National Republican., 1876-07-08
The Naval Investigation.


tinued yesterday by the House Committee on
Naval Affairs, and had general reference to the
subjects Of payments of claims, the sale of the
navy yard at Philadelphia, the rebuilding of yes-
sells, the exchange Of old material for new and
eee 20 10 IN TN see I9nds S 0t
made very interesting Statement setting forth
the rea sons why certain sppropriations had been
the threatened troubles with Spain, at which
time 1t became necessary, In view of our foreign
relations, to put the navy in condition and posi-
might adopt owing to tSis Gs stats Of
affairs the appropriations, which would other
wise have been ample, were rapidly exhausted,
leaving some contracts which had been previously
made unproyided for.
The purchase of live oak having been alluded
to. he said that the Importance Of securing as
much of this class of timber as possible was ap-
parent to any one at all familiar on the subject;
that it was the best material known for the con-
struction Of wooden vessels; that its growth was
common only to our own country, and that foreign
countries were encouraging its expectation. He
said that at the breaking out of the war quan-
tity, considerable In excess of that possessed
by the Government, was stored In the navy yards,
but was exhausted within period Of six months
through the rapid building of ships, which were
necessity used in the construction of others, and
these, after q service Of few years, rOtted away
and became totally useless to the service. With
this experience In view, he believed that the wis
dom of the course pursued in this connection was
thoroughly established.
With regard to the use OF old material and
having II re-rolled for in rebuilding the iron
clads, he said that that was the best and most
advantageous use the Government could make of
oeson saa hsd Seen p2esepted to and eopsdeTed
and approved by the Appropriation Committee Of
the last Congress- at the time he entered upon
priation had been made for a less amount, With
1.-The express understanding that the material was
to be used.
Poor Yaryan.
twill be rememb mbered that ex- Detective Yaryan,
in his complaints among the newspaper corre-
spondents over his dismissal from the Internal
Revenue service, charged that the President i'm
properly interfered in the case Of Treasury Agent
Moore, whose removal Yaryan effected through
ialse charges. Mr.. Moore very properly avoided
any publicity In his redress, seeking Justice
through official channels.
The publications in the press that have been
martyrdom have contained official matter SO
woven into narratives Of Misrepresentation that
appearance % Of integrity and Virtue, % which false @
hoods have been repeated SO frequently that Mr..
Moore has been induced to give the facts, as they
with the Yaryan imbroglio These facts will ap-
pear in the New York Herald Of to-day over MIR.
Moore's signature.
1t appears that the so-called testimony of
Woodward, claimed to exonerate Yaryan from
completely in the Brashsar stealings, was OBJ
tanned by Supervisor Meyer. who was q mere
grandiloQuently avoided the issue by allowing
Woodward to simply deny that frauds were
perpetrated in his presence" The intimacy be-
tween Hoag, Brashear, and Yaryan at the time
that the first two, as now proven, were in collu-
sion with the st. Louis thieves, and the suppress
sion of Yaryans report of 1872 until 1875 were not
touched upon. 1t Is further shown that the at
torney for the sureties upon ex-Oolleclor Bon
foy's bond is In Washington, and has called upon
Mr.. Moore to assure him that his testimony with
reference to Yaryan's attempt to get money from
them to favor their efforts to get relief from the
Government, while he was Government officer,
will be sustained by the parties to whom the
offer was made.
SThe haste Of Solicitor Wilson to act upon the
complaint Of his detective friend against Special
Agent Moore appears to have had other prompt
ings than ''the protection of q good officer" 1t
seems that the Solicitor appointed one Reinhart
on the secret service force to have him work up
the Texas delegates for Bristow, and Mr.. Moore
innocently interfered by reporting Reinhart as
caused coldness towards Moore by the Solicitor.
The official correspondence is furnished and pub
lished, showing that Yaryans charges against
Special Agent Moore were false and malicious.
These documents and testimony were submitted
to Solicitor Wilson, who represented the Secre-
tary, before the removal. Secretary Bristow arbi-
trarily made the removal after Yaryan's charges
were proven to be lies, and, as a last resort the
officer who stood thus officially disgraced appealed
to the President, who knew Moore and had asked
for his appointment. The investigation proved
that Yaryan had lied, and that the Secretary had
adopted the lie and taken official action. Alto
gether, the article in the Herald contains some
spicy reading, and is backed up with the proofs.