The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-05-02

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| resormatory work. have done%ll
60 . ssaatain. and I Do not want tor
- Ciaclnnasi and especially, With
sonss Of The men that I - are tryina
70 get chance to % there, or Any-
where else In the world. I do NO,
uAnt . 20 to Cinsinnau for the pur-
peas a. punishing thieves. aA.ssl
zHn SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
Thsss b snsehsr thing Z wish n
spsah of tonight. Mr.. Trsabail n.
lsEfed to the Secretary of the Navy.
Now, gsatlsmen, I want 10 say b
fsgard 70 that, that wlAt Mr. Ttu0-
ball seassd w. nos the sHcs In the ease.
inst =. I say. flsht hsfs, that sh1
fActs ars mot what II. Tramball stated
them 10 b. Hsstatsd that Z Boord q
o0csss has bssn appolntsd. under INV,
y sxainine csrlaln asoouuls; Inst they
reported in favor Of paying $ll6, 600,
and, then, that the accounts have been
spsnsd and ~. 90 patd. Th1e y not
the lact. will seass nov Whist the
1Act y. A Board W. appointed, under
The Law Or 1851, % osxamine isto sdsuss.
gss-not into work done,a not into
nststiai furnished - Into damages; and
that Board reported, ana reported
ell5, 900 In : glvsn case, and thae tl1at
sho0ld b Ii full for what that 1DoArd
reported on, and thst VS. paad. AT
the Same time there was this clalm,
With other claims amounting 70 more
than $oS, 900. and this claim was exam
lined. was paid, was passed. BY Mr..
Broadhead. Of the Trsasury Depsrt-
mont, and rightfuiiy and lawfully
paid. [Applause.1 II was never r..
1erred 70 Board at all. The law of
1867 did not mean those casss; It
meant damages. and not that class Of
oases. I believe that Mr.. Robson,
Secretary Of the Navy, is An honest
and upright man. [AppIause.] I
know that In this case he acted nc.
oording TO law, both in examining the
matter and in paying. have 4 writ.
ton statement Of the case II any or
these gentlemen wish to quote Il In
full they can have It. I'have to hurry
over it here with you.
The following Is the statement refer.
rcd TO by the speaker:
This payment was for work actually
done for the Government In their time
Of need, and accepted by the Depart
ment, constituting an sctual debt due
from the Government to private par
ties, which had never been paid nor
allowed for, but the items Of which
had been reserved for further consid-
sration. This further confederation
was given It by = Board Of distin-
guished and experienced officers who
had themselves been engaged II the
superintendence. Of this very work /.
and who were personally familiar With
the details o. II. They fsi6rtsA that
go tpast only oe usuchi larger
ciaims,, "wers' correct and lust
charges, and recommended the pay
msnt thereof"
In 1857 new law had been psssed
M Sl@yr. q sffss7:asai fsSsssis.ts % g. entirely
different class Of claims, VIZ: damages
for delays occasioned by the Govern
ment. He had appointed . Board to
consider these, and they had reported
IN allowance for these damages and
for the damages only. In 1853 an act
was passed making an. appropriation
specifically for the payment of this
allowance and these damages. and
providing that this payment should
Be IN full, not for al claims on account
OF the vessels, - 10 claimed BY those
who wish to pervert, but "fbr al
claims on account Of the vessels upon
which the Board made their allow.
ance, ~ PEI their report under the oct
Of 1867" Now these claims which
were paid by the present Secretary
were not the claims "upon which the
Board made the allowance - pef their
report, !" nor were they claims under
the act Of 1857" nor we're they elaine
Of like character. They were simp.
" debts, and no damages, and not
being barred BY either the letter or the
spirit Of the law, they were properly
paid. This is the real stats Of the case,
and the experienced officers Of the
Treasury, to whose final decision these
ciAims were by law referred, took this
view Of the law, and passed the &C.
counts for the payment.
THE EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Mr.. Trumbull tells 10 that We can
not reduce the expenses 10 any great
extent. and the rsason why We cannot
do it u this: that the ONCE holders ere
% powerful. Now Mr.. Trumbull has
been seventeen years In the Senate Of
the United States. He knows how to
do business. He 10 m able man. ]
want to say TO you here tonight that
he hes never yet pr0possd any plan By
which even one million Of dollars can
- saved; aud I aay here. further, that
sixty-one per osnt. Of al our sxpeudi-
tuTes grsw out Of the war. Take them
out, and the expenses Of this Govern.
ment, measured ~ tSs gUld slan0Ar1,
are less accofding to the property oi
the country, or according to popula.
hon, than In the Administrs&ion ol
James BUchanan; lsss. largely lees,
according 70 population. end vert
largely lesa. according 70 wealth, than
they were In 1868. I dent know
where we can cut OF . dollar to-day,
and ! tell you here. ~ havs sed0csd
the sxpsnses Of the Governmentnsar.
ly 500, ,O00, 900 under this Admlnistra
tion less than they were under John.
con. (ApplAuss.
We arecutting or expenses whsfsv