Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-11
Sherman SauirmiBg,

Honest John" Sherman rises to re-
mark that if Mr.. w. Paul Brown alleges
that he ever did work on his stables that
was charged to the different bureaus Of
the Treasury, he states a bold untruth.
Mr.. Sherman says, if Brown ever worked
for him, he paid him out of his own
pocket. Browns statement is reported
to be embraced in the Pitney disclosures.
This Sherman denies, and says he has no
objection to any Senator seeing the re
port, which has never been published.
He further says he wants the whole mat
ter of the expenditure of the Treasury
contingent fund fully Investigated by
the Senate committee, and that all the
testimony already taken will go be-
fore it.
Mr.. Window comes to Sherman's aid
and says the investigation he ordered
vas not intended to smirch anybody,
and statement of what it was expected
to show was submitted to him. On ex-
aiming the report he was convinced that
il and the evidence "were not fit for the
eye of the public because the statements
" ere not made under oath, and the ex
animation, so far as it went, was wholly
e. Ua7te." He went into the examina
ton "to satisfy himself as to what
changes, if any, were needed. The re
suit was the abolition of the Office Of
custodian and the discharge of Mr.. Pit
ney." This has the air of plauslbility
but is none the less "thin."
In this connection the Washington cor
respondent of the Herald reports that
few days after Senator Sherman intro
duced his resolution and the amendment
of Senator Farley that the testimony be
published for the use of the Senate was
rejected, a person in the confidence of
the stalwart element is reported to have
said that the amendment was inspired by
Republican Senators. This gentleman
said that it would be the purpose OF this
administration to expose the corruptions
of the Hayes administration, and that
the work would not stop short OF Wall
street, New York. He stated, moreover,
that there would be revelations Of the
most disagreeable nature respecting the
-ings and jobs in Wall street by certain
parties connected with the Hayes admin
istration. Senator Sherman, when told
that the Herald had beel informed that
Senator Farley's amendment was in
spired by stalwart Republicans, said he
had never heard of such thing.
The correspondent adds:
"S,pce The publication of Mr.. Browns
| cbars a. ,ntion hrS been called TO the tenor
| of Senator Shermen'sr olut,On calling for the
| Tree SUI : Commit ee's report, aud that Only
| such papei IS we're re 5elvC ] by 3 eretalJ
| Window aud be q w IN Adch report were
| want I'd by the S nat. 1t voriu thus appear
| that whai 3ver S = nent Mr.. Brow u may nave
made before the COR nit. a. II WI not regard
ed IS of sufficient impOT nee - refer 10 IL IN
their report. and hence it : not among the
/ paper transmit ed to the Senlt 2, and; as Sec
rotary Window Us, va never brought 10 ms
/ attention In this connection, since cobpialh
| is made that government employ are allow
/ ed do work during Office no us for PAL UieS
| outside the Treasury, the quo ton IS e1ked,
| bY what author lty DO CLERKS Fnd lneS1Spgelc
| borne on the rolls of that department absent
| themselves = ) aC5 IS ticket takeI5 and ushers
at eve theatre matinee that has been given
| in Washington"
Treasurer Gilhllan explains that
Brown did work which was charged to
the National Bank Redemption Agency's
account. A bill was rendered for the
aggregation, altogether too high, and he
demanded an itemized account This
the Superintendent declined to give, but
reduced the amount fifty dollars, the
total still being, in Treasurer Gilfllan's
opinion, in excess of the work & ne. He
still required an tented acCouut, but,
failing to get it, concluded it was better
under the then existing circumstances to
pay the bill after the reduction of the
amount by fifty dollars. Why the Su-
perintendent dccli-ed to specify the
exact work done when, according to
Mr.. Browns statement, each employe in
the cabinet shop renders a faithful &C
count of the employment of his time, is
a mystery which the Treasurer did not
care to discuss.