Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-18
BREWSTER'5 EXTRAVAaANCE
The Bsthetic Tastes Of the Attorney
General Gratif1sd at Public
Expeps Sc.
New York Wo Id.

WASHINGTON, January 9.--The re-
portof the attorney-gsneral, which has
just returned from the printing eff 70,
makes a showing nearly as unique and
intere sing az tho once noted oontin-
gent fund report of the treasury under
the last and most inspiring year of
Mr.. Sherman's administration, which
report, it will be recalled, cha, ID
the seoretary's lunch to cam.
paign friends under the euphem.
istio item eff Candles" and
cast the stationery and furniture
taken from the treasury to supply his
personal literary bureau, in the
accounts for bay rum or something cf
the kind. Mr. Brewster's re ithetic
tastes are in part revealed in the re-
port now in question, in which also l.
Il. shown that the department of jus
tice has not only paid retail rates for
Ats purchases, but st a very liberal ad-
vance over what ordinary people psy.
Two of the local papers for instance,
whose subscription prices delivered are
respectively 80 and Id cents o month,
are charged throughout the report at
81 and at rs cents.
The department bought during the
year 449 yards Of floor covering and
upholstery as foliows: Fonr pieces Of
f;iezs, eight pieces of border, eight
pieces of flock and 1884 feet If gilt
bead, all OF this lot costing $86. Ga;
also one piece of velvet border, two
and a half pieces dsdo border, thirty
two feet gold bead, black Japanese
wolf robe, $26; hanging pictures,
SIP 80; moving furniture and arrang-
ing rooms, 500 30; two End q half
yfds of billiard cloth, 81; upholster-
ing four sofas and lounge and chair,
$3.50 each; eleven small chairs at
$3.50 each; two arm chairs, easy
ohtsir and sleepy hollow, IS each;
II Iiish chair, $18; two chair seats,
s5)each.
Among the other items are q half.
gallon demijohn and two corkscrews,
seven decorated cuspidores, bust OF
"Young Augustus" So; one celluloid
comb, n ounce Gouisrd's csrate, one
plaque, $40; one Pearl Congress
kniIe, So 90; 500 cards for the attor
ney general, So; footstool for the at.
torney general, four plated ice pitch
ers, $40; fur plated walters. SIS 80,
and one decorated plate, $4.75.
The attorney generals Telegraph
bills we @ usually small, but in one
month they reached 1926, and in an
other S279. The expenses for the
United States courts in the district OF
Columbia for the fiscal year 1881, paid
in the fiscal year 1882, amounted to
81, O41. 70, expended as follows: Mar
shals, 1886, go; miscellaneous,
Sl21 60; attorneys, SO, 143 As. The
The expenses Incurred and paid in the
fiscal year 1882 amounted to $3.50,
1856 SO, besides $3.50 for the Dis,
trict jail, expended as follows: Mar.
shals, $l,400; %iurors, 500 SO2; wit.
~nesses, SCI, $50 80; miscellaneous ex
penses, $48, 846 96; attorneys, $50,
545 40; commissioners, $311. 40.
In the District of Columbia w. A.
Cook received So, $50 for services rem.
dered the government In the star
route cases; A. M, Gibson and R.. T,
Merrick each received S., 900; w. w,
Ker, $l1, 900 for election and star
route cases; George Bliss, $3S. loo "a
for fees and expenses in star route
cases; John X, Porter and W. y.
Davidge were paid each SIC, 600 fol-
services in the Gaiteau case
The attorney general, before hi
accession to office, received 81 eco fol
ser 7ices in the star route cases in tn
eastern district of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Merrick and MIR. Ker are each credit
ed wi h receiving $50 a dDy for serv
ices as counsel in the star route cases
Mr.. Merrick's fees above the 90, 00'
specified, az well as the expenses o
the governments special agents ant
detectives in the last trial, are proba
bly included in the miscellsneou
item of S4S, $40 46, masking STAG rout'
expenses 80 far certainly not less thai
$3.50 600. Mr.. Bliss has been con
tinuously for over q year under gov
- nav at S1O0 a dav.