, 1874-03-11


ordinary Internal rovenuo oilicors.
Mr. HAWLEY (Conn,) rolatod the cRHe or
George W. Williams l. Co., Of Hartford, WIG
ind under pressure. paid hacit-tnxcs rnttur this
CummisstonerB Of lntornal 1tovonno Ind decd,
cd. both befoo md aftor, Tint tlloy we're not
linElo for thoso tnxoB. Tie law might bo Juhe'
but tho execution OF 1t waH Infamous. Il was
blnchmhlfi1g.
Nlr. BUTLER waa g1aa to l,nvo ono caso Sped
ffled,-apd what "aH It ? It wnH tho oaHe of a
patont-mcdicino dealer who llad not paid Ills
taxes, ,ut wjlo aftor having. hnd tino 10 tnko
counsel. paid them 1lnler thoae contrAcsa. It
boon inflicted. W]lo4o was tile ilfamy In that !?
Ho (Dntor) fMiled to Hoe it, II tho tax Ind boon
wrongfully paid, 1t could lIavo boon returned by
lilo Secretary Of tho ToaBary, but thls ilrtn 1,aa
mover applied for 1t. lie nuppoaod they Ind not
got 0ycr their acaro yet.
MIR. DAWES protested aguinst this discussion
now
FVoiccs-" Let It 60 on."]
Mr.. FOSTER Fattl that Tho effect Of the law
lad boon TINT, instead Of tlleBo contractors al
satng the rovonuo ofllcora IN tho discovery OF
bAc!t-taxcs, Tho rovon,le officer l,a,l been assist-
ing them for which thoy (tho contradictory Ind
coivod aa13,000. largo amount Of taxcs had
boon collected by two motl, ono Of tllcin Sim
mons, tho thou Supervisor for Massachusetts. md
tho othor Hawloy, Of New York. Quo Of those
gontlemon had boon Buce indicted, and would
probably 60 10 the Pcnltontiary, whilc tho other
nj Mr. bUTGER 5Jsit' expressed the wls TINT 600
Sanborns could bo lot ont OIL tho rascaa who
liad beou dofraudng tho Government, mud thon
nsns tos, midi sn cofco, md matches. Thoro wore
still 9l6, ,000, ,0DD Of thcso dore1ict taxes unco-
! 1cctea. md Sanborn only wanted to be lot loose
upon tlson.
N1r. FOSTER mado some further ronlnrls5, In
which ho alluded to Butler RE All attorney for
Snahorn.
| A1r. BUTLER denied that he wns Sanborn's nt-
torloy. lilo has ncyor boGn retained In q case by
linn, hut lie had hoped to be- and he would give
hiB best services, very ol1enp, III helping to got
taxes out OF these railroad companion IN rotort
10 Foster allnslon ho sald that ut Quo time uod
! ca'no down from heaven to punish mlsssate,
| mont, mud that WIS not becacBe u nan nad Bald
what was not true, but only because 10 lad kept
! back part Of tho truth
| Mr. HALE {Me.) denounced tho whole systo1n
OF spies and inrormers. and special agents. II
looked to @ "a y the y pSp" Tor
tho benofis Of tho Treasury Department. He
would bid tho Committee OF Ways and Moans
Gocspaed Il! II their efforts to repeal tho law.
Ar. DAWES regarded tue whole diacusaion aH
premature, mud Expressed his amazemcnt tlat
| his colleague (Dnt1er) hnd rushed into tho de-
| bnte. autl Ind ilsistod Oh discussing tho moritB
I OF tho Sanborn contracts whom his
numo Ind boon in no mnnuor con-
uectod with it except BY tho public press,
ard o. his colleague lind proclaimed that lie hall
no regard for the public press. ho supposed he
would have been willing to wait ~ the matter
ca'no regularly botore tic Honso. uo dGnonneeu M
Tue policy Of farming out revenues. The OBJECT
OF It wah eofI!lttt'nE:
hlr. ROBERTS N: Y.) anntlier member Of
tho Committee Of Why's anu Meaus, exuroaHot
himself to tho samo effect. lilo country, ht
Ba!d, did not want ach blood-monoy.
Dir. PHELPS detailed how, aa Au executor o'
nm estate, ho Elal booi called upon to Tay tux ol
Il residnary estate before the matter Ind pee1
sottled up, anu how he lau to assatnaso VIM
tho amount might be about S15,00 under tht
! anxioty Of those contractors whose position III
did not know ut tho timo to collect tAo mono!
III order to Eet the 70 por cont.
Mr. lIAWLEY (Conn.) denounced tho San
born contracts NJ dscleditaole TO tho Govern
mcnt.
NIr. COA-And to the Ncpneilcan party:
ona ~ ti,n n,aa.,,ra nnI,r sv1,,ch I'm Ea,,hor
n cnnt, on,a ,snra cven md wou,d ,lnta1 Mt ii,
, nrnnnr t;,no sc,,n or III f;.tnrv Thnpn o,llcrf