The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-12

divided the spoils under DELANo. They
were strengthened In their rapecity. Bad
az these revelations are, the half OF tho ras-
cality practised in this Bureau has not been
brought ~ light, and never will be, until
| the whole concern IL turned inside out.
A few extracts from the report Of Mr.
| ScnURz's Commission will give n general
| idea how the business OF the Indian Blu
roau wac conducted by the man who was
promoted for his services TO be n Consul
| General in Canada Hore arc samples .or
public OBLIGATION:
"The Cb.si~~sr. the chief chrk. the sienogrspher
corresponds clerk and the annuity clerk formed
yog which direction to all matters VI
passing through the occ and Often acted upon the
by means Of personal UNOFFICIAL CORE spondcnce Each
81 these persons corrcsponded with various parties
matters u official business their letters being such
should have been sddr, ssed signed by the head ~
the ONCE. These letters were marked personal or
Sn, official and we're Kept from tie records aud dIes
Of the office This Kind Of correspondence was carried
to such an extent that the Official acts NJ the oco,
we'll as the papers and OF nts and Inspectors
and others far distant frequently based covert
understandings reached through such Writings"
The Ring u inside knavcs who engaged in
this collueive work is called a group" by
Mr.. SEIZURES Commission, who feared to
hurt the feelings of their employer. They
tell, however, how this group was COM
posed, as follows:
"Thc annuity clerk had been employed In the Indian
Bureau Tor wentyouc years lie had received presents
Of blankets cloth, groceries. aud money rom contract
ors. The correspondence clerk came into the
Bureau with Commission, ssrp being transferred and
promoted from second To trd class clerk.hip. =
The stenOeraphcr was sort of iaciotum the Com
u,siurers Office, and was familiar with nearly all the
sly crcumvenuons prcvse In the Indian service The
Commission THINK his iealty to the Commissioner and
CHIEF clerk was strong Interfere with due acg,
ance to the interests OF the Government
This was the personnel OF the group"
and charming group il is as given in the
foregoing photograph, with no shading to
darken the picture. Although the Commits
sion find absence Of regulations, Of system,
and OF method; suppression Of charges and
specifications; the carrying ON Of semi
official correspondence; careless disposition
Of papers and records; REIMBURSEMENT Of
authority; delegation Of official power 20
another; loss or disposition mice word for
stcalng) Of valuable papers; unwarrantcd
and olilcious opposition to the Board of In
dian Commissioners incompctcncy Of the
chief OF the accounts division ineflcicncy Of
the acting chief Of the land division incom-
potency Of other clerks; habitual lack of cir
cumspcctlon In the finance division, and
general Generalization Of the force OF the
Bureau throughout - although all these
things aud more were found to exist, still
the late Commissioner reported officially
there was no room for improvement.
On the Goth Of March last, Commissioner
SMITH wrote TO Mr.. ScHURz as follows:
"fknow custom In the Bureau which can be prop
ery termed abuse. unless PERHAPS the disposition
manifested the part Of " the enlarge
the customary leave Of absence given BY the Department
should be 80 considered
Mr.. SMITH had good opinion Of his
Bureau, and the group who run IT, for il was
not long after that he was appointed to the
important Consulate at Montreal, in recog-
milton of his superior worth. He had been
member Of Congress from Ohio, and that
fact charmed the ingenious ScHURz, who
lamentcd the neglect which that State had
suffered.
When his Commission reported. Mr.
SCHURz was quick To remove GALPIN, chief
clerk To SMITH, upon a charge Of not report
ing papers for official action, and he rushed
into print with n column of reasons 10 vindi-
cate this mighty reform. And this was the
same CARL SCHURz who, few months be-
fore, had advocated the appointment OF the
head Of the group" aud GALPIN's superior
in Office 10 one OF the best Consulates, as
tit associate for honorable men and be-
coming representative OF the United States
But Mr. SCHrRz is a civil service reformer,
and Mr.. SMITH halls from Ohio