, 1870-07-16

sity for some portion used by General Howard
for government purposes, ~ lis Official heal
quarters, forms chsrga not denied, ana Is
commented upon by the minority as an i'm
prorrety,' and Objectionable motives are
limited as its occasion.
The charge that be drew three salalles+:'
this report admits wzs not fully sustained.
The minority object that the COMMITTEES de-
clined to bear evidence on this point concern
ing salaries or SOURCES OF income not LEI .Lat
toned in the charge, There was charge 'nat
q large sum from the Bureau fnnas was ~
vance, to the Young Mems Christian Assos's-
tIuu. Of Washington, their bools belae 11Aent -
naynett. and sent as Bureau fhnos 10 tsnnep
bee. The Generals Answer 70 tnls was LuAt
lie himself had bought some ol tlc aosgsta- ~
tlon stock, and afterward lanst % ~ ~ -
University. The evidence onIg soncefneo
matter of 81 500, but the minority conAlde1
thaf sufficient Testimony was not elected from
tbs association There Was achafge that an
officer" had received sum 81 money for GER
tain landed properly IN o1an na.msso1, ~ ne lana
school in North Carolina, instead Of sun OF
m,rav ,nurup17Ated to it. The uinority saw
tbis officer was General Howard, and con-
sidcr the proof Of the transaction, and that
the title WIS in his name, sufficient to show
thst The nTai1 Was "a a pa1pable fraud oa the
public treasury"
TIE Barry farm transactions, aside from
what las already besn referred to- are con-
sidered BY the minority as being indefenBible
in Law. The appropriations Of the govern
ment IN aid OF this enterprise, which was
managed by a Board Of Trustees, aud has
reference to providing homes for tho freed
tncns Is regarded in the report as evidence
that the whole affair wns personal specula-
tlon with government funds. Soma private
accounts between General Howard and the
barry Farm are viewed with suspicion.
Moreover, the General is, according to this re-
port, liable for embezzlement of all the
money expended in this enterprise.
The final charge xha that - he is one OF q
ring known "a the tFreedmen's Bureau
Ding;' "that the whole undertakings Of slvinga
banks and schools for freedmen were political
machinery; and that he used the bureau for
his personal and political profit. Under this
head there *as an endeavor to show that the
bureau was uaed tor political purposes at the
South, but there il but little evidence 10 such
eject presented in this report. Frauds on the
;,art Of ofheers OF the bureau in buying up
:.cedmen's bounty claims are very freely al
! ged in this report, but not specified. It is
mentioned that the American Missionary So
eiety materially aid in the work among the
freedmen The society pnblishes news
raMer. The newspaper is edited" says
the report, III the interests Of AoSsla Toward
from it, asking (Which is the most talented,
white or black :" is given in evidence as part
Of this minority report It appropriately
closes by IN unspaf1nE attack upon the Efrnd-
men's Savings Banks, and especially the Ma
1iona1 Freednaen's Savings and Trust Compa-
ny OF Washington. Tie statement OF the
latter institution, with its balance Of 81, $780,
gO0 due depositors, is embodied in the report.
which hazards the assertion that the little
earnings Of the negro tones obtained as de-
| posts in savings banks, were used for the
profit Of those who had control Of them, "and
declares thnt these banks are An "active
ageny in this great conspiracy against the
| people Of tne United States, prosecuted
/ through this bureau" 1t asks that government
| interfere, and that measures be taken to re-
/ cover any moneys officially drawn by General
! Howard and 'sdisbursed in aid Of churches,
religious associations, and edacational insti-
tutiona, not in pursuance Of law" Its Sign
ers are 7, ". McNeely, Representative, Nine
tceuth District Of Illinois, and a. A. c. hogers,
Second District of ArkanBas.
1 GENERAL HowAnDs STATEMENT.
detailed statement Vas presented hy Gsn.
exaa Howard in reply to the various Charges OF
| Fernando Wood. Most Of these replies are
referred to in the minority report. In ex-
rlanetion Of tha "three salary" charge,
he shows that two Of the alleged
three could not have both . been drawn
drew ono Of them. In regard to land pur-
chases and transfers charged as cash tran.
factions, he explains the occasion under which
Tie trsnsfeE was made, and shows TINT even
il the transfer was informal, it benefited the
freedmen. In regard to the Barry farm husi-
,eses hs renels the charges Of irregaaarty,
and declares that neither be nor his brother
N1s benefited or Was interested pecuniarily
or privately in the transactions connected win
it. He denies that any portion Of the blsi-
uess Of the Bureau has been conducted with
extravaganza, OF for his own benaf., or fol
that OF his family. An abundant array Of facts
and figures fortities his statements.
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