Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-15
WASHINGTON.
Further Sinks of Sanborn 1ni.
guilty.
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tee on Ways and Means this morning ex.
amined A. j. Odell. Treasurer of the De-
laware, Laekawanna and Western railload
company, and Lucien Hawley, Supervisor
oi Internal Revenue of New York. Odell
stated the circumstances under which il
was that his company had paid S99,6S5 OF
back taxes to the Government. The deIav
III the payment had been caused by the
conflicting decisions Of the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue. Pleasanton had de-
elded that the income tax for the five
months of 1872, should be only q per cent,
and his successor decided that the rate
should be D per cent and the question had
been pending for decision in the courts.
With this exception the taxes due by the
company were regularly entered on its
books and were from time to time commu-
nicated to the assessor. Finally the oues-
tion having been decided, a statement was
made up by Odell and the tax paid in con-
foE1nity with it. He had never seen or
heard of Sanborn or any of his agents in
connection with the matter and was COM
pletely surprised when he subsequently, saw
by printed official documents that half of
the amount had been paid by the Govern
ment to Sanborn.
1rdItOrS IN the treasury.
His attention was called by member
of the committee to the fact that, although
he had sent the check for the amount di-
rect to the Secretary of the Treasury, on
the 9th of January last; letter from San
born to the Secretary of the Treasury,
dated two days afterward, states the date,
amount, and number Of the check, and
that the money was collected by him (San-
bOrn). The particulars could not have
been obtained by Sanborn, except through
the Treasury Department.
The Committee Further AstOnished.
Mr.. Hawley's statement showed that al
though Sanborn's contract for railroad
taxes was dated on the 18th of July, 1873,
he had obtained the cooperation of HIM
self and his assistants, at least two months
earlier. In the examination of Hawley he
gave as a reason why he was not aStonish-
ed at SanbOrn's contract, that he had al
ready been operating in collecting derelict
income taxes in New York under the con-
tract of Vim. II. Wood. lie had collected
$4,000 for one, Henry Howard, and S'3,-
600 from a man named Wallace. The ex-
istence of such contracts anterior to San
bOrn's, seemed to astonish the committee
very much.
Mr.. Hawley gave the name of Alden,
Stowe, and Slime, who, while in the en-
ployment and pay of the Government, had
been turned over to aid Sanborn. He did
not know that Sanborn had paid them any
thing, but he did know they had re.
ceiyed their pay regularly from the Govern
ment.
Congressman Roberts asked Hawley:
What advantage was it to you or to the
Government to have Sanborn connected
with the Delaware and Lackawana Com
pany matter?
Answer. Merely to call attention to it,
and to set on foot an examination.
Question. Was il your duty, as Supervi-
sor of the District Of New York, to see that
assessors and collectors did their duty?
Answer. The law makes it my duty to
see that all laws and instructions are obeyed
and carried out.
Both witnesses were instructed to furnish
the Committee with copies of certain tele-
grams and communications.
The Pacific Subsidy Asain-FOlks
Asking Government Money who
Can't Take Care of Their Own.
Trevor W. Park, representing the Pacific
Nail Steamship Company, and John Roach
in behalf of the ship building interests of
the country, made argument before the
House Postal Committee to-day in advocacy
Of the continuance of the million dollar
subsidy for 9 seIni-monthly China mail
service.
\ statement was made by Mr.. Park to
the effect that it had been discovered that
three hundred thousand dollars of the
famous six hundred thousand fund placed
at the disposal of an agent of the company
to be used in adveting competition and
securing an increased subsidy was trans
ferred by the agent to his sister, and in
vested in real estate in Philadelphia, and
that the company expected to recover this
amount.
The Alabama Claims.
The House Judiciary Committee to-day
by a majority of one, voted to report and
recommend the passage of the bill for the
distribution of the Geneva awaId.
The House Committee has fixed Thurs
day next for the consideration of the postal
telegraph scheme, and the Postmaster Cen
eral and the President of the Western
Union Telegraph Company will be notified
to be present and submit such arguments
as they may desire.
A Bridge Monopoly.
The House Committee on Commerce
have decided to report adversely on the bill
which promised to throw open the Clinton,
Iowa, bridge over the Mississippi, now con-
trolled by the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad Company, to the use Of all rail-
roads willing to make reasonable compen-
Sation therefor. 4 minority of the COM
mittee, comprising MesSrS. Clayton, Hol-
man and Stannard, will recommend that
the bill be passed.
The Civil Rights EnOrmity-SOmethin
. Even RrOWnlOW Cannot Stomach.
The substitute for Summers Civil Rights
Bill, reported by the Judiciary Committee
to-day, provides that all persons within the
jurisdiction of the United States shall be
entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of
inns, public conveyanceS on land and
water, theaters and other places of amuse-
ments, and also of common schools and
other public institutions of learning, of be-
nevOlent institutions supported in whole or
in part by general taxation, and so sup
ported, subject only to the conditions and
limitations established by law, and applica-
bic alike to citizens of every race, and re-
gardless of any previous condition of servi-
tude. Any person denying to a citizen any
privileges conferred by the bill shall pay
500 to the person wronged, and shall also
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not
less than $500 nor more than $1,000, or be
imprisoned not less that thirty days nor
more than one year.
The District and Circuit Courts of the
United States are given jurisdiction ex-
elusive of the courts of the several States,
cognizant of all offences against the bill, and
actions may be prosecuted in any United
States Court wherever the defendant may
be found guilty in regard to another party.
ANY District Attorney who shall willfully
fail to institute and prosecute the proceed
ings required, shall for every such Offense,
forfeit and pay the sum of $500 TO the per
son aggreived, and upon conviction thereof
be guilty of "a misdemeanor and fined not
less than 81 900, nor more than 5000.
No citizen shall be disqualified for serv-
ice as a grand Or petit Juror in any of the
United States Courts, regardless OF race or
color. or previous condition of servitude,
and any officer who shall exclude or fail to
summon anv citizen for that cause shall be
fined not more than $500. All cases arising
under the act may be reviewed by the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
The New Per Cents.
Secretary Richardson has made negotia-
tious for exchange of half million new ,