, 1877-04-19
Miscellaneous Coniectures Re-
garding the Coming
Extra Session.
Three Hundred More Clerks Dis
missed from the Treasury.
Orders to Proceed with the St,
Louis Whisky Cases.
The President Confident Of the Success
Of His Southern Policy.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
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eEAKCuIN0 roR LEAKS.
Special Efspasch to Tn 7ftauae
WAsH'sdT0x. u. t., April iH.-Thctc ara under
the control OF the Interior Department fifteen hu-
fcans. instltutiuns. exploring snd surveying expo.
dt'onst etc. for which appropriations arc aanunl.
" made BY Congress. Tho expenditure Of Tho
muncy by law fs placed under tho control Of the
Secretary Of tho interior, but In practice Tint OH
Ger has had almost nothing 10 do In controlling It's
utc. The hends Of tho bureaus, tho managrsa Of
the charitable tnd other Institutions about Wash
lngton. and tho officers In charge Of the hurycyins
and exploring expeditions hare expended the
muncr In accordance With their own Judgment, and
their 1nat accounts only hAvc heen submitted to
the Secretary Of tho Interior for his approval.
III aereral instances DURING the past few years,
wien souo Ut these Institutions havo been inrcstt.
gated, and Irregularities in tactr management or
in the expenditures OF their funds ha.e been aizt
covered. tho Secretary Of tbs interior
HAS DEEM HELD RESPONSIBLE
for them by committees Of Congress. although ho
actually knew no naore about Tho conduct OF thosc
Affairs than my private citizen. In orlcr that l,o
mar fully sctutnlxe tho management Of tho funds
By these different branches Ut tho Interior Depart.
mcnt aua exercise a proper control Of their ex-
pcnditurus, Secretary schnrx tssucd yesterday
circular which Will Do sent Tomorrow to
tho heads Of oil bnreans, lnat!tutlons, ex.
scossas " aw g hs ' ssfssss
to aub1nit 10 tho Secretary for his approval cst.
spessyns ~ ~ ness u possibls ths deRa!ts hesds
undet which c1pcnditufes ssc to bo madc, and
Ii,s AMopN4 nEovtnzp nI EACH.
approximation thu, submitted VIII b. considered by
this oilce ~ thc tasls fuI cxrendtnrcs during thu
t a,Ss 4ea 90 deSasH M e ss %
II further aays: ''1n thts eunurctlun dlstnr.lns
officers and aaents Of too Department aso informed
scrutn1xed IN this office before transmission to
the accounting ohlecrs Of thc Treasury. Esti.
ss tsass x nj II - ~ Il. @
tdncc IN tho circular il intended to tocuru 10 tho
I'll sua,s haro f'e:n c1ncndet In a branches u lts
6trn I'D s S hs
previously appropriated.
ExPLANATION.
Reference has repeatedly hcea nahdc In Wash.
Mcs5s wss recently seh"rxcd E from 1s' postto" % IL
the Pension Office, md that she has been unable to
get hrallng or 70 b. te1nstaed. In ju,tcc to tho
peAs!ous. osht 10 bc satd TINT al dlsssals o..
desed IN the to1a!on; Q!tcs were l1ado by tho d.,
toe We ts g b. s ha
least cttcient. Cen. Mcads'a slster has donc NJ
work that was q seryiea 70 the ieslslon bureau
for that burcsu " 30 Ercat that justlce 10 th0u.
sauds Vt pensioners snl those entitled 10 have thor
issa s;9o q h sas s n,sa %
efficient ns possible. This retention Of any clerk
on the rolls Ut that Office vito does not perform hls
eramcnt but to thousands nj s01dstfs who Ens1or BY
delays III it, business. Thu work At the Tcnsun
Huteeu has bssn accuulnlatIng for sevetal ycats,
and thcru ia no present prospect. 80 lune ~ tho
appropriations aro no greater t[an they arc now,
even with force a. raclcnt ~ possible, thAt this
OWL can 1u much rcmeulcd.
Secrctary 6chutz II fnly dctctmlncd that tho
clTil.aetvlco system shal b. carried out In spirit
In bis, bureaus, md has given the examining
pears that ono VI the Commissioners lad ruled that
clerks On tic Temporary Int did not cumc within
tlu operation OF Tho Cvil.6erYlcd rules, and lad
discharged many of them whosc records wpro bct-
ter than thu fccorts Of many whp wt.e retained.
1hss fact. haStn2 bccn brought ~ tha Sceretary's
nttEDtiafi lin :, d Il flufnlY GtlfYnttEH.