New-York tribune., 1874-02-12
rur sAyBORN SCANDAL
ANOTHER DELAY FfFECiAO-AR ~ 'iI"
fsr IN TIE NAITtE-DIS0O'LNlL0 %
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

WAYS AND RfEANs COMMITTEE
ieY TELEGRAPH IT, THE rRIBUNEl
,u.o,,1v,roS Feb 1.-THE House must still wait
~. a., c,, venisuceo Of the TT, asnry Department ana
t,osc Il more interested in the secrets, Tor the lU
facts ID the matte. of the SanbOrn contracts MI
RutIerq interest IN the subject 80 far as ms open
action was concerned, has hitherto oeen III
the cuec of coulsel hut he took action IN the mat
ter to-day as legislator. Whether his interests aS
pald attorney and Legislator are ldenucal may
n,ssi,v no deyeonsd before the IL disposed OF
bv the House The resolution which MI hahddh
offered last evening as the House was about TO 'd-
,ourp reoared IA, secretary of the Treasury TO send
IL the House full copies of the contracts made III
rpapce of the second section Of the act OF May {,
1S72 including the names Of those against whom
uroceodines had been begun and those embraced 10
tbc contracts and also copies of the orders, cor
respondepce &C. This resolution was considered
bv The Ways and Means Committee this morning
end agreed to- Mr Foster was accordingly, directed
t. report it to the House
Thiswas subsequently done, and when the Speaker
ss usual asked if there any objection, there was
amomeut's stiffness, and as nobody else mad any
thing 10 say, the resolution was about to be de-
caIe0 passed, when the Essex statesman lnterposed
the two fatal words, Il object" subsequently bis
meaning was declared He was opposed like Secre-
tafv Richardson and Mr.. Sawyer, to any publicity
of the names of the persons charged with detraudlng
the revenue not Only those charged, but those VINO
have not paid The names ofthose who have settled
up under the inpelling power of Mr.. SanboTns con-
tracts could doubtless in his mind, be made public
without injury; but those under charges, never. AT
any rate. he wanted the sense of the House npon
tic subject and SO he objected This is hls side of
the story and whether it is entitled to respect on
- - +b,4o hHy IN extraOTdiuarV
tuobe Of fortune, a delay of week is accomplished
by Mn Bntler's objection Ii the resolution shall be
passed next Monday, and il is evident the House Is
largely in favor of H. ii is not unlikely that some
way viii be found TO delay it in the Treasury for
isl 1ght OF more as IN the of the Transmission
Of the gared contracts sent to the House yesterday
The Ways and Means Committee are understood
"a po unanimously in favor of Mr.. Randalls reSOlu-
tou. aud there are those VINO VIII defend 1t in
very vigorous manner, ii 1t meets with any opp0-
sition from Mr.. Butier, Mr.. Hooper, or others The
very point which Air. Butler makes was fully con-
eidercd by the Committee this morning, and they
decided that the entire facts and documents relating
g toe subject, which are IN the possession of the
Secretary Of the Treasury, should be furnished.
THIS action was felt to be due by the Committee in
consequence Of the great importance Oh the and
the interest il had excited. The most interesting
points IN the ease are not it is understood, to be
found in the list OF those charged with having
evaded the revenue laws, nor those who have
been forced to pay tribute under Sanborn's con-
tacts bu; in the orders and correspondence which
upon the files Of the Department, in which
certain documents, if they be forced ont, which
vii show the multifarious resources of certain
public characters. The Ways and Means Committee
the morning agreed upon bill repeating the sec
ton Of the law under which the contracts were
made and this viii be reported to the House in due
time.
The Committee, ii is reported, has discovered the
haIoes Of several persons from whom Sanborn con-
kacted TO collect delinquent taxes, and among those
persons are Representative Samuel Hooper OF Boston
AID Ongres>nan John B. Alley of Massachusetts
who failed 10 pay their income tax Credit MObIer
dividends.