The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-30
TO REMOVE STERNFELD
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REACHES
 THIS DECISION.
Combined Salaries Amounted to sl,500, or $500 . Year More Than Pay
 of the District Aftor.

Washington, Nov. 29.-(Special.)- Attorney General Moody has decided tc remove from office Assistant United States Attorney Sternfeld of Mont gomery.
 The charge against Mir. Sternfeld is that since last April he has been draw ing two salaries, one as Assistant At torney and the other as special assist ant. the two salaxies aggregating s4,50t per annum, or $500 more than the sum received by District Attorney Reese.
 As previously wired. Messrs. Reese and Sternfeld have been here since Monday afternoon.
 Two years or more ago, when the peonage cases came up in the South, Mir. Sternfeld was appointed a special attorney at $s,000 a year. There was a Hull in these cases, and Sternfeld went back to his old position. He had formerly been drawing only $1,200 a year as regular Assistant District At torney. Friends of his interested themselves. and under regulations of the department here. he was allowed $1.500 year as regular Assistant At torney.
 Reappointed Special Assistant.
 Last April he was reappointed spe- cial assistant at $3,000 a year, and had not resigned as regular assistant. There are two funds here from which these officials are paid. As special as- sistant. MT. Sternfeld's pay was sent to him from the Treasury Department. As regular assistant, the money came from the disbursing officer of the De- partment of Justice. According to the statement of officials of the latter de- partment, MT. Sternfeld accepted both 
 They say that in one instance it was the fault of the disbursing officer of the Department of Justice, who failed to discover the fact that Sternfeld should have been dropped from that pay roll. as there is statute of the United States, enacted in 1893. provid- ing that no officer of the Government can draw two salaries unless specially allowed by act of Congress.
 It is said by officials of the Depart ment of Justice that Mir. Sternfeld told District Attorney Reese there were two funds. a fact beyond any doubt, and that as he was getting two salaries, he supposed it was meant by the authori- ties here that he was entitled to the double pay.
 But some curious or perhaps envious person in Alabama brought the matter to the attention of Attorney-General Moody, and the investigation was ad- vised.
 The President Interested.
 President Roosevelt was greatly in- terested a year or more ago in behalf of Sternfeld, and on account of the eff forts of Sternfeld's friends. he decided that he should be reappointed special Assistant Attorney at $3.000 a year. although reluctantly conceded by the of Justice.
 The Department of Justice does not hold that District Attorney Reese was culpably negligent in allowing Stern- field to draw two salaries. Charitably speaking, Reese has been reprimand- ed and Sternfeld will be removed.
 Referee Charles H. Scott said last night to The Advertiser correspondent that he had grapevine" intelligence that instead of being appointed mar shal, MT. Judkins would succeed Mir. Reese in the district attorneyship. In this matter, the department officials are 
 MT. Scott, as wired last night. Is for MT. Parsons of Coosa County for Reese's job Few people here believe that Mir Reese will be the next District Attorney, although he Is making live ly fight for reappointment.
 Alfred J. Stofer.