The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-24

i let the consequences be what they woul
r lrApplAuse / may have made mtstal
Z In judgement: 1blame no one for thinkil
4 10, bat / did what / thought was the le
i. bad OF two courses. My consequent co
i. duct was consistent with my action on u
) bill.
!. i did not myself parade the fact, b
I. more than a year ago the New York Ror
r published list, stating IN chronologic
!. order the Senators and Representativ,
1 who covered their back pay into the Urea
/ ury. Ayndnle pas iirst on tlss tit. Applause
! / appeal TO the sense of justice Of tn
people whether they will tolerate this so
OF political warfare. n has bean proual aga
. and again that Insrer dra1 ne back pay, ter
, SdD dollar of Il, and took no action In rHte
elce 10 ercept TO sign an order on he Sergean
al. arms 10 e0ver L into The general ItedSttr1
, and his tr1s done before The convention al VA
/ rA. say more. Some OF these men VIII
| have been SO long pursuing me hav
known these facts for many months. Dul
ing the stormy times OF salary excitemen
a citizen OF this county wrote letter 10
prominent official in the treasury OF III
United States wanting to know whethe
Mr.. Garfield drew his pay or not, and re
ceived avery full and circumstantial repl,
stating the facts. That letter Is In thi
town I suppose, to-day, but those VIII
have had possession oiit have been careful
never TO show 1t. have copy Of 1t here
and II these men continue lying about 1t
| will print 1t one OF these days. Sen
sation and great applause. Cries OF lie
us have that letter read now, General. Gar
feld."1 will not give the name OF the
party. The name l have not TO whom i
Is addressed.
1.-THE audience here absolutely insisted
on having the letter read, some demand
ing the name and all positively refusing
TO allow the speaker 70 proceed without
reading the letter in justice to himself and
for the information OF the audience.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 1
WASHINGTON, June 8, 1873. I
"DRAR Sir: Your letter written early in
May was forwarded to me at Youngstown,
where 1t could not be answered Tor want
OF accurate data. When about To return
to Washington l searched for that letter
but could not find 1t. My recollection Of
its contents is that you inquired as TO the
repayment into the Treasury by General
Garfield OF the additional compensation
due him as q member the Forty-second
Congress, under the provisions OF the
general appropriation act OF March 8, 1873.
1.-THE additional compensation due Gen:
eral Garfield was drawn by Mr.. 0rdway,
Sergeant.at-Arms OF the House OF Repre-.
sentatives, and by him paid into the Treas
ury as miscellaneous revenue receipt
The money was drawn by Mr.. 0rdway on
the order Of General Garfield. The prac.
tice OF the Sergeantat-Arms is to take re.
ceipts from members in blank in anticipa-
ton OF the dates at which they are to
become due, and to pay their check on
him by drawing the money from the
Treasury on those receipts. In this way
he Is in measure the bankers OF the
members. General Garfield had signed
-uch receipts month after month at the
beginning ofthe month, one OF which was
filed up by Mr.. 0rdway and presented to
the Treasury. At that time believe Gen.
eral Garfield was out OF the city, but
to know that as soon as the 22d
day Of March this written order was de-
liyered to Mr.. ordway II he had not drawn
any money from the Treasury on his &C.
count to close the account without draw
ing it, and II he had drawn Il to return It. |
Mr.. Ordway then informed him that 1t
was necessary for him to sign special
order on the Treasury II he wished Il
drawn out and covered in, otherwise Mr..
Garfield could draw it any time within two
years; whereupon Mr.. Garfield drew an
order for sos, payable to the or.
der oil Mr.. 0rdway, 10 be by him covered
into the Treasury, This was presented to
the Treasurer and the money turned over
from the appropriation account 10 the
general account, so that no portion oil 1t
ever left the Treasury at all. It was simply
q transfer from the appropriation account
TO the general funds OF the Treasury.
Very respectfully,
"RoBERr W. TAYLOR"
[Applause.1
Question. What was the date of the ad-
journment Of Congress2
General Garfield. Congress adjourned
on the Sd Of March.
Question. What was the date Of your
letter?
General Garfield. The 22d day OF March
was the date Of my letter.
A voice. Give US some OF the DeGolyer
matter.
General Garfield. We will take each
particular thing at the proper time and
place. A note is handed me which l will
speak OF in this connection. II Is that dur
ing the debate Mr.. Garfield answered q
question OF Mr.. Hubbard, OF New Hamp.
shire, who said, how. about this plunderG
How much plumber will 1t take out OF the
rreasury?' And that Mr.. Garfeld's ans
wer seemed to imply that he did not re-
gard It as plumber I believe there has
been as much said on that particular re-
ply Of mine in connection with this salary
business as anything else that has been
said. Now have already answered that
in the general remarks | have made this
evening, namely, when, a Democrat from
New Hampshire rose in his place aud put
a question to me, inquiring how much
money It would take out OF the Treasury
il this salary act passed, and put It in the
rm OF saying how much "plunder" 1t
would take, l did not at first notice he
used the word "plunder," and answered
it would take q million hall dollars out
Of the Treasury. Then Mr.. Dawes rose
and said, "Did my friend from Ohio notice
the word 'pluuder?' Does he acknowl-
edge this TO be plunder2'" ! then said,
"No, ! don't acknowledge that this i
plumber. II any gentleman thinks that It
Is taking more than Is justly due him In
bis conscience, let him call itplunder ithe
pleases,"
Now, an attempt has been made 10 make
itappear that Mr.. Garfield approved the
salary act because he answered this man
that he didn't regard 1t as robbery. l
answer now, do not regard itas robbery,
and never have.
question. i am glad the American people
rose up In indignation against that salary
increase. There were some unkind and
unjust things said by the people in their
uprising, but they rose against 1t and re-
buked It with power aud might that has
been OF very great service to the country
during the last winter. 1t could not have
been repealed but for the rebuke OF the
people, and could not have led as l did
lead in more than so, 000, 900 reduction Of
| s.kItn aynapaaa n had mt fa1t hAhin1