The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-26

McCulloch & Co. over one million OF dollars for
no such purpose-his sole object being to save
financial embarrassment and disaster. 1t Is
str nee that the Secretary should boast In HE
SAID statement ." that the said hrm continued to
paw the navy drafts in regular course" when the
bureaus at homo were being taxed 10 the ut
most n order 20 snoply Sut o. .se,r regular 40
hurried TO }. y. Bradford, whose only business
In London Neptthere at Government expensel
WAS Co pay the acceptances OF That !" said nrm,"
which. the Secretary Informs us, was purely
American IN Its origin and character Such an
Naturalization Of the Navy Department ia also
peculiarly " American in Its origin and CHAR
acter :" for truly no potentate Of Europe would
have ventured upon such an unwarranted use OF
pubhc money.
REFORM IMPERATIVE
Reformation, thorough and com plete, Is de-
mande ed m this branch Of the public service. not
Gully 10 relieve the puddle Treasury Of the bar
n cies that are rapidly DESTROYING It's wealth,
but TO restore the navy to that proud eminence
II once 80 honor1bly occupied. This should be
done and speedily, II We would preserve II at ali.
IL can be done, anu AZ n saving Of from seven TO
eiRhnt milton Of dollars per annum from the
4 o irsugurate this reform, your committee have
agreed upon several bills, two OF which have
already been reported 70 and formally acted on
by tbs House.
The committee then proceed to specify over
twenty distinct sections Of the Revised Statutes
Of the Uuited States which have been violated
since Robson has been In ofilce, several Of them
repeatedly, and some OF them habitually. Null
tipled millions Of dollars worth Of supplies"
they say, have been pur 'hased In utter con
tempt and disregard OF law" They continue
Naturally. out OF this violation and disregard
OF the law would spring the opportunity and
means Of making and securing Jobs, OF pro
curing and nlinR q" fat contracts" and Of On
richinc friends and being enriched by them.
such results were TO he expected. ana such re-
suits have followed Commissions ana divis-
lon OF PROFITS for "intucnce at or with the Of
ncers Of tue departments were demanded and
received to a shameful extent.
The proof taken 10y your committee shows that
| Buker, dry-goods merchant on Seventh street,
! In Washington city, receives a Zee or commits
ence i'm enabling him, the said Wallace, to sell a
! lot Of timber, Tor ". j. Murtagh, PROPRIETOR Of
the National Republican,, sells bis influence with
timber for t4,Ol0. ana his Influence To j. l., saw
ace IN putting throngh balance OF an 9ld slalm'
ann 4ntinc TO 81 ,1l95s, once rejected by secre-
s 2. Brown, a naval contractor and general
agent, sells his influence with tho department
In the Governor ana Louisville claims, both pre-
viously rejected, Tor large lees and commissions
$. NJ. johnson sells his influence with the de-
| partment IN the Governor clam, rejected 10y
! the Huneerford claim which No deemed worth
| less, Tor $500.
| contracts, securing a Urge sum IN one instance
u sul ~ ana division Of PROFITS In another.
L. G.. Cattell, trading under the nrm nam'
and stvle of a. g. CatteIl a Co., sells his infiu
ence win the department 10 contractors ah'
claimants, receiving under such sale, az Tar a
Co. 60 '''"'''''''' '"'' '0'' - 49, '
II Is simply disgrucefu that such a state o
the public service should exist as makes II pos
sole that personal influence" aud persona
relationship with the agents OF the Govern
ment should hecomo articles Of merchandlst
| No more lamentabie exhibition OF corruption II
TITO service can be presented than Is exhibited
by such u state 81 things.
VINO SHARED WITH CATTELL7
Now, where did the commissions received b
Z. g. Cutteil from navy contractors gof IL wa
painful TO witness the loss OF memory, II ne
. evasion, unon Tho p RI ol the bouhheepeI ,
Catltu hnu Mr. T. q. 'Attel wheh lhe coiuuli
tee tned 10 ascertain this fac The pr"otlci
. question came TO your committee, IN view {
these facts, whether the Secretary Of tue Nav
o had any connection with these parties oth,
than mere friendship. lhey were, therefore, II
0 duced to look into Lis accounts, They fOun
that tile Secretary, ~ 1863, was the owner Of wv
e parcels OF real estate IA Camden, n. D.. an,
from the list Of Ills ASSESSED pro nerty, us show
10 | from Ma income return, made under laws Of th
r. United states, and the list of his assessed prol
i erty as shown from the state returns IN Ne
s JeI.ey that bis estate, at least iur taxable pu
h poses, was not very large. His real estate he "
. owns Since 1869 his Income was derived soIei
az II appears 70 the COMMITTEES from the proc
before them, from his oncial salary, ana lnle
est upon Whatever bonds he may nave owned.
= In Il SHOWN by the proof that MI ROOeSpn q
d posted since lat Of July. 1902 IN tue toliowli
l., banks, the following sums;
B sIss ,sT h,a a. V q jay tsose
Il Flrsl National Bank Of Warrington, D Go ss95J
BANKING house Of kSg' Co., Washington ann. no,
D.
!. ro,a, .t4o7, $40
This Is a large sum OF money to have been d
3 trading or banking business.
II The Secretary accounts for II oy the sta'
Ont that large parts ~ the deposits arse 're
l. notes discounted and renewed, and sueges,
Q, this Is so In the bank account With Risgs