The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-26
The New Administration Leader.

Garfield's recent speech on the public eX
peilditufes that he Is to be recognized here
after as the official organ of Grantism il
the House of Representatives, and tina
Mf. Dawes has been depOsed from hi:
leadership to make room for more will
ing or convenient instrument.
The exposures made by Mr.. Dawes +;
few weeks ago; showing the extravaganza;
of the Administration, reflected necessarily
upon the committee charged with report
ing the appropriations, of which Mr.. Gar
field is Chairman. Therefore; in seeking
to defend himself for this ptOdigality, he
had to become the champion of the Presi-
dent, the Treasury and the other depart.
ments, all Of them hating RECOMMENDED
and urged the excessive expenditures.
In spite of the waste, eXtOrtiOn, and cor
ruption which are visible to the naked eye
in every branch of the public service, and
which have been made notorious by in
vestlEation and criticism, MIR. Garfield
eoolly contends that the administration
has been economical, and to prove that
proposition he cites the reductions which
~ ave been made from condition of wal
| to one of peace. This is the sort of an
swer which a sham retormer makes to the
charges of Mr.. Dawes, who as a Republi-
can leader could have no motive in iniur-
ing his own party, or in exaggeratihg
evils which have assumed an alarming
form during the last four years. He pa
rades columns of figures from Treasury
reports, in the hope of cOnfOundihg those
of Mr.. Dawes, compiled from the same
sources, with the plain intention Of con-
| fusing the public mind with this fOrmida-
BILE array.
Mr.. Garfield has succeeded in demon
strating at least that the Secretary of the
| Treasury has attained in figures what so
many are seeking in currency-elastiCity
| By adrOit management they can be made
| to prove either side of a contested case,
just as now happens when extravaganza
| is plaintiff and economy is defendant.
And this arises from dellberatiYe system
of suppression and partial statement, so
that only the initiated, after careful study
| and following the tracks of deception, can
come to understand, as Mr.. Dawes in a
measure explained, what is the true con-
ditiOn of the Treasury.
Like other pretenders, Mr.. Garfield in
striving to claim great merit for himself
has proven too much in some of his
admissions. Here is an illustration in
point:
"Out of the appropriations for eXpens-
| es of the National loan has grown up the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing with
its trelpe hundred employees. There are
to-day twelve hundred persons employed
in that bureau, and not only the numbers
of employees. but Their salaries, are regu-
lated by tie discretion Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury. And besides that. in four of
the offices of the Treasury Department
there are fire hundred additional clerks and
employees whose salaries are regulated
only by the discretion of the Secretary,
and whose numbers are regulated only by
his discretion, who are not appropriated
for IN our annual bills, but are paid out
of this permanent appropriation for the
National lOan."
This is precious confession for the
Chairman who reported the apprOpria-
ton BY which so mOnstrOus an abuse has
been continued for many years. The adj
mission that the Secretary of the Treas
ury appoints seventeen hundred officers
and the number may be much greater
and fixes their salaries without their ap-
pearing on the regular lists at all or being
authorized by law, tells the story of loose
ness which has been sanctioned and ell
couraged all along.
No such practice could exist without col
lusiOn in Congress. and it has been carried
on in an indirect way to deceive the cOun-
try. The explanation of the method is
simple. During the war, when one of
the largest loans was authorized, a per-
centagC was allowed to pay the cost of ne
gotiatiOn and printing the bonds. Two
years ago permanent appropriation OF
one per cent. on all notes, bonds ana irlc-
tlonal currency issued or relssled IN any
one year, was eStaDllshed 10 cover thG al
le@ed expenses ol these operatlohS' Last
year about 1lve hundred mllllons OF these
various forms We're issued ana printed at
the Treasury; 80 that the secretary had
at his disposal ana dlscretlon IlVe mllllohS
OF dollars, without the revision OF cOhIrol
OF Congress, and winch ne expended III
Keeping up costly estaDlishneht, III pro
Vldlng slnecures ana pGIlslOiliii@ IlVorltGs
at MS own nlScietloll; III may pG proPGrIy
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