The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-12-29

clerk Mr.. Holbrook, who has been for years
q special agent of the department, and who
knows more about the details of the postal
service than anv one at present connected
with 1t, unless Mr.. Bangs may be excepted.
Stone aud Holbrook, principally the latter,
with his special knowledge, will be able to
make the dry bones of the department rattle
as they never have before. Mutchler, of
Pennsylvania, who has.the interior depart
ment, will direct his especial attention 10 the
Chicago, has charge of the accounts of the
department of justice. He will have bet
ter place than did his predecessor, Sener, OF
Virginia. Landaulet Williams was in power
during Sener's time. Sener took 1t into his
head one day to do his duty. A resolution
requiring him to inspect the marshaPs &C
counts of Arkansas was referred to his
committee for burial. He, however, went
ahead and investigated. He reported, in
time, a series of frauds and thefts thor
oughly consistent with the thrifty record
of Williams and his co-pilfers. As
House jeered him, and the republicans
declared that Sener had gone over to the
democrats. From that time he was COLD
shouldered. Mr.. Csulfield, Disgusting his war
paint in peaceful guise, dropped in upon
the attorney general to-day, TO learn his
bearings. He was received courteously by
the attorney general, who offered him every
aid in his power to expedite his inquiry
into the evils existing in the judicial affairs
of this government. The attorney general
was free to own that the problem OF mar
shals' fees and circuit expenses in the con-
tinuslly increasing districts of the United
States courts had perplexed him greatly,
and he hoped the present house could bring
about a lessening of the aggravations, and
that he trusted the committee would devise
some means OF
DIMINIsHING THE EXPENSES OF MARsHALs
throughout the country and suggest means
of arriving at the honest amount of their
expenditure. He stated that ii was difficult
for him in his department to tell whether
their expenditures were legitimate or not.
When asked the condition OF affairs in Ar
kansas and other states where some speci-
men frauds have been brought to light, he
declared that the expenses were enormous,
and unjustifieble so in his estimation, but
that he had been assured from the senator
of that state that they would bring forward
proof that this was mistake. As for himself,
he could only Justify it on the ground that to
some extent the expenses might be increased
| in the extended limits covered by each mar
shall; that they had cognizance of territory
occupied both by whites and Indians, in
volving unusual fees; that prisoners and
witnesses have to be brought long distances.
and that as there are but two terms of court
In year, THESE WITNESSES ndO 10 DC k0pI
some time at the governments expense.
He was also free TO own that many more
witnesses were brought and detained than
| there was any necessity for. He had re-
Gently refused TO pay the requisition of the
marshal any longer than until he could be
| assured OF it's correctness. He said the
same irregularities existed in North
Carolina. Mr.. Plerrepont never asked
how far back the committee would
probably want to 60 in their investigation,
and whether they wanted the inquiry TO ex-
tend only over the last year. Mr.. Garfield
indicated that they would probably go back
number of years, or as far as necessary to
become acquainted concerning facts. Mr..
| Pierrepont indicated that he knew nothing
about what took place before he came into
Office here. He would, however, afford the
/ committee all the facilities he could in the
investigation, no matter to what extent they
wished to go. He then sent for the proper
| clerks, and told them to show Mr.. Caulfield
| where to obtain all the information he de-
sired in the shape OF accounts and books IL
their charge. This inquiry promises an ex-
Il hibit of some of the most characteristic
frauds of the present administration.