The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-03-21

tempting offer. Mr.. Grant 8 embarrasS-
ment had somewhat increased when | took
my leave. | deemed it advisable to inform
the Commissioner of internal Revenue,
United States Assessor, General Webster.
Supervisor Bloomfield, and my friend,
Senator Schurz, Immediately of the offer
and its result. And here | must do Mr..
Orrllle Grant the justice to say that after
he had ascertained that had reported his
proposition at headquarters, and TO my
brother officers, he called upon me and vol
unteered the explanation that he had made
the said proposition TO me solely for the
purpose Of - testing my integrity" This
apology took place about six months after
the :" testing process" 1t is but fair to
presume that the brother of the President
by his happy method of testing che honesty
of revenue officers, has rendered valuable
services to the Government. That he under
takes this labor in his capacity as private
citizen, without hope of reward, and simply
for the pure purpose of improving the
Civil Service under the administration Of a
beloved brother, is truly noble example
of fraternal love and devotion.
The third and last great mistake which |
committeeman mentioning such minor
offences as prosecuting all revenue frauds in
my district to the best CT my ability, end
dIsmissing incompetent oficials,-consisted
in my refusal to obey the commands of Mr.
Farwell, member Of Congress for the Chi
cago District. Very soon after his election,
Mr.. Farwell undertook tO dictate to me,
through a friend of his ia successful, silent
politician of Chicago), whom ! should APP
point as storekeepers of distillery- ware
houses. | positively refused to be thus
| controlled. Being personally responsible
for the proper collection of the tax in nv
district, | insisted that the ward politicians
recommended by Farwells man Friday
were not exactly the sort of men to whose
keeping | could safely conide either my
reputation or the interests of the Govern.
ment. From that moment, all the forces
! heretofore secretly intriguing against me
| joined hands. Mr.. Farwell was the proper
or, rather, as Senator Carpenter VOID
say, the constitutional instrument tc
carry ont the purpose, and he had hardly
| taken his seat in the House when the news
| of my removal reached Inc. With Presi
| dent Grant, my relationship with Senator
Schurz was probably urged as the only
! ground of removal. SO that, after all, the
| New York Times TO the contrary notwith-
standing, the fact seems to be that, though
| was not appointed because | was the
| brOther-in law of Senator Schurz, | lost my
position solely on account of such relation
! ship. This last assertion is easily
proven. The New York Times will Ger,
| tainly not maintain that | was removed be.
| cause / declined to listen to the President
! brother. No one can assert successfully
that | was decapitated for ineffciency, foI
| the annual report Of the Fifth Auditor OF
the Treasury, nf the year 1870, shows. a. {
matter Of record, that the Chicago District
was held to be the best in the Union as re.
garded increase Of the aggregate amount OF
collections, and economy in making them
| Another p0s>iblee p,anatiOn, namely: thai
| was removed because my successor WAS
| and is eCitOr-l chief of tie Illinois ,Stuuts
| Zietung, an influential German newspaper
| in Chicago, and Is expected to support the
| President for denomination, | discard for
the reason that it would be unjust to pre-
sumo that President Grant would stoop tc
| such means to further his personal pros
I poets. 1t remains therefore to assum,
that the position of Senator Schurz had
| become SO dangerous to that administra,
| ton on which alone (in the opinion of it,
! frlends) depends the present and future
! safety Of the republic, that it became in
! compatible with the public interest to re-
tain a relation Of the Missouri hereto in
office. The New York Times, from its pc
cuar standpoint, Will not find it difficult to
look upon this cause Of removal as fully
| consistent with the dignity Of the Chief
! Magistrate Of great nation
But one more feature of my official ex-
perIence remains to be disclosed. The
uoNerHmcnt sun yves M, afser 1 ho,,
been out of Office nearly wear, several
thousand dollars, and withholds payment
on the tiimsiest rcl-tape prctext imagina-
! blc. In the Summer of 1870, the distilerv
! Of Haas Il Powell, and several hundred
! barrels of highwines contained in their
bonded warehouse, were destroyed by fire
and, although the Department admits that
It has no claim against the di>tillcrs fol
! the tax upon the wines thus
destroyed, ii has up to thi,
time, insisted that this tax must stand
charged against me until the distilers are
| released by act of Congress. This is the
reason, and the only reason, given for with
| holding the amount Justly due me- Another
! reason reaches me from another source A
friend, who has been kind enough to look
after my interest in Washington, writes
me: " our matter must go to Congress
| wish Carl Schurz and his Internal aglta-
ton were at the bottom of the sea, because
You are identified with Schurz by the Ad-
minlstration ring, etc etc.
Such motives Of delay in paving a just
claim would be sad commentary upon
any Government; under Republican in.ti-
tutions, the insinuation seems simply alb
surd and incredible. If, however, the
opinion of my informant is well founded,
1t is not impossible that this exposition of
my official experiences will stretch the
red-tapc an intermnable length. Well,
German Patience is proyerbial. Though |
have great need of the amount due me by
the Government, all my property was
swept away by the Chicago fire, excepting
only the small sum which enables me to
remain few months in Europe in search
Of my health (lost in the service of the
country, | trust that, on my return, will
command enough of the Chicago spirit to
commence again, cheerfully and hopefully,
at the bottom. Very respectfully,
EDMrND JUssEN.
IMPORTANT ARCH BIOLOGICAL DIS.
tONERY.
The Temple of DIan1 ut EnbcSua