Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-07-24

stance o. th#reporf Oflhe GloTsr ipscs-
tiEzging cosnmitipe has been fskosmhed
il he New FORK Star. II i power
fui dcrument, aid immt nsely daniseiag
70 snccesslse Republican sdkbinisfra-
fions. II i net strange that Republican
Coneressnen resOEfed 10 every known
device 10 lead 90 this committee; and
hinder IFS wofk, and suppress lls report,
for they doubtless knew what corrup-
tions had beea covered on. and how ter
ribly disastrous complete exposure
wo1ld be 10 their party and its claims
The report ofthe committee. Of which
John NJ. Glover vas the Chairman, deals
directly with the affairs and condition
OF The Treasury Department The in-
vestigation was q thorough - could be
made in The time II the disposal ol the
committee, and with The determined
hostility of the department and the
whole administration But IL discov-
cred facts enough ol the most damaging
character TO convics the Republicsn par
~ of organized: systematic robbery and
Justification Of figures, and also Of keep
ing in Office, and even promoting. men
known 10 be guilty Of gross violations
OF trusts. II MOI OF open and shameless
peculation. The Treasury Department
has thirty bureaus and divisions, and
over 12 O00 employees. = the single
bureau Of Engraving and Printing The
committee found that the names oEthree
hundred useless men were added 20 the
pay-rolls Just before the last elections,
and that the bureau cost $500, 900 dur
ing the fiscal year of 1878, instead Of
$50. 900 as was pretended. This bu-
reau has been in exIstance about six
teen years, and S27 900, 900 have been
spent upon il; and il is impossible now
TO tell how much Of this vast amount
has been squsndered and stolen, bui
probably about $4,000, 900. The ac-
counts Of this bureau are so mixed up
with other accounts that il is impossi-
Bile 10 tell exactly what has been wasted
and what purloined; but il is obviously
an enormous drain on the National
Treasury. with innumerable pipes COM
munlcating direct tothe pockets Of spec
ulative individuals. This bureau prints
the national bank notes, the legal ten
ders. revenue stamps and bonds. II IS
possible that there have been large un-
authorized issues OF national currency,
and that many Of the alleged counter
feits were issued from that establish
ment. The rolls and dies and plates
and bed-pieces for making lesai-iender
bills are all IN one room, and there il
nothing TO hinder their being distracted
and used and returned again by astute
employees, especially ii directed by Of
icIals in authority. IL is confidently
asserted that Sl9, 000, 900 in notes were
at one time secretly aaoat for months,
and the books were falsifed and bal
ance fixed To conceal this secret issue.
General Spinner has sworn that the
public debt statement did not agree
with his books; and The actual condi-
ton of the national finances seems TO
be entirely different from the reported
condition, If not past finding out. This
is only one branch Of the subject. The
report deals with score of topics. II
shows how The national minis have
been managed for private speculation
and peculation; how faithful .mcH have
been removed TO cover up fraud; how
wholesale cotton robberies have taken
place with official connivance in the
South; how the secret service has been
made the instrument OF biackmailing:
how the marine hospital service was
used to enrich unscrupulous persons,
how Treasury defsulters have been re-
employed, and how fraudulent interest
has been collected by government OFF,
Gals. If the fifth part of what this re-
port charges is true. the Federal adj
ministralion Is honeycombed with fraud
and corruptions which are as danger
Gus in their widespread ramifcations as
they are costly and disgraceiul. And
the fact that the Republicans IN Con-
gress did their utmost TO suppress the
report Is a virtual confession on their
part that il contains unanswerable state
ments and undeniable truths.-.Neir
York Express.