, 1874-04-08

Auo nF5 baADoAA pAoUAo4} Aodo AlukA LIN
nation on Monday, before tho Why's and Means
Committee, fluahed with victory. He has beon
made tho acapegraco Of the whole sickoning b,lB-
nesH. Boutwell, md Richardson have hitherto
pleaded the baby-act Of ignorance. That two |
goorotarieB Of the Treasury should hare farmed |
ont the revenues It was their sworn duty to col
loot with auch criminal care1cssneBR seemed |
bad enough. That they should have done 80 do |
Nberately aeoms worao. eauhorn contradicta |
them as completely as OaAes Arnea did Schuyler |
Co1fax. Tho question Of that caRe reours: Which |
shall vo boliovo?
Stubborn testiaos that ho applied to Doutwoll
for tho contract, and talked oyor tho whole
matter with him 1.-TWO Or three tmes." Nlr. Eos
tor Of Ohio, then put questions aud got
answors as follows:
Foster-You wero acquainted with Boutwell,?
Banborn-Yes.
poster-was your entire arrangement made with
BOUTWELL,
9anborn-Yes.
Foster-Aud tho whole matter was discussed with
him?
ssnborn-Yes.
Foaer-Aul tho mode Of operatson7
sanborn-Yca, zomewhat. think hc referred tho
matter to tho Solicitor.
When sanborn wished bis contract enlarged,
he wont to Richardson, who was then Acting
Secretary during Boutwoll's absence, and asked
him whothor ho would give him (Sanborn) the
necessary powers, or whether ho won11 prefer
to whit till Boutwell, returned. Richardson e1-
pressed Ills entire willingness to sign tho papers
at once, and did 80. Tho report OF the evidence
continues:
Foster-Dld he know, when ho VIII signing the
Contract, what llo wss stgnng7
Sanborn-I have no doubt about 1t.
Foster-Did 1t not come to him q mora routine
business, nnd did he not sign It without knowlngt
sanhorn-1 should Say not; do not know what they
call routine business.
Foster-You think no had full knowledge Of It, and
knew what he was signing2
Eanborn-1 have no doubt about It.
Foster-The additions to the contract Were made
after Boutwell, went out Of otnco7
sanborn-Yes.
Foster-Teil III about thom. What particular
knowledge did Richardson hayo Of then7
Sanborn-1 should Say that ho knew all about them
much did, and moro, too. did not pretend to
know anything about It, but went to him for infor-
nation. Wo talked about 1t ha!f-aiozen tnes. moro
or lcRs 1Io referred me to tho sotcitor, and the
Solicitor referred to somebody else. There wero
all softE OF red-tape about It.
FoBter-So that tho additions to the contract wero
madc With tho full knowledge OF Richardson, and he
signed them knowing what ho did aign7
sanborn-Thers cannot b. any doubt about Il.
mover thought otherwise.
Compare this statement with Secretary Rich
ardson's declaration, On March 81, that he
'sknew nothing about the mattor"; TINT he
"never saw letter to himsolf unlosB tho clerks
Of his Office chose to lay it before him" TINT he
"Aad neuer spoken 10Th San1o,n about his COIL
tracts -; and that he "knew absolutely nothing
Of tho details OF tho mattor." Hcro is tho
lattoBt OF contradictions. It seems almost ILL
credible that the Secretary Of the Treasury could
know 80 littlo about jobbory which needed his
signature to set it going and to got its moioties,
from time to timo. Perhaps, however, A1r.
Richardson has forgotten all about it. He has
steadily shown himself 80 lacking in ali the other
mental powers requisite to manage the finances
of tho country, that it would not bo surprising
| If his memory were also weak.
The revelations Of sanborn's mode OF opora-
| ton are interesting. When the investigation
began, it was urged in bis favor that ho had re-
ported to tho Department 593 railroads which
were tax-dolinquonts. He confeBsos that ho
made up this list from q Railway-Guide, and that
| he knew nothing at all about 4i0 OF tho roads.
Ills attorneys advised linn to put in tho whole
lot. 10 did "oflccrs Of tho Treasury Depart-
mcnt." Ono Of theae attorneys waB Boston
lawyor, Prescott by name, WHO WAS until recent-
| ly MI Internal Rovenuo employe ut Washington.
His foes amounted to sa500o. sanborn's cash.
account exompliaes the maxim: "Easi1y
| rot, easily spent" He has received oyer
| $210, 600 from tho Government aud has pnid
his subordinatos and attorneys about $780, 900.
! Bpoils He was too shrewd to take it directly,
but ho had sanborn pay round sum to his FL
nance Committee during his last grab for tho
Governorship. 1t would bo curious. by the way,
| to trace tho money that Committee handled back
through tho hands Of sanbor1,, Simmons, Jayne,
ct al, to tho firms or the Treasury from which
| most Of it WAS probably filchad. 3. I. B. got
sanborn his contract, gave him advice, got him
bail in tho Brooklyn suit. did everything ho could
to prevent tho proaont investigation, and
is now acting as his confidential friend. A per-
aon receiving auch disinterested and valuable
services could not but contribute iberally to tho
Butler campaign fund. Tho testimony leaves
tho hero Of Fort Fisher no worso OIL than he WAS
before. Tho only difference is thdt everybody
kuowa now what everybody beliovod before
about him. His reputation is one of the few
things TINT cannos bo spoiled. Richardson,
however, is In moro sorry plight than ovor.
Els reply to eanborn will be awaited With in
forest.
a party by the name OF johnson has oreated a
sensation in London. The ripple WAS originally
confined to fashionable society, but now It has
| agitated tho community ut large. Public excite
mont is intensified by two circumstances. First
ly, nobody knows who tho party by the name OF
Johnaon IL, except that she is woman; second
~, nobody knowa what the party by Tie nnme Of