The sun., 1872-04-08

| The Government did not pretend to own
| TO accept them, and had time and again
notified Forbes to take them out Of the
| paid on them. The Department had retained
one,third Of the contract price pending their
trial, aud this was never paid during MrWclles's
| administration. But as soon as Roheson be-
came Secretary, Forbes along with all of the
rest @ oi the contractors Mh3 had claims against
| treating with him. Not only did Mr.. RUbesun
waive AL claims against Forbes for the moray
| but he recommended that the thirty-three and
] 9ne,third per cent. drawback which was with
| held by the Department pending the trial Of
| the machinery should lie paid To Forbes. It
| happened that there was no money IN the I,u-
| could I've pad-lnasnuch as Congress in passing
the deficiency Appropriation bill for the fsca
tha' none OF IL should be used for any such pur-
! pose. Forbes had to get special appropriation
| lie went about II in this way: Instead Of going
| before the Committee of Claims and bringing his
claim before Congress In the usual manner he
| proprations. lie was backed by the influence of
| the Secretary OF Nc the Navy who sent the follow
| inH letter 10 the Chairman of the Committee
sGnyas} tS Paul SS o "a i
~ la. been raid ihe sgmoi f5iec5 BY tals Depart
i the amount of SjS pcT cont WheS was retained 6y
lee Department originally peqdine ne trial q TIE ma
steam Eagin.grins without using fOf that purpose
opnlon should be made 70 Hay the above mentioned
| Very respectfully, your obedlcnt servant,
GEORGE ": ": GoSxs9iSi, ,9rs 20 H.. NAVY
| Tie Hon H. L. Dawes. Chairman of the Committee
| on Appropriations House u licpr, sentatiyes
| PAYING DEBTOR
| This letter was written for the purpose of aid
| ing Forbes to lobby his claim through and get
| clause In the Appropriation bill whereby this
| money could with some semblance of legality be
| taken out OF the Treasury. That the letter was
| written with the intention 10 deceive no sane
man can doubt for we must suppose that the
| Secretary was familiar with the history Of
| Department who had been there under wees
| who ala not know all about II. The letter books
rc.pondsncS between T"rb"s and the pepart-
| ment ON this very subject The original
contract was Of course there, and as he states In
| his letter TINT the balance was due Mr.. Forbes
| "On the contract" II Is to he presumed that he
| was spealilng of what he was familiar with. II
| he had examined that contract he must have
| known that there was not only no balance due
Mr.. Forbes, hut Forbes actually owed the De-
| To- refund In the event Of his engines proving
failure. II hc had not examined the contract,
then he was stating as "a fact something Of which
guilty of AN intent to deceive. aud constructivey
be thoroughly understood, we quote the debate
~ igl which occurred In the House on THIS rqr-
ton hill for 1870
THE DEBATE ~ rrr uorss.
| The CLERK read a. lollcNs;
tract w,h ,se saw sT oT az steam @ S1 or
3 psIspS % G % .o Tor Ss purpose S s o s SS
sS! % 2 ana GSof Is1 Gr M M, f Pit ana S @
PIarcd 10 ,glS cr Tie pace 2a tsese Siims i9ou
s,cm to me 1t such claims as these might have been
on nnG eGoS % rye PPtS y u ous or O' to
me that We are nnpr pared TO he scon upon ihosepf.-
Naio claims iat,oh red In tho way These are Ia an ~
hv law TO make contract Win an ind'pnal, ami they
| q
for the payment Is not d putgd caiu such AZ those
ycd d,hi Que thc creditor Of uo Government by the
o 10 the Coinnitutof Cslus Al that II lacks /, all
uqpropiluon ~ Hc hat appropriated 70 the bureau 9i
have paid his cai without SAY awor to Congress
fdnineGt Of The conttatt made in pursuance Of Law
lh on rceson Why comes hcrcls cause the al1Ount
steam Engintring ana not meet all the demands upon
IS ihe tary OF ibe secretary Of The Navy Is due hni
ict me read in regard 90 4 portion OF letter from the
t6cfcf5rc su.:, st that .lin,ien sum be nppro.
ta,d. All ha,r wilton ti- letter in order That heso
pmti,s NAY not stand as claimant. "hoz sni, arS ~
,r;y daS od ~odj be paid II the Dpartmcai had the
Ter i Paysq,25 , GAIN = send s rss to Che is;S s;s
~, Mooge % mncs offered my su.enfmenl l
dsoire to - ne gentleman whether these other private
a' by ne i an ana whether % heS have
not bcra padhherto ioi tAe r'ason mat no appF'pr
Mr. Dawes Every one OF thcm, believe, IL In that
Mr.. Moore Of Illinois Then / withdraw my amend.
Mr.. r,RNswoWrn's SPEECH.
Mr.. Fam. WORTH renew T. assert Mr chairman,
that tls clam Is precisely u The ~1ne chna, ana
the Litter OF thc stcfctal OF the Nay dprs not rAaupc
NJ char'cior o. lat T precisely o. be .an.g char,
upon hy ,he aniuil 'c Naya Affairs and the Com.
Mite Of tsim They are claims 2r HGla9,c' t S12w W.
ui ~ parties 1racd over to Congress to get ap.
| ....
zee on on, claim, Il docs not appear from any.
thins " j. S,I,. & r- u, SG.n H. SbrtS,
no cn ur gtcred the condllionsof the contract or
IS Gitb It's terms mud that when man wants 10 get
sclann through HIS best eousr is to get before ty
tomn,uccoa Appropriations ! adj lse n,cWngis ol
tqpgcs',h II M,y have any claims from their statc.
| elaine, 20 get on the Committee on Appropriations
ilcrc y2H NJ nnd TunnnE on through th- bii caim @
mere from California whch is represented On tnl com
Nos il1s llc1dy 96nearci hsrc 6cfoTS me foy.. y
n9c WIN W. hV H and wa AGED n IL eontaine,
any srccl1 gation which f. not authorized by N,
order. he said not 10 lis recollection, except IN h'
fe 66d esmemSScr ~ have heard S him ms say
, distinctly. Ay friend lid not remcmbcr that mere VA
6aisnce due 10 some one il Nassac6usetie ior cannon
NSrS sPS S Rc comes from ' Rad then e i6s'e h the % "S claim
g IN sauspt; me gentleman 'n'i iN''r a'' "l
lqtidat ld claims when nave hpt tt,u Ialt h.tdV' t
alpupratioIs rn out ,.. ,,- ..... ,.- .
was before my committee during tho lat CongT,ss h
Il took contract to carry the mai whom me railroad ft
fused 70 carry it, urd hc got ready aud carried Tor
a snort time, The ufua contract was made between hlr
and TIE Department. that whenever tht could get u
wall tarlirl chCaI GO tho Llghi do su Tho, rnroa
h came 10 terms tnay and they were enpoNed To carr
e. III" iHan Sargent comes and claims that Ia order &
carry lis contract he bought more horses than D
would otherwise have done and mat he damaged
. the amount Of f2Nu Thst h the character Of quit
atni claus that cannot be paid because there is u
GpprOp iaOn, and which are slipped IN IN an uppropug
a non hiui 7 am inclined 10 thinh my friend, Ike Ju
r. rleftork, i7"s sly, drynsh sly ilaueht"rl
r. DAWES F,IIs BACK ON HOBEsON's LETTER.
ylicre the hammer fell
90 Nr. nawcs-lf the gentleman from Illinois Is COZ
sututcd inst he can believe nobody elise honest, nav
D. nothing further To tOlW sir, ne charges the tou
ruttcc on Appropriation with fraud lhr House D.
Il reporting thrtv bills, when have put upon record "a
Al call upon me committee by the SECRETARY OF the Nav
" VINO iaul q. forhcs was never knew m he calne Il
a that lCtcr In the committee room. Where he lives d
81 not kuo" t.-Hy: Tine next one which ne charges %
b" in ht|ohNtrtts. u the amount OF honest
EOntru 900 from Illinois or his standard Ot morals,
have nothing further 10 say II tur oNsC doe not h
leyr tho secretary Of the Navy when he says tn,
pursuance o. law authorizing the building of ftrlu
80 To Iu down the rebellion HE pred Hces@ur did W'k
contract With Paul = turnCs fur given sum 20 lu
u aCtitain steamer, aud pad hiW an -t t..'sl ri .a
d sum, and dd not pay tnat ou5 bDvaU"o hc hal uo
n money enough so be- it
r. II the gcnilcnnn from Illinois does not know whcth,
r 10 10 houttt or rnnt 60 Ily tnatn'f beg ot him =
Ia home prd study tuu lllly ruu' uf morals thNt Utu,
" p,rsUuf al aTould hm ar in the habit of reading
y acting hy II the theory thlt thc gentleman frol
81 lluuOl| goes b Of tnpir Claim