The sun., 1894-03-04

| 0huHnFeF. IN OnA case = NtIe. nuSDNnO. Two
brothers, end sister were employed; l.3Uy
| employees had brothers in the service; two
had each one brotheE and three sisters n eo, /:
and n brother. and another two daughters also
employed: In another, case there we're two
the service. Five Lrot hers we're also employed
in the departments. Another clerk had three
Of the 1852 employees had from one. 70
| nine relatives in office; two OF these had
nine relatives. each drawing pay from the
In its work the Commission noted many
| 10th Houses Of Congress. There wore more Of
| those in the Fiity.second than In any other
down from the First Congress Each iii was
enSrossed by clerks on psrch%ment % ,nd n Sub SUB.
| The Commis sion entered into corr espondence
with the leading foreign Governments and
procured from them samples and specimens
| Of the manner Of enrolment in their respective
legislative bodies. The first measure they re-
ported to the House and senate was a concur
| rent resolution practically adopting the Eng.
| lish system Of enGrossing and enrolling bills.
| land they had been doing this since 1870. and
also in many Of the state Legislatures in this
| country. The liability to error in printing is
| not nearly so great as in copying.
"A simple but costly blunder occurred In the
| fruit plants on the free list. In enrolling Me
| bill the clerk inserted n comma between fruit
at Gnnts, Thereby .,sIhisg ,h rST 9s 1hs pee
| $500, 900 IN revenue a year,
so much for the first work Of the Commis-
sion. 10 does Its work systcmntically IL is
taking up the departments one by one The
first to attract. iis attention was the postal
In investigating the postal service, 1t hal the
Post master General and hi several assistants
ions S Until % 4. NJ The EXPERTS % had dirTtoH rcT"reiuy
inyestiEat ed the business methods of the Post
cal changes in tho system and Ia it's way of
rendering it's accounts. At first tho Post
npyntiOn RepOmlnr RatiRtipd that tna
recommendations OF the experts would eNpo-
dtc business. add greatly to the secutity of
took M active interest in the matter and adj
yocated the change himself personally and by
letter. Ono result ~ this work has been tho
discontinuance of the postal note. They found
that as long MS the money order System was IN
The system in vogue afforded no secure
check against the rostmasteSa who issued the
had to depend first upon tn. quarterly report
Of the Postmaster issuing the orders. Tor his
able. Whether the Postma' ter honestly re-
ported it could be determined on " when the
pspPs Tn cleaned % % this % nioPmation @ en IN .ho Sixth
Auditors office. They aacettaincd that paid
money orders were bundled ny without being
ment Of rented building, They also nacer-
tsined that there vas on deposit t., in oh the sub
cess OF the current demands Of the money
order system, This largo fund could he ac-
since the establishment OF the systemhai not
wiped wipe out the postal note and remsdied the
money order business by an ineeniously de-
Lutte check both .upon the purchaser OF the
money, order and upon the Postmaster. Aside
Sm has "s MADE ssS s of and
will increase their volume 30 per cent.
inS,easine the surnlus to the Goyernment
shown in another way. They have reported.
and Congress has Tassed . law requiring tho
IN N n n Ets.F tn
his, possession up to the first OF July last. This
Treasurer, representing unpaid orders moro
than year old and enable him to turn back
TO nearly three millions o! dollars.
The reorganization OF the postal system and
under this law. as Compared with the i"eTi old
methods will be done at net reduction In
is practically through with tho reorgantzation
OF the Post ONCE Department, and its experts
o w9f T In in spStReT Ell
will be reported within the next thirty DAYS.
The Compission have passed through the
come laws one regulates the methods of OBJ:
tanning supplies. such as coal, stationery. and
IDENTITY believed that It will result in a net an
,S. nuSl saying to The GovSrnment Of not less
that during the fiscal year 1855 ice was pur-
chased under contract by the several depart
other words. one department would 10 paying |
S4.bb per ton for coal and another S5.lI Ono
13A cents per 100 pounds Tor ice and another
paying ~ cents for the same. All this Will be- |
tee. Zach department will get its supplies at
the lowest bid offered to any one OF the depart
msnts' an and the same way with other supplies
Treasurer OF the United States to send to Con-
sH 1Ss fTs, I'll s
He transmitted them without classification. !
indsInG, Es nE, Or resapItslati9n and this report
printed in 1891 by order OF the Fifty mrs, Con:
two clerks in the Treasurer's oiice. These |
reports have been utterly worthless ever since |
cost the Goysrnment hundreds of thousands |
Of dollars. When they were first printed they |
They have increased in size until the report |
OF 1883 covered nearly u thousand printed |
eommittses vent to Amsi smith @ = supspintsn as nj
dent OF the Senate Document room. and asked |
disapPesred and rsIgrned alter % half an i1t hour
with the volume. saving, have been here |
saed for ans copS ySS Of "t3 2
In their Investigations the Commission
iound that seventeen clerks were 1mployed in
the Second Auditors office keeping the same |
accounts Of property returns from tho Quarter
masters Department! in the army as the ac-
system established loo years ago, Instead OF
looking after iscal accounts. as il was Intended
property returns that belonged alone TO III,
functions of the War Depart
ment. and that had already been checked up
BY the War department. They were doing
this reriunetory work at the expense OF
great delay In the adjustment OF fiscal ac-
counts that properly came before them, Tnis
was discovered uy the experts who worked on
the idea of not only finding what they were
doing IN a bureau, but how they did 1t. and
why they did 1t. n other words. in this case
they ascertatnei that they Were checking up
property accounts for tho War Department, !
the Navy Department and the Interior de-
partment. Alter ascertaining now they did il,
they ask cd why they did IT, aud nobody in tho ,
AUDITORS office could answer the question |
The Commission then went to the War De-
paItment the Navy Department. and the In
terror Department. ard found that the work in
the Second Auditors Office on property Ac-
counts was useless. All three Secretaries
united In recommending that IL be stopped.
Tho value OF the Commission has been dem
onstrated in another way. Ia lS4A. when koU-
ert J. Walker was Secretary OF the Treasury.
he recommended tho creation OF the Ollies OF
Of Customs, This was done TO
rslisys him OF adm illustrative duties in the
customs service, and ths First Comptroller OF
the Treasury in his labOrs OF accounting.
since that time the administrative functions
~ hyvs |