Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-09-22

The differences between the amount
] Walch The messengers testified their bill
werepnt in for and. the amounts paid fc
living on the trips Is very easily explain
co. Congress several years ago limite
members of congress while travelling Of
committees to six dollars day in th
north. and eight dollars day in til
: south for hotel or living expenses an
ten cents mile for car fare, etc, wit
like allowance to the sergeant-at-armi
clerk, stenogrsphes and other officer
which these committees required.
Il When there were numerous commit
tees Of course these of3Sers had to em
ploy substitutes and Il the substitute,
spent more than the allowance his prin
cipal had to pay it from his own pocket
i he spent less the principal officer, LII,
the United States marshal, paid the bill
OF his deputy and received the full Il
oxsnce which he would hava recsiyed 4
no had gone in person. !. -
After was out Of ofice, two or three
OF these deputies or messengers whom j
had sent out with committees, claimed
that they had lived economically and in.
tlmated thatI ought to give. them the
difference between the living expenses
which had paid for them and the al.
lowance of six dollars day and ten
cents a mile. for which the committee
had allowed upon their vouchers.
AS had not received the money upon
all OF my outstanding bills, told them
that would arrangeth matter salts
factorily whenI received the balance
due me from the government, although
II such claim should be made by all the
deputy marshals in the country, every
U. S. marshal would be bankrupt.
L did. however, as stated in the testi-
mony, pay over and satisfy every one
who has madeia claim, including Capt.
blackford, who received his portion a
long time after he testified
when / received nav
from the clerk on some outstanding
bills.
In regard to the statements Of the re.
porters. the apparent discrepancy in
their accounts is.explained in the same
way. They put in bills for their substi-
tutes i'll their, own names. The bills
wcre-approved Ly the committees and
receipted by the parties who received
the money, and the testimony of the
clerk who made out the bills clearly
shows that these bills were not receipted
in blanh although some blank receipts
were left in the Office when Capt. Black
ford went ont with the second commit.
tee, but were not used or the bills made
out until his return.
The bills for carriage hire, telegraph
ing, procuring witnesses and stationary
which arc ar">'--.-',s.o an round cor
rect. the amounts put down in Petit.
CREWS sheet under the head of "gob-
bled" having been paid to the parties
direct from the sergeant.at.arms office
to carry on the. Investigations Of these
committees before and after the messen-
gers who testified went out with
them and paid their bills while away.
The voucher for S992.S9 charged in the
Louisiana account as paid by Moses
Bradshaw, was simply misprint; the
bill itself clearly showing that it was
paid by Bradshaw while with the Vicks-
burg committee, but there being an ex-
cess in the appropriations for the
Louisiana committee and "a
deficit to meet the expenses for
carrying on other committees, the
clerk of the house in making up his ac-
count. which was printed, used the ,ex-
cess for the payment Of bills for which
there was not sufficient amounts appro.
priatcd, which was all correct, as all
those sums were simply transferred for
those special purposes out of the contin-
gent fund OF the house.
All the other apparent discrepancies
are fully and minntely explained in the
testimony towhich have referred.
In reference to MIR. Whitneys state
ment about the telegraph bills, he after
wards revised his testimony by stating
that had no personal telegraph ac-
count, as had always been presented
with pass, and the market company,
being Washington institution, had no
occasion to use the telegraph
In conclusion l hnve to request that
all fair minded citizens of Dakota will
bear in m nd that at the assembling
of the next congress after this outrageouf
assa ult had been made upon me, l was
unanimously nominated for the eighth
successive torn as the republican candi-
date for sergeant-at- arms of the house
of representatives, one of the members
of this celebrated Glover committee be-
ing present ut the caucus and earnestly
supporting me. and continued to be the
republican candidate, after the DEM
ocrats came into power until voluntar-
lily withdrew my name. With this rec
ord and statement rest my case, for a
short time, until I can procure docu-
ments and testimony to brand each and
every accusation and their author as They
deserve. N. G. ORDwAY.
The following proclamation, printed
in black on white paper, with heavy