Campaign Lies

For criginality and Induatry in the conceplion and circulation of campal.cn Uob the New ïork Timex undoubtedjy stando without a poel-. Nolle of ite inventionê have been longer lived or afforaed the llepublican party orgaus more apparent satinfaotion than those il has told aboüt the Democratie Hottso of Roprehentativcu. Af Kepttblic&u stuniD speakers aro stiil qnotihg il aasertiona aa facta it may be uscful to furnish Democratie peakera with the facts as they are. First: Mnch of the delay in getting the Houso in working order, by whicn in the flret two niouths of tho sesslon Dot & BOlid week's work was accoüupÜBhed, is attributable to tho grcennesB and inefllciency of the omcers. In no department was the work well done. Frequent blunders wereinadc inkeepingthe record, bo that membors for the first timo in uiany yftaf s feit compelled to listen eaeh morning to tho rendlnu of the joumal. It aeema almoet incredibie that eo aatute a neWspaper aS the Times would make ao tupid a blunder. During those first two moutns, when, according to the Times, "not a solid week'a work waa acconiplished," owing " to th1 greenneea and inofneioucy of tho ofiicers, '■ when " frequent blunders were made in lfeepiuR tho record," that veUsran Republican Journal Clork, Mr. Barclay, made up tlie rocord, aud he and his assiatanta were " the ofticera " whom the Times accueca of being ' ' inefficiënt " and "green." As the record will ahow, Mr. Barclay did not reaignuntil Februavv. f W. Clttytou, the oíd .■faBaiñtf'nt Journal Clerk, was retained until leurriary. Ferria Finch, the Vile Clerk, waa reappointod by Mr. Adams. J. H. Bonebrake was not diaplaced until March. laaac Strohm, the old Engrossing Clork, served throughout the aeaaion, and Almot Baruas, hia assistant, waa retained until the end of February. Tho Times b&ïb that they werö " inefficiënt and green.' Mr. Adama iuaista tliah thav d'dthoiï fan-kas Well as usual, and that the aífairs of the Houae ran amootbly, so far at leaat a3 the Cleik's department waa eoncerned. If they wero as inefficiënt and green aa the Times aeserted, Clerk Adama evideutly ought to have found good Demócrata to fill their placea before he aid but the T'mes hw ridiculously blunrtered in ita hol haste to formúlate a campalgu lie. Seconá : Blunders, not to use a harsher torrn, have been common in all tho branches of servico, and it is only a few days sinco ono of Clerk Adams1 subordinates enrolled a bilí which had been passed by both houseB- an important bill on straw-biddiug- ín such a manner as to render tho action of Oongrens nuil and void. Here again the blunder Is on the part of the Times, and üot.pn the part of the ofücers of the Democratie Hohaë. In Ihe particular iuatance cited the charge is simply fa!ae. Both tho statement of the Clerk and an examination of the bill in queation reveal the fact that it was enrolled, verbatim et literatim et puiictuatim, aa it came from the committee. Furthermore, only ono miatako in enrojlment, hes been made duriug the prteent seseion'. That waa the loaving out of an item for the contingent expenses of the Department of Justice in the Legislativo bil]. Such papers as the Times have made a great noise over thia error, and more than ono has ïnsinuated that it was intentioual. The fact is that this solo error was by Isaac Strohro, the vetoran Ropublicau Enrolling Clerk, whom Clerk Adama retained out of abundant caution. Tbat it waa bis error ia proven by the statement of Mr. Adama, by the handwriting on oitlicr side of the omitted item and by the statement of Mr. Strohm himself. Thirdi One of the most striking f acts shown by the record is the utter abhorrence whlch the Democratie party, tbrongn lts ropresentatives, exhibitB for the Union soldier, and the love of those who bore anus againR. the republic. On this text the Times preachea a very curious sermón. Under the heading "Othcers Removed and Apoointed by the Democratie Hou8o," it print what purports to be an accurate showing of the appointments, and which really is quito as falso as the article itself. It gives the names of Union soldiers discharged and Confedérate soldiers appointed with some dogree of accuracy, but it does not give the number of Union soldiers appointed or the nuïiber of Union aoldiora Rnd Kepublicana retained. Tlie only inference is that this statement, which alone sIiowb the mal spirit of the Houso to the Union soldiers, was purpoaoly omitted because it did not show what the Tims wantod it to show. Tho Times' table also gives the appointments to the Capítol pólice, which are_ not made by the oñicere of the House, but by tne Sergeants-at-Arms of the Senate and House and the Architect of the Capítol (two Bepublicans and one Democrat) acting as a board. As this campaign lie about the turning out of Union soldiere scems to have a many lives as acat, the ofttcial list bas been made out to settle the questiou once for all with all who care to know the truth ; and here it is : A LIST OF THE EMPLOYÉS tN THE CLEBK's OFFICE, H0P3B OF BKPKB8EKTATIVES, föSE 30, 1870. Same oappointee. Jlemarhi. Arniy service. Goo.M. Adams, Ky . . In Union anny Green Adams, Ky Aud. Lino. Adm. . John Bailey, Me.. Old employé Seither a'my a B T Keightleylnd .. Neither army. C.S.Voorhies.Ind. Under age Neither arniy. W. French, Mass. .. Seither anny. DauFlaunegan,O .. Neither arjny . N.G.Brown,Tenn. .. inCon. arrny. Thos.S Pettit.Ky. .. Not in arniy. H. H. Smith, Mich . . In Fed. army. Ferrie Finch, 111.. Old employé Notin army,K T. O. Towles, Mo. .. (n Con. army. Iaaac Strohm, O . . Old omployo Not in army,B T. B. Dalton, Miss Union man [Not in arniy. Tlieo. I'. Kiug, 111 Underage Notinarmy. Joi.H.Franois.ila .. In Con. army. H. M. Beadle, Ind. Enlisted in Union army;rejected T.H. Baker, i'enn .. In Con. army. D. D. Sublott, Ky. . . Sot in army. J.M. Brown, Mich .. In Fed. army. Jno.F.Ancona,Pa. Underago Notinarmy. F.W.Mahood.W.V .. In Con. army. Jno. C. Barr, Pa . . . Not in army. E. L. Jewell, I.a . . . . In Con. Berv . SI. Rawles, Ga.. . . . . tn Con. army. á.L. Tilomas, Pa. Old employé Notinarniy. D. C. Gowdj, Wis .. Sot in army, R W.H.ViggiL8,N.Y .. tn Fed. army. Jno.D.Young, Ky. . . Not In army. W.O. Roeves, Tex. Under age Not in army. V. M. Kunly.N.C. .. In Con. nrmy. W. H. Smith, D.C. Col'd, old employé Not in army.R. J.H. RightselJ.Ark .. Notinarmy. M.J.FIeming.D.C. Boy Notinarniy. J. A. DawBon, Ky. . . In Fed service. H. A. Olcott, Pa . . .. InFedecrvlco. Frauk Lamar, Ga. . . In Oon. army. G.M.Chapm'n.N ï . . Not in army. Geo.W.Parvis, Md . .. Not in army. Job. Ree.so, D. C. . . Old employé Notiuarmy. L.A.OBterhout,Pa. Boy Notinarmy. Ed. F.Riggs,D.O. . Boy Notinarmy. ■l&s.P.Dorsey, Md. . . Not in army. Frmk Temple, Del .. In Fed. navy. R. Richardson,Va. Slave during war. Not ín army. W. R. Grubb, Pa.. .. In ï'od. army. N. M. Lathanl.Mo. Boy Notinarmy. Sandy Bruce,b.C. Col'd, old employé Notinarmy,R. Elias Polk, Tonn. . Col'd serv. P. Polk Notinarmy. G. C. EUison, N.Y. .. In Fed. army. J.McClensey,K.Y. In Hexicanwar.. Notinarmy. CA. Stuart, Cal . . . . In Fed. navy. J. II. Hogers, N. Y. . . Not in arniy. Eppa Norria, Mo.. . . In Cou. army. P. M. Higgins, Pa. . . Not in army. H. J. Davenp't.Tex .. ;tn Fod. ariny. II. C. BoUnd, 111. Senta BUbstitnte. 1 Not in army. Law. J. Riley, O . , . . In Fed. army. T. McKag, N. Y . . . . Not in army. yf. Lcaeh, N.O... ._. Nottnarm}-. S1IMMU7, In the Federal army. . . 0 From Northern States.,32 Enlistcd in the Federal From Sonthern States.. 13 army aud rejected ... 1 From BorderStaieg. .. .10 Tn the Federal navy. . . 2 From Dist. of Colombia 5 In the Federal service, . 2 - InthoConfederatoanny 0 Toial 60 In the Confcd. service. 1 Democrats 53 Not in either army 35 Republicana 7 Total 00 Total 60 The World publishod on the 2i day of August a f uil official liat of every appointmont made by the Doorkeoper of tlie House, giving name, ijtato, political status, and the oatli taken. From this statement tho following rocapitulation is publiahed : Whole number of appolntmenta made by I.. Fitzuuglv Doorkeeper tiouso Kepreseutatlves, Forty-f ourth Congress 123 Number new appointments from Union army 35 Numbor new appointmenis from Confedérate army 10 Number new appointments from Mexican war . 2 Nnmber new appointmehtB taking ironcladoath 109 Numbcrnow appointuientötakinii modifled oath 14 123 Numlx-r new appoiutments that are colorad 11 The irou-clad oath is taken by Union soldiers and Union men. The niodïfled oath is taiien by those who were in tho Confedérate army, or who were ín conuection with tho rebelliou. For Jauuary, 1874, thcre were on tho pay-rollB of the former Doorkoeper of tho lïouso of Repreaentatives 153 appointeos. Of these, from tho best information to be had from a reliáble soldier of tlie old api)ointmeut, and now a new appointee, there were eighteon Union BoliKers of the 153 appointmente. To further ahow tho unfairneas of tho Timet' correspondent. In the Clerk's depurtment ho Sublishes the namoa of ninetcen Uuiou aoliers who have boen diaplaced, andopposito ho gives tho naines of individúala purpoi'úug to bo appointed iu their severil placee, without stating whetlier they were in tho Union army or not. Fo illustrato : L. Reinuuuo r. U. Franett. lieinburg'ti namo innmall capp ; Francia' isiu itaüc. Tlio writer sayrt that Hoinbnrg, a L'iiiou aoldicr, wns turnod out, and bis placo glveu to FianciB, a Confedéralo. Thia ia nut truo. Hoinburg'a ulaoo waa giveu to Joaoph M. Browu, of Jiicliigan, who ei ved in the Union army from 1861 to 18G7. Again: L. T. Mii.lkk (Ico. C Ellieon. The asüerkion here is that Millos was in the Union army and Ellison wah not, wben tho truth is EUison, who took MOler'a phico, waa alao in the Uuion army. Again : J. P. Simmons ".,,, T. Rafïorly. F. Bai.i.inuf.k T. McKay. öiuiiuoua' [Iruü wwj givcu ty Ileury C. lioland and Balliuger's to L. J. Kuil ley, botli Uniou soldiers. Tuese facts speak for themselves, aud öhow Lhat the Times' tablo was eimply a eunningly deviBftd fo-laebnndv which wfia spread broadcast foï the soie purposo of etirring up sectional Btiife in the interest of the party. The figures prove that in the Clork's and Doorkeeper's departments the Democratie House appointed the same number of Ifnion soldiers out of a smaller number 'of appointments, and ihat a larger percentage of all thcir appoiiittneuta were I'uion soldier than tho appolntmeats of their Hepublican predflOPHHovp;. J?oürth; The Clerk, Mr. Adama, tiaa been mder investigation, and of tho charges of corrnptlon has been acqnitted, no doubt desorvedly. A comniitteo sü.l has bef ore it a resolntien of inquiry whethcr Artains bas not labóred to oppösö tho legialation of th House relativo to the reduction of his owu saiary. 'l'üift hï admita hi ft wn?, vat the ooniruiUee bae not reportod any citndfiiinritioii of fluch uctlo;. Thia fling at Mr. Adama ia about aa mean as it could wt'll be made. Forced to admit that he was acquittod of the charge of corruption, it atill Hoeks to leavo the irapression that Mr. Adama had done aomething wrong, and had especiully labored to prevent the roduction of hiB owu ealary. Thi charge ia uttovly falte, aud the writer ought to havo knov.n that no such reaolution of inrtuiry as ho put forth for & act was ever introdiieMMr. Adaüib néver oppoaea nor auihorized, neither requeated any one topppose, tlie reduction of hia own salary. He aid oppoao the roduction of tho forco in hia ofÜco to.the etent propoaed at Örst by the cbmmlttoe, hècaüao lic was Of the opinión tbatthe public service would eujffer thereby, This was the height bf his off onding, and tho committeo, through ita Chairman, Mr. Waite, a Bepublican, reported that Mr. Adama did no more than hia duty therein. But if Adams did wrong in oppoeing the reduction. of Jiis forcu f rom sixW-two po thirty-eight, it ill Worneft tlie tlepUbllcans to vicmpiain. ï'or, if he was wrong in opposing it, they were certainly wrong in retaining twenty-four men ou their pay-rolta more tlian were needed. McPhcrwon and the RepubKcan House chought that aixtytwo men were neceseary in the Glerk's office, and retained and paid that number, wüile Mr. Adams recommended a rw.iuction of eight in hie fore and aBo ïi tho expense oí hia oMcá. Vifth: Tho vetaran journal clerk, John M. Barclay, wlio had held the positton for thirty years, and was still a moiít valuabJe oíncer, was forced to resign, and his assistant, J. W. Clayion, was dismissed. Ono C. H. Smith, of New Hampshire, waa appointod to succeed Harclay, and proved to be not ouly inrapable but diekooes. The önly tï-ouule with this charge ia that ite two Bontencee contain two falaehooda. Barclay was not forced to reaïgn, and Smith wae not proven either incapable or diahonest. Clayton waa dismise&d for good and aufficient cause ; eo aleo wore some othera of Barolay's old assoiates, whereat Mr. Barcïay took umbralo and reeipned. So faraehobiinaeli was coiicerned, Mr, Adatüsüotonlydid not intiniate to kiril that '.';nationwa8do9ired,bufc, dn tbë.contrary, gaVé hmi to understand that he Wou la be reappointed. Mr. Smith waa appointed from New England on high recommendationa, proved himself honeet, capable and courteoua, and waa acqmtted by the committeo which investigated him of all ohargea of corruption or even of wrong intent. He eimply committed an indiscretion, and had manliood enough to resicu as BoOn aa lie foúná oiit bis miatake, in order to avoid any reproach upan his office. Sixth: The Buccesaor of Clinton Lioyd as Chief Clerk in the office of the Clerk of tho House is Oreen Adams, tho iincle of the Clerk, Adama- a case of nenotism reyerfled. Oreen Adams was formcrly Auditor of the Trcasufy foï the í'ostofilce Department. Whl)8 in that poeltion, tho Chiof Clork, Sharrelts, aold waste paper to the value of $5,392.76, and paid to Green Adama out of the amount $2.617.68. Neither Sharrctta not Adams eer ftccounl&d for tlie möney tlll büth were out of offiót;. Whcn thefactsweie partially discovcred throügh thê man who bougbt the paper, Sharrette refuuded $2,345.24, and turned over Green Adams' receipts for the remaiuder to the amoiint stated above. Adanis mates a Ion? statement, which is in effect that ho was informed by Sharretts that this money had beep kept by th(j Auriitrtrs becaüse thefe was no f oüd into wliich ii cöuld bft received in the Treasury Department, aud Sharretts said, " If you pay it to aiiy person, pay it to your successor in office." But öharretts had neverheard of this money belng paid over except by one Auditor. Adams had infanded to pay the mohejr over to his fuinRPor, hak went home befo hiB euccessor was appointed. These f acts apyeftt in the public records, and f how that the present Cnief Clerk is eithor not a very houest man or not a very competent offlecr. Adams is also an ex-member of the House. Hero, again, the Times man üa3 egregioualy blundered. He ought to have known, and if he did notf ought at least to hnve nrüited the esplanation with the charge that wheh the charge waa flrst made, Mr. Green Adama sent the following full explauation in a letter to Speaker Kerr : In the year 18641 resigüed the offico of Sixth Auditor of (he Trtiasury for the puiposo of accepting the oltice of treasury ageut for the purchase of product s of insurrectionary atatea, at Naslivilïe, Teun., and huniedly left for the performance of tho dtities Of the new ofilco to which I had been appoiutea, without xnaking or pretending to maie any final eettlement of my accouuts with my successor, who hatl not then been sppointed, and who I had crood reasoD to believe would not be appointed for ome time thercafter; leaving, howevor, on file ín the Auditor's oífleo, oveí my own Bigraturet receipts for ail inoneys reoeived by me on account of waste paper or otherwiso. After the lapse of soine time an Auditor was appotnled, who found on file my receipts, and, reported ti the then Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Feseenden, that there was a balance due from nao to the office, and thoreupon, my attentiou being called to the fact, the amouut dne from me to the office was prouiptly paid over to my successor and his receipt taken therefor. From that time to this I am not aware that any one has ever geriously charped me with anything improper in conncctlon with this matttr; and, whatever may be the Btispicions of oihers, it is certain that Mr. Fessenden, who was then Secretary of the Trcasnry, and was cognizant of all tbe facts, never chargod or even euspectcd ruo of ny impropricty or attempted impropriety in tlüs counection, but on the contrary manifeated his entiro confidence in my integrity and uprightness of cliaracter by retaiulug me ín he responsible office of purchasing agent, and placing to my credit largo sums of money to bo used by me for the Government. I have thought proper to state this much in explauation of the matter thus alluded to, and respectfully request in jiiBtice to xnyaolf that this communication be laid before tho House of Representa ti ves. I am not conscious of ever haviug appropriated to my own use any mouey belonging to tbe Government, and will esteem it a favor to have thoroughly investigated any charge of this kind which anyone may see proper to make against me. Very respectfully, Greek Adams. Furthennore, Mr. Adama, although now a Democrat, waa at the time he was appointed Sixth Auditor a Kepublicau, a wann fnond of Abraham Lincoln, a trnsted otncial under Secretary Fessenden. By tho latter he was made Special Treaaury Agent to purebase suppHes, and by him was retained in that important office and aliowed to handlo large sums of Government mouoy, after FesHenden knew al] about the mattere referred to in these chargo. As the case stands, therofore, tbe Republicana have their choice of eithor hom of the dilemma. They must either allow that Mr. Adams is both capable and honeet, or that Lincoln and Fessenden, two of the purest and groatest part} leaders they havo over bad, cendoned and retained in office a disbonest meínber of their own party. The Times chooBes the latter horn, perhape from force of habit Sevcnth : The engineer, Kllison, jh under invesfigation on variuus charges, and no report has been made. Ii WOold rt-quire moro sparo to eet forth the nature oi the charges affectiog bis character than is warranted by tho im]jortauce of his poeition. The greatesi troublc with him is his incompetence. Mr. Hewitt who originally recommended EltiBon, withdrew hi ïfcommeudation ou discovering, by inquiriei of his own, that Ellison did uot kno# there was any difference betweeü a high-prcBnure andalow-prossuro eugiue, aud could not expiain wbat lo would do i] ho found the water in the boiler had become too low. Eliiso wan ufterward put through a compotitive cxiiiiiination, and camo out at the hoad, ant was appointed. It is commonly Hiippo'd that In was "crammed" for the occasion, and knew wh.U qucHtioiiB to expect. That he was incompetent was Rhown by tho couditlon of the air in the Uousc whtch never was so bad before, though tho machtr.ery reniaiuH unchangcd. The result of the investigaron is unlínowo. As the Times iutimates, this game ia hardly worth the powdor, but amall as it is it was not too íiioali to form the foundation for throo or four oampaign lies. Clerk Adams, not being a pract:cal eugincer, wroco a ehort noto to Mr Woo'J, Chief Engiueor of tho Navy, a man whom he did not know and a Bepublican, aakíug if lie would examino the candidatos. Mr. Wood kindiy conaentod, ëIHöoii with Hovera others was cxamined, and hore is the ofticia resulf; Navy Dkfartment, BUKEAU OP STEAM ENaiNEEKINoA Wamhinotun, Jannary 2fi, 1Í176. J Hon. G?o. M. Aitanis, Clerk House of Representa ti ves: Snt : I have the honor to inform you íhat the fol lowing persons have bd n exaininod- having preeented your authority llierefor- for Ihe poeition ol Engineer of tho íleatinfí and Ventilatiug Dejartmont of tho Hourc of Heprouontativos. Tho examination was wriítn and partly oral, anc after itn coucIiikíou was fiubinittcd to four competent engincer oílioers, unaequaintod with the caudidates, and their valúes deUrinined in eacb caso. The averages of the markt, after being ascortained, have deteriuíned the values of the soveral cx.iiiiíhatiOüR {in each case) to ba as follows, tlin Iowesi nu libera oppoeite the respective ñames having the greatnt value : Geo. C. JllïUon. L; O. W. Gcddís, 2 ; Chas. A. Stewart, 9; Jan. McGIem-y, i. Gapt. Tucker declined oxaminution. It wlll, tliPreforo.be pppii that Mr. Geo. 0. Ulison wu Connd, of all the candidatos exftmtsed, to havo beso best qusllflod for the posltton of Eugiueerof t 'io Heattng Depuvtment ei' the House of IteprescntatlveB, I anj, sir, rrpp-ctinliy your obe h 'it eervant, Wm. W. W. WOOD, Qtalef cf Bureau Btdtn EaglAeeriofi Navy Dept. Mr. Hewitt had said to Clerk Adams that Bomo replies mado to him by Elliaou had oacnaed hipa to dintruöt somewiiat bis ability, but he alno said that if he could paas a ucceBsful ex&minatiojï btforo IIr. Wood hia (Howitt's) recomraondutioii tihould stand. If Eilinon was (ïrammed, Wood, a Ropublican oJncer, crammed him. If auy fault attaché, it cannot be to AdtioiB, who did uH that auy honost, prudent man con ld do Oregon is now piiblishing forty-fivo newspaperfl, and WusJiington Tcmtory fiüvcnk'cu,