The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-03-27
The New Administration Leader.

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leadership TO make room for more will
Ing or convenient instrument.
The exposures made by Mr.. Dawes a
few weeks ago, showing the extravagances
OF the Administration. reflected necessarily
upon the committee charged with report
ing the appropriations. of which Mr.. Car
field J. Chairman. Therefore. i'm seeking
to defend himself for this prodigality. he
had to become the champion OF the Pr,-si-
dent, the Treasury and the other depart
ments, all Of them having recommended
and urged the excessive expenditures.
In spite Of the waste. extortion. and cor
rlption which are visible 10 the naked eye
i'm every branch OF the public service. and
which have been made notorious by i'm
yestigation ard criticism. MIR. Garfield
coolly contends that the Administration
has been economical. and To prove that
proposition he cites the reductions which
have been made from a condition OF war
to one of peace. This is the sort Of an
swer which sham reformer makes to the
charges of Mr.. Dawes, who "a a Republic
can leader could have no motive in injur-
ing his own party. or in exaggerating
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 confounding those
of Mr.. Dawes. complied from the same
sources, with the plain intention Of con-
fusing the public mind with this forInida-
BILE array.
Mr.. Garfield has succeeded in demon
strating at least that the Secretary OF the
Treasury has attained i'm figures what 20
many are seeking in currency-elasticity
BY adroit management they can be- made
To prove either side Of "A contested case,
Ina
j. plaintiff and economy l. defendant.
And this arises from deliber.ltive system
of suppression and partial statement. so
that only the initiated. after careful study
and following the tracks of deception. can
come to understand. a. MIR. Dawes ina
measure explained. what l. 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 i'm
point:
''Out OF the appropriations for expens-
e. OF the National loan lias grown up the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing with
its tceire 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-
the Treasury. And besides that. in four Of
the Offices of the Treasury Department
there are rirs 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 l. a precious confession for the
Chairman who reported the appropria-
ton by which 80 monstrous am abuse has
been continued for many years. The adj
mission that the Secretary of the Ireas-
ury appoints seventeen hundred officers
and the number may be much greater
and fixes their salaries without their APP
pearing on the regular list at all or being
authorized by law. tells the story Of loose
ness which has been sanctioned and en-
couraged all along.
No such practice could exist without col
fusion in Congress. and il 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-
centage 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 and frac-
tional currency issued or reissued in any
one year. was established TO cover the al
legged expenses Of these operations. Last
year about five hundred millions of these
various forms were issued and printed AT
the Treasury. 20 that the Secretary had
at his disposal and discretion five millions
of dollars. without the revision or control
OF Congress. and which he expended in
4. III
viding sinecurcs and pensioning fiyorites
at his own discretion. Ii may De properly
asked. why did not Mr.. Garfield. and Mr..
Dawes before him. abolish this outrageous
abuse long ago. They both knew Of It's
existence and they both permitted it to 90
on. The answer h that ii furnished adj
ditional patronage to members Of Con-
gress. That j. the secret.
Mr.. Garfield claims that the army. navy
and Qualifications bills have been reduced
to the extent Of eleven millions and a half
That is technically true and morally false.
They have postponed certain items in those
bills. without making change IN the law
by which retrenchment hereafter will be
insured. 1t is simply an adjournment with
the certainty Of deficiencies next session.
and Temporary shrinking i'm order to
make false show at the coming elections.
Without legislation 10 reform the whole
system. to establish perfect accountability,
to cut off these excrescences. and 10 bring
the Government.back To simplicity, there
can be no efficient remedy. To stop an
to-day. and to resume il
when the panic j. over, "a j. designed by
these mock rcformers. l. like the pretended
dismissal Of supcrnumerarv clerks in the
internal Revenue Bureau. who are given
. leave Of absence for six months without
pay" That Mr.. Garfield and his associ-
ates do not mean retrenchment in any
honest sense. but seek to keep up the pres
ent oyergrown and corrupt concern. l.
manifest from some Of his declarations,
though he lacked the courage To put the
idea forward In "A practical form. For i'm