The Morning herald., 1875-10-18
OUR PHILADELPHIA BUDGET.

on SICK leave. - a! 1''.e'Te'a ..>str-
go. &c" =. .f
, OUR ,oPlI1LADEl.PAlAB BUDGET.
HOW OUR CUSTOM housn:1s UTILIZE.
1t canie to the knowledge Of your corres-
pondent some time back, that the great
head centre. Of political manipulations, To-
Gated theoretically at Washington, but in
fact, residing atpresent among the .juugles
Of Yosemite, ,shad issued an order providing
for the collection of 20 per cent. of the sa]a-
c.es Of every Government. templeye in the
good city of Philadelphia. 1t. required very
slight investigation to prove the truth of
this matter, and it was my intention to
Withhold its publication until I should have
made d thorough Investigation Of the work
ings ofthis admirable political machine Of
ours, 'yclept tie Custom House. Unforu-
nately, or fortunately, Pm not certain
which, an enterprising scribbler fathomed
my, sensation from another source, and
gave every vibration of my thunder TO the
hungry public, This .hasty action Of my
contemporary had the effect Of. failing my
efforts for some time ip gathering the infor-
nation whichI felt lay hidden, like the
treasures Of Captain Kida:- somewhere.
Good, fortune, however, is breathed by the
newspaper man III these parts, with as
intict ease {wlien he's after an item9s as the
atmosphere itself, and by dints of "a 'ffttle
pers everence; managed the other day, to
become soips6fsea 1h'srare that ~elic casual
glance at a Custom House ,day-book was
The most natural thing Imaginable.
That flia discovery Of n piece of nnnhti-
gated rascalitya couple of years after, lis
pcrtctration; will ihp pair its value III the 'es-
timation of one or two people on the face OF
the earth, there can be no doubt, but in an
Instance a1ke tlie one / am about to Cite, it
would make no possible :di fife renee whethe1
its ,perpetration took place yeste rlay or four
ytdrs pri6fsto yesterday The 'vi1faay Was
enacted under the'ssms ailminist4atioa-t he
administration that is in power now-ana is
flldftative ef'the SYSTEM Which, is recognized
by the goverAnrnt, ,;as4the dns' bestcalca At:
!SfSe n ai SGtakanf; q be6f, "a Whisn11 hlyc
alluded. the pstusal4 cf. which, came ITO me
s9 !g natEaHy,v fa1nisasa @e Mithsa c!4s to
endeaNered' t8:o malse- ,7aefeu 1t angfbfe
RRsGs, sef III yoaP II asaser. m
ihaaEbs the Jurors. 66fftlfe ease5 f'have' made
eutt an i9diftmeAt s asgainst the sa aad4inistra-
aktss, :EsP s tss III II: th,s Uh#ea
y snasf ~ sapsqVsioS Sf Hsasy f. MgsHe
Collector TfHtAls Toft;; u vmaif whose ttody-
is~ toIGr4pt jhedl seecNreda taE shim, Qtheerlof-
fees OF proft, but none, until this one, Of a
reifiuntra atiSe character. J Indeed, it Is
asserted by those who ought to knowe that
Mr.. Ioore's appointment was in the nature
1faF pledge that Ne sh6iid,; IN every mariner
poKsiha,i iAndGonsisteAt,with cantioR, &aureE
crate and enhance the interests of the Gov;
ernmsnt. However this may have been,
oDe th1pet is>rsrtaih and1wiI1luut,aasn1ft of
snecessful Jco4tradietipgi yis,F ;tha ;thatM atMiNpdeg ~
1itm m office was one Food, a time-keepea
whose manner of executing the daily :j0bS
entrusted to bis eYecYtiQh sYaA;; 80 80 flAm}gily
dofSe that this >exppsirt can now be done:
81 E6td ~as|ehpSted ds tiiifelsaatSIi effor tRe
Weighers' Department, and never baf0re mt
since was it discovered to be necessary to
yafblUS 1891 nianyir.0f .athtse' 14ssist-
ants The1swnne tFeuk saoilork to the 0fs
Ace in the early morning, in wholef regi1
ments, report their names to the efficient
tiu,oAeepsE; sndtthbiDSille piSsdoG some beer
sSsss 4fs ss5Es52 sas e sfs S9
" skin euchre," seven up" anf the HKe:
FpH thisttgriRis teal. they. ey.FsefGasiveedfn ssme
Ssssa 1igf IN PSs ieH ~ s
One-half of this hOueySthenpaydhy cafnes
was turned over to Ford $50 it is alleged)
ahd ii Wturfi foF .thS m6dNufhnz Which the
tutaners4h heittp selves retaiped Gballotabonee
were stuffed to .t1eiy verge sef bnrlting, IN
addition to this timely service to tie up
fifsytS4erHnisat, ether dusseb ef asre6n
Als charsftaR weFe NJ faith fully IHesisEpsa 1.
,na Ts1s - Hs sai Mas seH 1ef e
sbalE, .atli' thstesslNeA n tsen4farn tlat
HS %}p i3hS ostke beats 4froh the dsadfissp
silsseepus 1912 lsE''J s.d div :5@.ESsyat II
o,Bgt RappblAcs AKA saEe ,YugEatefal ,npK md
fRsR ~ taST thH ss s'esS
Sdse uss9l man iytheyj atokpgth sesaa :td'
prunble, and then grumblings groyinga
clanorous the cat umped out Of the bag
dna]lJ1 and Your naryespoudszft 1tbokc' d.
{ss sSss H. ,' sasd e. $sf Bs EsSe
sMzea5 IL ne sphitscareS said' IL bei ~Gat :
nice. little preset could bn hsdeZ o6tAhM
chain. Envelqped in FURNISHED gold Y
1tsns {An1;(Ej,stk rES1hfaf< Xp9fafMA tA0 SoEk
Of the asfterisvisfaut's;d y[3qrs .; ogaii5o1
-slI 'fi,rnls3>' vnl, With 4 fAW