Arizona silver belt., 1879-07-25

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 s1 O0o000 of money belonging 10 owners of cotton was paid to attoi'
 ners, agents and inforners JoAn A Logan then repesentative add now Senator from Illinois receive | S158 000 of the cotton money by order of secretary McColloch Kaaa' man, first chef of tbe cotton bareau was gwen Ss2 900 of this moaey which he used in the purchase of an
 interest in the Washington Sur ia connection with Boss Shepherd and George ". Adaus. Had we the spaee VIC could give .he names of many more who participated in the division of the "cotson money The moaey running short, Congress appropriated Sl66 900 out of the general .und to be expended in de- fendIIg the secretary and his agents agaiust suits for seizures and in de- lending suits in the Court of Claims. The department of jusuee at the same time was authorized to draw from the treasury S25S 900 to be spent by that department in defend ing suits against the captured and abau4oned property fund 2
 6eneIal Spinner, late Treasurer ol lhe Ueited States. swore before the committee that they have a tule tbas nolhing must be diguIged that takes place iu the tfeasury,'' aud for that reason the world has remain- ed in ignorance of the fact that no reliance is to be placed in the public debt statement uutil since, Congress thtoagh it's committee, has aanoune- ell the fact Gen. Spinner, who is gaoi authority, swore that the public Jebl statement did not agree slth bis hooks that be d.d aot pprove of shem {; that his name was put to lbem without his aatnority chat he was not allowed to publish tathfal statements aad that he finally got the aw changed so as so relieve ban af the duty he Ess por allowed to perform The public stasemsds of compound interest notes outstanding frequently varied from tue ueasu- CTS books showing differences of u5i- lions of dollars Three different statements of the sum outstanding June 30. 1865, were published and none of tue three was true.
 Judge Poland. the chusssan states- man was rewarded by tbe action of Secretary Bristow for bis support in Ihe Ciacinna1i nonluating eonyen- ton The consideration was che es-  tabIishing at Island Pond, Vt, small town, Custom House which gave compensation three CT four times that Of the collector of New York. Senator Edlaands, however, stated in the committee room that he bad something 10 do a.th t to bene it the eolleelor who aas a relaAen of. his The first year about fifty thoa- saud dollars was realized from tue office. The order establishing the Custom House at Island Pond, uo- lated a feature of the jonthigh com mission which framed the Alaba- ma treaty and authorizing commodi- ies loaded on cars ia Canada to run through without opening or delay to the port of shipment in the Unlted States Bristow by ibis order raiu- sd the owners of q hundred bonded sare-loases ia Portland, Name, and inally destroyed tlze intTansitu trade md droye '. back down the St. Law -enee river, thus 5reaking up tbeI steamship lines fuRnng from Port and. It is also enaigel by the com 1 nittee that treasury notes have leea surrePtiucgsly printed, from { genuine plates, and circulated. Many ,saer charges are mads by the com nittee, but this must suffice 70 show ! he nay in winch the Uaited Ssates l Treasury Is managed.
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 Price Hickey and Frank 8ayhew