New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-16

TO his order by Sergcant-at-Arms Ordway, or
whether he intends to give that functlonary
tho necessary order to secure its return TO the
Treasury. 1t appears from the books OF the
Sergeant-at-A Arms that there are but two OF the
back pay accounts of tho XLlld Congress
remaining unsettled, to wit, those OF Messrs'
Kellogg of Connecticut and Mckee OF Missls-
sippi. The amount OF back pay due Mr. Bar
mum of Connecticut was originally drawn
from the Treasury on the order of the Ser
geant at Arms, and, as that gentleman AYERS,
was held subject to his order without his
knowledge, he supposing it had been covered
into the Treasury. The Administration organs
| in Connecticut discovered, week or two before
the late election, that Mr.. Barnums back pay
| had not been covered in, aud being shocked
beyond measure at the duplicity and dishon-
esty Of the Democratic Congressman, published
! the fact with the correspondence which elected
| it. Mr.. Barnum's attention being called to II,
! he gave a written order to the SerSeant-at-
! Arms TO cover the amount into the Treasury,
and it was accordingly done on the 10Th OF
| March last.
How it happened that tue gentlemen who, in
the interests of truth and honesty, pursued this
! investigation, failed to discover that Dir. kel-
! logg, who was running for Congress Ill the
district adjoining Mr.. Barnum's, had not
covered in his back pay, we do not quite I'M
| derstand But it seems they missed it en-
tirely. And this is the more strange
because there were only three Congressman
whose back pay was in Mr. Ordway's hands.
They only discovered Mr.. Barnums name. III
it were not that they pursued Mr. Barnum
with such earncstness and yigOr aS to leave no
doubt of their sincerity, we might suspect that
they had puIposely overlooked MIR. hel-
logg's name. But that could never have been.
After all that had been said, and written, and
resolved in convention upon this subject they
never would have pulposely overlooked Kel-
logg's name in this small list of three. Perish
the thought. They were probably only looking
for Barnum's record, and as soon as they found
| that they went away. or course, Mr.. kellogg
himself knew nothing about it OF he would have
fastened to initiate his colleagues example and
order tho money TO be covered in. We cannot
believe that he chuckled over the smarness OF
HIS friends, in forcing Barnum TO return ms
back pay and laughed in his sleeve at the
weakness of his opponents in not bringing
out the facts in his own case Oh
no. He never would. And yet the
facts in the case have been published Mr..
Kellogg knows now that this sum of money is
in the hand. of Mr.. Ordway, subject to his
(Kellogg's) order. More than II fortnight has
elapsed since the facts were made known.
The money lies there still. 1t is as much Mr..
Kellogg's rs though deposited TO his credit Ill
bank.
Mr.. Kellogg. your party nominated you ana
voted for You in the belief that when you SAID
you had not touched the back pay you meant
that y0u had ordered it TO be covered into the
Treasury, where il belongs; yOnr party, Ill
conventions, in their newspapers, on the
stump, and everywhere, denounced the Back
| Pay Grab Us an outrageous svindle; they
made all the capital they could out OF that
posiion: they crowded Mr.. Barnum with an
investigation and they denounced him un-
sIaringly for doing just what You did-neg-
! Letting to cover in his back pay in regular
form. There's the money at your order" its
"a great deal Of money"-what are you go
ing to do with it I The election
is Ovcr-yOu may draw it now without hazard
ing your political success-what will you dc
with it Your friends say you have been
misreprcSentcd and belied. Perhaps you have
But we beg your attention now 10 the fact
that you havo been representing party which
denounced the Salary Grab, and repudatcd
all who were concerned in it; that
you were elected two years ago
upon the strength of the assurance that you
had not drawn your back pay, and did not i'll
tend to- that your reelection was urged 10y
your friends with tho same understanding, and
that you yourself, though you carefully avoided
saying you had turned your back pay
in 10 the Treasury, broadly conveyed
that impression by saying you had
not touched it. You have been told
repeatedly that there was but one way to
restore that money to the Treasury, and you
neglected it; it has been brought to your
attention again during the past month and
you make no sign. Five thousand dollars
which the people of your district supposed you
had restored to the Treasury lie in Washing
tom subject to your order. What will you dO
with il now! Or are you still waiting for
lit 10 blow over"