Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12
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cal parties. Few people appreciate tn
: responsibility and work of the Treasur
during the late civil war, when hun
dreds, you may say thousands, of mil
lions of dollars were issued and reissue.
in greenbacks, 7-30 notes, compoun,
interest notes, bank sotes, fractiona
currency, and various other forms o
Indebtedness of the United States, AMI
lyet the whole of this responsible dut,
was performed, it may be said, almos
without the loss of a single dollar
entered upon new duties in New Yorl
on the LIST of May last and within few
weeks thereafter people of that city suf
fered loss from the wrong doing O
two men at least four times greater IL
amount than was lost during the q
years preceding the year 1882, which
includes the whole period of the civi
war. II any politician, greedy for spoils
cherishes the belief that the Treasury il
full of unwholesome persons who de
serve to be turned out to give place to .
hungry horde of successors, simply be-
cause they have done some unsavory
political work in the late campaign. he
| is g1evously mistaken. The employees
of the government, as rule, attend tc
their legitimate duties.n | quote the
speech because it is plain statement
of .tacts which tell their own story, and
as such has attracted attention here.
Republicans of all shades of opinion
may well be proud of the fidelity with
which the employees of the Department
conducting such vast financial trans
actions have discharged their trust.
Quite a sensation was caused in naval
circles by the order for a general court
martial TO be convened at the Navy De-
| partment on Monday, March 9th, for
the trial of Medical Director Philip S.
Wales, formerly surgeon general of the
navy. Secretary Chandler prefers the
charges, which are for neglect of duty
in connection with the administration
of the affairs of the bureau of medicine
and surgery, a neglect which rendered
the famous voucher frauds in that bu-
reau possible. Rear Admiral Edward
Simpson will be president of the court,
but the names of the other officers have
not yet been made public. The Secre-
tary said the trials of the voucher fraud
cases in the local courts had DELAYED
his action in this matter but he con-
sidered it his duty not to let the obliga-
ton devolve upon his successor.
General Hazen is also to undergo a
trial by court-martial, by order of Pres
ident Arthur, for criticisms upon the
Secretary of War.
The sundry civil service bill as
amended by the Senate appropriations
committee increases by S3,249,17S the
amount named by the House. The
principal changes are S625, 500 for the
payment of the final award made by
| the late French and American claims
commission; 1924, 800 for an internation-
al boundary survey between the United
States and Mexico; $4,000 for trans
portation of silver coin between sub
treasures; $3,950.73 to refund to ex-
President Hayes the sum paid for ex-
penses of the Louisiana commission
$4,000 for salaries and expenses OF
national board of health; 81, 500 for an
additional assistant secretary of the in
terror; $3.50, 900 for the building of the
terrace and stairways on the capitol:
$4,000 for the erection OF statue in
honor of General Lafayette and his
companions in the. city of Washington
and an increase of 100000 in the APP
preparation for public printing and
binding.
The appropriation for the relief OF
the New Orleans exposition is increased
from $500, 900 to 100000, and pro.
viso added that this aid shall be "final. y
A provision is also made that no part
of this sum shall be paid until salts.
factory statement in detail has been
made to the Secretary of the Treasury,
setting forth that the money previously
spent has been for the objects and in
the method provided for in the act.
The following provisions are stricken
out-that no plan for building shall
be approved which contemplates larger
expenditure in the completion of the
structure than is provided for in the bill
authorizing its erection, nor until its
site has been purchased, that appro
priations made by this act shall not be
available until July l, 1885. unless ex
pressly stated; directing the transfer OF
the Bear to the Treasury Depart,
ment for use as a revenue cutter il
Alaska; repeating the act authorizing
the taking of the tenth and subsequent
censuses, authorizing the sale of ALE
gheny arsenal, Pa; Augusta arsenal
Georgia; Indianapolis arsenal, Indian
apolis; and Kennebec arsenal, Maine
| Throngs began to pour into the cit,
on the two days preceding the inaug
uration. and on Tuesday Pennsylvania
Avenue was so crowded that progress
along the broad sidewalks was extreme
ly slow; the facilities of both railroad
were taxed to the utmost and man,
trains were delayed.
President Cleveland and party ar
rived at half-past seven and soon afte
eight O'Clock were quietly installed il
their apartments at the Arlington. Vice
President Hendricks came several day
earlier and narrowly escaped a serious
railroad collision. He held an informa
reception at Willards' Hotel almost i'm
mediately after his arrival, and the fol
lowing day went to the Senate an,
House where he was cordially greeted
by members of both parties.
J The weather on March 4th was a
perfect as If expressly ordered for tn
occasion, a soft breeze, just sufficient t
hutter the gay flags and bunting, wa
blowing, and the sun shone with pleas
ant warmth. The whole city was asst
at a very early hour. and the sound n