Mr. Holmes form the Committee on Government Contracts, on Wednesday last submitted the following resolution:
Resolved That Simon Cameron, late Secretary of War by investing Alexander Cummings with the control of large sums of the public money, and authority to purchase military supplies without restriction, without requiring from him any guarantee for the faithful performance of his duties, when the services of competent public officers were available, and by involving the Government in a vast number of contracts with persons not legitimately engaged in the business pertaining to the subject matter of such contracts especially in the purchase of arms for future delivery, has adopted a policy highly injurious to the public service, and deserves the censure of this House.
After debate the resolution was adopted – ayes 75, nays 14.
Mr. Holman’s resolution on the Secretary of the Navy is as follows:
Resolved that the Secretary of the Navy, in the employment of George D. Morgan, without requiring from him any guarantee for the faithful performance of his duties in the purchase of a large number of vessels for the public use with a compensation dependent on the prices paid for such vessels, and receivable from the seller, instead of employing responsible officers of the Government, has adopted a policy unauthorized by law, destructive of public economy and public confidence, and deserving of the censure of the House.
This resolution was rejected, eyes 45, nays 72.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 10, 1862, p. 1
Resolved That Simon Cameron, late Secretary of War by investing Alexander Cummings with the control of large sums of the public money, and authority to purchase military supplies without restriction, without requiring from him any guarantee for the faithful performance of his duties, when the services of competent public officers were available, and by involving the Government in a vast number of contracts with persons not legitimately engaged in the business pertaining to the subject matter of such contracts especially in the purchase of arms for future delivery, has adopted a policy highly injurious to the public service, and deserves the censure of this House.
After debate the resolution was adopted – ayes 75, nays 14.
Mr. Holman’s resolution on the Secretary of the Navy is as follows:
Resolved that the Secretary of the Navy, in the employment of George D. Morgan, without requiring from him any guarantee for the faithful performance of his duties in the purchase of a large number of vessels for the public use with a compensation dependent on the prices paid for such vessels, and receivable from the seller, instead of employing responsible officers of the Government, has adopted a policy unauthorized by law, destructive of public economy and public confidence, and deserving of the censure of the House.
This resolution was rejected, eyes 45, nays 72.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 10, 1862, p. 1
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