, 1875-05-15
SUPERVISOR MuMNl

The int!m.tloa in Washington telegram pub
lthed IN yesterdaJ's Tribune, that 8upervifof
llunn, Of llllnon. was to be removed. oouIted
viii ata4ouons that bis probity was not eoea-
toned ongendased come surpsiso 1t tho Cu'tona-
1Louao, but no one credited the sumor. rc-
l2stor oalIod o. Mr, Mum to lssrn nhat he had
t54Ay about tho matter, Aod had the annexed
conversation with him.
nepo1tsr-I zoe u stated that yon hro 70 b.
ruspendsd,- d,-whas havo you 70 say about it
Mr. Munn-0nly thia: ! sss by the papers
lhat Mr. Drisnow authorized tao statement that
thers waa nothing sxainst ME. Tho Govern-
mint olfles.n now here (,yathburn, Tutten, sto.)
hASA frankly told me that they haYo heard
noIK1No WHICH 1srLicATEp NE
. my way with tha whisky fraud. DO not
taow what the report Of ny removal meAna..
Heporter-.rho lnfarcpoo from tAs dispatch Ia
shat you havo becn inehclent9
Iii. Muun-Woll, sfk ~ that u coucerned,
there may bo mon wbo would have doto bstter
than hlvo In this d4strict, but nono who would
~ harder to do thar duty than ha1s tsied.
Heporter-Hayo you devoted
YcUn WHOLE TINE
10 your o1aco-wark7
Mf, Muuu-Yes- It has hean stated In ths
papots thAt bave medd!od with polisica, but
That il untruc. l bare not naeddled With politics
Kyen my whole tina md attention to my dutles.
Agnperv,sor isnot Riven posse Of men To make
examinations; there is 10 provision for paying
tdem. And un1eah had such foEca, DO not
80 how I could h2To AscoFt0inea WAht WAall.
burn has by tho nd Of tAs ncn uudor his
tantsol.
Nspcrtsr-Could you not havo
uaEAATlED THE FRAUDS ALII0fD?
Mr. Munn-undo1btedly. nus tho charges
against uas moa whose establishments have
been ssizod wcro ascsrtained At the other end of
tho ltue,-and could only have boon ascortancd
tharo-ohayges ID reference to duplicating
stamps. haso certainly, ued eyery effort
uasp prevent a fnS lsvo peaS assa.g.a '''e s.vsrs
Qlugera and Storaieerers s,nco came into Of
aeo md tho ouly thing that caro- Ahout is.
that, wheu . plau doss Try to do hls duty and to
b faithful, ho should bs t1oatsd In tue manner
Indicated IN tue telegram. think It little sim
tniar that the Government should adopt suuh =
course. II there Ase any ahstgos a9hiust ne,
Why not asats the1a. and giYs Inc hearing? !
think tho Government would surely do that.
cannot believe tho reports ars txus.
RepoFtar-You sny -.....
could not bs axcaitainel as thss eul of tue fne :
III. Munn-Yes. 1he olarss e. u .hat s.smrs
show that tho stamps wese DESTROYED hus. in.
stead Of destroying thetn, It ia alleged that the
barrels vsss selued and shipped 70 New York ;
;nad nad wien tho stamps wore reported to
bean used twioA ! had csllsd tho attention OF
comutasioneE Douglass repeatedly to that kind
Of fraud, tollipg hIm 1t could 10 discovered only
u thu Est. Such frauds could not " unoatthsd
laro,
Rspostee-Thsn you havs not been inefficient
AF. nunn-1 would rather bo called an IN,
samou4 Eascat than that it should ba said lad
not dous my dasy. have followed up frauds.
NIGHT AND DAT,
HhaIsvet oouId. There sro nlo1o dlss{llortoa in
ray d!Ats4ot than in any okAer. / hAvo to watch
thsra VI ys& thss tavo mo only ono travelling
eas:k 1havs dono everything = man sould do
20 Do not halisva Mr. Brlstow hlnself. u hs
ia hssn hers. could hsye dons bsstss. Il
! hAss mA}a any miatAkaa d Do4
knax h. 1 have no 4siepds among
eas whisky men. o1s than no.hing. hays
,As.ae dona thsm any tavoes. S,aas Wsshbarr
ecd ths stasss aame here, havs done evssy'
thh8 psaihls 70 esaht than U fes1sttus ou'
ia&sodsa. Iam not consAoun ot having neglect
Aeythln9t s&hAeWaa might know rsasos
tas nhmAsoo n ths tola9tAn sod oAano
1s7s thAt the QevNn1sof NIu aat thA& VI,
4k - A6aaas4 whe0 tAses m ~ st1xrgss
e9M - hAes falt ~ I'D n DE- Rew + hs9
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