The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-11

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Mr.. SHERMAN said the bill now before the Senate
accorded with MI. stewards letter In every re-
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and he would INQUIRE now It vas VS. s6st the ane Sf
$1,000 named In the bill agreed with Mr.. Stewards
Recommendation for . nne IN sum Of three times
Mr. SHERMAN said In ninety-nine cases out OF
hundred the article undervalued was worth less
than 81 .ooo and % ooo named IN the bill was the
Mr.. OoNKLnNG denied that the bill was framed In
and SAID in the case Of Phelps. Do6se Co. me
amount paid-$25l ,ooo.was the value Of items
~on nns q three that amount
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had been presented at the Custom House and
quoted from . statement made from those books
70 show that the private books showed the true
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arm mad sworn TO the false invoice He denied
that the nrm had been prosecuted BY the officers
Mr.. SHERMAN said the case OF Phelps, Dodge
Co. mad not influenced the COMMITTEES 81 all IN pre-
pairing ths BILL AZ soon O. ne saw the impor lance
to the senator rom New York dr. Conkling, and
the other side Of the case. He llr shsrmanJ wrote
much weight with the committee In framing the
BILL The purpose OF the twelfth section was to
provide just what Mr.. stewart recommsnded and
that was to change the forfeiture OF the whole In.
voice to the particular item to which fraud re-
covered q period OF I'VE years. go -Sr
Mr. CONkLIN0 said his friend was in error. In
fraudulent Items were taken covered perioo %. Of
fifteen months. He (Mr. C0nkng) had heard that
statement about nve years before and now de-
MI. HOWE again 0 pposed the bill and said II it
passed the national Treasury would soon expe-
rience diminution OF receipts.
Mr.. CARPENTER agreed with his colleague (Mr.
Howe) and said the moiety system was older than
plan to protect the interests and revenues of the
country, ana the proposition to repeal 1t was made
became Congress was becoming coTsrdy the
permit one man to hold them in terror
Mr. STEVENSON, DEM Of KY. called attention
secretary Boutwell, had recommended the repeal
MI. BAYxnD. tdem.) Of Del, related case or
oppression that occurred two years ago, when
these special agents took possession Of the count
Ing house q Naylor 4 Co. and kept possession or it
HONESTY NOT cowARpLY.
Mr.: CARPKNr1R said any merchant with wealth
ana influence behind HIM who would permit one
man to take possession Of his books ii ne was
guiltless was craven No man would pay thou
less he felt ne was liable under the law. Every
honest man would cheerlully show his books
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Chandler, Conkllng. Flanagan, Frelinghuysen,
Howe, Ingalls, Jones, Pease, Ramsey, Sargent and
stewart voting In the Affirmative
Mr.: SARGENT moved to amend the twelfth Sec
ton by striking out penalty OF $4,000 for each Of
fencen and inserting In lieu thereof "or each Of
fence be fined IN any sum not exceeding $4,000.
less than $50, or TO be imprisoned for any time
not exceeding two years, or BOTH" Agreed TO.
Mr. HANLM moved to amend the twelfth section
so as to provide that only package or case con-
tanning Items undervalucd should be forfeited.
Agreed to. lgep ft9s@ 4s4e sd
Mr.. WRIGHT, rep.) OF Iowa, moved to insert the
nth section stricken out In the Committee OF the
Whole, which provided for the examination OF
books and papers upon the order Of the court.
Mr.. BAYARD moved to amend the section 40 1t
would read, land the said attorney shall be per-
mitted to make an examination Of the entries re-
ferred to In the said notice, at which examination
the defendant or claimant or his agent may be
present.n Agreed to. tAf&
He also moved to amend the section so as to
provide that the owner OF the books OF papers
should have subject to the order Of the Court, the
custody OF them, except pending their examine
zion in Court as Aforesaid.
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