New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-05
S1NBORN AND YRE.

The proceedings of this Sanborn Ring arc
OF nature 4 true to astouad the ensre county, snd
Post and Mail tRop.)
The SanbOrn contracts may have been un-
necessary. mpolito extravagant dishonest but there
Sere ehe on and and George Bot~e and william
Richardson entitled to retain the confidence OF tho
giDo than suspicion that they have forfeited tho
good opinion of their frends( Hartford Post tRepJ
It would not be safe to say that in every
Instance where and the other spies have taken
TOLL there has been dishonesty There are merchants
without honor Just there are spies without mercy.
But it Is for such syson that now and then
a rogue caught The system which enables clerk 10
ruin his employer TO rob hun under the form Of law
Haven Register (D5m)
A great work is being done in the cause OF
The combinations whereby certain Administration poll
and their allies and out OF oice have been en-
Gnstomhouse biackmaiing seizures by which spies and
informers made nearly half million dollars Is one ex
ample Another IL the transaction known az the san
spracy rob the United states Treasury OF millions Of
taxes Trenton True American (Deml
Mr.. McMichaePs statement shows, if we
understand 1t correctly, that in Pennsyiv
there collision between slnborn and tho
regular internal revenue officers Mr.. McMchael
says that perhaps his letters Of inquiry were
mIsundorsood but, TO say the least, Sanborn was
able TO pay handsomely for u Misunderstanding when
delivered him tho Interference OF tho regular OH.
GERS aud which procured for him inc ald OF United
states District Attorney.-lN Y Evening Post (hep)
this precious scheme cnei Of whom was b. +. Butler.
intended that this Sanborn should keep these millions
Observation-Disclosures on the part DEN butler his
friends would scarcely claim for nun Either human
pltr0nymo OF 5lnbOrl Turk nameS much better known
Slnborn is but There arc rats behind the
arras Congress search 1t with sword ana look i0r
moro than one Puonus be brought out h0rS dc COM
6dt-lSprngheld Union (RepJ
A chain of evidence including Secretary
pon, ei;a election 70 the senate and CONNECTING Scene
tnrie Richardson
Summons Cheese Supervisors or internal reVehuet Bliss
B,DfelJ and others, III collision with the INDUSTRIOUS
sanborn contract which ia estimated 10 involve
S6OOOOOO If completed Is constructed, Oul II Is more
likely to that the higher officers were hood
wnked as TO real designs OF the potters and as
much dsmsyed at the results as are the outside puDc'
now learning OF 1T all through Congressional lnvosl
gauon.-l Elizabeth Journal (kepJ
Let US have Sanborn. We can U do without
him. He CHIMES In sweeuY with salary grabs, pay
superfuOus employees OF the Government sxteen-hnnd-
reddollar andauIes for Cabinet officers at the puOc
lnfomers undor tie guse OF Treasury agents. and the
high moral OF the Administration generally mat IL
would DO divesting tho Government OF an atom OF S
beautiful symmetry to dispense with hm-lPottsVhle
Standard (Dem)
The TRIBUNE expose is out. It shrivels
down to a number OF charges OF corruption against
Special Agent Jayne, and general allegation that
merchants IN New-York have been mulcted by those
Custom house agents out Of considerable sums There
must be another side to this story If tho of
New York consciously dishonest IT ~ amazing
thsm oS OF huSdreds Of thousands Of dollars at time
We have not nigh opinion OF jayne but there must be
corruption on the side OF the merchants as wei-fts-
burgh Gazette (RepD
If the people were Disguised and heart-sick
at the revelation OF the Great MoDiler frauds, what
must be the sensation the exposure OF the Sauborn
contract swindei The very same bill which authorized
the contracts appropriated nearly so0OOO0 or
tho very work which SanDorn was allowed to pretend to
proceeds. Tho contracts cover 5000
cases. In the collections already made Sanborns snare
Is $2l3oOOi this only the beginning. 10 Ia esti
mated that tho loo will yield sl50O0OO0! We give the
particulars elsewhere. taken from TIiR NETWORK
Tribune The account speaks for Albany Argus
(DomD
Within four and half years Jaynes per-
sona penalties received mas been $29J61 ~
while other nformer mas received more than Nlol1
for tho time Collector Arthur has received since
no has been office SG 33 60 his share or the plumber
Naval officer H. LaiIn has taken S838i8 81. aud sur
yeyor A. h. COrue has had sl32377 S. Very tat posi-
lions these all No wonder they eagerly sought
by New-York politicians aud 1t ID also no reason Tor
surprise the officers OF the port Will probably sup
port project that Jayne, now he has resigned ~
Special Treasury Agent. establish an informing Du-
reau and organize board OF spies to carry on his
abomnabe work. IL Is only under our reformed OWL
service that such transactions are possible ana only
among esmabe public officers that Such corruption
will be acknowledgements SPY (RepD