Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-17

TREASURER NEWS REPORT.
saws Treasurer News report now IN the
hands ofthe printer. contains some su.-
.oStionS tE:tt have never i'ccn published
one Of the strongest points he makes is
N the mode ut payment OF members 81
the House Of Representatives. Hitherto
members pay has been issued 10 the
aer-etnt-at Arms. and the certificate of
the speaker /. not any protection to the
Treasurer: il may be incorrect and AZ the
Treasurer pays out more money than The
appropriation will allow II has To come
out of the freGsurers pocket nor~ith-
standing the error has occurred in the
Speakers making up OF his account Tor
mileage. etc. Mr.. New wants the House
eff Representatives TO be made res pOnS!pie
for the pay Of its own members, or else
havethe accounts audited at Tue Treasury
Department before coming TO him He
also recommends that a change he made
in the assessment OF NatioaaI B-.kS tor
the supper; OF the redemption Agency
Under the present laws. banks that
Withdraw their circulation for redemption
are exempt from assessment only the
banks that remain in active ejaculation
being taxed This places the expense Of
about twenty-five per cent OF the National
Banks uBon otherA- cir. New advocates
uniform assessment upon them all. He
also desires To cross from his books some
Of the old deficits thai have been handed
down from HSinilton'S time one item
4
the Treasury Department that Was paid
out ofth- States i'll 1875. in ANDREW Jack
sons time. There are some Items even
older than these Their presence upon
the books still il q brilliant evidence OF
the wonderful and complicated way for
ner officials have had ofkccpins Govern
inent at,z cunts
As va nave before taken the response
bility to assert, the statements o. the
III lilly imaginative persons who compose
the small romances known as Washing
ton Specials are to be taken upon we'll
guarded probation and with many grains
Of allowance. Tie foregoing, however.
seems to be 50 far n compilation OF prob
abilities that We are Inclined to give 1t
8 sort of conditional crsdencs. At any
rate. Mr.. New might with NO little Wis
dom and justice make the alleged
suggestion a. to the manner and rs-pon-
sibility Of payin. members Of Congress.
tho We very much doubt the acGuies-
cence Of the House of Representatives
in the same. An appropriation Of
moneys for the payment Of its members
is made by every Congress, and they
quite naturally-as human nature goes
prefer to handle their own cash, unre-
strained by any Treasury official. The
accommodation concerning the assess
ment OF National Banks would seem to
be founded or the principles Of exact
fairness, and wanting any showing to
the refutation G. the soundness of the
suggestion so made, it seems to Us that
it might very well be adopted. 1t is
quite e.ident that this New broom
means to do some very clean sweeping;
although We half suspect that he is
almos: too unalir.ous to suit Mr.. Secre-
;ary Bristow's notions of official import
Ance. with q conscientious effort We
have tried to withstand the temptation
Of pun upon the Treasurer's susces-
tive name, but in q moment of weakness
We have yielded to a somewhat repre-
hsnsible but rather vsnial impulss.)
would wipe out the Old, and obliterate
with the erasing-knife Of oblivion the
venerable and-to our srithmetic-fear- |
ng NATURALIZATION errors Of . fgu- |
rativs past, should be stayed. With far
100 ready hand doth " Science lift the
iambsau of the past, reb5ing the con-
emplatiye mind, one by one, of its long
cherished legends and casting the glazing
,as light of the practical and iconacias.
Present into places whose shadows
should We. further and further remain TO
De softensd with the Chairo 'scuro OF the
Ligh. @; other days. Otherwise thsn in
his We are content to
Ring ont old shapes of foul disease:
Rim. ont the canseriag lust Of gold:
Ring IN tie New, ring ost tia Old,
Ring il the thousand years OF Peace,