New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-04
found that there Is no more saving IN time unai'
there is in money
4 GENEROUS INDEX WANTED

there Is in money
4 GENEROUS INDEX WANTED.
But to return to the last recommendation IN Mr..
Ses's final report-"that a record OF All eNpch''-
lures should be kept. aggregated TO GATE ana gen
crously indexed."
This is a most significant recommendation, III We"
OF the fact that the very first blow aimed ny the
experts (of whom Mr. Sells was member was
at the division of receipts and expenditures OF tne
keSster once ana upon ne the secretary Con
sdering authority from Congress me- Rers
ter's annual report OF receipts and expenditures.
which has been prepared and published since tue
II now seems that Mr. Sells has awakened 10 a
realizing OF the importance OF at least HAVING
a satisfactory record Of the expenditures II not tne
receipts. Had he understood as much ABOUT ths
Treasury Department when he begun his work OK
bic that any recommendation to do away with the
Registers annual Of receipts ana expendltur,
equally apply to the other experts. and 10 the
which were maze ana nnieron
Ing only feelings Of disgust for the old system ana
vised by hamilton ana tested by century's prac-
tce. and spurned the idea that any ioSsr,neu IN
advice. Hence their action was hasty IN many
respects and without mature dellberaton or nnd Ha
training and practical experience in the WORKINGS OF
the Treasury for five or six Years they wod pe ave
urcs which they characl erized as cumbersome ana
'antiqunted," and would have respected ana re
tanned them rather than recommending their idol
ishment and discon;inuancc.
M. diScontlnnance OF the Registers annua, re-
MOTT OF the receipts and expenditures was serious
mistake owing to haste and lack % mature jung,
valuable and interesting publication, admirably ar
ranged and indeNed. showing unler hpPrvpi-dte
heads ana tt;es the receipt, Of the government from
ali sources and by whom paid In, ana the eXieh1i-
tJr. or disbursements under the titles o the VAR
appropriations and 70 whom paa - m'd d, ap
year since the establishment ot me ireiSu'y,,
was and SIN IS the invariabic handbook consutrI
in relation To the alpwanc" and payment oi on
claims In a vast establishment Ike the lreasury'
with its various branches of business II Is mn
ter OF the greatest difficulty 70 trace up ana hS',i
tain the payment Of an old Claim Or account r "y
reference to the records and files owing ~ t' i'is
number OF various classes. varlousIy ocatrl "iiI
filed about the Treasury Buildng which mqst 90. Tl
necessity be- carefully examined me piih,rI WI,
umes Of receipts ana expen iitur"S ptrptrca ,ery
COMMISSIONS afforded ready ana inVaidb'e hrlP III
such cases ard In thousands of Instance nae I'i
tho matter Of old accounts and claims wnere III
formation aa TO paymen, WAS required for any pur-
'0'' HOW THE NEW LAW WORKS
A. an illustration in the Administration Of rresi-
dcn, Harrison II was urged upon Secretary toS-
ter of the Treasury Department. that TWO Claims
or awards under the treaty Of Gulieloupe HIda!s'
oecreeatlne in amount considerably more than
s,oo ,oo were due and unpaid. Upon examination 81
the books AMI .sers n ftr pack a. ts y'il h,r
' ,'I ,rl "a. secretary so officially notified the
attorney for 'he c'dimlnts. Ihr"lIplh appI'i.''.
IN due form for paym'h' w's aIl,gei claimants
was ulci ana On. secretary was ''l''0''-' ~ W.,
AZ, ~ nav claims ami awards under the r'.t
treaty was not SIN available ana II MOI, l" i'i,,.
nroprlat,on When the matter came before thea.-
counting officers. Dbl official eXpress"i me "i,,h
,,,n,r,fiou VA. directed nnI by looking through
the printed volumc' ~ receipts anu - , m.
plymcnt ~ those identical claims Wa i''ul ~ '' an
ic,n ma nearly hilf-centur' before in "' ,'
mum f,t a. i.U
cslpfs ami expenditure f. was quick Work 10 t,'y
PAYMENT back =. me- ,,ifi"1 ,,ir,w rhsm from Tine
''' W,''',,i,nr.s ..,, I.cln,inuen the work 4
1,.','g in he pavm.ni ~ these claims would nave
,, ,,, n,igl, have .s.,t,l detection altogether
80, ,,tm ,,l,n lh. dcftlcntlon OF cmhe element nv
eln, in Inc ofc, of the sergeant AT arms "i ~"
on-o o. Representatives. occurred The gu,s,'@r
~ns seriously debated whether The ''@ycrnInr ,s
V,s rc-gpushle o. ihr m'mlrIs ~ th' M p,shar
ia he once ~ he fcrsenrt orne n9d .n,'o @I'
.4r 30 knoN The din'frhl Ways ~ Nn !. , "n,'.s
~ he House hai been te'l rom ,n. nf ,,.'.,-
iii .,lrniimr,s. ono On .ial in several h"nir
un. pf,plreI au exhibit Swing IN" Information
sra"s dom The foundation ~ the Go,,fnm,nt hni
b,,u Inid NhlNh VIZ fufhlfl'l 80 me l',N,'
ggg.c"e" All ""g F n.as ',olo%e" eoal nn,o
required ~ lola' ,ovctni wo'h' ~ "ll"Y, '''''
animation ~ an ~ the accounts Involving tn'''
II, ia dimcul, 20 ma nm, roason o. prc'.s, why
,ho boci,ofy Experts recommended Nh" noiishm'n'
,nI lila, orfnnnrro Of this valuable" annual report
Indeed n may Vol be- asked what h1'" a." ,rN
rnrfa nrl the rommlf sion ion" or ofr"mrll'h'i
which deserves commcndluou' In par lsin
rou, nf Wow aucrese has surely boon hl'.. j. ior
ihcrc VAS an emphatic partisan m,thoI IN ~" np-
pnrcn' madness Nh. n prevailed IN IN" f'HSuiN
botnr'noni on fhr f4i of Last october, ana IN ne
changes AMI rcdurilona made necessary by IN"
Torkory law Il invariably foll To IN" lof OF IN"
Republican clerk official 10 20 down. or ON me
temporary roll. while his D'mocrauc brother wen.
M every time I'm the scale % promotion. many OK
'hcn jumping fcv'ral grades R"pb''hn ,l"thS
ami * -ui,n soldiers of unpu"gtion"l ahlify.
efficiency and good character. who had N"rkri
faithfully FOR ten fifteen years, perhaps. 10
roach fh. g. limit cut down 10 600. Non
and 81 90 places not I'm isolated cases hut a. a
class while in every insthnc" IN" l'nlo'T''l' '''N
or official was promoted
\ more remarkable and fragrant violation OF m"
su,rii o, (ivil Service reform cannot well J." i'm
apned Than that brought about by the operation
~ lie Doc Inv