem examination af-
forded incontestible evidence Of the
unsulied virtue of the deceased. Be.
yond the allegations above mentioned
no material charge affecting the ques-
tion OF immoralities was brought for
ward. Tho committee declined to cx-
anime as witnesses persons of notori-
ously infamous character, not deoming
it just to put the personal and official
character of any public officer on
trial before such parties. The COM
F mittee found that the alleged evidence
procured by Colonel Baker on the
9th, 10th, 11th and 18th days of
April were by him laid before the
Solicitor of the Treasury near the
close of that month. Two of the par
ties making the statements were ut
. that time employed in the Treasury
J, Department. The Solicitor called
them before him and questioned them
in regard to the affidavits. He reported
the matter to the Secretary of the
Treasury, who summoned Mr.. Clark
to answer as to the truth or falsity of
the charges against him. He denied
their truth in every pan ticular. Pen
/, ding fnrther investigations, the Solic.
itor directed Mr.. Clarke not to dis.
charge the two employees until fur
Q ther orders. A week later, however,
t they were dismissed from the Treas.
. ury. Reviewing the case, the com.
t mittee are fully persuaded that these
s charges were part of an effort on
8 the part of some to break up the plan
t of printing in the Treasury Depart
: mcnt, and partly the result Of con-
n spiracy on tho part of Colonel Baker
s and the female prostitutes associated
with him, to destroy the reputation OF
+ Mr.. Clark, and by the odium thus
d raised against the Treasury Depart
!. ment shield himself and justify the
: unauthorized arrest Of one of the off.
0 GERS In the Printing Bureau. The in
v jury thus wantonly inflicted and the
h publicity given to these shameful and
;. unfounded charges appear in a still
d stronger light when contrasted with
/. the exceedingly weak, and inadequate
Q evidence adduced TO sustain them
l. The charges are exceedingly unjust ana
s. cruel, from the fact that they have t.
v some ertent compromised the reputation
J. of the three hundred females employed
Il in the printing division. A majority o
70 them are wiveS or sisters of soldiers ,oht
!. hare fallen in the field. The commit
tee feel that in no community in The
rs country will there be found larger
" proportion Of noble and respectable
Is women than those employed in the
V. Treasury Department The commit
tee therefore, report that the charges
made by the Hon. James Brooks, tha
the Treasury Of the United States hat
been converted into house for orgie
ii and bachanals is wholly unwarrantet
by the facts, in the highest degree un
a, just and injurious, both to the Super
n. intendent and employees in the print
d. ing Bureau of the Treasury; that tn
other charge that millions and million
al of the public money had been sacrificed
az and still more was in danger Of beinl
,g sacrificed by tho system of printing
I'd public money now in use in the Treas
ia ury Department, is not only unwa