The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-12
Thousands to Be Squandered in En-
ploying Special Sneaks to Spy on
Unsuspecting Pensioners.
CARLISLE'S RECKLESS WASTE
New York Democrats Permitted
to Raid the Treasury.
soft Snaps" for Patriots of the CIeve-
land Stripe-0lney Denounced by
Representative Geary.
Decial to the Ind,ananol,s Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. u.-While a DEM
ocratic Congress is saving at the spigot
Democratic administration is wasting at
the bunghole. There never was seen near so
much fragrant wasting of the peoples
money through the executive departments
and so much howl in Congress about ex-
travagance as now. 1t is like the cry of
stop thief" while the thieves are getting
In their work.
DR.. Dockery. OF Missouri one Of the old
est Democratic members of the House
committee appropriations, has an
nounced, with great seriousness, that al
though the annual reports from the exec
utive departments and the recommended
tions for appropriations have not been re-
ceived from the Cabinet officers, the COM
mittee is going ahead in the preparation
of the regular appropriation bills, which
will provide money for the running ex-
penses Of the legislative, executive and ju-
dicial branches of the government. He says
the recommendations Of the executive off,
GERS and the reports upon the work per-
formed during the past year, and the con-
dftfon OF affairs are not necessary to en-
able the appropriations committee to make
assurance of "a substantial reduction of
the total appropriations by the present
from the total of the last Congress- that
"the appropriations for pensions will be
little. If any, larger than last year, owing
TO the efficiency of the administration of
the Pension Office in preventing the en-
rollment of fraudulent pensioners and in
purging the rolls OF the fraudulent claims
already upon them" Dr. Dockery, who is
one OF those peculiar sympathizers who
opposes pensions. announces that he ad-
vocates "the making of liberal appropria-
tons for field work under the Pension
Office. as there is no other way to keep
fraudulent pensions from the rolls than by
sending examiners over the country to
make Investigations" DR.. Dockery says
the present work of sending spies and
sneaks into the country TO manufacture
charges which will enable the Pension Of
ice to drop pensioners from the rolls will
be continued throughout this adminiStra-
ton, with the view to decreasing the pen
sion expenditures to the minimum
w W i ~ the Rouse approprla tons commit
or money In pension expenditures and Is
making appropriations for the employment
or an army OF men to engage in dishonor-
able and disreputable work against pen
sioners, the Treasury Department is taking
out the buEgs and permitting the circu-
latlnS medium to flow unhindered into the
laps of Democratic worthless. 1t has just
been discovered. by report sent to Con-
gress, that the committee appointed by
Secretary Carlisle or the President. to lin
yestigate the working of the New York
Custom House" has the softest snap
found in Gotham in many years. The law
provides that special agents, in the per-
formance of the work which the commits
for services and 81 a day for expenses.
This commission is composed of ex-Secre-
tary Charles 5. Fairchild, EXCLUSIONS Col
lector Magone and ex-Congressman Poin-
dexter Dunn, the first two of New York
and the latter of Arkansas. Instead of
receiving $40 day, these men are paid SIS
a day each; and, furthermore they charge
for seven days in the week. The stenog-
raphers and typewriters cost about $50 a
day. Added to these salaries and expenses,
the aggregate expenditure upon this parti-
denim Republican work and praise present
Democratic conditions. aggregate about
$50 q day. The existence of this committee
Is indefinite. In the appointment of the
members there, appears 70 have been as
reckless calculations to the time which
II shall occupy as in the expenditures 1t
may make. 1t is the understanding that
the soft snap" will continue to the end of
this administration, or until the members
OF the commission grow weary Of their fat
Job.
Secretary Carlisle has committed many
peculiar official acts. There is no law au-
thoriZirg the selection of legal advisers to
the Commissioner of Immigration at New
York and what commissioner who is
capable OF performing his duties would
want with legal advisers no one can mag
Inc. There is no more necessity for legal
advisers TO interpret the immigration laws
which are brief and simple. than there is
for legal advisers to Il collector of internal
revenue, who operates under lengthy and
complicated laws. Yet the Secretary of the
Treasury has found means of paying
legal advisers to DR.. Sener. Commission
err of immigration at the port OF New
York. He has appointed the law firm of
Ullo, Ruebsomen * Cochran. of New York
city, as legal advisers. and has placed each
member OF the firm upon the payroll of the
immigration Bureau. as inspectors at FL
LIS island" at a salary each OF S1.200 a year.