, 1874-05-05
WASHINGTON.
Report Of the Ways and
Means Committee
on the Sanborn
Contracts.
A Lack Of Confidence Shown
Between Richardson
and Douglass.
The Former Believed to Have
usurped tho Authority
Of the Latter.
The Sanborn Business Not a
Proper Subject for
Contract.
Collections Should Have Been Made
In the Ordinary Way.
The Action Of the Secretary, His Assist
ant, and Solicitor Strongly
Condemned.
Testimony Taken Before the
District Committee.
How Contractors and Patont-
Owners Played Their
Cards.
Provisions Of tho Dawes and Butler
| N,~.-r-..,su> nsiim
Testimony Taken Before the
District Committee.
How Contractors and Patont-
Owners Played Their
Cards.
Provisions Of tho Dawes and Bntler
Compromise Finance Bills.
THE sANBoRN CONTRACTS.

THE SANB0RN CONTRACTS.
REPORT or THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
WARRINGTON, D. O., May AIN the House Of
Representatives today Charles Foster, OF Ohio,
from tho Committee of Ways md Mcans, Bub-
mitted report in tho matter OF tho Banborn con-
tracts. Tho Committee in tho first place state
that they hare examined 10 far - they know all
parties In any wRy connected with tho execution
of tho law under which the sanborn contracts
wore mado and that they annex to the report a
statement Of tho testimony. They then proceed
~ follows:
Tho Forts>socond Congress It ita second session
pea1ed alt laws which provided for tho payment Of
moesics to 1nfor,ners far rclated to internal
sion, aud By means Of COMMITTEES Of Conference there
was sngrafcd on tho Legislative Executive. aud Judi
o IL. 10
Bureau, whercin uroysions haye been annually mads
for sS esssa@ Ts h'r'
ooHTRAo1a WE'RE MADE
with ". Il. Kelsey, Malcolm Campbell, J. Nicho1aon,
81 s ansrn
tract and how 10 had addod to It largo number Of
names and persons alleged to haTe been guilty Of With
holding tazes imposed upon legacles auccessions, and
On lst of July, 1873, Bsnborn again asked to amend
Tressury On LIS the III of July following, sdasa to hss
contract The Of 592 ruiroad companies alleged
to 10 tnobted to tho Government for taxes upon dvi
depda and interest paid Upon bonds. The COMMITTEES
mud that the information Furnished by paid officers OF
tho Goyernmen. on which collections were made was
PLACED At THx DlsroaAL OF sANnoRN,
who, avsug hlmseli Of ths information paid for BY
the Government obtained contract for tho collection
Of tho very cai1a thus brought to Light and found to
testimony Of sauhorn that when be spilled for thia
railroad contract ho furnished list Of rairosdl taken
from : rsroad manual or guide comprising the naraoa
suparANr1AILY Tns EST1Rz LIST or ROADS
within the United states. That while he had knorl-
Atfn f1h ri n hA HnH
no knowledge uhateyer Of the Delinquency OF tho
naming 4o6 450. It also appeara that when be
he was there told that ar didn't make any differ.
ence, and to put them a!l in:" Wlcreupon he made
that as 1pa Sa
They wore, accordingly. added to bis contract.
In THU connection, I may b proper to state that
Secretary Of the Treasury hmeelf, seem to
HAVE NO RECOLLECTION or THIS FACT
Of lsroo n
@ sssss.sss ssY Rsusxs snS Ks!:sy 'u' 's''s'a
provides for tho "empoymens Of threo poraons to
sis ths proper officers ~ d'scoye5'ng and solecting
es gnosng @ @ tho Iaepna
stipulated merely that they should asast ths officers.
the arst order Ct tl,s treasury Soparttnel. @ nj
| Issued IN rolatlon to tho employ1asnt 81 psr-
under 9os s Sa
set forth in written statement under oath to b.
held in hts Off 70 tho character In detail Of thu claim
money bus bsen withheld aud tho evidence By which
ss E. .as ssnf
conditions AZ hs eha deem boat for the Interests q
raouirene Of secrotary Hoatnel wss In c9act con-
formy 10 the nw But they are unable to hIa In M,
that tue conditions aet forth by the socrotar,
have been compiled WITH II iH oyilent that ths propo
officers OF the doyornuent referred 10 n the aw coult
only hays been taken to moau the otccra OF 1nerna
| Revenue. Tho Committeo cannot asccztain thu
ito Commissioner Of Internal Revenue. .u.
otcer Of hs Department, consulted before. at h
tme, a!nce the contracts were made Or tlat ac w
aayised ~ to the making Of tue contracts Of th
character of thc claius 1t intended thereby to
collected 1u fact it ii shown taat tho oomnissiono
| wrote letter
PROTESTING AGAINST THE MANNER or COLLECTIONS
10 tho aeurotAry which hss never hoen snswsxea. In
decd this very important olicer to whom belongs o.
cuslyely tho collection Of these tHxts appears to hav
been xtulouHY ignored by the 8ecreary Of thu TreaE
ury, an Tho oicere in Tho oicp Of the socreaEy, a1.
ord!atcs Nv wero dlrocss to assist tic eonraetors an
in cano the Commissioners nnd that the consrAt
tors assisted hs officer The waols po%ee Of Int.
placed 1t the disposal of Banborn BY 1ettera trot q
Supervisors and Collectors Of internal ucyenns I
assist him In the examining Of ofc!at rocordB, etc
born, who we're not employees Of ths dovarnnen
wors without authority Of law Furnished by Tho aecre
tary and Asas,ant-Secr1tary Of the Treasury Wit
special lsars 10 Supervisors and Calls:tora flrougl
out tue country. calling upon aald oiacera to ala sn
assfst than Al they might require naddt1oa TO sh1
to more completely ARA them With power, two OF thc'
taxne aBsnta worn
FuAN1AHgp WITH aEoREr sEAy1oE DETECTIVE,
commissioned BY tae soiicltor Of the Treasury It
the opinion Of ths Committee that worry tarRg re
centage II not all Of tho $4 900 af ths taxes collsose
| by AAnborn, Wore
NOT \ PROPER suu1EoT or CONTRACT
under the law, md thAt thpse taxes should aud won
have betn COLLECTED by tho officers Of the Internal e'
bureau In ths orusry discharge Of their dntle
II is shown BY tle evideilcp before tho Commit
that shout SO COO collected by Supervisors Hsw
] aud Bmmous from taxes imposed ~ schedule "
Of thu Internal Revenue laws, fer tho collection
which no contract lnada with Banborn or Any ol
s1ae. NsvertAolshs, Eannorn claimed aud
WAs ALLow1n 80 PIE OENT THEREOF.
Ths Committee es tha case Of the Delaware, Iac]
. Awanna 4 Western Nailroad Company, full act0u
Of which has been published aud 20 on to say that
theory Of tbs law administered, ia completely
versed. and, tnstoad Of three persons being q
poysd TO Asaet she proper oalosFs q {
0eTssnmsnt, IN proper eoae*ss q !