New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-26


and he thought there was another man IN the same
business that was in like circumstances believe
have stated the case truly. Now we have got one
honest man. and perhaps two. In the City OF New-fork
Five GOOD men it was said would have made sodom
safe; we have one good man anyhow. lLanghterl l
90 not say anything against this gentleman ne Is the
ourselves and 10 the cause we advocate not TO
@ to 90 S S seF O ae
sure came up before the House The Honor, Honor,
up that gentleman as the great honest exam
pie OF NewYork, lie will never have his
science and honor enlarged and elevated as when
that honorable gentleman shall sing his praises IN the
Hall Of Representatives Applause and iaushter Now,
what shall we do about III (Iaughter.l
will not detain but some OF you who have seen
the evening papers win have been made acquainted
with the fact that that gentleman has written me
note IL IL not satisfactory IT IA pretty good for the
DE,E agree you b,ns,. Custom,
NAV be de.Abe or although 6m has had 6e slightest did,
sne1 careful g. & b no1.n % ia 1 t &
ed RiS by The empes o. our present sra
devsua,iOn smusqng stringent .houi be glad
s '1 s 50 a Ss.I n'E v Their so Observance H
on receipt OF that note some four or five days ago.
tain sentences which called attention to certain irregu
larities III n certain year at certain time, ana re-
9Tea Sut FEW hours later Sn o@ 1Ss
,mEEosting clerk Of that house some four
n% @S D5 5S%S 6" or se ss
for all inland transportation being in their
duabe no matter whether such charges were covered
by other freight or not In common with other i'm
of the Treasury and upon has aeei.ion paid tho add
duty such charged and have continued TO do
ever since This WAS In the case or bngsh goods ana
although we had no evidence that we paid those
inland charges, nevertheless we added them to our
entries in conformity with the Treasury regulations:
&c. Wen, now, gentlemen that has been the only
little correspondence with the secretary OF the treasury
must tell the truth about these gentlemen. don't
want il TO bear improperly on that house for you know
and know That they are lust as incapable OF DONG
wrong to any man or government IA any house on the
continent Applausel. what are the facts hap
pen to know about them because
have been en-, in the , deteS wrek. business nd
know great deal more about merchants business than
of Them do themselves and hnppcnt know more
He stated to tho reporter who nterNewea INN bun
& & agd , 'h in nG y week stated the
thing me- and make question that he thought So
The clerks in the Custom-house discovered that this
house not paying the inland freight from Manchs
Clains attention to the fact they bound to do
aud just good collector or any gentemanly man
was committing and down to the Custom house
and Explained and paid the duty But what did he pay
with ali the errors from 1868, when the
law passed I'LL 1861. when this occurrence
took place. and put HIM in for two OF three millions OF
dollars as they have been dong with every else
No. they said pay this cargo aud the last and 80
DO you wonder that this gentleman thinks we'll Of the
Custom housei 1 would II they had served me that
way But before the reign Of terror. IL was
before that gentle creature Jayne came upon the carpet
This was IN 1857 he did not reach down VII io6s wben
he took hold Of the business 1t was bungled in
any such as that He would have gone down To
Mr. Clan's with two or three carts and eight or ten
stawart and gone into bis office and taken all ms
bOOh5 and papers ana those books ana papers womb
have been taken down 10 the Black Hole of Calcutta
under the Custom-hOnse and there they w0hd nave een
examined by experts and lac would then am sure nave
low merchants, who have thus been Inareated
and wronged lApplause.I Mr.. Claim mas every rea'
to think well OF the Custom house aud they 70 them
well of hin. for he has stood Dy them noby Only two
three years ago, when Congressional Committee
a great deal about the Customhouse. nothing was
going wrong. | undertake TO say that all ms
Liverpool liable 10 seizure If Jayne had had charge
OF the case, and Mr. Cafn has only 70 thank his good
affairs than other gentlemen who have come un
der the administration Of Mr.. Jayne.
ANOTHER CASE LIKE CLAFLiSs
1 have heard Of another very honorable gentleman
who thinks he never has had any difficulty with the
CustoIn-house. Another gentleman Of wealth
and distinction thinks he has never had
any difficulty. 1 have tho written opinion OF
one of the most celebrated lawyers in this city for diff
the infoTmsti9n bo GooS, nS 81 non o Dir,
ted from a large invoice. amounting to S.,
ooS.Ooo That honorable gentleman, the special
the ipformer's story and gave 1t as his opinion
that surprising his information was correct he
WAS an nformer and spa mean fellow who had left
the employ Of this gentleman and had gone to another
house. What did this lawyer dof Thongh he
TO he nonpayment of duties for which the forfeiture
would have amounted TO S2O0OO0, yet he reported To
the Treasury that the OF the United states
could not afford to 30 into that business ana ne sent
house was A. T. stewart & Company. tApplause.l
Ihave seen Mr.. stewart on this subject and have
not doubt hat if his books had been seized and
taken from him and given TO Mr. Jayne he would have
forfeited the whole amount OF course he was innocent
but innocency is not safety. In the words OF jayne
himself: In the country when 60 hshing, II there are
not cnubs and suckers never throw away trout"
He goes q fishing for anything he can find lie goes
for trout any way Now you will perceive the Importance
to the Government Of having one man OF honesty ~
Of the temperance lecturer who used to go through West
ern New-York with reformed drunkard a. an example
II there single honest man in New,fork their
case would fail because no man would believe them;
they had examined New-York and had not found
a inge honest merchant, no one would believe them,
think that i all need say about friend Clalin. do
not say what have out of any unkndness think when
OF thing he stopped over little and think he has been
sorry for IL ever since.
them to show in the case of Woodruff Robinson, that
they did not mean to commit crime because they had
gone on and named sixty cases OF old criminals. Every
One of Jayne's cases exceedingly bad
case and the Committee became little
ina uire in their minds is it possible that all these men
ayge struck woodruff Robinson's he said, "Now
this is different These men never intended 10 90
i M1e5f 'ne BUT they had fallen into certain
ways ana certain employees did certain irregular
things and had 10 mako the best Of IT, II was a
very hard them, and not very hard case Tor
the Government "The irregularities amounted, In du
ties to about 1900 think they are larger my mem
DRY serves, than any other case that have had the
pleasure OF examining i agree entirely with
Jayne but for very different reason Jayne wanted to
hold up TO this community, and to that Committee
especially that there were some honest men living In
Brooklyn, and that they struck everybody
without consideration And when the Committee
asked that same Jayne how much money they
took out OF this "innocent firm he had to cay
$4,000. The Committee were so struck by the state
ment that thought of the members in his rage-he
was Western manwould have broken the other leg OF