The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
VAsnsxorox, d. g., Oct. Is. 1895.

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WASHINGTON, D. g., Oct. y, 1885,
rhjs i me busv season In the Depart
me,ss n Washington The heads Of d.
visions. the chiefs ~ Bureaus and ths
Cabinet oiI,er are pr~parinx their a0-l
nunl reps.rt< Tie President 4 writing
his message. The Governmental history
81 the wear must b. epi,omized. The bal
ance SHEET must be s'snck on aud the
chief executive must suggest ~ way a.
recommendation. the measures he viii
sanr,inn. provided they rerrive the ap-'
proval Of legislation. All The members
Of the Cabiaet. except 'h- Secretary o.
State, have returned. Mr. Bsyafd wn<
shrrwd enonga 20 postpone his vacation"
until autumn aud Il now resting away
from The city during the season which.
81 Wasnisxton. Is most trying 70 the
corpus humans.
Extracts from the reports Of various
Government officials prove ~ irrefnsa-
bic figures fhsl the present admimistra-
ton has saved the Government millions
OF dollars. That tie public Offices are
better kept aud that public work II bet
ter donc - not so susceptible Of mathe-
matical demonstration but Il is fact
patent to every one acquainted with the
public service. During the past two
weeks over five hundred useless em-
ployes have been discharged from the
Government Printing Office alone. Not.
Withstsndsng this great decrease Ia the
force, the work OF the Office has not been
a. al impeded. The public land CON-
missioner. General Sparks, saws IN his
annual report. 1.-THE development Of the
past year under the agencies OF the new
administration have justified every word
said in my report for last year IN regard
10 widespread persistent laud robbery. 7
The report states that the total area over
which fences have been or are 10 be re-
moved either with or without resort TO
the courts il 2.7l4,926 acres. mostly IN
Colorado. The recommendation for al
additional force Of not less than one hun
dred special agents j. renewed, as il also
that in regard 10 adequate means fol-
protecting the timber on the public
lands. About l7j,Ou0 acres Of land have
been restored for public settlement
LASS cases, involving 225.OUO acres, have
been held for cancellation.
President Cleveland is more sparinl
than auv Of his predecessors were Of thu
appropriation made by Congress Tor th'
contingent expenses Of the White House
The contingent fund covers stationary
kilograms. books tor library, purchase o
new carpets and furniture, cost Of keep
ing carriage aud horses, etc. The ap
preparation for Grants last Presidential
year was only 5000, and Grant spens
every cent. Hayes. IT the end Of his firs
year In the White House had IN unex
pended balance Of - cents out OF . con
iiDgent fund Of $1,000. For his last yea
be had . contingent fund Of $4,000 on
OF which he saved $50. Arthur man
aged to save only $3.50 out Of The $40.
600 contingent fund OF his first year, ans
that was the largest balance he had OF
hand II the end Of any year while b.
was the occupant Of the White House
Mr.. Cleveland saved So. 348sl durin,
his first year out Of . contingent fund 0
Is 600.
Without an act Of Congress the Secre
fary Of the Navy cannot abolish . Bu
renu or organize one. But be can dis
tribute the work and transfer some OF
from one Bureau to another One Q
the main features OF Secretary Whitney
plan OF reorganization. Is submitted B.
him to Congress, would be Bureau Q
supplies, that is. Bureau which wou
do al the purchasing for the entire Ma
w Department. Another would be I
smalgsmate several bnreaux so that ev
cry care Involved ia the construction q
ships would be conlided 10 . single BIZ
reau instead Of being distributed owe
four bureaux, as g present. Instead Z
eight burssux acting separately aud il
dependeniiy. he would have four b.
reaux, " i'm central council At pre-,
ent each Bureau advertises separated
for and purchases whatever II want
Each, for instance, goes to the mark
separately for the coal, the ice, the tin
Der, the stationery IL wants This pls
results ID unnecessary advertising an
in the higher prices charged for smalls
purchases. During the past year N
Whitney has had his own Office pu
chase the coal, the ice, the stationery {,
al the buresux, with the resuIt,as an e,
perienced official estimates, Of savir
OF $4,000 on these articles alone. III
plan Of concentrating the purchasil
power may be located in some one
The bureailx now Existing. 1t j. %
likely that secretary Whitney will ha'
al the purchasing done BY bis Office.
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