Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-26
SMALL DEMOCRATIC CANDI-
DATE FOR THE BASTILE.

ID conclusive evl0euce OF Wuetuer u OIll
passed or WAS defeated. II he be dis
honest be may distort the form and
shape Of the record, ami perhaps secure
the passage @: laws which never received
majority OF the votes of the legislative
boiv Of which he is an employe. The
Journal Clerk ought therefore to be q
man Of integrity, and especially is this
necessary il the United States House of
Representatives, where the reading Of
the Journal for correction is usually
mere form. hurried through in the pres
ence of buzzing and inattentive assem-
blage. We are no. prepared to say that
Mr.. Charles H. Smith, the Democratic
Journal Clerk Of the Democratic House
of Representative a: Washington is no.
a person of integrity. but in these days
of suspicion and investigation it Nigh:
he well for Mr.. Charles H. Smith TO ez-
plain why he issued certain circular of
which the following is copy:
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 10, 1876.
Sir: A bill is now pending before Con-
eress which proposes to pay every non
Commissioned officer, musician, artificer.
WAGNER. private soldier, sailor and ma
rine except substitutes who faithfully
served rs such in the military service of
the United States. and was honorably
discharged from such service, the sim Of
eight and one-third dollars month for
all the time actually SO served between
April y. 1851, and May 9, 1865. In case
of death of the person before described,
the bounty is to be paid to the widow, II
alive and not remarked. but If there is no
widow or she has remarked, then to the
children. In com pU:ing the bounty due
any person there shall be deducted the
amount OF bounty heretofore received by
said person from the United States. The
bill declares that no agent or attorney
shall receive n sum greater than SO for
the prosecution of any claim under the
provisions of this Act and that 10 soldier
shall sell or transfer his claim.
As the records under your control
readily give you the names of soldiers in
your town or ward, invite YOU to accept
the provisions of the inclosed agreement.
Please sign both the inclosed blanks and
return one to me, at the address in the
agreement.
II you do not wish 10 undertake this
yourself. please pass the agreements and
circular TO some active man who will give
the subject his earliest attention. and
write ne an answer.
Iou will see the importance Of attend
ing to this matter the present week. for
II the bill passes hundreds OF agents will
send circulars to parties granting the
percentage which you may now obtain
for yourself. CHARLES IL. SMITH.
know all men by these presents. that
we -, of -, in the county OF -
and State Of -, of the first part, and
Charles II. Smith, of Washington, in the
District of Columbia, of the second part,
agree as follows:
Said party OF the first part agrees to
collect the discharges Of all persons lex
cept substitutes and commissioned Off
cersl in the town or ward in which he
resides, Who served in the United States
Army for any time during the war OF the
rebellion, to forward said discharges to
said party of the second part, at the I'M
perial Hotel. Washington, District of Co
lumbia, and to do all other acts within
aid town or ward which may be made
necessary by an Act now pending before
Congress for the equalization of bounties.
Said party of the second part agrees
that said party of the first part shall re-
ceive upon every successful application
for bounty, furnished as aforesaid, %
per cent.
l. 4, of
1876. CHARLES H. SMITH"
In this connection reference is respect
fully made to Section 5i9S of the Revised
Statutes Of the United States, which
reads as follows:
SEC. 549S. Every officer of the United
States, OF person holding any Of trust or
profit, or discharging any official func-
ton under. or in connection with, any
Executive Department of the Govern
ment Of the United States, or under the
Senate or House of Representatives of
the United States, who acts as an agent
or attorney for prosecuting any claim
against the United States. or in any man
ner, or by any means, otherwise than in
discharge Of his proper official duties,
aids or assists in the prosecution or sup
port of any such claim. or receives any
gratuity. or any share Of or interest in
any claim from any claimant against the
United States, with intent to aid or as
sist, or in consideration of having aided
or assisted. in the prosecution of such
claim, shall pay fine of not more than
So, 900, or suffer imprisonment not more
than one year, or both. ..
II the soldiers to whom Mr.. Smith
sent his circular Responded 10 any con-
siderable extent, then to the amount of