Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-06-19
Our Warrington Letter.

Treasury is bound to know what is
going OH among his subortinatcs.
Our Warrington Letter.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., June 10 1874.
ADAY OF BRIsTow.
The new Secretary of the Treasury,
! commenced business at once, in II
way that showed him to be Il man of
definite ideas, and some comprchcn-
/ sion Of the organization of the De
partmcnt, and the nature of his own
duties. The laws governinti the De
/ partment, divide duties and response
bilitlcS among specified Burcus, one
officer being Il check upon another
This plan did not suit Boutwell,, and
he established bureaus Of his own,
small side shows, where everything
went and was decided so far as pos
Siblc, without the action Of the legal
bureau officers, thus arrogating all the
power to the Secrctary's own Office.
/ he Boutwell, bureaus were run by
clerks, who were paid the same sal
aries as the heads Of the regular bu-
reaus, who are appointed by the Pres
ident, and confirmed by the Senate,
and these clerks were Eoutwell's fec
faw-fums, andtiuglcmcn.
On, the first day, Bristow remanded
such cases rs came to him from the
tcc-f,ws, that belonged to the rcgu-
lar officers, to their appropriate places
for consideration, to the great con-
sternation of the Sidc-show men, who
We're thus painfully reminded of a de-
parted occupation, said to belong to
Il gentleman by the name of Othello,
which is Il corruption Of sold fellow"
probably, and should be rendered,
"old fellows" occupation i gone. Ii
Bristow sticks to this course, lie will
avoid the many snags which Rich
ardSon ran his craft upon, and will be
saved from host of responsibilities
and anxietics that do not lcgitimatcly
belong to him.
THE PRESIDENT DOWN TO HARD PAN.
The manifesto of the President on
the money question, coming rs it did
right upon the accession of new
Secretary of the Treasury is interprc-
tated AS an inspiration of Mr. BriStow,
and as meaning an immediate in
tention to chcckmatc the infationists.
AS the intlationists are Il majority in
Congress, and are led by bold men,
such as Morton in the Senate, and
Butler in the House, the prospect of
an animated conflict is decidedly inn
mincnt, and the character of the com
batants on each side indicates con-
test of formidable proportions, and
we are safe in saying, that the lull in
politics is about over, probably, for
the present.
THE INFLUENCE OF TIE WEATHER.
The weather has been very hot for
some days, and this had the effect to
make Congressman impatient to get
away. This is seen by the way bills
are rushed through. Gentlemen who
stood up CALAMITY in February and
contended Tor cheap .jack-kniveS, and
Il reduction OF the allowance of ice
water to the clerks Of the Department,
stand aside, and bills involving hun
dreds of thousands, 90 through I'M
challenged, and without remark, much
less remorse.
On Monday, Butler tried to get up
the civil rights bill by suspension
of the rules, but did not succeed.
Mr.: Lamar, Of Mississippi, made an
eloquent argument against the right
of Pmchbec!s toa seat in Congress,
i'll which he discussed the general |
questions concerning the rights of the
South since the war, and their future
prospects and sentiments. 1t was Il
speech of striking points and unu-
sual ability, and added nue. to the !
reputation made by Mr.. Lamar in his
generous remarks upon the death of
Sumner. At the close of the speech,
the orator received general cong1tu-
lations upon his successful effort.
The questions that have been dis
cusscd in Congress for several days,
have been regarded as important, and
much ability has been displayed and
yet they have not been very interest
ing questions to the general rcarder
nor will their decision produce any
marked influence upon the country.
One of these systems is the "moicty
SYSTEM and the city journals of New
York and Boston, magnify it into a
great affair. Reduced to simple
terms, and all there is in it, is whcth-
cr the government shall pay for i'll
formation, which will show that Il
reputable merchant is cvading the
revenue law, and cheating the GUS
toms, or not. Under the moicty sys-
TEN, nothing is paid unless the cheat
ing is proved, and then whatever is
paid, comes out of the fines imposed
upon the chcater. The great house
of Williams e. Co., cheated to the
tune of 81, 100000. They got off by
paying 100000, which left them Il
on their ingenuity and fraud.
One halfthe sum, $3.50, 900 went to in
formers, and it is now proposed to
keep these moieties out of the hands
of the intormers by allowing thcs
Sweet Williams to have the whole
100000. The Phelps-Dodge case
is used to show the hardships of the