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Show SriNMat, he of the man elous signature, sig-nature, ha been callal upon by several sev-eral Congressmen to answer questions which they have propounded in regard re-gard to how they are to get their back-pay into the United States Treasury and satisfy their constituents. constitu-ents. To ordinary beings this would Bwm by no means difficult. A ple-biuu ple-biuu would simply draw the amount aud return it. Possibly the Congressmen, Con-gressmen, who write Spinner, are anxious to know how they can go through the form of refunding and jtill have a legal claim on their "grab.' And Spinner tells them. He says, first, that the Secretary of the Treasury has decided that the appropriation ap-propriation for salaries, being an independent in-dependent one, must always remain for the purpose . fer which it was made, and otnimt be 'covered'' into the treasury : that is. it can't be ' transferred "by reqiKs'." as Morton trial to manage it. Spinner then adds his own opinion, which is that money thus "covered" into the treasury treas-ury can le reelaimal at any time in the future in many way, even in a statement of heirs, in a suit at law against the Ciu'ied St uvs for money? reeeiod. and he winds up his Utter by the jjiifge-litm that a ?. f'.' :r.A certain way to" clinch ;: c t!.hr-, when a Cuucrev-man to n,akc sure aW'Ut the r. i'c.nhr.;. uni!.' ' t divot oiK-eh'"i')t : m-.A : a,A tcstamcn!. L;inn- : cl. .-;!. :-..i'..in, the love ami n!iitin;, yt'i: ;- rr m;-uativc m;-uativc laud." Spiimer is a luiiinMi-t. |