The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-12
Party Assessments on Government
Employees Forbidden.

EMPLOYEES EOfbAaoehs
Secretary Welles has done good thing.
He has forbidden the assessment Of employ
ees Of ,be Government to raise money for
elecgioue ring purposes. The Washington
teleeraphic correspondent of this Cincinnati
Commercial gives the facts as follows:
sesrstsrv we'Ies has just written an i'm
aoortant lester with regard 10 the manipuis-
lion Of public employs 20 serve party ends
I, fhe fortbcotpiar State elections. He Sass
The teutiop Of The department has been
called to- an attempt recently made in Phil
sdelphia 70 assess g tax for party purposes
o. the workmen In navy yards- II Is claim
ed bv tn Sc who have participated 10 these
proceedings thst the practice mas prevailed
e. former vesrs at that snd other navy
var5s- Contributions Of this character on
-banies and Iaborers employed BY Gov
,run,ent are sach al abuse that they can
no. be permitted, aud il Is the object OF this
communities ion % prohibit the procedure
-rberever Il fnav be pfscticed. From inoui-
,-ies / a. tuied By the department, on the
complaint Of sundry workmen, who repre-
scented that commission had undertaken
through the ageney # master, TO collect
from each Of the EN- loyees 10 their res pct
i've depsrtfneuts q sum equsl - one days
labor. for party purpo es. It has been as
ce-.sin q thar there mad been received from
vvorkmen. be ore these proc edings were ar
rested. ne sum of 81 .0s2. This and ell 9TH
er attempts 70 exact money from laborers in
the public service, either by eompulsion or
voluntary CONTRIBUTES Is, in every point
Of Y ew, -prehensiole, and It is wholly and
ab 0lutely prohibited.
Whstever money may have been thus ex-
acfed, AZ is now IN the hands Of the mss
l. q. \ 80 n. Il.
men from whom IL was received; and any
master. or otner sppointee Of this Depart
N ut. b. may be guilty Of a repetition
Of this Offer &c, or whs snal hereafter par
tio pate ia levying contributions in lazy
yards. from persa ms in the Government ser
' &c. Tor party purposes, viii incur the dis
pleasure Il the Depa tment, and render him
self lisble 10 removal The Organization of
the Yard must 90 be perverted 10 any par
". Persons who desire TO N Ike voluntary
nasty contrib ion, ca find opportunities
10 80 80 q the ward or other local politics.
meeting, ard on other occasions than du-
ring W rliug hours. They arc neither to
be assiste or opposed in the matter by Gov
eminent ole ais. The Navy Yards mus
not be prostituted to any such purposes, ?
viii committeeman be permitted to resort TO
them 10 make collections f ? any polite j
party whatever. Workingmeu, ana others
I'D the service 90 the Government are eX-
peoted snd required 20 devote their time
and energies during working hours, and
while ia the yard, 10 the labor which they
are employed 20 execute. II has been also
repres ntcd that some Of the masters at
some Of the navy yards employ extra hands
preceding warmly contested elections, and
that much of the time Of these superfuous
hands is devoted 10 party electioneering
such an abuse, 1T il exists 10 any depart
nrut If any If the navy yards, must be cor
r-cied. No persons should be retained Ia
she navy yards thsn The public service &C
iually requires Party gatherings and party
discussions are at al times 10 Be avoided
within the yards. ID viii be the duty Of the
COMMANDMENTS Of the respective yards, and
OF al officers, 20 see that this order is
obeyed."
Admiral Bell created quite stir amongst
the radicals 10 New York BY letter pro-
hibiting the assss ment Of the men in the
New York Navy Yard. Not knowing that
the Admiral was backed by the authorities
At Washington, the as,ounded partisans
threatened his removal. They had counted
on a large elsotioneering, or corruPting
fend. from this source, but are non plussed.
Their own pockets must suffer row.