Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-27

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Of resPonss Otheruise, Let ~ Proossd q lsok Al
shis young Esntlsnsn,I sIIslsiIe hSlA uE"G ths
cock Il borne % the army rOii - . MAJOR Of en-
gineers, his name AppeArng a. the jahior Of the
nine oficsrs Of that ranE, the title u bTiEadier
general being merely breseL As . major hs
receives pay at the rate Of y, so per Ahnuw,
with allowances At the rate OF about q. 90 more
The second once held by 9eneral BAbcoek ID
secretary at the Executive Mansion, for which
he receives $500 per year. Next We nnd him
set down as chief engineer Of the Washington
aqueduct, 10 which post salary Of y, 500 Is At
tached. To this point We have General Bah
cock In receipt OF three salaries, aggregatng
$500, or as much az Ia paid the Chief Justice oi
the United States, and more than 10 paid any
member VI the Cabinet, but there 10 yet fourth
fat place 10 be considered.
"in addition TO his other offices Gen. BAbeock
| Is Commissioner OF Public Buildings, Ground 8
| and Works, position ranking In point Of salary
| with the seeretaryship At tho White House,
making t2,50O more, or tll,OOO In tho way OF
salary for Gen. Babcook's four otfioes. What
| further emOlument Is derived does not clearly
| appear, but the patronage Is by no means In
considerable, the oommissl0neruhip Of build
ings and the engineers berth at the Aqueduet
giving the incumbent OF those positions some
| seventy.nye appointments with q payroll oI
some sixty thousand dollars, This ls doing
pretty we'll, II must be conceded, for the Junior
major in the engineer corps, but there arc yet
other things to be considered. II was Gen.
BAbcock who negotiated the two SAnto Domingo
treaties OF september and November ", 1860,
and IN these diplomatic lAbors II Is not 10 be
presumed so excellent an Absorber failed TO lick
his fingers, as every good cook Is said TO dc
when concocting famous dishes. True, BaeI
testified that the General refused tho grant OI
land be offered him, but II has not yet been as
eertained how much was paid him out Of the
Federal Treasury for his services as ambassador,
man with so many other AyocaLlons could
hardly have undertaken diplomatic duties with.
out an increase OF pay. This, however, VeTgea
on the same ground Of the unRscertained as the
distribution Of the pronts Of the general.order
therefore, on the arm ground Of the four oficeS
with salaries and patronage attached"
The records of the Treasury Department
show that General Babcock has not received
cent Of pay since March 4, 1859, except as
major Of engineers; not cent as Secretary
10 the President; not q cent a. Commissioner of
Public Buildings and Grounds, aud not cent
as chief engineer of the Washington aque-
duct There Is no salary attached To either
the Commissioner OF Public Buildings and
Grounds or tho Washington aqueduct. All
well informed newspaper men know that
Congress has placed tho public buildings and
grounds under the engineer department, and
as an engineer General BAbcock has been de-
tailed to succeed General Mlchler on regular
engineer duty. How desperate case must
be when, to harm an Executive, his political
opponents resort TO such bAre-faced lying,
because an officer retains the confidence OF
his chief, that he won as soldier In the
field. The Republican party docs not run
the General Government upon the same plan
a. the friends Of the World did the municipal
government Of New York, where numerous
offices and many salaries could be held by
one man.
A Republican Congress long ago loglsIated
upon that question, and made It unlawful for
an officer OF the General Government, either
civil or military, To receive more than ono
salary, though he might hold more than ono
office.