, 1873-06-23
WASHINGTON.
Alleged Irregularities in The
. Management of the How
ard University.
Senator Bhorman's Letter Relative TO
Is tho Salary Grab. az; -
a Few Apt Quotations Showing tho
r.: Value Of Such Self-Sacritices. : .
Reported swindling in Connection with
the Montana War Claims.

Reported swindling in Connection with
:; the Montana War Claims.
Special Dispatch to Tho Chicago 1rsbana.
SENATOR SHERMAN AND THB aA1ARY-aTAn..
j; WARRINGTON, D. O., Juno22.--Tho REASONS
assigned by Senator Sherman IN d recently pub
ished letter for his failure to rotrn Ills share Of
tho aa1ery atenl to tho Treasury Of tho United
States aro regarded by those familiar with tho
low or the subject as rashor "thin;' that tho
Chairman Of the senato Finance Committee
should manifoat such Ignorance concerning tho
laws governing appropriations and tho history
Of back-pay steals, Is surprising. Con. Spinner
and other officers at tho Treasury Department,
soy that whilo Sherman and a few
others hayo refused to draw their
back pay, It Is placed to. their crodit
In tho Department., and may be drawn On their
Senator Benton, Of Missouri, under similar cir
oumstances. Benton refused to take tho back
pay when 1t Was votod by Congress-, and took oc-
casion to denounco bis colleagues for accepting
l. Several s yeSss 9ttesTsra h. b. called lie ss tho
u, 1870, with regard to covering unexpendod
balances Of appropriations into tho Trens,lry at
the end Of two years, doea not apply to the com.
pensation Of members Of Oongress.. The law
kOfG1Aluk uPH1Opi4hLluu4 AtE HMlAI3 1uT NQu-
greeBmen is as fol1owas
That the compensation which shall DO due to the
,nebers Of the Senate shall bo certified by tho P1et-
dent therco and that which shall be due to the ropro
ont atiyes and delegates shall bo certified by tho
Speaker, and tho shnu be psasod as pubic 40
counts, and paid out Of tho public Trcasury All oor-
pss u Moa.S BY es o
% respectively y @ e the amount of
Houses, and to Buch Delegates are, and ought to b.
doomed hold and taken and heroby declared 70 bo
conclusive upon all the Departments and officers Of the
Government Of tho United Bt2toh.
Tho act Of July, 1870, relative to covering un-
expended .balancos Of appropriations into tho
Treasury, has proviso which says:
But no appropriation for tho payment Of tho interest
principal of the public debt, to which Congross
have given longer duration OF law shall ho THUS
Congressman George A. Halsey, Of N. j.,
ind several others Hho wore roa11y In earnest In
refusing to. take tho back-pay, upon having
the monoy, md had 1t returned into the 1roasury.
This, 1t has been decided, is tho only way to
put, 1t entirely beyond the reach Of tho person to
whose crodit it stands in tho Treasury.
There has been little nnploasantnoss among
tho Trustees Of tho Howard University, the re-
suit Of which is communication in d Sunday
paper from ono Of tho Trustoos,
making somo startling statements, % to
is conducted. It ia charged that tho Univorsity
has property which was paid for BY Gen. How
nrd. as Commiaaioner, Of the Treednen's Bu-
reau is mortgaged to the extent Of nearly
Gen. Howard and tho Trustees for their por-
eonnl benefit. It is also stated that the institu-
tion ran behind, lust year, $40, 1000, whom It was
said to be self-austaining. This will require .
nov new 9na s n S soms no @cns s
back pay a. President Of tho University, undor
tho prote1t that for throo or four
years he bad been performing full
duty. as President although he had oil
Bureau, or had boon absont in Arizona. Prior
to that he had received $4,000 from tho
Trustees. Although more nominal salary was
allowed him u President whom the University
WAS started, in this and other whyB that are dark
It ia charged that l.rge sums Of money hayo
institution into the pockets of Gen. Howard and
his associates, and to this is given reaeon why
the University is 80 largely in debt. Senator
Pomeroy, Of Kansea, waa Chairman Of tho Com
pay.
Tho representatives OF tho Milwaukee, st.
Paul d LhCroHse Railroad Company have been
granted ten days from yesterday wherein to flo
an argument against the decision of the Attor-
ney- General in tho mattor Of the location Of tho
bridge over the Mississippi at LaOrosso.
Gen. Babcook, the Presidents Private Bocre-
tary. loft tonight for Chicago.
THE STOLEN RECORDS.
It Ia asserted that the Government detectives
nro on tho track Of the recorda stolen from the
| War Department, and that probably all OF them
| will DO recovered. At all events, it is KNOWN as
previously stated In those dtspntchos that copies
Of all tho most important OF these records arc in
| good hands.
M1TouRrI,, or OREGON.
Tho Republicans Of Oregon-thet is, tho
| 6traight~out party men-are opposed to Senator
Hipple-Mitohou, OF that State, reBfgn1ng his seat
| In tho Senate. While they genorally admit TINT,
in view Of recent Developments, his influence as
Senator will ho ueutralized, thoy assert that. q.
the Governor OF Oregon is Democrat, be would
| appoint Democratic Senator. The Legislature
| does not meet for two years. Mitchell has 70
Gently stated that he would pursue the course lts
| friends advised.
ITO the dssoc{ated Preset
| THE pACIF1o nAlLROAD SUITS.
WARRINGTON, June 22.-It WIS said yesterday
| by ono Of the Government counsel In tho Union
Pacific Railroad auit, that should defendants
soon put in their demurrer to the bill In equity,
which iB anticipated, the nrgumont will com
monco some time in September, at Hartford.
MORE BW1hDL1Sd.
Much excitement Ia caused by the recent
action Of ]. W. Dutterdeld, clerk IN tho secoud
Comptroller's Office, In connection with the
| adjustment Of tho Montana war claims, for
xul,fch foprresa nt thu Inst penaion anDro,,rn mi