The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-31
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WASHINGTON, August 30. 1887. I
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WASHINGTON August 80, 1887,
Lao O'Clock r. NJ !
The Excitement sabsidiug-Cha grin Of the
Radica.-:
Tho posca sxcitsmeal OF the past week Is beginning
subsids The radicals Esrs. generally speaking. seem
to be little disappointed 9th the late movements OF
General Grant. They do not however blame the Gen.
sral for the course hs has akeu but blame the ncom-
petsness Of the Reconstruction scts They claim that
u the acts 10 question do explicitly confer upon sne
GsneranChief full powers for their sxNcution, sucn
were evidently the intentions OF Congress- but IS General
Grant cannot base s actions upon the intsnl ous OF
Congress- be Ia In fair way to lose the dstinguissd
once Of standard bearer for the radical party
sDecnlatiens Regarding the Presideut's Late
Talk with Graut-An Ingenious Theory Ex-
pouudod.
This being Cabinet day, the usual batch OF rumon
concerning everything In general rslsting 70 removals
resisnasions 40, has been sst ahoat. None or them
are entitled to any credit frnS talk between General
Grant and the President concerning their respective
rights and duties stu occupies public attention and
gives rtss to vast amount OF discussion; but the
general opinion here sssms to b, thai the President has
taken impreguabls ground, and completely turned ne
tables on the radicals BY his bold assumption Of
superior sspsrvihsg power over ths whole
reconstruction maehisery. Thad Sssvsaa' late letter.
making extraordinary confessions q 70 the understand
Ing Of Congress when the Reconstruction bills
passed has had much to do with turning the feelias In
favor q The Presidents policy and seems 70 have dam
aged the radical cause in no slight dsgves.k
In the discussions which have ariss6 On ths subject
attention has been called 70 We dGsrsnos In the word
Ing Of the ergisa order nra aasigalas he military com
rnanden under the Reconstruction laws sud the iats
orders appointing commanders In che Second and FA
disricta In the drst order the i've commanders aEs
nsrsy assigned 70 districts In the Hancock cad Candy
orders these two generals assigned 70 xs command
Of both districts and military Departmental" Why this
addition Of The words ''msry departments" 10 Ques
ton that exciting interest The superstition 10 that
the President has used these words In order TO svod
difhcaltiss that might arise IN the carrying oat of
orders Should Il turn out that the President hes no
right to Issue orders In certain district
commanders. Il Is commended thss he would have The
right TO enforce his orders through these very district
commanders in their capacities commanders Of Do
partmsnts. Thus In case Of didaoulty or conflict
OF authority between General Grant and the President
the former could not move Q single soldier con.
trary TO the commands OF the COMMANDMENT
Chief, who could thus control tho army and
give directions 70 the department commanders
whereby the Congressional plan might b wholly
sbstructed and his views radically carried out.
has been talked about very extensively Is worth this
much notice The change the wording OF the orders
hes meaning, and perhaps this theory may bs the
true explanation.
Expected Removal Of Commissioner Rollins.
The President had long interview to-day With Cone
rails Steadman and Hillyer Il Ii understood that the
business discussed the removal Of the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue Il pretty well settled that
Mr. Rollins will b removed. and Seadman will bs his
successor An effort has been made BY certain parties
here in behalf Of Colonel Messmore bat the President
said to be decided 10 his dsapprObaton Of that scheme
The announcement n my despatch to-day Of revival
OF the movement FOR the setting aside OF Mr. Rollins has
caused good deal OF talk and much CONSERVATION
among the onicals Of the Internal Revenue Depart
ment
Fernando Wood mt tho Waite House.
Fernando Wood here yesterday In consultation
with the President II said his object was 70 urge the
removal OF Assessor Franklin. Tho arrangements Il
seems, between O'Callaghan and Franklin have not
worked satisfactorily and tho ooial guillotns is In.
voksd TO set matters smooth -
The Alleged Frauds In the Pay Deptrtment.
The action Of Mr.. Lncolns Congressional Committee
Tor the investigation Of alleged frauds in the Pay Do.
partmsn has bosn literally criticised by those who are
familiar with the Affairs Of the War Department is
announced that this committee having completed its
labcrs this city have gone New York ferret out
tho immense bounty frauds which occurred there during
the latter part OF the and which ventilated ~
the time, without having been followed BY
The punishmsnt OF the guilty partisA What
renders this undertaking Of the committee
% singular the well known fact that the payments
Of which sprans the frauds referred to
% the subsc, Of the proposed Investigation have
Of connection With sns Pay Department oil. Tue ad.
vance bounty authorized BY Congress to be paid TO
orwits hv o6hfara vvh
connected with the Pay Department in any manner.
The only way In which the advance bounty was ever
paid BY paymastsrs was whom, Tor want Of funds or
other reasons the musteug ocer entered the bounty
on the muster In roll mot paid" whsn became the
duty Of the paymassr 70 pay II ct the next payday.
Cases Of this kind, however. were comparatively few
II the committee unaware Of these facts by iuQurng
OF the Paymassr General any odcer Of the War De-
partment they would have discovered that II would DO
just much to the purpose II they had gone Into IN
Investigation Of the disbursements Of the Subsistence
Quartsrmastsr's Department The Psymastsr General
several weeks ago addressed toe chairman Of the
committee q letter challenging investigators Of
the records and vouchers a. the only means
OF sscsrtainug with certainty whether any frauds
existed in his Department and asking that
their existence be drst determined basis FOR their
further action II 10 said attention has been paid to
this letter neither has Paymaster General been
ossd testify called upon for any statement II 10
presumed that amer the meeting Of Congress ventilation
will be given to the story of this curious committee,
together with ts inception and the character and pur-
pose Of its nvsstlgationa
The Robbery on tho steamer Gettysburs-
Conviction Of the Robber at Kingston ia.
maicn.
Ocal Information has been received from Kingston,
Jamaica, that Henry Clifton, the seaman who CON-
,ted the larceny OF government. funds on board the
United states Gettysburg last winter has been
tried at Kingston the jurisdiction Of which place the
offence was committed and found guilty and sent to the
Psnitentary It will be recoected it was stated that
Assistant Secretary Seward who was pass. ngor on the
Getty sburg had been robbed Of large amount OF coio;
but Il now appears that the was $4,000. in the
hands at the time Of Psymaster shedding Clifton was
convicted on the testimony Of Psymaster Henry c.
skeidiog and Mr. g. Middleton, Cisaor o. the Treas
ury Department. and the god was resumed 70 W.
Middleton, to be restored 10 tho Treasury.
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