The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-22
AFFAIRS OF THE TREASURY.
A New Plan to Govern the supervis
ing Architects Once.

washington, Sept. 2l.-The republican
congressional committee to-day decided in
the contest for the nomination from the
Seventh South Carolina district. between
Messrs. Ellery NJ. Brayton and johnson,
IN favor of the former Mr. Brayton is
white republican, formerly collector of
internal revenue and chairman of the
state republican committee.
The statement is made at the treasury
department that II will be month or six
weeks before Secretary Carlisle fills the
vacancy caused by the enforced resigna-
ton of Supervising Architect O'Rourke,
and that when he does make the appoint
ment the new architect will go into n
thoroughly reorganzed Office, with the
scientific and technical branches sepre-
grated from the purely administrative
branches This win be a departure long
contemplated by Secretary Carlisle,
as the principal source Of trouble
in the architects ofllce during the former
and the present administration has been
the clash between the scientific aud non
scientific branches of the Office The
architects duties in the future win be
confined as much as possible TO the purely
scientific and technical branches of the
work such rs engineering, drafting, con.
struction and repair work, while the ad-
mlnlstrattve branches of the Office such as
the awarding of contracts, the accounts of
divisions, and the clerical work, will be
under the supervision of the Secretary Of
the Treasury.
Secretary Carlisle will devote much of
the time intervening between now and
the appointment of the new architect in
perfecting the reorganization of the office
on the plan, rough outline OF which is
given above. Another reform of great
Importance that Secretary Carlisle con
templates making in the architects Office
IS IN the matter of specifications for pub
lie buildings Heretofore the practice
has obtained of permitting bidders to des-
lgnate what kind Of stone they propose
to use, and to give their figures accord
lngly. Then the fight would be carried be-
fore the Secretary Of the Treasury as to
the selection Of the material for the
building, and the bidder proposing the
cheapest stone would, every thing else be-
ing equal, be awarded the contract. Sec
retary Carlisle will now first decide
whether a public building shall be CON
structed of granite, limestone or marble
or OF any other material, and If so of what
kind, and then bids will be called for that
material.
BUREAU OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
Secretary Gresham has summarily de-
mollshed the scheme recently made pub
lie TO make the bureau of American re-
publics self-supporting by the insertion of
paid advertising in its publications. Ad-
vertising Agent Wilson, in New York
who had been appointed the canvasser Of
the bureau, was last night notified by
telegraph to cease his operations, and
Director Furbish of the bureau was or
dered 10 recall his circulars and cancel
his contracts at once II is declared at
the state department that the project
was undertaken in the absence of and
without the knowledge of the secretary.
NHyl1r "a haag gfsgat ,gss,sy
cation. AS soon as The secretary heard
the nature of the plan he called Mr. Fur
Dish in and directed him TO suspend oper-
ations in regard to the solicitation OF ad-
ycrtiscments for the bureaus publications.
and cancel all the contracts he had made
The practice Of selling the bureau hand
books, instead OF furnishing them for
gratuitOus distribution, which formed part
of the new regime, is not included in the
secretary's vacation order, and it is pre-
sumed will be continued. There have
been very strong protests filed against
the practice however, by senator's and
representatives in congress, who have
been put to considerable personal ex-
pense in purchasing bureau handbooks to
supply the demand Of their constituents
which have heretofore been met at gov
ernment expense.
THE TREASURY REVENUES
have passed and show that treasury ex-
penses for that period have exceeded the
receipts by nearly $1,000, 900. the figures
standing: Receipts $4,000 900, expendi-
lures S2l ,000, 900
This difference win grow less as the
month progresses, bringing the total al
most together, even if the receipts do not
exceed the expenditures, as all the heavy
payments have been made. The gold re-
serve has increased from S55, ,2l6, 900 TO
nearly $58, ,000,0G0. This increase has
come almost solely from the west, only
81, 400 in gold having been received from
customs dues at New York
MORE REGULATIONS WANTED.
1t was runOred at the treasury depart
ment to-day that Secretary Carlisle
would shortly call for the designations of
George II. Bartlett and ThomasJ Hobbs.
the disbursing agents of the department
here. The question Of dismissal has been
considered and it was learned that they
would probably be called upon to resign
within sixty days. No complaints so
far as can be learned have been made
against them in their official capacity.
Mr. Hobbs has been IN the department
three years and Mr.. Bartlett twenty
years. They are both republicans.
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS SQUAD