New-York tribune., 1874-03-19
WASHINGTON.
MOTHER TREASURY COMPLICATION.

,NoTHER TREASURY COMPLICATION.
Mt DocrNrNrs RELATIVE TO THE sANBoRN
prs1NRss STILL WITHHELD BY SECRETARY
p,cHARpsoN-A SSOO0OO0 RAILROAD swNpLE
nDorcuT TO IIGHT-A CHANGE PROBABLE IN
-uv N.NIGEMENT OF THE TREASURY DEPART
IpY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBUNE.l
u.su,xoroN. March ls.-Another complication
- Treasury Department has arisen in the san
IN matter The members of the committee Oh
wovs and Means have ascertained that all tne III
,,,matiop in regard to every important application
o, contract under the act Of May g. 1917, mas oeeh
,thheld by Secretary Richardson Upon inquiry
he excuse is that the resolution of the House oniy
.od for information in regard to contracts actuay
made and did not cover applications LOT con''"'''
The Secretary, however, in his second coInnunioa-
son to the House uses the following language
The papers herewith transmitted comprise oope9O'
an contracts schedules, receipts, certificates checA
-, o,nor oorresnondence having any bearing upon or
,s,,tion 70 any and all steps action taken ny 'he
yreasury Department under the provisions OF the Ia"
referred TO. .uo,
The Committee. however, soon learned OF several
aocuments that were omitted, and were ABOUT W
,a formally on the Secretary for the thiro llile'
,hen he requested that such resolution shoulu hoe
~ passed and promised if it was not, to send lune
sately all the remaining papers TO the House. IL now
."ooars that n gentleman now in the city for the
r,,se Of appearing before the Committee applied
,or a contract. which was strictly in accordance
9TH the spirit of the law. The application was
,.ae a few davs after the bill was passed. The
,.,son making il had discovered where land-grant
railroad had oyer-charged the Government for the
,,ansnortation of freight more than SS,OOO,OO and
he oct forth in an accompanying affidavit, all the
naeded information TO insure its collection. Though
NJ was the first 10 apply and the work he proposed
% do was in strict accord with the law he was un-
able 10 procure a contract, and was constantly put
Al nnti finally three persons were selected, ana
pnder the law no Others could be engaged. III VIII
,ome out that the failure 10 give contract to nm
.rcse from opposition made here by agents OF the
rsilroad company. and he finally told that the
Dspartment could not undertake to collect this
from the road.
Members Of the Committee conversant with the
ease deem this one of the very worst matters yet
brought TO light in the whole infamous business
The case as fully set forth to the Department was
one where the road named had deliberately violated
il charter and as deliberately swindled the Gov
eminent Of S3OOO.OOO. Persons in positions to be
well informed say that there is no longer any doubt
mt that this SanbOrn matter will lead TO a change
both in the Secretary and Assistant Secretary
Ever days developments render it more certain
The Ways and Means Committee or some other COM
uittee of the House will be obliged to investigate
bematter by means of sworn testimony. Mr.. San
bOrn who has been in Boston consulting with Gen.
Butler teegraphed TO the Committee to-day, asking
as the hearing they had promised him might be
DELAYED till next Tuesday. He was informed that
DE Committee would wait, but would like to hear
bin sooner on account of the developments. The
Committee may feel compelled to bring the matter
before the House without further delay.
Tomorrow Judge Noah Davis will be beard and
there is time the person who first tried TO secure
contract under the law, as already mentioned The
Committee has received from the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue official correspondence from
pficers in Pennsylvania completely disproving the
Estements which have appeared in Sanborn's de-
tnse to the effect that the taxes he was collecting
that district were not of record in the Collectors
saice The couesposdence shows that every claim
Of record is in due course of collection by the regu-
lAI machinery of the Internal Revenue Bureau.