, 1874-06-20
WASHINGTON.


tCantfnncd fron tle First rage.>
a pretty harsh acouHaton, md It would
to relatc how = law which authorized American
ntatuary to DO tmportod FREQ Of duty had been
WHO imported statues Of tho uoldcss of Liberty,
Of Washington, and of Jolornon, Ia load tin. .ar,d
copper, and thon turned tlom from their ware
honHe into tl,e snottnF. F.pot. amd he quoted from
stntod boforo Tho House in tie Thirty-oi
Congress-; and yet William =. Dodge htatcd in
the comrnlttco-room Of tho Ways and Means,
tint up to 1872 hts iirrn had neyor beon charged
with any fraud "gainht tho revonuea, and he had
drawn toarn from tho eyoH Of the Committee, II
reports woro to be bolieyod. [1.aughter.] 'He
could imagine how old Mr.. Jatnos (Livorpool
partner Of tho tirm) laughou M Ito chuoAod dow,
tho Goddess Of 1.!hortY ilto tho hold. [Laugh-
] tor lilo knewn Boston w1ne-morcl,nnt (Alluding
TO Willtann, witio-importer), who, having boefi
| detected IN frauds Oh tho revonlo, won't and
committed suicide, thereby coufossinK his guilt
md II old Afr. Janus lad done tho same thing
It would only have bcen a lilo confession OF
guilt. But importing lend, tin, and copper as
statues OF tie Goddess Of Liberty, Of Washing
] ton, and Of Jefferson, WAS not by any means,
ihc most sorious raid TINT Phelps, Dodge & Co.
Ind mado on tho revenue. IN 1861, 30.
fore Qrant bad organizod tho Army OF tha
Potomac to cross tue Napidan. when gold WA
J 1s0, Congress- passed resolution increasing all
thrill duties 60 per cont for sixty days.. Dodge
went to tho Treasury Department and had a
Other mud thereby cleared e2, 25o, ,0o0. IN COM
pnrlson With that, what sisniiicl' tue 5000, 900
fraud Oh tho Importation OF fruit by tho chango
| Of comma. He had road letter from Mr..
| FaBsendcn, Secretary Of tho Treasury, on this
| aendon was gDod lAwyer. but poor tin mai.
| [Laughter.] An interruption by Dawos, and NJ
inquiry whothcr ho (Daues) Ind not given
fair answer to ono Of Butics's iuquirios, waa
f1Snt 1,S I'm rofn
I you woud2h
At the eloHa Of hia first hour The question arose
whether ~ he i, should be permitted to proceod.
for QUO hour, yielded half his time to Mr.. Butler
and the floor and galleries rang with applause.
lilo SPEAKER. with much earuoAtnesB, ra-
proved this infraotton Of the rules, aud throat-
oned to hnyo tho galleries ooarod IL ropeatod.
Mr. BUTLER resumed hs Bpooch, and spoke
Of Dodge making long aorn,ons by day and
prayers by night, while hia partner WIS lofrhud-
ing tue Government to tho amount Of Millions and
10 himself was giving thousands for tho church.
nMoferring ! to chock for $4,000 sent b. the
roHd Company, IN payment Of taxes, and to tito
curious fact Tint Sauhorn In New York know tho
number and description Of tho check sent to tho
Treasury Department. ho said that that fact was
not 60 ronaI kable after alI, as tho olovl1 who
wrote tho cl,eok wss some poraqn who had givon
waa psovorb, that Il You scratch q
lnsaiau !! ssdt ..:', you find Tartar; and 80
Dodge + Co., YOU lind aofaultor 'of
t4o revonue: [LnuEhter.] 1t 80 happened thar
William E. Dodge VAS Chairman OF tho Exccu-
ttye comn'ittee Of thas worry Railroad Company
which owed this s1oo, 400 for delinquent taxes,
firm Of pholpa, Dodge i Co., tho merchant
prln"e, the Christian merchant, who imports
American statues at tho risk Of breaking tho
nose Of the Goddess Of Liberty when BLo ia
M! mado Of, Of lend! [Laaghtor.] H. haa . letter
Of Brooklyn, referring to a1r. Beck, of Kentucky,
aa powerful member of tho Democratic party,
who would bring tho sanborn matter to tho front.
[Lauglter.l He alao lad letter read written
picked up Ia the atroots Of Brooklyn, in which
ho eaid that he had been "propared to rnp Old
cockoye.' [1soass OF laughter, in which Butlcr
himself Joined moat heartily while wiping the
an affidavit !nado by Martin Warwick. a witness
bcfurs the Ways and Nouns Committee, that Fos-
ter had said to Liln in conversation at tho Ebbitt
Houso, "Dnun Dutlqr. Ilo ought to be inyoB-
tigatou. All tile mcn connected with thoHe COLI
trncs arc nntlors friends, and you aro lis friend
algo.''
Mr.. FOSTER pronounced the statement an
1mlnaqsiiyocal fllsohood. ana described Martin
"srwls6 nv 1iI1ir ~ perfectly ,eE eharaotorloss.
tera aui.nua in pursuing tho sanborn invcsti-
gat!on. and said TINT ho had mentioned his
(Bulter'h) name thirty~throe t.mes, and oyory
time lo had got tho answor that Butler know
oyory timo tho New yorl. Tribune stated
that Con. Butlor'a namo WA involved in
the Investigation. His colleagues (Dawca)
newspaper reported tue same story,
qp declared lsse ,.lst tet sanboras
henoIman, whatevcr that might DO. He l3at-
ler) lad never aeen Prescott throo times and
did not know him by sight. Foster had also iu
hia speech alluded to him (Dutler) twenty eight
tho Now York Tribune said that nla (Dutloru]
coat-tails appoared in tile affair. no had no
objection to botng investigated BY anybody.
friend or enemy. especially tho latter, tor
Morso ta fbov tGey ha hniyossntol hi" h 1e a
being Bpons for that PURPOSE under direction of
the Commttco Oh Ways and Means. II tAnt
Committee }lad been attending to tho tinnuccs,
hayo to hang thcir heads In Bha1no tlat Congress
had to 80 homo. aflor six months' session, with
no comprehensive inenBnre Of revonua or hnnnco
passed. or evon reported. Tnat Committee in
y ead ct attondiug to is proper duties, had boon
Affairs, and pquIsing into tl!o fcos which he Ind
recelvod from hlH c!ionts. But, sud he, trum-
phantly, Old Cockeye escaped, aa usual. without
amp.
tho timo wien 4 n,aj jority of this House viii 10
opposed TO mo III politics; md thou aB them
to investigate every act of mino, aud publisu
their rosuits to tlo country, I invobo the iu-
ycstigation Of Il ecntlcnan!y opposition and not
OF malignant personal Bploon aud spito urged
OIL by political rivalry. because 1 hun,bly trust
that wl4on my every act IL known and UNDER
stood authoritHtivolY and exactly In its breadth
and notiyes, the kindly Judgment of nv ooun-
trylnon VII bo after all riyalry and unkintlnesa
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