New-York tribune., 1872-01-17

| him his permit at s o'clock; l.. ,o,,,, tho aomo
A. should not like TO get the III will o the corsS; ~ Inv
they keep the goods 6aGG G % aGr ~ snd never
would pay clerk a cent; would rather Suner '"o "
''sScnator Uowe-You referred to this merchant VINO VINO
threatened the clerk with exposure NOW. wny sI1lu
d Dt tpis % neeS thew he embarrassedf He could keep
their books back and they would get ms III WI" rbev
% 7 don't ace how that would hurt them ~. tu.g cry
wSGnd perhaps ret the w OF another man In the Gus
tOm-house through him, laugnt9hr.I hI q, the General
Order system and the present position OF the Stores a. a.
think Is best to have the goods DrSuS Syered in the
New-York and delivered. instead OF ~dSnu ~ ~ in
stores in Jersey city, often have to denver Boo' "
| New-York the same day. ,....o.. tho houses
of The merchants be much better than having "o
eral Order stores, nowt " wouu d 90 wareb0use
IN fhe same building as General order warehqnSs n 80
that the merchant when he had to go To GeneIi ,
warehouse, could ga 20 10 'n' "af0n'u'0
i9s n Sn tbe extra cost OF transporting them from
ons warehouse TO the other would be ayOdeui n 'oo'
' How long have you known your goods TO he .d de
tained through gorge glut In tho General oruer
| warehouse A. A day or two. f.. A.. ,ooa. ,ovo
,s thsp dock and they have gone to the General
0rder9 A They are under General Order aithoug nos @
actually sent. before get my permit anu '"D"O' e
O. And when portion OF your goods has gone TO Say Gen
eral order stores and the rest has not 40 YOU ir
70 nav constructive charge on the whoief a. heS OH
| TWO GENERAL ORDER STORES NOT ENoUdH'
n M vou think two General order warehouses enough
| for this ports A. No, Slr. 49, co.,,
O. But you appovo of tho system OF having "on'''
Order warehouses the same as bonded warenouSe'' n
| Yes Sir.
sepator stewart-You would not like the General Or
dor storcs mt on the other side Of the ryer A. NO,
Sir; 1t would be great delay merchants "ou'u "u'N
| rather have them on this side. - ,,, ,,,
o. Do Won think merchant would DO held in disfayor
by the Collector II he reported Q clerk ior de'yng
O. Did You ever pay clerk any blackna A. have
| always been determined not to do 1t.
Borihtor Pratt-DO you know case wherc DrlDe ms
taken 81 an Inspector and he has been reported 10
tho Secretary of the Treasury that no mas hG1 Poch TO
senator Hewe--Yo think it would bc good thing to
have every General Order warehouse bondeu ware
q what security would you then have that your goods
wOnld 90 into the bonded warehouse tnat Ihey
we're discharged from under General Order A. There
could be some warehouse designated to put them H.
| O. Who designates themf A. don't know
q Can anybody designate 1t but tho Collector A.
u o. lie does not know who the goods belong to A. No.
q How does he know where yOu want them sentf a.
The officer dschnrgng the ship could DO that by oTer
the same has orders to send the goods to parcu
@ You cannot troubled to get your goods from
O. Gould Mt they be put in tiers In the General Order
warehouse with passages left between and the marks KS
left on outside OF the Packages so that IL woud DC
just as easy to walk through and pck out your goods
there on tile picrf A. No, Slr; uoh sn'''A ''J
could put them in tiers very wen.
TESTIMONY OF CHRISTOPHER PULLMAN.
Christopher Pullman, cabnetmaker, residing at NO
40 East Thirty fourth-st.. testified:
Senator Buckngham-Can you give US any informa
ton as to the of thcsocers Of the Custonhouse to
carry primary elections A. can in regard to the
primary election held i'll XvIITth Assembly District in
the Fall Of 1870 the President of the Association was
Federal officer, and the inspectors ot ne, elec
ton were clerks OF the NAVAL and Soe an
10 Was Ss ts ssass tCt ~ % s ~
party during the early part Of the evening Of the elee
lion ticket seemed to be- In the opinion OF %say S
hour or p G the ST s seers wa All
@n'% Wer cleared from in 'front.' Of the poll
Ing place and the Chairman OF the Board Clerk OF the
Naval Office, would when the tickets were presented
partially open, and in entirely open them to
what tickets they were and hey Were % not snch as
the persons presenting them either had voted or
winch he evidently desired to have elected ne wod
admir- them In many where the persons had voted
or hpas po to Vote were We'll known to be old resi-
dents Of the district; we protested against these pro
crednps bat IL had effect during tine elrctOn seVe-
raj prominent Federal officials were present, aud seemed
take active INTEREST," after tho votes were counea
| Judged that even then had majority OF tue votes
ac the President Of the Association ordered
the poce 10 clear all persons from in 'front.' and l.
among others directed to move away from eDserV
~ ihcv removed me should hold them responsible, and
they declined to do then the Inspectors ured tnedi
backs TO me to prevent from seeing the counting,
and as thought thus put some of my tlcKcs lhto 'hc
| box without counting them. :, oo
clerk in the naval office, chairman Josiah f. Th0mp-
son bpostmaser. and Allen j. Dennis, an assistant
You smoke Of their refusing receive certain votes
the ground that the parties haa YTeo in
| some cases that they had not.
BRIBISG CUsToM-HoUsE CLERKS
| o How could you know that ! A. Because was
nrsent during the entire evening from the opening OF
the polls to close there is another matter coHa
tate in reference TO the bribery OF officials connected
with the Custom-house: was clerk III the custom
house IN 1906 under Mr. Barneys administration III the
lquidating department experience n has been a, hat nat
merchants as the clerks about ten days alter WAS
appointed gentleman handed an ensfy across aS sdS
What is the trouble with this entry The answer was
Is %rkS %hat ns
away" said If this s mistake against yGu yh, u ny ny
Guy Of b $40 have accepted this appoint
ment for certain salary, and DO not propose 10 ahe
ANY or eH nnss s Of
Of system take money for work OF that kind eierR M
| moDev he received in the Custom-house.
Senator Pratwbat department was that clerk In who
| his saiaryf A. In the warehouse department.
O. Is he in the Custom house now A. No. Sir
Do YOU know OF any ono III the Custom-hollse now
who receives money in the manner you speak Off A. No.
Ia this practice of receiving bibes by the clerks
| liable to known to their superiorsf A. No Sir
t @ sometimes 1S dome o the
purpose Of having the work factaed 5 to Induce the
O. Are these bribes gwen, as general thing. in 80
| crecyt A. Yes Sir.
@ II would DO very dlmcult TO prove themf a. Yes,
| Sir.
Senator Casserly-Stl the system Is quite notorious
A. 1t Is q matter Of common remark
A FRAUDULENT PRIMARY ELECTION.
| Senator Howe-when was this primary electioni A.
| In September, 1870
O. What was the election for = A. Delegates to the
| State Convention.
O. Did you hear the testimony OF Mr. Van Cleft, yeser
| day : A. did not.
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