New-York tribune., 1886-06-02
NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS.
NO NEED OF NAVAL REORGANIZATION
MR. wHrrNEY's SHAM REFORM EXPOSED BY MEssRs
DoUTIILE AND GDFF.

MIR. WHiTNEYS SHAM fEFolh fNf'0''b ~ '''''~~'
BoUTELLE AND GpFF
WAsuIyGroy June tSDccitO.-A minority
report signed by Mr. Boutolle ani Mr. GoG from the
House Committee On Naval Annrs was presented to-day
in reelr to The bA reorgLnze the Navy Department.
This report efcctualy exposes tho effort TO
make litilc moro capital Tor the Az
ministratlon by roorg inzing tho D@parshs"r
Apparently II ling TO hnd any OF the "corupuo" '""'
the Democrats hal alkel inuch about the secretary
frat made HI, attack on Roach and then raised a cry
abnnt the "vc.ous" organization OF the Department.
Tho minority the cOnntteo call attention 10 e law
that the rst bill presented ~ Secretary Whtnoy or '"e
reor aD ,ton OF tho Department provided ior 'h'e"
bureaus eiAhI sub bureaus. After soiho "iSou'
bill was Withdrawn and another submitted proV'"hH
that for i've bureaus and four suhburcaus The Bureau
OF Personnel. important IN tho hrst Dill
and which the Secretary declared to oe
iudspen~able" was entirely omitted IN the second bil
he submit ed Oirr features OF the irst bl we're asl
abandoned IN tho second Oar. Tho minority c0hciue
that II a delay OF short time irals nun tc aoa.u"" ,
onehiri OF the nil the proposed re"rsanIzaton
that il s fair To assume that t- further delay may
cad TO the abandonment OF tho other tNohrds In s
pr sent shape the bill proposes 10 subordinate to Ha
tcrfa TO the line and ovcrturn the settled practce
OF half n crntury The Presidents assertion 'n's
the Navy Department is "a SHABBY ofn-"ens W, W
the C;oyrrumeuL" AMI the Secrei ary's do, iaraton
that the whole organization OF the Department IS l"
mentally vicious and that the eight bureaus mus We
swept away. the minority believe 10 pe iOunueu om
mconcep!on The o appears 10 og s rnort aoss on
to snow tn.t proof OF the assertion that me
unsel-D orr AL
sIe countries The statement OF Secretary whitney th",
h had an inventory the Department. taken ~ inaie
ridiculous by placing beside anO her statement OF tue
SECRETARY that law 1882 requiring Iuil account
aud appraisal Of everything In the Departmen' anu Anu
wards had been fully carried out at that tme. Inc
minority report shows that the proposed Bureau OF Ac
couuts recommended by Secretary whitney woiiu
merely be duplication OF the Fourth Auditor oince ia
the Treasury D-partmen, where forty four clerks are
now exclusively Employed in auditing the accounts OF
the Navy Department
OPPOSING THE PROPOSED MACKEREL LAW
WASHINGTON, jane / (SpeciaO. The Senate
Committee Fisheries to-day gave hearing on INC
bill To prohibit tho catching of mackercl other th"h
en,nish mackerel between March l and Juno except
v hook and line and in rowboats OF less than twenty
feet keel Fish Commissioner Eugene Blackfori anu
Mr. BENJAMIN. fish dealer OF NewIork gave their op-
ectous to tho bill Tney stated that the bill seemed to
have passed the House misrepresentation OF facts
The abnndauce OF mackere has way been affected
by hsnng Ieticrs from Professor Bard and Professor
g. Brown Goodc both testify To that idcG IL IS ho9
claimed that tno bill Is needed FOR that purpose, but
rather because qnaty OF the mackerel caught does
not ayerae as good as formerly THIS 10 was stated was
due Id tue fact that the ,h caIght by net and
not by hook ani ne and that the proposed close season
would have effect whatever except 10 increase tne
pr.ce of this common article of IOol Last year
20 900 900 barrels ctught aud sold IN May ~
thr cents pound. The mackere nSherY - moro iro'
low Al ever before. rnrertOGrihS OF tue h-n
caught at this time are intie h1h DuJ II - pVoosru W
prevent their being cankht until after Junc L. on tne
roinl that 10 The spawning season PROFESSOR
Iu ylev AZ the head OF an EuSish conInsi"u lnNesu
gated The ~uhcct aul tGey untnimOnsy cohciuurh tHdl
The thns the Government couli 90 ior tie mica
ercl fishery leave II alone. The COMMITTEES VIII
give anOt or hearing Oh fflidy.