Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-31
coy5rLATE INSPECTORS.
,e CREATION OF FOUR FAT
InD PLACES PROPOSED.

of $4,000 Per Annum and
oooo per ADnum for Travelling
sio'.as 70 Attach to Each-The At
ras NJ Many Senatorial Committees
10 be Decapitated.
w,sH1NGToN, Aug. 30.-It is stated
socratary Bayard will recommend in
sI-, iaornuol report to Congress the creation
serr offices to be known as Inspectors
" tronsuIates. The salary recommended
r1l Il ia stated, be $4,000 year, with an
anol allowance not to exceed $4,000 in
1an case for travelling expenses, so that
49, oless men can be secured. One will
- cont TO Asia, two more will travel
.s.ongb - Europe, while the fourth Will
aoadne bis labors to the countries of North
va south America. The idea was sug-
@nI stod To Mr.. Bayard by reading the re-
so9t of an officer of the department who
PaSo brief inspection two years ago of
.ba be' American Consulstes in the province
Of Quebec
ALoOsE PRACTICE.
This gentleman discovered that the
practice was very general OF selllng
4 FFoHsnlar certificates signed by the Con-
cul
& marobants. manufacturers and others
\ Who desired TO ship goods to the United
4 safes. TIE result was the goods were
IN many cases undervalued and the gov
E arnmeDt swindled to a greater or iess eX-
tanf This practice was broken up. The
oacal,s travelling expenses Tor his three
n weeks trip amounts to the modest sum OF
sfM while the customs receipts from the
nlaees visited showed at the end
N twelve months an increase
NJ 10000 as result of the reform
he had instituted. The State Department
Il believes that this practice aud others
4 equally corrupt prevailing all through the
consular system are causing loss TO the
q government of millions of dollars annual
II n. and that the system Of rigidly inspect
i1g consuates will stop this in great
a measure. For this reason Mr.. Bayard
81 will do everything consistent with his po-
suon ss Secretary of State to secure the
necessary legislation upon the subject.
SENATORIAL EXTRAvAGANCE.
twill be remembered that last spring
81 Rhen the efforts of certain Senators to
create sinecures for their favOrites in con-
nectiOn with so-called committees of in
Wstgaton had become scandalous the
Republican caucus of the Senate voted
81 aud created d committee to consider the
general subject Of the Senate patronage.
Il That committee has been quietly at work
Fl during the summer.
HAS CHANGES TO BE RECOMMENDED.
1t is said that when Congress meets it
81 will be ready to report to the caucus a
plan for reCrganizing the official staff of
81 he Senate with view to a large reduce
lion in its size. Unnecessary assistants in
The Office of the Secretary aud Sergeant.
alarms are to be dispensed with, and the
elerkshlps and messengerships OF COM
mittees which do not meet twice a year
are to be abolished. II the committee
makes up such report and then secures
its adoption by the caucus. it will ac-
complsh more than can be credited to
any standing committee Of the Senate as
'aeresult Of summer sessions.
wHITNEY's RETURN.
Secretary Whitney is expected at the
Navy Department this week. He will
le'5te himself on his return, after pass
lbg upon the verdict Of the court-mart;al
n IN lhe case Of Paymaster General Smith,
CHIEFLY to the preparation of his annual
h Teport' and OF the estimates tor naval eX-
< seadltures for the next fiscal year. The
S'ef VIII be as economical as possible,
ana TO TINS end special instructions have
2ern issued to the chiefs Of the Navy
Department bureaus. The Roach episode
III "lN PROBABLY be treated in a special re-
= lorl At the same time Secretary Whit
ney must complete the Roach cruisers g,
A1d prepare for the construction OF the
aaultlonal cruisers provided for by Con-
sTess last session.