The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-15
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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
Monday Morning, June 10. 1853.
WASHINGTON.
THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN SECRETARY Nj
CULLOCH AND COMMISSIONER ROLLINS.

AIN OONIhONEhSf BEIW EEN SEChEIAh1 MO-
CULLOCH AND COMMISSIONERS ROLLINS
WASHINGTON, June 13.-The following is an
addition to the correspondence between Com
missioner Rollins and the Secretary of the
Treasury, concerning recent letter of resigna-
ton of the former, was to-day sent to MIR. Rol-
Inns endorsed upon his communication which
was again returned: This communication is
partial because it attributes the present de-
ranged condition of the internal revenue SER
vice to removals and appointments made by
the President. while it must be clear to the
mind of the Commissioner that this demorali
cation is attributable in part to the antagonism
between the executive and legislative branches
of the Government, which has prevented bar-
mony of action between them ia regard to the
appointments, and the tenure-ofoffice act, but
NANNY 10 the nigh duties upon distilled spirits
tobacco, etc., which have created an irresistible
temptation to fraud, on the part of revenue
ofncers, as well as on the part of manufactur-
ers, dealers and others 1t is incorrect as it
alleges that numerous recommendations of the
commissioner tor the removal of assessors and
collectors, even for the grossest misconduct
had always been disregarded, while the truth
Is that in all cases in which recommendations
Tor removals were accompanied by evidence of
lncompetency or misconduct on the part of the
officers, the recommendations were promptly
responded to by the President 1t is uniust
and disrespecttul to the President, because
the Recorder of the Bureau shows that the fall
ing off of revenues in the districts in which
the removals had been made by the President
IN 1850, was not comparatively greater than in
districts IN which no changes took place. That
IN 1act, the revenues of the fiscal year, ending
June ~, 1867, during which the removals made
were entirely satisfactory to the Commissioner,
came up 30 closely to the liberal estimate OF
the department, while the Generalization of
the service and the decline of revenues have |
chiefly occurred the present fiscal year, long
after the officers removed by the President had |
been re-instated, or others whose nominations |
had been approved of by the Senate had taken |
the places OF the appointees of the President |
lt was for these reasons that the communica-
ton could not be received and it was returned |
to the Commissioner. The return is also iusti-
he'd by the fact that copies of it were sent to |
the press before it was handed to the Secretary |
1t must, therefore, have been intended for the |
public rather than for the files of the depa.t- |
ment HUGH MCCULLoCH |
Secretary of the Treasury Department..
THE MUNICIPAL TROUBLES.
The mayor Of Washington, ad interim called |
a meeting of the City Council this P. M. Only |
the Conservative members and the white Re- |
publican alderman from the LIST ward came to- |
gether. The City Hall chambers having been |
locked upon them, they adjourned to the Law
building in the same neighborhood. Thew mass. |
ed resolution addressed to the bank in |
which the corporation fun Is are kept, directing
1T not at present to honor any drafts on mum.
c,pai account, OF not until present difficulties
taken to ascertain by what authority the Chief
OF Police had excluded them from the CITY
Hall. The Police Board whose next meeting
is to be held on Thursday next, will inquire in
to all the circumstances attending this ques-
ton: The Mayor Gd interim, to-day handed /
Mr. Bowen letter concluding as follows:-Be- |
ing advised by counsel and fully believing |
that the two boards have acted strictly in ac-
cordance with the law in the premises, 1 have
TO request that you will Immediately vacate
the office of Mayor of this city, the duties of |
which you are now exercising, until such time
as the question touching your right to said
of1ce shall have been properly determined by
competent authority. Mr.. Bowen laid the let
Ter aside to be read at his convenience.
The Register continues to draw and the |
Mayor to countersign checks ON the First Ma
uonsl Bank for the salaries of officers, but as
accounts are overdrawn for no other reason |
they are not paid.
GEN BUCHANAN SUSTAINED.
Major Keller, of Gen. Buchanan's staff
reached here last night with dispatches for
Gen. Grant relating to affairs in New Orleans.
Friday the Major, accompanied by Col. Mann,
one of the members of Congress elect from
Louisiana, visited the President the Secretary
OF War and Gen. Rawlings, Gen. Grant being
absent, and laid the matter before them The
result was that the following instructions were
sent about o'clock this afternoon to Gen. Bu-
chanan by order of Gen. Schofeld, approved
OF by Gen. Grant through Gen. Rawlings and
by the President:
AOut dCblOH is sustained. |
The officers elected under the new Constitu- |
ton cannot be installed without your consent
until the time fixed by the act OF Congress. 1t
is deemed advisable for you to await the act,
of Congress now about to become law before |
permitting the Legislature to meet or officers
to be elected.
THE MISSION TO PARAGUAY.
Gen. Mcmahon, of New York, is now in
Washington. His nomination by the Presi-
dent as Minister to Paraguay would be acted
upon by the Senate only for the reason of the |
war which now exists in that country and diff |
hculty OF a representative of the United States
reaching it. The mission to Mexico is the Do
sition for which he is candidate There is
little if any doubt that if the President should |
send in his nomination for that Office it would
be confirmed.
THE TAX BILL.
The opinion continues to prevail among
members of Congress that the tax bill will not
pass Congress, owing to the want of time for
both Houses to act on the measures. 1t is
thought, however, that several of the sections
with regard to whiskey and tobacco may be |
embraced in separate bill and become law. |
REVENUE COLLECTOR RESTORED.
Some time ago Mr.. w. James, Collector of |
Internal Revenue for Richmond, Virginia, was |
suspended from Office, but the Senate does not |
regard the reasons assigned for his suspension |
as sufficient. Mr.. James is therefore restored |
to the office, and Gen. Milford, late commits
sloner for the exchange of prisoners, who held |
the position in the meantime retires.