, 1873-05-30

Extrace from = 1'rivnte Lctter to G
Ertpt1ds
E'rot fhe M. Yort 7,rihiur

From. tho Ne.y York 115b,tne,
.V1ENaA, May Q, 1879.
!. For 1nontls John Jag has been plotting, to
foro lcft Lomo telcgrnphed to alr. Fish, and
afterwards told him personally, that il JOHN
Jay was to rim tho Exhibition my commission ;.
VIVA ut tho service Of tho Government. 1lo then
gave mo aasrances Of support: As noon, how
cable. D.. Long ato Jay announced to
Bomo Of lis intimatos Tint tho American Com
mission would la removed as coon aa it.reachod
Vienna, aud his own friends appointed. Cam
non, nonoyet, Spang, ETC., wcro notified,
and everything arrsngcd Ho first mado
charges ngainat Gon. Mayer, ono OF my as-
aistauts, WHO has done more faithful and devoted
work tho raat llino months than I have over
kuown'a public oflccr to do i'll my life. Tho
chnrgo WIN based on the loaraay Of ono barlseop-
or here who wanted to deprive another Of hin
place, and therefore was persuaded to 50 before
Jay aud say ho heard that this follow had paid
borrowed $500 from him aftor be. Cfnycr) had
expended ali 1is money for the Government, and
after this Same fellow and a hundred
others (sosno Of them most excellent
gcntlomon) had frequently offered to con
tribute, to our oficc expenses. and been
roSused. Mnyer openly borrowed $780, promising
to repay it when ho cot tho amount he Ind OK
pended back from tho Qosornmcnt. uo told mo
tlcro was anything wrong, in il. But this WAS
enough for Jay, and lu dispatch, baaod upon It,
| vns acandnloua and n1alevole,st libel. Inlnlo-
! dintoly Mr. Finh, forgetting Ja5s manouyorB,
| graphod me to suspend Mayer temporarily,
| which, of course, did, but most reluctantly.
jay receiyod mo with opoi aruls, and inln.elats-
| Is lnndo q dinner fo1 I'LL, md oSery- -t1no
this worry trno ho waa tcleyraphing daily to WASH
| ington to hayo 1ny whole commission SUD-
pended, Tho day reachod here he sent mo q
telegram from Fish appointing Linn and Mr.. Nc
1alrath special commission to s'peryiso tho
whole commission to Vienna, with power to BIS
pend temporarily any Commissioner Or Commits
| sionors appointed prior to aInrch 20, to examine
and report, etc." IhiB most extraordinary, tri-
buual has held daily accrct Hassiolla ever since,
to Which aro summoned reporters, ,barkeoper0,
ana acanslal-moagcrs Of oyery. kind, and Com
| miustoners, exhibitors, md othoro, The inter-
oats Of the Exhibition sro utterly lost plight ,of,
| but this scandal atill rulia on. YOU Will roadlly
understand tint 1t il absolutely necessary for
jay now to prove something against nc to. jnsti-
fy him in hia courao. cannot learn that he has
succeeded in the least dcgroe.
Thomas McElrath, lis confodorate, whom only
Mayor WIS suspended, aud he and myself Wero
walking to tho den of this Rocret commission to
lear my statement, aaid to mo: General, there
is not q word or whisper ngaingt you, now why
must you go and taho Mayors rart2 It Will b9
much more prudent for you to lot Mayer co. ]
turned upon him Indignantly, and told him that,
30 fur as know, Mayor had dono nothing that
needed defence that Ind never dolo or bGld
ANYTHING in connection with tho Commission
that would not have dono upon tho HtopD OF
the City Hall; that had no conoenlrlont, md
was surptiBod ho should connaol NC. to speak
anything hut tho whole and ontire truth.
Before going to tha inI1lRition L Addressed
thonl D uoto uaying led expected to DO invited
to hc present ut its gcustons. and '1onrn some
tLnt; of it's character and proceedings. Tho
next day they replied by notn, stating that 10
fore receiving my roto thoy had directed ho liz
vitoilt to attend and mako my statements. W1o'l
wan t|lore tl,oy road ovor to mo wat Jay stated
was "n,l tho nlatorinl oyiaoreo." assure you
and lambug. Thoro was no word ngainqt mo-
IL tho note to mo they said II any further owl
donco WIS c1icltcd Affecting tho. honor Of the
country or OF n.ynelf thoy would lot mo know.
have Ind no word from them ginco, but they
hayo had mo nuHpou1ol. TAc rohut hna boon
must aiGastronH, -. ;. tho Exhibition Is at !
gtantls!ill, and tho exhibitors aro III D formoni
Of exeitcmont aud Indignation. -.
You l.ayo no idoa What disgust fills tho mint
Of NIL Americans horc ct tAeBo ontraEaa, and my
rooms aro filled dry and night with exhibitors
and others expressing thcir Indignation. ON
department il not doing anytltiug.' TAoao tel
Iowa aoo1n only anxious to break down nll.l llnVt
tono without roioroucoto tho result. Tho permits
igsuc1 by mo long a9o thoy refuao to recoGnzo
md o1prosB thor determination to cut down ant
change tho apnces at their pleasure. Platform,
costing ~ high as 1000 AorinH {oyor 81 900
they order to bo takou down and removo1, nll.
yostert,aJ exllbtora brolo out INTO tnmutt, .anl
tleNod them to touch their platform. Yl,is il Wn
; now to the knife. They Bhnll anawor mo II
0'A' '''',' - II. D. VAN DunEN.