, 1870-02-23

hinks it bis duty to frequent houses Of i'll. 4
anne in order to elevate him to the high =
moral and religious plane Of Brigham Young a
md those other eminent Mormons whom Il
elder Dallin admi1es at a distance, but h
whose conduct he does not emulate The :
ogic Of Elder DAllin's position is that the
Mormons, b{ dint Of hard study, hard work,
lcep religious fervoT, aud unmerited perse- Q
cution, haye at last attained the moral eleva-
lion Of fres-1orers in other parts Of the
world!
a NATIONAL BARNAcLK.
One of the wisest provisions Of the Ma
tiopal Constitution is that which declares
that s'No money shall be drawn from tho
Treasury but in consequence Of appropria-
tions made by law" No clause in the con-
stitution is so essential to the protection Of
the rub1ic morals. In every case where it
is violated there ought to follow the prompt
impeachment and conviction Of the Of
fender. That it is violated is notorious. It
has been recently disclosed that heads OF
bureaus have been accustomed for years, in |
making their estimates for the expenses OF
4ba;r off;ces to ask for more money than
was needed. The une1pended portion Of |
this appropriation would stand to the credit
Of the bureau, and, in course Of time, would |
en,on,t to ,sr,o eums. nnon this fund.
lad M AGAINST a rainv day. the chiefs Of
1nneaua have beeu accustomed to draw
uherever th,r x;sh Ia make an expenditure
for which there ha, been no specific appro-
| r,;a,ion we have iust had an exhibition
If this kind in the Navy Department. Con-
| orces refused last wear to appropriate Ger
tain su,ua asked for by some of the subor-
| aiua.a chiefs Of that department, bat there
| Ee1o several millions Of surplus from pre-
| rioz,s appropriations standing to the credit
of other bureaus, And, in disregard Of tho
action Of Congress, they expended over
three millions Of dollars upon works for
which Congress had refused to appropriate.
There is yet another way of getting money
ont Of tho Treasury, which Is no 1ess NO
lation Of the spirit Of the constitution and
which ought to be broken up by The most
! summary action. Il IS tho praes1co Of VII
fully exceeding tho appropriations OF Con-
gress, aud then coming back with bill Of
deficiencies. For instance, when Congress
appropriates fixed sum for q particular
work, the practice is to lay out plans for
five OF si1 times the specified sum, and COM
nepce the construction on TINT enlarged
scale, thereby compelling Congress to event
ually make an expenditure which, in tho
first instance, it would have refused. Thus,
| Congress makes IN appropriation OF S75,0O0
for the erection Of Court House and Post
Office building at somo small town. The
officers of the Treasury, instead Of confiuipp
thenselyes to The requirement OF Congress
exnressed in The approximation, prepare
naus for tho building which they know
will involve IN ul!imate expenditure Of
s75O,to0. and without submitting these
plans to Congress, or obtaining any addi-
tionsl suthoritY in the p,emlse1. thew uro-
ceed with Tho work. The appropriation OF
s15, ,OOo will hardly Law the formulation walls
Of the building, and Congress is asked ne1t
7ear fer 1891 more, Under the imprcs
sim that this will couplste the lob, the ad,
ditional sum il given to prevent the total
loss Of The first. NEXT wear 500 900 arc
asked and thus it goes On until tie whole
$3.50, GOO are obtained. when further ap
nrun1iation il asked to furnish the building
We publish, this morning aome remark
by MI, Farnsvorth on this subject, whicl
; aro well worth reading rs brief chrouicl
! of the way public money is wasted, aud q
: ernlsiniuo. in part. vhy every man in th
;. rnnlo,n,ent Of the government, civil c
! n;itarv who has the expenditure of pub
Z liz monevs. nrotasts against any .eauc,io
- Of ta.rs- The Treasury Department hi
= had attached to it. s,uca 1864. Nation
: Cons,rnct;on Bnreau fGenerui Farnsvort
10 varv sn,lv c.l,s 1t n barn.cle ". who.
j. bna;ness Il il to explore the country, az
I'd find mt e1icible sites Bbcreon to erect ma
" n;f7ce,t hniIa;pna, 10 reu,ain monuments
r ,rchitectn,a1 oer;ns and national yastefu
70 rass Tho et;ce Of this architect cost
p non,;n,11v soc mo ner annum. viii
he conor,1 Farn.wo1th declares the actual CO
,, - aEo nm
be Tba .asa NJ tba Chicapo AIariue uosu;t
be :. ~ ;,,nnt-,tion If tha 1nnttar in hand.
an ,ccr corn.s. n.esad an act an,ho,izi,
". 49, s..rs.arv of The Treasury to sail ths q
d. sIs.ino Hooo;ta, md Grounds. On Sfichjp
IN. "a1tn' uoop - AAa AZ, sN.aas,. e =, 1r-,b,
he aSa. -. ~ sract a new hnsp;tal. 7
lie 49, o,nross,- nroridcd that the nav 9
II teW expressly p,o' 49, s-an. ;.
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