, 1875-11-12

branch Of Tho Treasury. =; .uror# h.vo &C.
calling attention 70 the "a :cu.ed " shcn,
which aeem to r'0ect Sc not nnfy upa,,
tue Second Comptroller. tn. upon aho Third
Auditor. No criminal knowiadgo Of, .. Jar
t,cl'ntion 10. fraud ir charged aganns these gen.
tJcsnan personally, hut tho csae el.ov. that ths
h'lsnesa Of tic Office In conducted In very
lootc manner. to ray The least. thorough ,t,-
FeatiRaEon viii bo instituted by tho aecTcs,ry,
aud there In llttio doubt. 1t 1t rcaches t,.torl,
that there will be somo changes lu the two 1}u-
fekGs
fA1D ON THE rHi1p ACD1Ton.
It fH evdeut that there will bo m Attempt.
early 10 tue next Aesslon Of Congress. 10 secnro
tho removal Of tho present Third Auditor Of tha
with the discovery Of silo Witkowuki fraudulent
claim disclosed notable van! of responsibility,
and great carefeBsncss u administration, in
several Of the Bureaus Of that Auditing Uf1irc
IlIe law requires the Auditor to mako definite
rccommendations for payment, or non-psymens,
Of all t.e cla'ms: which COME before tho
bureau for adjudication. II has been thn
c;,Alon:, however, for the Auditor. anil
the Cnef OF tho Claims bjylslon
dostemeht: respectfully referred 20 TIC lna.
comptroller for Accommodation" This IL q
very evident o'a.ioh ot responsibility. Gnd has
!Hsuted III CARING upon ono accounting officer
tEe fespohtllnlIt: for tho paetncnt OF claims
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accounting officers. Tho consequence has been,
thas, IN some W.stancss te totnp:, o.}er has cpfa-
sldered auch lH4hflp.so references d. IN the ma
t"fo "t Hfh9osahie recommendation. and claims
have boon r1d which we're fraudulent. IiFr
Witkowski claim is nEnpIo Of such CLAIMS.
TIL: BOARD OF INDIAN roMuiRsiuxxEy
las been IN aesson in 1l!ia cats turuE :tla paat
two dars, all the members being lrrstut except
john ". Langmair. Nlort Of the time has been
nerupled With routine work. Secretary Cnand-
lcf hAa lsd long tntersjewa viii! the }3Ja.l, aud
IN ta1 to have given t:.e:n nsHnYanrrs that 10
Will carry put tic Presidents li.d;an ro'icy to
tue best Of Aa ability. aud do everything ia III.
po"er to refotm and perfect thu Hetyice. lii
this worI; ho asks tho co-otefAlon Of the BoasI
nf ComfnlselonerB nud ASSURES n members tia:
no viii nyail himself Of auy suggestions which
they may make. The acaBsou Of tho yoaFd wi!
probably continue through Tomorrow.
s.iATE COMMITTEES WHICH SAT IN THE RECESS.
There wore four Stnate Committees author
,zed to t!t during the recess Of Congress. 4
special Committee consisting Of Seuatura bout
we'll. Cunilin7, Alliaun. ilcr1lmon, md Eaton
was appointed to osat'lno tho sese.al branciss
OF the Civil Scsfscc, w!th n view to the reorgaa
ization OF tho several departments. This Eoul
tnlttea has the authority to appoint q ttenus-
rnphor, and to ndmlniutcr osttlu aud TO ec:ll FIR
perHona aud apeta. TLo Eessal luembtrs of
tho Committee, With perhop. uno exception.
spent wetk here eatly ia the suE1,aer, auI
gave personal atteution To the operation Of tho
Government service III tue diIeicut UrEars-
Inenss. ebbec!ally II: tho Treasury. II il uot know.
whether the 'ncinLlra Of this Committee bare
coiue tu ATTY agreement ~ to any 1eco1uucn.la-
tious for change in tl1u resent eYstcm. They
arc expected to meat early in December, and III
sercasnGo opluiotls upon tic rcsulta Of tho i'll
dependent Investigations Uf tie teyera! members
Of tho Committee during the nummor. Tl.e
Committee WAS appointed for tho purpose Of
reorKaniziug all Of the Departments. meas
ure Which has beon demanded since the closo Of
tue War. 1u ono Of shn Departments there are
sery many, useless Offices and snpernumeraty
officers. The desire Of CJuercesiueu for raron-
ago has Hitherto been tho ereatcst obstacle to
any change in the present organization uf tho
Departments. The bill to reorgunzo the IreaB-
urr Department. Hhi:h was attached to one OF
tho Appropriation balls tlutng the Las! hours Of
the I'd OF March. was onis intended as q tempo
rnrv expediont. It IL rus6ibIo that tile Commit
toe w!ll, therefore, recommend Tho repeal Ut tho
law. tn ordor that general !aw for tue oreaui-
zAtton OF I'll tlo Departments taRy bo adopted.
Tho other Co1lrnitteca which nero authorized
to ait during tie recess we're Tho Cou,mitsee
to audit aud coutroi tho contingent oxpcuse.
Of tho Senate, which Committee ID composed OF
Senators Jones ct Neyada, Dawes aud Dennis !;
thony. Chairman and tho Coum!stoo 90 Public
nai!Jiuga and azout1s, ,--sepato7 Morrill,, Of
Vermont, Chairman.
nrsiaxEu
{To fhf Ast1efnttd {Yfssl
WAsHlxoroS. d. c., Nov. 11.-W. n. Curtis.
tue Gonera! LaAd Oifice has teoacrcd his tosig-
nation. 1t WAs privately ten1ered some two
months ago nnd declined by tho Commissioner.
bus Alr. Curtis nor insists npou its acceptance
In order to engage in other buglncaa.
AN OLD LAND CLAIM.
Acknowledgement Pierrepont hos decided that
the act Vt Congress of April Il. 1stG, confirmed
to Hugh aud john Maxwell arAut Of 9,6UD
acres o. tbe Forks Of tic Iiack River, Missouri,
nnado to the pgost Maxwell in 1899 by tho SrAn-
lib Governor. This large tract Of land. stu.
ated in Reynolds and Iron Counties. No., ia
therefore declared to belong to tno c.aimants
represented here by Warwick TunstoIl.
TNEAsURY INVESTIGATION.
The Secretary Of tho Treasury Inns agreed upon
Commission to Investigate tho ataiFs Of tho
Second Comptrollcr'a office. With particular rel
eEenco 10 tho conduct OF the Susg Fost aud Wlt-
kowskl casas but tho uames of the Commission
are not made public.
TIE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
The Clerk Of the Court OF Alabama Claims
has mado up nud transmitted 10 tho SECRETARY Of
State statement OF tho tit3ues~ Of tho Court
TO tho lss Of November. Up to that dato 1uu
clasmH-boing . few more thsn otc-half tho
Nho!s number bad boen DISPOSED Of. 0f tins
number, come 800 were dlnnHssel. Tic 400
Awards n,Ado will aggregate less than e3, 000, 0Ou
OF tho s15 UNt00D Of tho principal Of
tue. award. Tho interest On these Awards
Il estsmased th.t tSo oSoodd Claims .st ; rsnsi,' IL
to be decided will take about i've millions Of tho
principal, mud that all thu claims provided for
under tho existing legislation. with Interest. will
uso up uluo or ten millions of dollars. Tho
claims aro Paid In currency. and. as tile fund
wlth interest ai1eady amounts to more than S2p.-
000 900 currency, it Is oyldsut tlnt lc.H tl.a,l
one-l,nlf OF tho whole sum nil. bo taken out "
tho Treasury by tie present ecrlos Of claims.
FINANCIAL.