The New York herald., 1871-12-27
\ i !. cTON.
How the Republican Campaign
Committee Circulated Nearly
q Million Documents.
Solicitor General Bristow Induced to Remain
In tho Department Of Justice.
The Colombian Government, Its Debt
and the Panama Railroad Subsidy.


and the Panama Railroad Subsidy.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26 1871.
Campaign DocumcNs and the Frauliug
Privilege-How tho Oracle Ii Worked in
Washinsson-No Dsarth OF Applicants for
the Labor and Capital Inquiry OonaultssIou.
The recent political campaigns were conducted,
80 far as the republican party ts concerned. by
resident executive committee operating from this
city. It appears tnat they distributed, from June
until the lst Of December. period Of six months,
$4,000 documents, specially prepared for partisan
| purposes. These documents included speeches or
| Senators Morton and Sherman, Secretary DeianQ
and Postmaster General Creswell, besides pam.
phets on national finances the legislative record OF
| the party, its relations to the labor and land
grant questions, papers on the Ku Klux testimony,
besides variety Of other matter. This documentary
! W.--r-v.-.s"u w,.n ncntucky Id which state
about eighty Thousand copies were distributed.
North Carolina received about ninety thousand,
New York and ohio about seventy five thous-
and each, New Jersey the same, and
Pennsylvania about one hundred Thousand. The
whole operation Is curious Illustration OF how
political parties are managed, and 1t must not be
forgotten that all OF these documents were franked
by patriotic congressman. the democrats we're
the republican total. The democracy also INDUCED
In the luxury OF tue franking privilege.
The President will need to apply the proposed
Civil Service Reform and Rules to applicants for the
Labor and Capital Inquiry Commission Tie author
or the bin has alone received over one hundred
applications for aid In securing appointments
thereto The Executive has had a number Of appll-
cations Also and there seems no lack of patriots
willing 70 Serve the cause OF labor at salary Of
$4,000 per annum.
Dispensing with Disiiilery survey ors-RusL
for Places in tho OWL Service--The syudi-
cate. '~-,,4.. -,,4...s,s 81 S J. =
Commissioner Douglass is about % llspease with
the services CT 300 surveyors OF dlsterfes And ex-
poets by tnts means to not than nrty thou
sand dollars to the government annually The
work OF these officers will be devoved upon the as
sstant assessors OF internal revenue.
congressman and others are making strenuous
efforts In the departments to have persons ap.
pointed to office before the Civil Service regulations
60 into effect The public offices are Overrun with
applications but tile disposition to follow the path
marked out hy the President makes most OF these
efforts result In bitter dsappolntments In the Inter.
nal Revenue Bureau all the appointments recently
made have been by promotion. and two ladies have
been given 200 places The highest pay OF the Just
women employed in the departments has hitherto
been only 5000, except In one or two instances and
this apparent Intention to pay them fair salary Is
much commended.
Messrs. King, Hale and Casilear, clerks OF the
Treasury Department and special bearers Of Syndi-
gate bonds to LoadQn, 4aYa returned to WASH
lnRt0n. sSe, v.s,..
Assistant Secretary Richardson aud John P. Bige.
low OF the Loan Branch, are to leave for this c0un
try on the 30h December, ana the American Sub
Treasury Will be closed upon that date. In pursu-
ance OF orders, matters being little hastened by q
disposition towards uniricndiy criticism on the part
OF various members OF Congress over the manage
ment OF the Syndicate business.
Rcpudiaiiug Income Tax on Bank DIvid en- de-.
Several days before the adjournment or the
Senate Senator Scott reported from the Committee
on Finance an amendatory bill providing that all
taxes upon dividends, interest and undivided
profits heretofore assessed or collected from corp0
rations mentioned in section Is or the act to reduce
internal taxes, from the time between the 1st OF Au
gust, 1870, and 1st OF January, 1871. shall be re-
funded, upon claim being made therefor by the
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue. Nothing In the
act shall be construed 10 prevent the collection
or authorize the return OF any such taxes for that
part OF the year 1870 prior to the 1st Of
August and assessed or collected at the
rate OF five per cent The Committee,
In their report, say It not the Intention OF the
act OF July, 1870, to levy and collect any other
greater tax for the year 1870 upon the dividends OF
earnings incomes or gains by banks, trust COM
panies, savings institutions, insurance, railroad,
canal, turnpike, navigation and slackwater com.
panles than was TO be levied aud collected for that
year upon other incomes
The Commissioner OF Internal Revenue, IN a COM
munlcatlon to the Secretary OF the Treasury. says
he Is OF the opinion that the amount OF taxes paid
or payable upon the earnings. &C., OF the cor
IN for a Iaat Ava m n
calendar year OF 1870 Is not far from $1,000 0C0.
The solicitor Gcueral Rcconsidcrs His Resig-
nation. t#
The efforts Of the President TO induce Solicitor
General Brstow to Withdraw MS resignation alluded
to in the HERALD some days ago. have proved sue
cessful, and General Brstow will remain In the
second place In the Department OF Justice, under
Attorney General Williams, between whom and him.
self the most friendly relations prevail
Colombia Bankrupt.
There ts due TO this government by that OF Co
lombia the sum OF $l07, 900, being the balance or
awards under the conventions OF 1851 and 1854. No
payment has been MADE since 1893. The Colombian
Minister here wants an extension Of time OF four
years. That government is represented bank.
rupt. It's whole available revenue IL Ss)o.Ooo or
this $3.50, 900 has been lost by the failure or the
Panama Railroad 10 pay their subsidy. IL has,
therefore, been compelled to suspend all works OF
internal Improvement, cut down the army to 1.00o
men, reduce all salaries ten per cent. and II simply
impossible for It TO pay as things now are.
The failure OF the Panama Railway Company
above alluded to was to nay the subsidy due by
them to the Colombian government on the 18TH
August last and subsequently. while the abstract
right or that government to hold the company
accountable for any breacn or the contract viii not
be questioned. Our own government will
however. according to the instructions at Bogota
expect that If the Colombian government should
deem It advisable TO hold the company to the literal