The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-06-04
VOLUME 26-NUMBER 80.

sworn TO protect It so happens thai
: every one of these marauding con-
, tractors undertook to make eOllee-
: tions in his district, but by his faith
fulDess and vigilance they secured
but about 5000, and probably this
J sum may be considered as properly
collected, atleast be believed so, else
they would have failed even in this.
The gentleman from Massachusetts,,
when this subject was first before the
! House, said that che reason why all
contractors except SznbOrn failed
was because they were unified for
the work they undertook, but that
MI. SanDorn, who for years had
been the trusted agent Of Adams Ex-
press Company, who had gone all
over the country looking up their
business" was peculiarly fit
ted for the work, "with the
energy that distinguished his ehRrae-
ter, aud with the skill with which he
had done private business, he WAS en-
abled to discover these taxes" Now
what are the facts? All of the con-
tractors, including Sanbofn, under
took to make their collections in Penn
sylvanla, where Supervisor Tuition
and after all the rest had failed San
born undertook to apply his skill in
this same locality, and he too, with
all his energy, failed also. Why ? Be
cause Supervisor Tuition WAS true to
the high trust imposed in him. He
] was faithful to his oath. NeiLher caiO-
lery nor threats could sWerve him q
hairs breadth from the line Of his
"A .f.,-s 4
sachusetts" failed here, and one of his
witnesses (Belsterling) was forced to
admit that if Supervisors Hawley and
Simmons had been as faithful to duty
as was Supervisor Tuition, SanbOrn
would have failed to make collections
in their districts; in other words, the
"prOper officers" of the Government
would have made all these collections.
Supervisor TuttOu, ever true to his
high trust, steadily resisted these con-
tractors, fOiling them st every sstep,
and, aided oy his subOrdinates, has
during the continuance of these con-
tracts collected large amounts Of taxes
of the very class, and i'm some instan-
ces the very cases, for which contracts
have been made. OF this class of cas-
es he has collected in the district Of
my very able associate In the Ways
and Means Committee from Pennsyl-
vania Mr.. Kelly] over S2OO, 200.
Mr.. Speaker, let me call the atten-
tiOn of the gentleman from Massaehu-
sets Mr.. Butler] 10 the statement he
makes IS to the employment of sam
born by the Adams Exress Company.
! Mr.. SanbOrn was employed by the
Secretary OF the Treasury in the year
1869, and was continued in this en-
ployment until May 81, 1873. During
all this time SanbOrn has been allow
ed pay for every day, including Sun
days, that has interviewed from that
date TO the termination of his employ
ment, and in addition thereto has re-
eeived an average of probably ten dol
lars q day for expenses. Will the gen.
/ tleman from Massachusetts inform
the House of the nature of his employ
ment by the Adams Express Compa-
ny as well as the compensation he re-
ceIYed from them during this time
| Will he please to tell US why it Is that
SanbOrn WAS paid for every day, dur
/ ing which time he must Of necessity
have been attending TO his private
business, which the gentleman from
Il Observation-Disclosures says Was COuuuClcu
with great "energy and skill ?'' Can
he tell US why il is that his pay and
expenses were continued during the
time that Collector Simmons says he
was engaged in lobbying the Legisls-
lures ofNOrthern New England Can
he tell US why his pay was continued
daily while be was laboring to secure
the triumph Of the gsntleman's favor
ite candidate for Senator? Why was
pay continued daily, including Sun
days, while SanbOrn was "fxing
things' Ia the interest Of the gentle
mans aspirations for governor Of Mas
saehusetts?
Mr.. Sanborn is indeed "myster-
lous man." as well as a man Of "ener-
gy and skill" He has managed this
business with "energy and dskill," and
he has succeeded ia shrUuding It with
mystery.
It required q man of "energy and
skilln to secure contracts; first for the
collection of taxes known to the de-
partment at least one year before the
contract was made, and against whom
indictments were had at least four
months prior thereto. 1t required
these characteristics to secure contract
for nearly three thousand legacy and
succession cases, and his energy and
skill rose to heights sublime when he
took q railroad guide to the Depart
ment and obtained q contract for all
the roads that were in the book, and
the "energy and skilp' with which he
took the oath that they were all in
debted to the United States must meet
i 4. II l. F-sa
gentleman from Massachusetts.
With wonderful ''energy and skilI'
he secured orders from the Treasury
Department directing the supervisors
and collectors of the country to ''ptedSe
I render him such dssistdnce as he re-
qliires," and to instruct these officers
not to collect the taxes that were in
his contract, and also permitting him
to allow district attorneys a greater
fee than the legal one. His "skill and
energyn were again made manifest
when he secured the illegal issue Of
special letters for his agents, instruct
ing the einternsl-revenue officers In the
brOadest manner possible to assist
these agents, and in securing for them
secret-service detective commissions.
His ''skill and energy" are striking
ly displayed in the fact that these con-
tracts were, exeept the railroad con-
tract, made during the time when Mr..
Boutwell, was Secretary Of the Treas
ury, and yet this important officer did
not know that SanbOrn had . con-
tract, all Of them having been exeeu-
ted by Mr.. Richardson, Acting Seere-
tary. tt
His skill and energy" are eOnspie-
uous in securing the valuable aid OF
| Supervisors HaWley and simmons.
His Skill and energy" enabled him
TO carry every point save one. Super
visor Tuition was proof against the
skill, and the energy, and the peeu-
liar fitness Of this mysterious man OF
Massachusetts,. That the House and
country may more fully understand
the force Of his ''skill aud energy" IL
should be remembered that all these
things were accomplished by him sin
gie-handed and aloneI He hsd no
help $50 be says) from any member OF
/ Congress, or any other official source.
To accomplish such 3 result Il, in the
opinion Of the gentleman from Mas
saehusetts, Mr.. Butler evidence OF
SanbOrn's ''energy and skill" and
looking from his standpoint might
Join MIN in attribRting to SanbOrn
these high qualities.
In his payments for services render
ed him, however, his skill seems TO be
somewhat tarnIshed. The facts, as
proved, show that the internal-reyenue
officials worked for him without
other compensation than theil
salaries, and that about 500,
900 was collected by and
through the efforts Of these officers.
For his other collections his OWL
statements show that he paid less
than $4,000. "His skill and energy
were not so remarkably displayed
when he paid Morrison S43, ,575, Pres
eott SIS, ,OOO, and Underwood $lS,675i
making 3 total Of $50, $50, while be
does not know what il was used for
He simply paid these parties these
large sums, permitting them To Dc
what they pleased with the money
, and that, too, without accounting tC
him in any way. True, this matter
is little mysterious, and II any zen
ergy and skilPi worthy OF favoraDis
comment is exhibited by this trausae
ton, we are left to infer that these
qualities are manifested IN the way