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FOUGHT FOR SOUTH

Confederate Veteran MakesStartling Statement

FARRAGUT SO INCLINED

Paper Declares They Applied inEarly Part of Strife

Grent Soldier Then n Cnpinln Saidto Have Gone to Jefferson llnAlsAfter Being Angered by Governorof Illinois Sen Fighter Ucclnrcrtto Hnve Joined withThomas

Baltimore Nov 9An crack in theConfederate Veteran the oAVial organof the Confederate Veterans in whichthe writer says that Gen Grant Ad-

miral Farraguti and Gen George ILThomas applied to President JeffersonDavis for commission in the Coaledorate service is attracting wide interestand has been exhauatlvely discussed atthe meetings of the camp

The author o the article Is Capt A LDerosset of Wilmington N C He

as his original authority Judge Robert OUId of Richmond Va who was thecommissioner of exchange of prisoners

n tho part of the Confederate StatesLetter in State MiiNcnm

Cape Derosset says Chalaronwho is the cu todi n of the LooteianHistorical Association has charge ofthe State Museum has In hte poaaeaafenthe letters which he sakl Gen GrantAdmiral Farrag t and Gen Thomaswrote to Mr Davis After the referenceto the effort to exchange prisoners whichGen Grant refused Capt Deroaaet continues

Gen Grant at that period of the warwas ROt as well known as afterward andI was naked by Judge OoM if I badheard of the life history of Gen GrantReplying tbat I had Ute judge whowas apparently In a reminiscent moodsaid that during the Mexican war GenGrant was promoted for gmJiantry duringaction and became a captain of artillery

Air Pierce was elected President of thoUnited States In 192 and appointed Jef-ferson Davis his Secretary of War Laterat the suggeetion of Mr Davis the thenCapt Grant resisted from the UnitedStates army and lived afterward in II-

llnolsUpon the secession of the Southern

StAtes in January lid Capt Grant ajpUed to the governor ofltHflTl f r Acommission to raise a regiment to servein thft United States army war then be-

ing the talk Ins request for a eontrmission ignored at that time ibid

Mr JefiCteraon Davia having beeninaugurated Provisional President of theConfederate States at iroiitgomery Alaon January 18 18M he wrote caking fora commission in the Confederate army

Story FliulK SupportWhile in New Orleans some time Ago

the article continues I mentioned theincident to CoL He told me myInformation was correct and that lie hadin his posseslon the original letterCapt Grant late of the United StalesArmy to Sir Davis making the requestbut that in accordance with the terms ofSir Davis will the correspondence couldnot be published until two years after thedeath of Mrs Davis

Further tho colonel told me that hehad also letters to Mr Davis from Admiral Farragut and from Gen George EL

Thomas each applying for commiaalonsin the Confederate service I have Hentold that the wife of each dteauaded himfrom his purpose of resigning fromFederal service

PRIMA DONNA STABBED

BrennIcrGInnoIl WonndIn Wrlt Diirinpr Performance

New York Nov m World saysthis Sunday morning that Mme Bress-lerGIanoll the prima donna was acci-dentally slightly stabbed yesterday after-noon during the performance of Carmen at tho Manhattan Opera House

The singer who took the title role tevery nearsighted and at the point whenDon this occasion Dalmoresthe tenor rushes at Carman to stab herfailed to step aside as receivedthe dagger point in the wrist The cur-tain was quickly rung down and thewound which appeared to be severe wasdressed

Dalmores was nearly prostrated thoughno blame attached to him

PITY THE POOR NEIGHBORS

This Piano Player Mnwt CertainlyHave n Mean Disposition

Cincinnati Ohio Nov 9 J Mbury of New York at 9 oclock tonightcompleted the feat of playing a piano

local musical establishment for twentyfive hours and fortyfive mintues withouta stop a 5peord it is claimed that hasnever been equaled

Judges of his stunt declarebury never left the piano or stopped play-ing for a moment He was fed by hillwife as sat at the instrument

KILLED BY FAST TRAIN

Aged Couple in llnisrsry lilt by Pennwylvnnln Passenger

Fort Wayne Ind Nov 8 FredericKuchelhorm and wife while passing thePennsylvania Railroad track Just east ofhere In a buggy were struck by a fastpassenger train and killed

They wore about sixtyfive years old

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Every Saturday and Sunday All trainsboth ways both except Royalited City offices 1417 and 619

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DOLLIVER JOINS IN PIGET

Junior Senator Will Aid Alllitoii toRctniii Illn Sent

Dos Maine Nov 9 United States Sen-

ator J P DoUtver has ontorod the tightfor the reelection of his venerable col-

league William B Allison This meansthat he hue made a deliberate choice be-

tween Allison and Gov A B Cumminswho is an avowed candidate for the AlItoon succession although the fronds ofthe latter have intimated co Dolllvor thatlie must keep his hundf off or suffer theconsequences at a later date

That Dolllver Is not tvorried over hisown political fortunes la vldenced bythe announcement today that on Monday evening November 35 he vwlll openthe Allison campaign at Council Bluffswhere before a newly organised AllisonClub of several hundred members liewill speak on The life and public serv-

ices of Senator William B AllisonThe opening of the Senatorial campaign

thus early is accepted as an indicationthat the contest will be an earnestSenator Allison hose health seemhave been completely restored will takethe stump in his own behalf next summer but will hit interests In thehands of bis friends until after the ad-

journment of CongressFew believed that Dolllvor would head

the warning to keep out of tire tight asthe friendship between the two IowaSenators has existed from DoHversearliest appearance in public

I BRADLEY

TO TELL HER STORY

Trial on Murder Charge liegins Tomorrow

INSANITY TO BE PLEA

Story of Killing of Former Sen-

ator Brown Revived

Promises to Ite One of theMost Innif iiH Contented In City if

IIH Private AfTnirN ofAucnscil AVonuiii and Shelulled ttc iMia Bare Ileforcthe Jin1 Prisoner Talks

Tomorrow morning in Criminal CourtNo 1 before Justice Stafford the be-

ginning of the hnpaneMagr of a Jury willtake place In a case that promJBM tobecome one of the moat famous evertried here In this daft the private lifeof an exSenator of the United Statesand loader of tho bar of lab Stale andthat of bhrpaj moati vwho deaerted loomsad frtenda for will bo laid heirs

For needy a year Mrs Annie MBradley has occupied a cell In the Distriet JaJl charged with the murder ofArthur M Brown the man whom sheOeelad she loved better than oneelse in the world and whom though halies now in a stave In Salt Lake Citysent there by Her Mad she sun de-

clares wile lovedMrs Bradley Journeyed almost aero

the continent from SItU Lake to WaahIngUm grid on her arrival in title citytook a cab at railroad station andwent to the Raleigh Hotel where Brownwas stopping std registered as lIraA Brown arriving about S oclock inthe morning She was assigned to aroom and that afternoon the hotel man-ager who had been attracted by hearing two shots found Senator Brownwounded in hla apartments with MrsBradley standing by a table upon whichlay a revolver Brown was prostrate onthe floor his head resting on a pilloxvHe had a wound In the lower part ofstomach and one In his right hand

Not Brown WifeThe manager of the hotel Mr Talty

asked the woman if she was the strickenmans wife

No she replied and started to saysomething when tho manager ordered herto leave the room

But continued the small shabbilydressed woman with disheveled hairam the mother of his children

Then salt Mr Talty you maystay

The reason that led Manager Talty toallow the woman to remain In the roommay exercise a powerful Influence overtho Jury that will tic called upon to saywhether Mrs Bradley shall go free orpay the extreme penalty of the law Shehits been indicted for murder In the firstdegree the penalty for which is death bythe hangman

The conditions that brought about andled up to the fatal meeting of OIlS Brad-ley and Senator Brown In the lattersapartments in the Raleigh will bd airedIn full at Ute trial From what has already been published It is certain theliaison which existed between BrownMrs Bradley was notorious in Salt LakeCity and once brought both before acriminal court

Senator Brown went to Salt Lake Cityin the early STs and It has always beencommon gossip that he went to ob-tain a Utah divorce from his Michiganwife a woman of the most estimablecharacter Some time after Miss IsabelCameron the woman who became idssecond wife loft Kalamazoo and went toSalt Lake whore the marriage took place

Brown left a lucrative law practice inKalamazoo and established another inUtah He identified himself with politicsand as a Republican was elected as oneof the States first Senators when Utahentered the Union drew the shortterm however and only occupied thetreat In the Senate about one year

some time In January 1SD6 and wassucceeded in March 1SS7 by SenatorRawlins a Democrat

Mrs Brndlcys GirlhoodMrs Bradley whoa a girl went to Salt

Lake with her parents they having livedin Denver and Kansas City When youngshe married a man by the name of BratIcy by whom she had children Thismatch seemed to have proved unhappyfor It was not long before she and her

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GOMPERS STRIKES

BACK AT CRITICS

Vigorous Defense AgainstAttack on A F of L

A MASS OF DOCUMENTS

National ManufacturersSeverely Scored

Charges Hint Detectives Spies andHlrullncn lime Deen Boxy inmeiitliiK Trouble l y ConcoctingUcfc UN to the Action of LaborVnionH Iemlier lays DnrcRecord of Jinn AlHiluvit

In an Interview yesterday Mr Samuel A Goraperg president of Nth Amarlcan Federation of Labor rdpHed to theattack upon himself the oMcors ottho Federation and the managementof the Federationist And tncMeatKl tehis reply President Gompers promnMa asensation nt the annual convention ofthe American Federation of Laborwhich opens In Norfolk Ya tomorrow

Public sentiment will be shocked hesays at the revelations of the mathoflcemployed by the spies and agents of theManufacturers Association

An Opportune TimeThis attack by the meats of the

Manufacturers Jiaaoclatioa uponthe officers of the American Federationof Labor could not come at a more op-portune time than met before our

conventio-nIt have directly the opposite ef-

fect from that intended Instead of sowittfT and Alarupting our forties

conceatrats their energy upon defonstve measures

While I might personally prefer tolet my life work speak for itaeif as

honesty and loyalty to the movementI have the honor to repraacat yet suchacv ous sad lying attacks cannot bepaused over la silence by the labor movement of the country and we feel thatthe general Imp ahould be given thetruth

That our opponent descend to personalabuse shows the low character of thecampaign they are conducting That theyhad to so trek stxtea years to fabricate-a charge against my honesty Is stgnifl

tor I have been under public scruti-ny alt the years since

I shall make a special statement inregard to the attacks by the rationalManufacturers Awoplaikm at thefolk convention of the American Pedenuriot of Labor next Monday hi additionto what I say in my aimuai report Wehave la our oflk a rasa of moat loureating and oemneute whichthrow light on the methods anti motivesand personality of those who have Inetlgated these recent I shall laymuch of this information oefore the Norfolk convention

KJmuicrJiiK with Hc cntment-TR unions of the country have been

with resentment since we In-

formed them of the real purp6sf forwhich Ute Maaufacturerr Associationil6M X war fund was to be used I

an editorial In the American Federatkmhit last July and another In Sip

stating that the fund would beWiled in an attempt to vllltfy and discredit tits oflictals of our movementdetectives and spa were already swarmlag around our unions not only tryingto get information but busUy engaged infomenting trouble and concocting asto the actions of such unions theirmembers Xy editorials were based OR

actual information A symposium In ourSeptember issue contributed by our mostprominent labor officials showed thatthey too realized the character offight against us This recent attackthe officers of the American Federationof Labor is the proof to our members ofhow accurately we foretold the action ofthe National Manufacturers AssociationThey have made a very poor job of itThey have to go back sixteen years inorder to find any peg upon which theycan hang a possible suspicion

The man Rice who makes affidavitof having paid and received certainmoney from Samuel Gompers is a manwho was formerly an advertising solicitoremployed by the American Federation ofLabor He was dismissed fOr dishonestyWo have records in our office to provethis After his dismissal by the A Fof L he traveled through variousStates getting out fake souvenirs andsimilar publications cheating business-men and lining his own pockets throughhis false assertion that he was the agentof the A F of L We usuallyproof of his rascality after he had

the scene of operations so proeecutlon was difficult

Advertising PrivilegeRices statements as to the amounts

paid the A F of L for the advertisingprivileges of its annual publication fronttho years 1S80 to 1968 are net only Incorrect as to the amounts paid but hoomits the Important fact that such sumsasjie did pay were expended for the

and not for my personal useThe records of the A F of L show thatthese sums received from the sale of theadvertising privilege of our annual

were used to buy office furnitureand to get out plates for some of ourearlier pamphlets It must betiered that the Federation was up to 1808a comparatively new organization

to get an equipment for its organfairs and educational work

Mr and his confederates perverted the original Idea of the A F of Lsouvenir publication and both before andafter our magazine was established theysystematically plundered both the busi-ness men and the local labor movementin various sections oC the country

At our 1901 convention of thetion held at Scranton Pa our executivecouncil sidled special attention to tiledeceptive publications which were illegal

using the name of the A F of L andasked and received authority to prosecuteany persons who published souvenirs

or other publications in whichthe A F of L was alleged as theficiary This wiped out the generalto some extent but Rice and his confederates thon turned their attention togetting out fake souvenirs alleging Stateand city central bodies as the beneficlaries Their swindles were even then

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American Weight for Distance Standard Lowered

WOMAN PASSENGER 1BOARDc-

Mwel Pn p Directly Over Fortsand JInkei Discovery of HiddenGun Phllndclphin to New YorkConsumed Xenr Five Hourn GotlinniLights Are from Clon l

New York Nov ft Tha gmat Gormanbalteo Pomnwa vhkh w theLotos iueO r trip todayDr 3

and ouiorf Bim an KamiTIM tart was made first Phlladalpoiii a4-

il oclock Dr Thomas said at the timethat he was hams to Now York Sureenough at flue minutes before oclock

sWp news experts at the Batterysighted a stnuige craft heaving in sightover Governors Island They speared herto Jw the Pommera front Philadelphiatoe New York in battast and guessedright

After passing wee the tort at QoremorsIsland tIM bfcUoen heW to a ooarae upUte East River paaaiag directly seer theUrookljn Bridge held to a contra Alongthe Long Island shore sheaf Ioclock Dr Thomas party effected alanding at Htth street and Woetcheateravenue the Bronx

AR hour afterward Dr and Mr Thom-as were back In their apartment sadthe doctor was teling of his experiencesas manly and with aa much interest asthough ho had been discussing uncookedfood

Thomas Tells of TripDr yhomae said We

N started at 11oclock from the gas works at potsBreeze The balloon was equipped withtwentythree bags of ballast weighingaltogether sixty pounds The six pas-sengers weighed about a thousandpounds I announced before 1 startedthat I would go to New York but theballoon was managed by Herr Erbsiochand the credit for the remarkable tripshould be given to German methods

We started frpm Philadelphia andlanded in the Bronx but we could havegone on all night as we had a full hailof our ballast left The trip which iswell a hundred miles Is the longestever made in America with so muchweight on board

When we ascended at Point Breeze theair current took us directly over

We passed directly abovePenns monument almost touching itThe highest point we reached was about4000 feet Above 1060 feet the air currentsset toward the northeast Below that thewind blew toward the north

New York or NowhereIn our flight we paralleled the Penn

sylvanin Railroad nearly all of tho wayWe could have In New Jersey

found ourselves approaching the seabut I had said New York and I was will-ing to chance something to reach It andMrs Thomas backed me up For a shorttime I was in doubt as to our exact positlon but I recognized the town of MatLeawan in New Jersey and knew that wewere keeping pretty close to our course

At one point In New Jersey the wiiMidied away and settling near thewe traveled o slowly that a country ladkept pace with us for nearly half an hourand gave us pointers as to our

When we sighted the ocean it tooknerve to decide to go on However wehad plenty of ballast left and aftersome found a wind that woulddrift us toward New York When Vftpassed over the forts we able tocount ten batteries where I understandbut one Is visible from the waterwere able to take pictures of theterles at both Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth We could easily have droppedmissiles on Fort Hamilton

Sec Lights from on HighAt first I planned to land at the

but Broadway Just lighting upand we could not resist the temptation tofly over the city and see the sights We

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After that we blew on into WestChester tad when we cause to a goodtending place we asked souse boys tocatch our rope The tending waa tiradewithout medent

New London N H Nov S Tbe newStevens baHoon No a which rose hemNorth Adams Mass today descendedhere this evening after covering 175 milea-in the hour

GALLS ROOSEVELT JEALOUS

Railrnnil Sinn Civoj forof In God AV Trust

New York Nov f Ansel OppenheOBvice president of the Chicano Greatera Railroad ODOUMUIX was at the WaiarfAaioria toabjht FIe knows all

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KILLS LANDLADY AND SELF

RnfTalo Carpenter UseJi Hatchet andItnzor In Ilin D nilly Work

Buffalo N Y Nov 9Wietdtejc atethers hatchet with deadly effectShreve Yager a carpenter this aftercoda killed Mrs Stephen Debmier fiftyyears of ae tad then committed suicideby slashing his throat with a raaor

Yager was a roomer w a lodging houseconducted by the woman and yesterdaythey had a quarrel the cause of which teunknown

URGE WATTSRSON FOR SENATE

Kentucky Democrats Expected toOppose Gov Beokham

With lid of Republicans the BoltersCould ISaslly Control the

Legislature

Loutevtne Ky Nov Friends of-

Henrj ratter are urging him as ean-

Mate against Gov J C W Beckfor the United States Senate

That there is a strong seattment amongKentucky Democrats to knifethere Is no doubt Many hold him

for the partys defeat at thoteat election His treatment of Waiteson te declared by potttJctens to havecost Ute Democratic ticket 9009 votes

Though a Republican governor waseisctod the legislature remains Democratks on joint ballot end a Senator ofthat party will be chosen It was takesfor granted that Beckham would be thechoke This Is now regarded ae uncer-tain

MME GOULD MARRIED

Paris Hears She Was Wedded toCount Bonis Conslii Last WeekPurls Nov 3 It is now positively

stated hero that Mme Gould andthe Prince Hells de Sagati Count Bonide Casteilanes cousin were married iaLondon about a week

information is available fromneither of the parties but a formal an-nouncement of the wedding te expectedin a few days

PERSIAS PIXEST PRODUCTIONSAT SLOAXS 1407 G ST

The most valuable and finestcollection of Oriental Rugs and Carpetsever shown in Washington be soldthe Sloan Galleries 1467 G St this weekwith exhibition tomorrow and Tuesdayand sale the three following at 11a m and 3 m This most importantcollection has been by MrNucabablan a wellknown local expert inair the Oriental weaves consequently buy-ers are doubly protected in buying at thissale as other than Mr Nucababiansjudgment the house of Sloan Co standready and will make good any representa-tions concerning any rug bought at thissale Both firms are thoroughly wenknown locally thus guaranteeing to purchasers entire atthe Sloan Galleries 1407 G st tomorrowmorning

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Cincinnatis Leader Tells ofTuesdays Election

SARCASTIC IN REFERENCE

Snyi Victory Won WithoutTaft Indorsement If Any One Hnxpeen Bliminntetl It Is Bnrion Ao-tFornker Thinks Sick LonprvrorthWill Get Foreign Mission

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elootloit for uiuiHtlpal oAc c ta Ctactecalf on Tueaday and sail

Oar candidate Leopold MarkbreK hadttfW votes Mayor Decapsey the Demo-crat 2XMI votes and Frank L a PfaJCwIlD mayor under Deaapae re-

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XLOt votes When Dempsey raaie ta twoyears am he turned out 3JN of our Bepubikaa B Bnhola ri Alter January 1

it will come oar turn to turn out Denp-aeys onVehotoers

Oar victory was accomptishcd withoutthe indoraeaaent by the county orgaatzadoll of wry Taft for PresidesInto the campaign Perhaps the nrarrritapproach to national femes factthat Nick Loagworth Vedntd at ourconvention

How b Senator FatmJoarI saw him m Cincinnati a couple of

days ago replied Mr Cox He is hiexcellent health and was to start forWashington today I havent heard anytalk within the teat thirty or sixty daysof the elimination of Foraker have

Foreign Mission forA feY words were said about the re-

ported ambition of Representative Longworth to succeed Foraker or CharlesDick in the United States Senate Ohthats alt talk and nothing more

Mr Cox for aa I understand thesituation Nicks fatherinlaw before hegoes one hi to give him a foreign mis-sion

The conversation then turned to Repreeeatatrve Barton Just defeated formayor of Cleveland by Mayor Tour LJohnson and the reputed ambition of-Mr Burton to auecrod eitheror Dick m the United States Senate

I guess thats all ended now said3Ir Cox for as I understand the sit-uation m Cleveland Mr Burton wasnominated for mayor by the expresswishes of the President Secretary Taftand Secretary GarfleW sad had Mr Bur-ton won he would without doubt havebeen in line for either or Dicksseat hi the Senate But if there has beenany elimination in Republican Ohio polltics I urn afraid tha Mr Burton insbeen the man who has been eUmtoatedfrom any further consideration as a pos-sible United Senator to succeedeither Foraker or Dick

Mr Cox asked concerning the del-egates at large for Ohio next year tothe national convention and what proportion of the district delegates front theState would be for Taft It is too earlyto tart about that replied Mr Cox

but as I understand the situation with-in a week or so the Republicans of Ohioare to take up that matter and lookInto it thoroughly The financialties in the East Middle West and theWest will have very much to do hi com-ing to a conclusion

Tries to Interview ReporterNow youve asked me a lot of ques-

tion let me ask you on or two Sev-

eral days before I left Cincinnati I heardthat the New York State Republicansand otters had come to a hard andfast understanding by which the Presi-dent wits not agrfin to be a candidatebut that he was to succeed either Plattor Depew In the United States SenateDo you know anything about that Ifthat is not true te the President to

a majority of the New York Statedelegation to the national conventionFinally Is the President working for arenomlmulon

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CALL FOR REFORM

District Accounts Disorganized Under Present Plan

ATTACKED BY AUDITOR

Bookkeeping Method Scored inIsis Annual Report

Payment of Appropriation Fund byDepartment Criticised

by Sir TTreedcIe an an Injustice toDistrict Taxpayers Xece Ity for aCentral Office to Be Responsible forAll Moneys Disbursed Pointed Out

The iJtetriet accounting under thepresent system ia dtoocgftateed each

operating along separate andin dap end eat MEM In order to estab

thorough eat accurate systemof aecottvdag and analytical bookkeeptne which wilt extend to everybook of record which hi any way

tidier the receipt or expenditureof public funds or public wealth ItwW be aeeeaaary to place the respon-sibility or the mfrtahwrton of suchsystem upon seae one otace gluingto that once the neceaaary authority-to operate sal control the nameIn those words Abase Tweedaie audi-

tor of the Dtetriet in Ills annual reportte the riiimiitealiiiii for tile hu fiscalyear attacks the method of keepingbooks which began to TK mad has noMea thoroughly Improved auwe thattine Mr Tweedafe te careful to concealin the language of official utterance thecontempt which he evidently feels forsystem of keying huge accounts whichhas become so with the

bosmess of later years that theauditors once is ore of the hardestworked sections of tin municipal service

Mr Tweed has been auditor for oneyear-

nriaor postdoa so that ho know whereofbe speaks He proeeeda m vigoroushMgoage to prove daft tart recom

the systemwhiev would brteig it within the purviewof aaria auag0itt uptodate method f-

hjenftag accounu which wM recommendKaetf to say tatelltejient accountant

District Lose ControlAltar grneral criUtJaai of the system ir

roans Mr Tweedaie saysi oaunnrtiTrn with the control of

the attaualiiijj the District attentaM to fnvKed ta the fact that quitea terge part of District appropriationsae paid annually by disbursing offlcroether than the dteburslng officerthe District upon vouchers wiJch

audited and approved Toy theaudtter The result of this system is

the District loses accountingcontrol over the moneys so paidMr Tweedaie enumerates twenty

seven expenditures went of them in larsamerce which thus pass out of th-

hanfff of the municipal bookkepe jThese Hews include payments of s K

ries to wart Justices expenditures for ttwo reform schools the Washingtonacqneduet lid Itajhttec of public grounds

Contteuiae Mr Tweedaie says

due occastoasd hy this method ofexpenditure I tactic attention to thcharge for the Maryland Institution ofthe Bond which represents moneys tint

Departt out of the permanent annual in-

definite approprhUtoa toe that purposewithout caions apoa the District authori-ties hi any way to pay the bills or evennotifying when the payment hadbeen made The consequence of thismethod of transacting business is that idthis annual statement there is a chargeagainst the District for payments madeto this Institution for the precedingseven years and in addition to thecharge the District te required to pay2 per cent interest on the son of moneyso paid by the Treasury Department Noaccountant however competent can everhope faithfully aadjcorrectiy to statethe actual expenses of the governmentof the District when such a condition Isallowed to exist

Let District Handle MoneyWhile it is recognised that Congress

wisdom has placed certain of thepabtte improvements and the race of public buildings sad grounds under the direc-tion and control of the Federal depart-ments and while the advisability of soplacing this control is sot questioned yetK te bettered If it is the desire of Congrwe that this method of handling ap

should continue that itshould be modified so that abide the di-

rection and control of the expenditureswould remain in the hands of the officerser departments sow risking the expendi-tures the actual payment of the moneyshould be made through the disbursingofficer of the District apes voucherswhich have been oertied and approvedby Ute oJncer having control of the ex-

penditures sad audited by the auditor ofthe District as is now required by law

As an example of the trouble arisingunder the present system I call attentionto the tact that at Ute close of the fiscalyear lB it was discovered that thedisbursing office referred to had in theirpossession large sums of money uponwhich the District was paying 2 per certinterest All this mosey was riot neededfor immediate use but bad beenpreparatory to making payments whichwere about to accrue

TMa resulted a loss to the Districtand appears to be a strong argument ifIn fact it is sot a matter of staple

to the taxpayers for placing the ex-

penditures of the ntoney from Districtappropriations in the hands of the off-icials of the District wbe are acquaintedwith all the provisions of law governingits expenditures sad who are endeavor-ing to operate the finances thereof uponUte most economical basis and in the in-

terests of the taxpayersThe Secretary of the Treasury realiz-

ing the incongruous situation created bythese conditions in forwarding the estl

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