The national Republican., 1866-07-21
THE ADJUTANT OF FORNEY's
DREAD-AND-BUTTE BRIGADE.

THE AD1UEANT Of fOkNENB
DREAD-AND-BUTTER BRIGADE.
In the debate in the Senate upon the bin
for contingent expenses Of that body, Mr..
FKssEsDEs made the following remarks,
"Thers 10 one thing in this bIl that ID my juds-
mont Is decidedly wrong. II aiiows y the keeper
Of the stationery' a. 500, and then Anew once 10
created BY II Of messenger In the ststionsry-room
ct 81, 800 Just look and see how that 10 managed.
Her. 4 c,,s Or Or yhss.,:. 4. you
cry, whom you ssVsr see In the stationery room. I
never saw him there In my life, and guess no
other Senator ever saw him there. He, under this
bill, having charge Of that room nominaly, 10 to
have %, 500. He makes the purchases Of station
cry; he provides III he 10 called the keeper Of the
stationsry;' and instead Of keeping IT, We appoint
messenger 10 the stationery room ut 81 500 TO do
all the work Of dealing out the stationery TO Soma
tors and Keeping the accounts. Then In fact We
are to allow = keeper Of the stationery $4,000 .
year for nothing In the world except making the
purchases Of the stationery necessary. and sup
pose he may be considered as supervising y, but
We employed messenger IN addition at 81 500 In
order 70 take ears Of tho stationery. There Is
- 900 for that.
''Mr. Fessendsn. But the amount Of stationsry
in tho House must bs vastly greater, and thers are
so many more persons to be waited upon that un-
doubtedly Il may be necessary to haveA messenger
there, but II Is not necessary here One man con
do the whole, and one man did the whole for long
period Of years until this proposed increase Mr..
Club, Who was in that room for many ysers, never
had . clerk or Q messenger, and never called for
ono. He did the whole work and did II well for .
series Of years. Now We are to add 81, 500 for q
messenger to stay there and do the work and wait
upon Us while the keeper himself Il 70 be allowed
"a 500. There Is no reason for 1t 10 the world II
the keeper Of the stationery chooses TO employ him
self about other business and puts somebody else
In there to be paid, one Of the mssscngers to the
Senate in reality, think he should pay that per
son out Of his own pocket, We allow enough to the
keeper Of the stationery 70 perform al the duties
for the small number Of Senators there are hers.
while am on that subject / will say that really
wish that the Committee on the Contingent Ex-
penses Of Senate would turn their to the
stationery room and put II under some regulation
Nothing in my Judgment is more necessary; moth
ing calls for reform here in the Senate more than
that stationery room II has got to be an abuss
in my Judgment, and very serious one, and this
is adding TO It, T5N EH na. I-
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Times throws some additional
light upon the subject in the following para.
graph: uD.1aa ..a w Eua. r. u..-
In the discussion In the senats upon the bill to
increase the pay Of the employees Of the Senate,
Mr. Fessenden took occasion to object to the man
agement Of the stationery-room, In Mr.. Fornsy's
department II appears that the Keeper Of sta
tonery" is one Mr.. Jones' confidential clerk Of Mr..
Forney, and familiarity known as 'Forney's man. "
Mr.. Fessenden says this employee 10 very rarely
present at his post and he intmates that Jones ID
| engaged in certain other pursuits. He now re-
eeives salary Of 81 100 for absolutely doing moth
ing and 1t Is sought TO raise his salary for this
duous labor to the sum Of 81, 500, and give him q
| messenger besides at u, 500. Mr.. Pessenden OBJ.
eots 10 this and invites An examination into the
| msnagsment Of the Stationery room. Mr.. Jones
principally occupies his time upon the floor Of the
House and Senate in lobbying bills through Con
| gross. His position as employee In the Senate
enables him to get the entree in each House, and
facilities for button holing the members. Whether
this y done andsr sanotion Of Mr.. Forney or moi
h not trsnspirsd, but IL ID evident that the Sen
ate IL not inclined 10 encourage this kind Of sine
cure, and Mr., Josss viii probably bs required tG
giye more Of his attention 70 the Stationary Room
hereafter, which will seriously Interfere with hii
lobby schsmes. o .tf'.r7 '' s'3l'S'' '-'' q. 7
Thus ii appears that the adjutant of FoR.
sEY's "bread and butter brigade" as he hun
self calls it, buffers his bread on both aides
and at the same time helps to butter Fon
SEY all over. h1. si.