The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-09-05

forms and correct abuses. For the man.
w. honest and commendable efforts OF
| Secretary Bristow and his subordinates
to destroy the whisky rings, he incur
red the i'll will of this powerful combi-
nation, and its friends, and it seems
they had influence enough to drive
him from the Cabinet. Post Master
General Jewell, Commissioner Pratt,
Yarvan, Chief of the Secret Service, and
many others shared the same fate.
Pension Frauds.
On pages 10 and 577 of the FL
nance Report for 1879, the pen
sion expenditures are stated
to have been for the yaar l875.$Z9, iio,Z q
Now, taking the report OF the
Commissioner OF Pensions for
1875, page 5, we find that the
entire pension roll for 1875
amounted TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. loyLoSol6 oS
And on page % of the same re-
port will be found detailed
statement by States, of the
payment OF pensions to the
army in 1873 amounting to
S25, Sl6.4i5 "a, to which add the
amount ofnavy pensions paid
during that year, Si73,U73 70,
and we have the exact amt.
which agrees with the official
rolls on page 5, before stated;
leaving II difference or bal. OF 3lto,696 Us
Not accounted for, except....--. 5OS,4O7 "
Amount paid the o. pension
agents, and their expenses,
averaging each between $500
and 5000, leaving differ
ence of ,2SS n
unaccounted for, rs the other expenses
OF the pension bareau are paid 10y a
separate appropriation. A report OF
the committee on pensions to the House
made in FEBRUARY of this year, states
that two clerks in the pension bureau
Stiles and Caffrey were detailed to act
as clerks to the Republican Congress
sional Committee, and drew their pay
monthly from the pension fund al
though they never appeared at their
desks in the pension office. 1t is also
in evidence that detective Bell was
employed to 90 to St Louis during the
whisky trials and work in the interest
OF certain parties and against the Gov
eminent, and was paid out OF the pen
sion fund. He was recommended by
President Grant and appointed by
Secretary Chandler.
Use of Public Money to Influence Elect
ions.
1t isa notorious fact that the Republic
an party i'm various ways have made free
use OF public funds to carry elections.
1t is in evidence before one OF the
Committees of the House, that 49,, 900
was paid from the Secret Service fund,
i'm 1912 and ), on the order of the Attor-
new General OF the United States to
John Davenport, to be used in the
elections in New York city. 1t is Il
fact well established that tax Is lev
led upon all office holders, clerks and
employees in the departments OF the
Government To raise election funds,
and that post traders and other APP
pointees and contractors all made to
contribute their quotas 1t is in tes-
timony that certain information was
given by the Treasury Department to
Henry Clcws, Il New York Banker,
touching sales Of gold, and information
concerning bonds, by which he was en-
abled to make large sum OF money, in
return for which it was understood
that he was to contribute 500, 900 to the
election fund during that year, which he
did. This tax and these contributions
generally come from the Treasury OF
the United States, although indirectly.
II is also in evidence before one OF the
Congressional Investigating Commit
tees, that in 1874, an eX-mcmber OF Con-
gress from Louisiana paid person
Sl25 to sign Il voucher, for 5000 Tor
Light House repairs, which work
was never done. This voucher was
paid by the Government, and the pro
cccis applied to election purposes. The
organ Of the administration ut Wash
ington, the National Republican, was
paid So, 10000 for advertising the de-
iinuucnt tax list in the District OF
Columbia for one year. 1t is generally
believed that the larger portion OF the
Republican Campaign expenses is paid
Indirectly from the Treasury OF the
United States, us indicated by the cX-
ample Just named.
Money Squandered in the Department
of Justice.
This evil is fully exposed in the re-
port Of the committee on expenditures
in that department, dated oath March
1876. to the House The committe find
that 1920, DDS. 46 has been paid to special
counsel. The following instances OF
payment are taken from the report /: