The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-12-08

WORK FOR WHICH DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS
REPUBLICANS PAY THE CABINET.
Correspondence New York SUM-


Correspondence New York Sun.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-The heads of
the several departments are busily engaged
in the preparation of their annual reports.
These will necessarily be brief, for the time
now left before the meeting of Congress is
short. The following abstracts of the
more important reports have been furnished
to the press:
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Days spent in the transaction of public
Days spent in elec,ionecring for Hayes 3G3
Numher of invitations to drink success
Number OF Invitations accsnteri.......... S9,752
Number Of invitations to drink Corfu-
Number of INVITATIONS accepted. d......... 4.0O2
Total number of invitations to drink. 64,672
Balance to private account..-.....--....- 9iS
The Secretary modestly calls attention
to the grand total given above as proof that
he has not been unmindful of the respon-
sibilties and opportunities of his position.
He claims that no other Secretary ever
paid such unrcmitting and patriotic aitcn-
tion TO his interior department he has
done.
The Secretary recommends the perma-
nent removal Of .he department TO the
Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, and sug-
Gests that, i'll view of the heavy expenses
necessiiated by the;Presidential campaign,
the appropriations for the coming year
should be doubled.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Morrill, admits that bis oppor-
tunities to serve the Republican party have
been more limited than those of some of
the other members of the Cabinet, but
points with prize to his public spirited ac-
tion when called upon To address the
bankers of W all street upon national iiudn-
ces. 81 have eglccted no OCCASION he
says, ''to impress upon the minds of foreign
bondhoiiers the grand truth that the securi-
ty Of their investments lies, not i'll the good
faith of the nation, but in the continuance
in power of the presant Administration"
In another place lie says AT time
when tie national credit was seriously
threatened by the omers of Mr., Iildens
success, ] was able To avert Il panic by
prompt application of the secret service
fund to pay the expenses of Republican
electicncering agents. This use of tie Sc
cret service fund is clearly that which the
law cOntemplates.'
The following is Secretary Morrill's an
nual exhibit
Number of Government employees as
scsscd for Hayes per ceHt..-.-...-.-.. 11,15G
Number refusing TO pay asscssment..- 2le
~ NHiilocr uIscI'hi geo 10
Total revenue OF department. (aboup; se00,Vo0
terror Department (ahouU.....--..--.. 100000
at is gratifying" concludes Secretary
Morrill,, ''that at "A time Of almost universal
business depression, the dcpaI tnent which
| hare the honor 10 administer can show
the country such creditable figures as
these
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Don Cameron declines to re
port concerning the condition and disposi-
Iion Of the Amy of the United States He
says i'll private note: ''rhe theory that
aud
the people is about played out. That SOL
dicrs of experience and courage should be
held amenable to pcttifoggiug Legislators,
whom they can make unmake, is ex-
tremely absurd. If Congress wishes 10
hear from the army during the next session
it can undoubtedly be accommodated.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAI.
Mr.. Taft explains at some length that he
has been too busily engaged since his ap-
polntment in manufacturing opinions to
suit party requirements, in recommending
pardons for the whiSkey thieves, and in
stumping for Hayes, 20 attend to the or
dinaiy ruutine duties of his Office or in
deed, to ascertain what those duties are.
''No patriot can be expected lie protests,
sat a crisis like this to cucumber his brain
with useless clutter of indictments. de
murrers, and judgments. The country
must be saved even though everything goes
by default"
THE POST OFFICE.
Mr.. Tyner cougratulatcs himself upon
tie application of Il new and patriotic
method Of administering the mail service.
While other Postmaster Generals have
taken a narrow view of their duties and
confined themselves TO the transmission of
private matter of comparative unimpor-
lance, he has sought to promote the poiiti-
Cal education of the people by the gratui-
tous dissemination of campaign documents.
The amoun: and character of the inluIma-
tion dispensed by his department are shown
i'll the following list
senator Xorton's Great Mississippi
Cot. Bob IngcrsOll's Retutation OF God - OH0
De Goiytr Garfield's Defence or Repub-
Bill KemoIc's First Principles of Arith-
- 1250OO
Copies of Timts Campaign Supplement. SH,0gS
Mr.. Tyner recommends that the Cousti
tuition be SO amended that the Postmasters
of the United States shall hereafter elect
! the President and Nice-p President, thus do
ing away with the absurd machinery of the
Electoral College and throwing the choice
upon body of men eminent Tor patriotism
and statesmanlike habits OF thought.
1NFANTILE PRoGNOsTICATIoN.- ba
! by prognostication again presents itself.
/ The Cincinnati Enquirer was responsible
for its primal appearance, and now the
! Washington Star takes it up. Hayes has
children, hence il isn't his turn to win:
Tilden is chiidlesss, therefore he must sue
I coed. Precedent is the guide, and the fol.
lowing table makes it clear:
/. Washington-had TO children
,. Adams l.
q Jefferson ( H'u.