The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-02-26
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The Names in the SanbOrn Contracts
Laid Before COngress-More Devel-
operaents in the Secret Detective
Service OF the Government.
WASHINGTON, February l9.-The Treas
ury Department obeyed tbs Instructions
Of the II ouse this afternoon, and sent 10
the speakers table a solid cubic foot OF
matter embracing all the m
formation in the possession concerning
the so called SanbOrn contracts, UPona
opening the bundles the contracts were
found to consist to u large extent oil inter-
mInable lists Of pames of our corporat-
lions, firms, and private individuals, FUR
nished TO the department by MIR. Sanborn
and others, and designated by him as deln-
quent. There were enough OF these TO MI
n good-siZed directory. 1t seems 10 nave
been the practice of these gentlemen To
prepare immense lists of these names and
deposit them with the Secretary III the
Treasury, thus preventing them and pre-
venting ANYBODY else from attempting to
make the collections. Sanborn made
three original contracts with thsT Treasury
which seems 10 have covered all the Held
of effort which he desired To engage IN.
He from time to time made such addlI-
ions TO these lists as he saw fit to make.
His first contract oil August 10, 1872. Tor
the collection of about 5000 worth ol
internal revenue taxes, related entirely t.
distillers in New York. His second con-
tract October 80, 1872, embraces thous-
ands of names OF private individuals aud
esiates delinquent IN the payment OF leg
acv. SUGGESTIONS and income taxes. There
Is 4 contract dated July II, 1875, which
Owes a huge list of corporations, which
sDnears 10 give the name of every rail
road in the United States. There Is also
a contract dated March %, 1873, for col
lection OF unpaid income taxes, which con-
tains besides the thousands OF private
names a list of foreign firms having branch
establishments in the United States, In
Guiding all the leading insurance compan-
les of England, &c. 1t was to this con
tract that Sanborn appended the list In
the Credit Mobilier, with some significant
omissions. In this list the anne of Oakes
and Oliver Ames, John B Allen, of Lynn
and John S. Williams now a member o!
Congress, but no other name prominently
connected with the Credit Mobiller inves'
tigation last winter. The most interest
ing list of all is that containing the list o.
collections made, which embraces between
100 and 200 names, mostly of private IN.
diylduals. Up TO February 9 he has palc
into the Treasury $427, $50. 40, OF which
amount he received back S2l3,2 200. 10
The residences of The following IS a Inst q
the collections from corporations: Buffalo
New York and Erie, $2,202 II Lake
Shore and Michigan, $3.50, IA Troy anC
Boston, ST $50 IS Catar Rapids and Ms
souri, River. $43 36S 81; Chicago ana
Nebraska, SO. 429 q Sioux City PacInC
81. 5S2 So; Iowa Falls and Sioux. 81 45l'
SO St. Paul and Sioux CiEy, So 23O 50
Cincinnati. Ham lton ana DAYTON. Sl.117.
40 St. Paul and Pacific. SIS 293 40 Oto
Colony and Newport, $4,024 80 Dele
ware, Lackawana and Western. S99 $50,
"a Indianapolis. Pennsylvania and Cnicagy
$3.50, 20 Indianapolis aad 81 Louis, So
099 43 St. Louis, Alton and Terra Hautt
5000. 81; Toledo, Wabash and Western.
$26.37S. so %Sheboygan and Fond ou Lao
ST.. 55S SC Delaware and Hudson Cana
/ Company, SIS, 250. Considerable mass o.
correspondence in connection with the
subject came in with these lists. Thes'
letters gave some interesting correspond
ence between the Solicitor of the Treasury
und the district attorneys IN New YerE
and Philadelphia. On the Is of October
1900, OlSlIiCl~A lAOEuoJ DASSt VI w
York. wrote to Solicitor Banheld. of the
Treasury. for Instructions as to how 10 prc
coed in bringing suits. On the 23d o
February he wrote again inquired IN de-
tail 10 know whether TO commence Il
a suit, when requested by Mr.. Sanborn
whether ne should en- force penalties Wher
parties failed to pay whom SAnborn had
proceeded against whether notice was tC
be given 10 the Internal Revenue ethet
when such points were brought also If ht
issued a notice TO the Internal Reveunt
office instead Of bringing a suit what wai
to be done with the amount due. On The
9th of March Mr.. Banfeld replied t.
both these letters saying that Bliss wa
authorized to bring suits IN any cas'
when evidence was presented by the con-
tractors justfying a suit second, that The
doubted the expediency of commencing
suits to enforce the payment OF legacy
succession, and income taxes third, thaI
proper notice should be given the lnterna
revenue collector not TO receive payment
in cases embraced in Sanborn's contracts
it being understood his contract related tC
cases not on record in the collectors office
fourth, all moneys collected in suits were
TO be handed over 10 the Secretary o.
the Treasury, who would pay Mr.. Sanborn
He also said he had requested Sanborn to
furnish him (Mr. Bliss with copies of the
contracts. In spite of the large amount
of correspondents sent in IL Is believed
that the documents are not complete
The instructions Of the Treasury Depart.
ment to the officers of the internal reYe-
nue. do seem to have been submitted. these
are of great Importance, and will probab.
ly be asked for. 1t is understood tina
the contractors are working hard to secure
q modification of the law inssead of a re
peal. They have offered to make the re-
naming collections for % per cent, In
stead of so per cent. 1t is believed tina
they, would agree to make the collections
for 10 per cent, as there are several mill
lions vet to be collected, or which it il
thought can be collected. The documents
sent In today have been so hurriedly tran
scribed and are so mixed up that it wa
impossible to get much insight into thu
manner in which the collection business
has been conducted. The contractors have
never supplied the Treasury Department.
with the information on which they acted
this being withheld as their stock in trade
One of the most remarkable features OF
this most remarkable business is that VI
to February 4 only $237,O 900 had been re,
ceived into the Treasury, showing tina
nearly hall the money has come in since
the demand for the publication Of the
contract Was made.
Grimes.
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