New-York tribune., 1872-08-15

USING THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON AS A RE
NOMINATION HEADQUARTERS-GOVER
CLERKS DETAILED FOR PARTY WoRK-UN-
sCRUPULOUs VIOLATION OF TIE thANhlNu
AA"' From The Woshing,on Patriot ,
The entire Senate wing OF the CapltOl OF
,bo iined states has been turned into a great Radical
Republican headquarters, for the use OF the ocer anu
49, dctaued from the different departments OF the
Government Every cOmmittee-room and loDby IL
occupied; 40 boys engaged IN fodlDg ahu pIepuE
documents for the mall and stationery Delonghe 70 @ ,T
1900 worth daily Query: Who is 1t that pays ior le
paper and paste Paste too at q ga oTsSer month
WHO pays The room rent and echo aS Sir,ToS SR5weTS
who The Washington City PostOh.e has th vtT'uag g
Eighth TO the Capitol. aud j. NJ Edmunds, ~
occupies for his official headquarters the room 9i s
chairman. Here the Postmaster may be seen daly U %
10 30 g. controlling all matters connected WIN tne %
fusion of such Interesting documents as The Neu l0r
Times, The BinghdTntOR journal, me contrast anu
what Horace Greeley knows abont TINS ana t1&t, ~
2Oth of june, 1872, John A. j. Creswe POSTMASTER
General, issued pamphlet entitled; Partial rGgna
tons under the new postal code, loz' lh "h'0" "lP'
'"0 'O''' THE FRlSKNG PRIVILEGE
Tbe foloving persons emitted 10 fraaE
rs The President By himself or his P7ate 'eeeA to cover ali
SsonS The vicePresiden cover all mail matter.
Third: The chiefs Of the several Executive Department.
e Secretary Of the Of House Of Representative
CORRESPONDENCE and all pn matter issued by an,Ao OF
And peon entitled BY law the nEng privilege sail exercise
matter ffkci and all fanke shall be charged
With the legal rate Of postage Section ls
Posmscrs vii carefully observe the foregoing n'nctoasi
JoHN A. CEEswELL Postnasier-GeheTaL
Pos. one Department. June 20, 1872
In the face of the above law 20 bags OF ranked mail
matter are daily sent from the Capitol by the Radical
Pepublican Committee frankcd mostly by lady clerks.
THESE bags contain about 10000 etter which the
postage amounts So 3OOOOr nearly 100000 per month
minds Postmaster OF the City Of Washington, and
Chairman OF this Committee. Chronicle branch office
has been established in the cOmmttee-rOOm on Public
Buildings and Grounds in the Senate wing OF the Capt.
tO and here u girls employed daily IN folding the
documents printed by Senator James Harlan, editor and
proprietor or the above Administration paper and
United States Senator from the State OF Iowa until
March A. 1873. The paper has also as associate
editor Major Stanton, Paymaser OF the United states
Army who draws his monthly pay from the United
States Treasury but who is detailed for this special
RACES" IL used by eight or ten lady clerks,
whose salaries amount 70 N5 per month each
and paid Of the United States Treasury detailed TO
frank and direct letters TO all parts or the country
The other rooms now occupied by the Administration
party are the commttee-rOOm on Mines ana Mining
committee Patents cOmmitteerOom on Claims
room on Military, committee-roOm on District OF Co
lumbia cOmmitteerOOm Post-ofiice and Postroads
cOmmittec-rOOm on Public Lands cOmInlttee-rOOn on
Enrolled Bills Reporters LOBBY, ana the LOBBY III frOnt
OF committee room Post-ofce and Postroads sew
era devoted 10 different States such IA Ohio
Indiana, Minnesota, New-YOrk; and 10 each OF these
rooms Is detailed 1880 clerk. All the clerks IN the
Interior Department who signed the call for mass
meeting soldiers and sailors TO make arrangements 10
attend the Convention at Pittsburgh, September IL next
In the interest Of the Radical party nave been promised
ten days leave OF absence and free pass there ana
back. All who belong 10 Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois 10 have leave Of absence from September
II until November - with passes To Their different homes
and return and their two months salaries paid 10
The appropriations for special service IN
the different bureaus the fund from which the money
Is 10 be drawn 10 meet all the expenses thus incurred