Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-08
ON GUARD !
Chenoweih, the Champion Custodian
OF Uncle Sans Cash, Goes
For Prof. Baird.
II, Threatens the Fish Commissioner
win Cengress-Is IL Prejudice ?
An Account of the Sdunbblo.
ON GUARD !!
| SMELL 4 Morsr! DO YOU

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Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Nov flames q. Chcno.
wcth, the Texas lawyer whom the secre-
tary of the treasury appointed first
auditor Of that department, is going to
pitch into Prot, Spencer f. Baird of the
United States fish commission, and the
Smithsonian institute. He threatens 20
arraign both before congress in the dis
charge of his duties as auditor.
The accounts of Prof. Baird for the
year 1886 came before him. As in his
previous aCcountings, Prof Baird rem
dercd itemized statements and vouchers.
| Chcuowcth found no fault with the ac-
counts, and has not asserted that there
ever appears to have been u
penny stolen or not accounted
| Tor. But enemies of the fish commits
| sioucr and his work have been whisper
Ing in the car of the experienced auditor
that there was
SOMETHING RUrTES 10 RE DISCOVERED,
that reckless and wicked extravaganza
has abounded, that public money had
been squundered, and that this sort OF
thing must be stopped.
Careless, INSCRIPTIONS and ignorant
writers for newspapers, indifferent TO ac-
lcuraCy or dccency, stimulated the audi
tor in his efforts to discover something
very dark in the transactions OF Prof
Baird. After repeated conversations
with Auditor Chenoweth, it is ascer
tanned that the whole charge that he
makes or is entitled to make against the
account Of Prof. Baird is, that out of an
: appropriation of 100000 for the com
pletion Of the necessary constructions al
: Woods Hall harbor, and their equipment
q money has been spent without
9 AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PLUMBING
Auditor Chenoweth, In what he says i
e HIS conception Of his duty, has declined
T. to authorize these items for plumbing
' has held up the fish commissioners &C
{ counts, and will await the action OF con
= gress in the matter.
Il Mr.. Chcnowcth, speaking officially, de
T. Clarcs this TO be the only matter OF dis
y putc between himself aud Prof Baird
q but his unofficial talk, repeated newspa
- per uttelances originating with him an
&c a letter or two, besides his avOWcd hos
tility TO the fish commissioners WORK
z cannot be overlooked Why Mr.. Chcnc
~ wcth should have regarded himself Gale
10 on
TO ACCOST CONGRESS
~ about Baird's carelessncSs by implied
ton IL not yet clear, but on Septem
Der % he wrote TO Prof Baird mqurin
by what authority he
had incurred the extra expense for a res
M. deuce building at Woods hall, and f.
what purpose the building was uset
The reply of Prof, Baird came in II NeCl
1t was full aud frank, and it tells II
IIS that need to be told to dispose OF the 7,
VI mances about Prof Baird's
" ALLEGED UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURE!
n From this letter, and from converse
ne ton with Mr., Baird, sketch Of what ha
lg been done at Woods hall, and why
We was done, was easily gathered.
ne Mr., Cheno0eth appears to regard Tn
Ne employment OF cook aud waiter wit
ga violent antpathy, II IA not to he assume
no that the same horror Of the dcccncies
as lie unlmateS all Texans II can be show
lu that Chcnoweth's prejudices and his POT
'e- opinion of the work Of the fish comm
as siouer Is not accepted by the country, an
US that 1t Is by no means the unanmol
US opinion OF the state OF Texas, from whic
at he halls