New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-04
THE JAPANESE SWTNDLE.
THE MEssRs'. LELAEDS STORY


| To the Editor Of rae Esenin Post
called At The Hetronoh tan HOTEL sgreeably to your
instruction. and was pren ,nted 10 gentleman wiz
whom was not acquainted but VINO, IN rspy W
pquiry, stated that Re was Simeon LELAND, Prn''P~
proprietor. then preser ted my ieeef, nu 90 ..
&c am connected with The Eren'ng fos', @iu J" q"
directed to deliver this note"
Mr.. Leland, having read the note, repned eaS 20"
bill of items had been placed in 10 hands OF TIC A
men. .;a
Reporter-But the Aldermsnts ye all the time denied
that such bill has been rendered 49,,
Mr.. Leland-How, then, corid Il icy Know anytning
about it, unless bill was made out 10 De sure, ~o
gave them a bill with All the itero7
RepOrter-That has been the a cay pon' s9sinns
them, that while they have voted oney 70 pay tee
bills they denied having seen them r Esen 'ne Auai.-
ing Committee denies il. Alderman goeu, nsinVer
Of the Auditing Committee told me islho.y .hee no
knew nothing about it, and 80 has nj ny e'ery me"
Der of the Committee. hu,l,;Lx
Ieand-I was In favor of having the ,ous puohsned;
that the way to do it. was no ia 1u 0l os 'oas
they attempted to smother the thing up Du' yoa 'es
how situated. II is in their n'nas, anu. .,
course il is big thing and did not sntto quares
" it'll the Aldermen But the items were srnsned
Reporter-Lopg ago, suppose FL,
Lelapd-Yes lust az soon as they were caAed ior'
and the Aldermen should have made it know vn,
Reporter-Have you any objection 70 WAVING .ne
total amount Of the bills
Lesrd-It is for the Aldermen to do that they have
the bills in band. Your paper has attacked :, aoa al
the papers have. You have talked OF stealing ana al
that.
Reporter-I am not aware that our paper aas ac-
cused You of stealing, or anything OF the soi1- Inc
principal point with Us has been that the CoLn"es
attempt to get paid, when they profess ignorance OF
the bills.
Leland-WeI, The Herald aud other papers asyo
talked in that way. Your paper TOO, has seemea 70
take pleasure in abusing You have made the most
abeurd calculations in resrect TO the cost OF nteran.
ing the japanese. The idea that our hotel Dill cosld
be covered by ten thousay d dollars is prepoeero6s
Why paid market bill of eleven thousand collars
IN ia "A
wouldn't take the Japaneee unless we could make
good thing of IT, Talk of a thousand dollars DAY
If the corporation would offer u' thousand dollars
day for ipety days for those same rooms they could
not he had. You couldn't afford TO publish cor
poraton advertisements for two weeks 10 tne
exclusion Of great share OF your reading mat
ter at ordiuary prices. We had TO chaoge
the whole course Of our business. And we are not
paupers have a business here that is WORTH SoVoo
o wear. We had 10 offend many families that nave
been our warm friends and patrons FOR years. we
worked night and day and there few IN the coun-
Try that could do what we have done. way, we nave
insurauces the amount of quarter OF million; and
we had TO cut holes through our walls ana the G2m,
mittee set 400 men preparing for the Japanese Had
e anything to do with that Yet, were those men
going away without their pay No; we lad TO stand
between them and the Corporation. Then the japan
ese were not the only men we bad TO xeep. Whue
they here our doors were open 70 members OF
the press and the friends Of the Committee; and we
furnished dinners daily TO more than hundred and
fifty Aldermen and their friends.
Rerorter--At the order of the Committee suppose
LelaDd-Yes; and ii was Green Seal, and the best
of everything all the time. Then Nixon got mad be-
cause he di mt get ticket or something else, and on
the day of the ball said we couldn't have that room
pointing 10 the Thester for less than u, 100 and
myself drew check for him for that amount. We bad
$50 waters and with the policemen we had 70 board
a force of $50 men, C,uld all that be done for moth
ing? 1t ia absurd to talk ahoua $l0 900.
Reporter-WW ysu furnish me with duplicate OF
the billsl
Leland-I could no, give ii TO paper without in
GLIDING them ALL although of course, should like TO
give il to The Erening Post. will see Warren
when he comes home and talk it over, anc you may
call again.
On the Saturday succeeding this conversation AN.
gust l9, Mr. Warren Leland called at the office OF
The EceniRg Post, and / asked him for he bill OF
items when he replied that they the L,ands did not
feel at liberty furnish il; that it in the hands OF
Committee, and subject to their action.
Yours respectfully
REPORTER FOR THE EVENING POST.