, 1874-02-11
WASHINGTON.
The Butler-Kelsey Contract
Business in the
House.
Communication from the Sec-
retary Of the Treas.
1lry.
Important Facts Connected with
the Case Withheld by
Mir. Richardson.
An Imperative Demand for the
Documents Likely to
Be Made.
=.
Gen. Buffers Motives Again Misfep-
resented by tho Public -
Press.
He Entertains the House with a
.Narrative Of His Wrongs.
A Committee Finally Secured to lnyes-
tigate the District GoV-
ernment.
-. ihf
Gen. Buffers Motives Again hIisfep-
resented by tho Public :
Press.
He Entertains the. House with a
.T1arrative Of His Wrongs,
A Committee Finally Secured to lnyes-
tigate the District GoV-
ernnent.

THE BUTLER-KELsEY JOB.
&;setat Dhnateh to The Chicago Tti5ane.
An uSsAT1srAoTonr COMMUNICATION FROM sE0hE-
rA1Y n1tltAnDsbf4
WAsittFo1dN, D. G.. Feb. 1d.-Tle Ways and Means
COMMITTEES are not, to speak within boiinds, hilarious
tonight, although tho joke Is considered in most
quarters pretty fair for Richardson. Thoy hayc
hccn III terrible condition Of unrcs for Bplo weeks
about tho Sanborn cotfaos, nhd llavo boon oxpeud-
ing te nost Of their Hrare forco in effort to compel
1chaf<son to sond tho said contracts 10 the House.
resary laa been 10th to comply with tler rcquess uo
seemed willing to par. rather with anything else no
held dear thnn to let tile purport Of
THESE WONDERFUL poOUMENTa
10 forth to the world, aud when ia atEnl1cd to tho
Committee, last Saturday LIS iuteutoa to reveal tho
Eecrct, they could hardly conceal their qualification
They don't attempt to-day to conceal their tndgna-
tl0n aud chnErn tRt have been aroused pt tho receipt
Of the papers Which tho Sccretsry did send. To a n-
tcnts and purposes they amount merely to dcscrip
o u M tne 19a % o., ~ @ ns9 ~ no
scssrs sanborn, ,Catnpbo Kc1soy, Edsraut and Clark
authorized to blocknai> Do not appear IN any Of thu
with Hamlet Lett out. In their present shape they
or NO MANNER or Use.
They g'so tho Committee no more information than
they already had from the statute ,snIer which tho
contracts authorized. There III doubt tint tho
Committee viii l.. orce, through tho House. back
correspuntnso und all other tncb i tho caEc as viii
persuade iaa dtenitary Tint It Viii not 10 wss to a-
tempt sccond tinle to try them.
formation in such shapc that it would be worth
something are considered wonderfully fine: Firss,
aucnt tic to take sops to eyade Tia operatt< he laTs
mud thus dcfeat their cnds. vi arst . Ibis It ii
observed that tic Inst contract mals;> hyer i've
months ago, and II suit has not been entered long ere
this then Tho parties authorized 10 enter the suit
or to collect the money
srnAsorIY CARELESS /, '
fNrTf Hf 11Ec kr7p1 Inn
BY tbs pa5lication Of tho MINES Of liz .lrnqueats
we'll aware as tic Secretary That persds who arc DO
llnquent in paying tlo!r txes aro not necessarily Al.
neglect Of tho proper oieers of tho Treasury;
tisca through mistake; sometimes because ho holds
sae as sa Ao 0 seirsry asfs 'Gs ID thu sqmy
Of NG lis @ own Objection. ad,inits TINT probably
these parties come under ona OF tue other of these
eyads Just aetion he would not bo careful lest Lie
o1vlNa pubL1o1rY TO THE FRAUD
they ara engaged III. If lust sApcfnna have been
aroused In this connection in tho nl!nts Of tho Com
mfttee and OF the public, the Secretary has but
hisuf mud his advisors to hold responsible for It, If
he had
PROMPTLY FunN1ssEED THE IMPORTATION REQUIRED,
thcro would havc been no trouble about 1t, provided,
Of course, tho subsequent developments wero such
would implicate men In responsible positions In
frauds andcorruption.
When the papers were submitted by tho speaker,
there cons iderablo excitement manifested on al
hands, and at first tho Committee seemed inclined not
10 allow tho public to know tho contents Of tho 1nya
j. t soao an hour 1Grs
public documents, under tho ru1ca Of tho Housc tho
public entitled to know tho faea they contained,
Late III tho day b resolution introduced by Mr..
1sautlal1, Of Pennsylvania, calling for
ExrL1otT ASD FULL INFORMATION,
which vas referred to the ways n1:l Msann Commit
toc II they DO not coon report back with the feco-
ncndation that 1t pasB they will undoubtedly bring
forward another o!o covering the enmo ground.
SECRETARY IT na caauxoAr1os 5nsi
. WAsli1saroS D. c., Feb. 1o.-Tho Secretary Of the
Treasury having been cal!ed upon byI resolution OF
nry Department for iscouting and collecting moneys
nelongins g. to tue unitea sates whenever aae shall
oy tie ioow VIZ sassn to s Goass
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Fob. H. 1874.
acatiyes OF tho 9Th ultimo havo tho honor to trains
init herewith copies Of tho contracts n1ade by tile
Treasury Department. under authority g!soa to the
making appropriations for the Legislative, Executive,
and judicial oxpenscs Of 0oyernmont for thu year cn
Ing June 80, 1872 aud for other purpososn approved
aay 8. 1873. Tho !ncloscd transcripts contain tho
to1t Of tho contracts made, except tht naMGa Of tho
persons and corportiona alleged to bo indebted to he
to bo ,xo to tho copies for Tho that
tho consracta arc based upon CHIN hat tho parties
md corporations named nve withheld tile taxes lnc
valve degree Of fraud, n they n,ay or may not be
vol founded mud laYe, therefore, tell that sstico
to tie rartloa charged required Of ic, III tho Ads
tr43io Of the law III question, to nyOil any unncecs
sary publicity III reSartl to these allegations before
they shall BY found, upon investigaion' to l'c well
founded. Tho nntnes will. Of course, DO Furnished IT,
under these circumstances, tho House ii Of orl,lion
tAat they Should lo furnished.
hAve tic honor to be, very respectfully, -.
WIELIaM \. R1G!rAEpsoN,
Secretary NJ the Trtasury.
The Hon. JAMES q. BLAINE, Speaker OF the House
Of Representatives.
deorga i. Boutwell,, Secretary Of tho Treasury, and
William II, Kelsey, Of Now York. Tue latter was one
Of three pcrHona designated 10 assfst tho urQrcr u
GERS ut tho Government ia discovering md collecting
moneys belonging to tho United States and Withheld
by ccrtan persons corporations under the pTovlH
ios Of the act Of May, 1879. Thu amount lle roposed
to rsso'er Or nsHiHt ~ Wss 1ho M
ssi y Kc4sy s'e' II f a1s' for ns vi" seryses, md
for nil coath md cxpenalA Of such collection, B1lf
equal to b0 per cent Of Tho groks B collected an re
Celvct thu a'ance ct the money to be paid into the
Treasury. Tho above contraut was surrendered by
com mud Oamrben, Of Ieinsylyana. Tho l.ow coI'-
tract wab IN August, 1A72, between W!llian A. 1cll
araHoh. Acting Secretary Of. tho Treasury. anl
John D. banhoru wl,n nlainled tlMt S500,on
were due upon srrituous aud ferme'lte
liquors, IN well III III making faIso returna
Of tho a1lilt ,nanufasturcan'l III eyading tho lny.
Inens Of tlo tax upon tAon Which waa wholly sile
nor tho several ncs or Congress. 1Ie 10 fccriye
50 cent Of The gross Runa collected al received III
full for hts serTces usld all costs aud tho oxenEe ol
tho colecto. Thu contract was royokable ut auy time
by tho Secretary Of tho Treasury.