Year: 1878

ferred against these two gentlemen and If true so
unworthy of the attention of grave Congressional
committee, were never before made the basis for the
suspension Of efficient and tried officers of the Gov
eminent. The principal witnesses were three dis
charged employees Of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. They were men of only ordinary attain
ments In their respective branches Of work. and
only one Of them land he only for short time had
ever worked at bank-nOte engraving before their
employment by the Government. Yet they took
advantage of Mr.. Govers Over-developed credulity,
and led him TO believe that they were among the
most skilful bank-nbte engravers in the country.
One of them, named Smith, who had never had
days experience in the art ofengravng, and whose
work during the five years of his employment in
theEngraving Bureau that of cleaner of plates
gave Mr.. Glover TO understand that he had had
thirty years experience as bank-note engrayer,
aud that he had no superior in this difficult art The
most searching inquiry by the friends and the ator
MES of Messrs Casilear and Sullivan fails to bring
to light any other accusation than that brought by
these persons, which 10 the effect that they had
been discharged through the influence of the two
gentlemen accused, and that the bureau could not
get along without them. IL is understood that they
also offered to show that it the easiest thing in
the world TO obtain duplicate impressions of any
all the plates in the vaults of the bureau but they
did not assert that such duplicates had ever been
made, and seem to have had no success in showing
how they could be obtained


Mr.. Glover has not had the candor to acknowl-
edge the lack of foundation for his request that
Messrs. Casilear and Sullivan be suspended; but in
his letter. which was delivered to the President
last Thursday, be says in effect that he finds the
affairs of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to
be IN very bad condition although nothing specific





Mr.. Jorgensen, the Republican member of the sub
committee charged with the investigation of these
cases. has, however written letter saying that he
has examined all the testimony taken, and that
there no foundation even for suspicion against
Messrs. Casilear and Sullivan.


The subcommittee comprised nominally Messrs.
Glover, Jorgenson and one Democratic member Of
the general committee. 1t Is learned from the DEM
ocrahc member that he never attended a single
meeting of the subcommittee, and from Mr. JOrgen-
that be never present at the examination of
a witness, although he looked over the testimony
after il was all in. Hence il seems that Mr. Glover
himself practically embodied the whole sub-cOm-
mittee unless the erratc Professor Wilcox who
seems TO have done most of the work and perhaps
inspired the proceedings, may be counted as
part of it.


A few weeks subsequent to the suspension of
Mcssre Casilear and sullivan, Secretary Sherman
wrote to the President asking that they be returned
to duty, as the bureau had need of their services
The Secrotary's letter referred TO Mr. Glover,
who replied, through Professor Wilcox, that he
could not see why the bureau should be suffering
through the absence of the gentlemen named, as It
understood that Mr.. Casilear had made arrange
ments 10 go to Europe during the Summer, and he
was informed that there were other persons quite
competent to manage the affairs of the bureau. He
added that these gentlemen had been induStIiOusly
working among newspaper correspondents, and
causing to be published articles which were uncom-
plimentary to the committee. Neither OF these
stories had the slightest foundation in fact but they
serve TO illustrate the logical grasp of Mr.. Glovers
mind and the scope and direction of his inquiries.
ASIDE from doing Justice TO two gentlemen filling
important position under the Government and
whose characters had been assaed. this affair would
be unworthy Of notice, except fair sample of the
tremendous matters which have been occupying hr.
GlOyers attention dunng the entire session OF Con-