New-York tribune., 1874-06-11

noaoens. Wesn he .ne.aed reach the ds.ok
90 % "a ..s.
IMP ps s IN s's e &. & Gs,s, Ssss,
ys Ss bill now before the senate
accorded @a with Mr. sewsrs letter IN every respect
MT CONKLIN(i said his friend tMr. shermen) Ger,
s,0y Ss You'd Sl% Saare how was that the fine 5000
named ir the bill, agreed with Mr. stewards ree3m-
mendation for fine IN sum of three tunes the Va"e
Mr, SHERMAN said in ninety-niue cases out Of
hundred the article undervaiued was worth less than
81 OOO aud 5000. named IN tho bill, vas the maximum
amount OF fne; ~. ~. I'm v.. ,roued in mr.
cordance with Mr.. Stewarts and said
in the case Of Phelps, Dodge Co.. the amount paid
three times that amount would have been $4,000:
Mr. EDMUEDs aep, VI said the books OF the hr@ maa
been presented at the house. and quoted from
statement made from those books, to show tnat the
private books showed the true invoice was OF much
greater value than the one presented at the Custom
house. Yet this vrtuous firm had sworn to the lase In
voice He denied that the firm had been persecuteo Ny
| the officers OF the Custom House. ~
Mr. SHERMAN said the case Of Phelps DSdSe tS: CO.
bill he the Importance OF the blli. wnen
from e dnss mGlse e spI Of him the
| OF the prominent merchants III New1ofR VINO couu I
shermanC wrote letters to these gentlemen, and their
replies had much weight with the Committee III lramns
inst what Mr Stewart recommended, and that was 10
change the forfeiture Of the whole invoice 10 he par
| Phe,ns Dodge Co covered a rerIod of five years.
| Mr. CONKLING said his friend was in error. In that
Wsre taken Covered period Of Is months. He Mr
Conkns) had heard that statements about hvc years
HOWE a@siS opposed the BILL said If it passed
the National Treasury would soon experience d'inu
mi MIR. CARPENTER agreed with his colleague tMr
Howell and said the moiety system was oder than tns
century II was part OF wellconsidered plan TO pro
tect the interests and revenues OF the cOuny anu tno
becoming cowardy. If the merchants were gutless OF
fraud. why did they permit one man TO hod them Ill
Mr.. STEVENSON Dem. Ky) called attention to 9th the
that both Secretary MeCaoSn ana secretary Bout
Mr. BAYARD (Den. DELI related case OF oppression
occurred two we agE Of SsU
and kept possession OF II for six weeks 80,
Mr. CARPENTER said that any merchant WITH wealth.
and influence behind him, would permit man &c
take possession of his books he gultless was
demand Of detective unless he felt he liable under
the law. Every honest man would eheeriniy SNOW n
books any officer OF the Government VINO was outno
The question being the motion Of Mr. Stewart - &c
the 18th section, 1t was cas- z
Nays, Sl-Messrs. BoremaD, Chandler, ConRlng Piah
npTe Voting aPS IN the
MIR SARGENT moved TO amend the l2th section pS
sertng in lieu thereof for each oiense be ued any
sum exceeding 5000 less than $50 or to be I'm
prisoned for any time not exceeding TWO years. Oh
Mr. HXMLlN Rep., Me.) moved to amend the l2tt
section to provide that only package or cast
containing items undervalued should be forfeited
MIR WRIGHT Rep., Iowa) moved to insert the fifth
section stricken out IN the Committee OF the Whole
which provided for examination of books ana papeI
! upou the order of the court. .
MIR BAYARD moved to amend the section so that Il
would read:
And the shall be permitted to make examination
In which the
feudsnt, present Agreed TO-
moved to amend the section so as 10 pfovlde
that OF the books papers should nave suU
iect order of the Court the custody or hem cH
cent pending their examination in Court as aforesaid
/, | Agreed to- .
The question then being agreeing to the section a.
| amended, IL was agreed to-
The hill was then read the third time. and passed
Yeas IS: NAYS, g. as foil lJws: Republicans In roman
Democrats italics, and Liberal Republicans In smal
| anita aIs