The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-20
CASEY AgAIn Z.

The recent nomination by President
Grant, of his brotherin-law, james r.
Casey, to be Collector OF Customs at
New Orleans, for four more years, has
revived attention TO the report which
was made by a committee OF the
House OF REPRESENTATIVES at the second
session of the forty-second Compress.
TtdrsIaOa. The re.
port is numbered 90, and was made on
the 30th of May, 1872. By some hocus
pocus the action OF the committee under
the order OF the House WAS delayed tor
a long time, and the testimony in
the case was also suppressed for several
months. These things do not, of course,
happen accidentally. 1t is stated that
Mr. Schotield, OF Pennsylvania, the
chairman OF the Committee, is respOn-
slble for this delay and suppression OF
the truth; that on finding how black
the case was proven to be, he went TO
the President and urged upon him to
remove Casey, saying that the Repub'
licau party could not shoulder such a
man. How little importance Grant
attaches to such presentations may be
gathered from his recent act in trans
mittins Casey's name to the Senate for
this most important and lucrative posi-
lion. Three reports were made in this
csse-one signed by Schoiield and Nc
Creary, recommending no action, but
showing the existence OF very gross
usurpation and abuse by the Radical
officials in Louisiana. The report of
Messrs. Spear and Archer, a spc doc
ument, discloses most extraordinary
amount OF corruption aBd rascality 10y
Casey. Packard, PinchbsCk, and other
Administration leaders in Loulsiaua,all
of which is sbupdantly fortified By the
testimony. Among Other things, 1t
appears, that Pinchback's cleo ION as
President of the Louisiana Seuate was
procured by a bride OF $1,000 to one
Lewis, who was cheated out of his
money, and that George E. Boyce, who
was the Secretary OF State set up
lately by the Kellogg faction, offered
Senator John r. Gallup 5000 If he
would change his vote upon a
question. The report says also: Gas
ey is clearly proved to have been inter-
ested in and the holder OF corruption
fund OF SIS, 900, part of $4,000 fund
raised by himself and others to bride
the Legislature to pass a bill In which
he was an incorporation. Herring, his
deputy, was at the time Senator; and
when the Governor vetoed the bill Cas-
ey unlocked the safe in the Custom
House, and Herring took out OF it and
returned $4,000. 1t seems that the
$4,000 was tor the Senators, and the
balance Of the $4,000 for the lower
Fl ouse." This grave charge is proved
by the testimony OF John e. Senno.t, OF
the incorporators, who paid his S5,OVO,
aud it is not denied in the reports OF
Messrs. Scofield, McCreary, Boardman
and Smith, the Republican members OF
this Committee.
1t appears, by other testimony cited
in the report, that Pinch back was paid
for his vote on the Jackson Railroad
Bill by a note of one Kjmball TOR 81 600
Endorsed by s. w. Scott. and that
Kimbsll had list of the names OF the
men be had made arrangements with.
On this list Governor Pinchback, the
Kellogg United States Senator,
vas marked at Q valuation OF &, 900, or
nat twice az much as he would have
etched in the old days OF involuntary
,eryitude. These are only part o: the
eyelations contained in this report and
be accom- panying testimony. tits un-
|erstood that these matters are all to
o ventilated when Casey's nomination
, messed in the Senate. ,