Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-18
The Treasury Department.

REsU Its TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE
PRoPoSED REORGANIZATION.
The bill to reOrganize the Treasury dcoart-
ment, which was passed by the House of
Representatives, and will soon come up in
the Senate, makes no very important changes
in the organization, but readjlsts and equal
izes the salaries. The following comparison
of its provisions with existing laws Will inIi-
cate what il is designed TO accomplish. On
the 5lSt of December there were in the Treas
ury department 2,61J officers and employees.
whose annual compensation amDuntcf To
sA3tl. 1895. On the 1st of July. 1874, under
The appropriation bill passed for that year in
June. the officers ard employees number BI~.
ard their compensation was 50 .aJl $3.50. By
the appTOpriat ion bill of this session now
passed in both Houses, the force is still further
reduced. till the number authorized for the
next year is 2,G&5, at an annual compensation
of S2.HIl 1880. Mr.. kcllOgg's bill. as passed
ny Inc House. provides that the departm mt
shall have 2..EI officers and employees whose
annual compensation is fixed at - S5i lS3 30.
The bill makes a reduction of nearly 400 in
the number Of employees, and 1.,@1.O ia the
annual compensation, since the time IN bill
was lir>t referred to the COmmitte" az the be-
ginning OF this Cor greSS. The bill aholiShcS
the office OF chief clerk in all the bureaus
and establishes instead the office of deputv:
as for example. deIuty auditor, deputy con-
trolIer, and so on. The only amendment was
offered by Pierce VI. II. Young and il directs
that after the lst of July next there shall be
a red ,StributiOn Of the clerks in the depart
mcnts, so as 10 give to each of the states a
number prOpOrtiOnate 10 their population.
This would require general discharge of
employees, and is wholly impracticable. rhe
Washington correspondent of the New York
Times says:-The prOvisO will probably be
stricken out in the Senate, and if 10 is not il
Will defeat the final passage of the bill.
PERsoNAT Gen. T. T. Eckart. President
OF the A. 4 l.. Telegraph Co. and Mr. Goo1-
SELL one of the publishers OF The GrdDhjc are
in the city. '''- An elegant dinner was given
al Ne!ckers in the interest of the Western
Union Telegraph Co, To Il select aSSembtay.
OF toi'grt>S Smcn. On Ta"Sday evening
'''' Miss Edith Abel. the popular soDrlr0
street. .''- General Thaycr Of Nebraska
has teirgranhed lis acceptance of the gov
crLOrShip Of Wyoming
TIE REV. Mr. COOPER NOT GI-rr-v Rr-r
DISCREET.--Nt n meeting %: the E"claSiaS-
teal Council of the Free Co0grpga,f,14I
church of the tnitel Sfa'eS hnl Yesterday
Ia IhllaGelphia, report was : lb ni.tat from
ne committee to inveSii ate the rlnOrS
about Nr. Cooper. of the Fren Coz gregatiOlal
church at Frank ord. Pa. The rppJrt states
In regard to the charges of criminal or i'm
moral conduct against Rev. Thomas Co1per
tilat they are rot proven; that he has not been
;i> d!ScTeet In many respects as he ought to
nave been they fuliy agree and he frankly
OWES BY incOnSideratcncSS of conduct by
nasty words, and sometimes by following
iliadvised counsel Mr.. Cooper has done
much, taken in connection with unfaVOrabie
surrounding circumstances. 10 impair his
uSttulpeSS as "a minister of the Gospel and 10
weaken the confidence OF COOL men in chris
tian integrity.