The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05

ing he rejected after heated discussion, lasting
about tive houra He beaten by al least thirteen
votes but another count makes him defeated by six
teen votes-viz II yeas 70 IS nays, tweny-four Sen
ators being absent paired refusing vose Several
Senators went homo soon IS It was evident vote
was DO taken the subject or Mr. Dana's connrma
tion.
HOW NR- DANA WAS DxrKArED
Was tho Dana letter the subject his nomination
scnases and. II SO, Dy whom and for what purposss
According 20 . report In circulation this evening, in
connection with the action OF the Senate Mr. Danas
nomination, two letters in exisencs-tne one cur
renty known the Dana letscr another Published
In Boston paper. the latter being original and
genuine; for which reason . member Of tho
Senate Committee Foreign Rslatsons prpnounces
untrue the statement heretofore made that Mr. Dana
did not desire to 60 before the committee. would
not He states that Mr.. Dana did ask, through two
Senators, 70 bs allowed 20 60 before the committee,
and moreover that the letter published in Boston
coming from Mr. Dana the subject did signify that
he wished 70 appear beforc the committe, whio that
submitted here took just the opposite stand. 1t is
Butler had influence way the other with tho
Senate determining Mr. Dsna's rejection At this AZ
ternoon's executive session
Some Important incupating evidence has been taken
by the COMMITTEES ON Expenditures In the Interior De-
partment and among The persons implicated are
tho Deanos Il said that tho original claim for the
Flagstaff mine, in Utah. contested by . well
ganized ring, who sent lawyers and money to Wash
ington 10 get patent issued Bot in spite
OF all their efforts. three decisions
rendered against tho claimants, and there
prospect Of for them until
suddenly patent issued In day aud the origi
nal owners deprived Of their former rights to tho
mine. Large sums OF money were involved. From
the beginning OF the litigation George c. Bates,
torney, an sx-Washingtonian, OF rcputed influence
with President Grant, was employed by Haskins the
frat owner to resist the demand for patent by con-
testanta He thought that no had a good
case, especially ~ three decisions had been
rendered in favor or his client Delano
seemed 70 incline toward the original tte when sud
denly, the matter referred to Attorney General
Williams. But before the referee had time act,
Delano issued the patent II Is alleged that John
Deano the real the case that he received
$40 600 for getting his father to grant the patent and
that the money was sent through the First
National Bank Of Omaha Other witnesses arc
expected in : few days to further corroborate
the allegations II Is also charged that the patent OF
the Emma Nine which ID in the neighborhood Of the
Ylagstaf Mine, obtained by fraud; that $50 900
was paid for the patent, and aftsrward false panic
created and the Ensiish stockholders made
TO believe that the patent TO be sc aside whereby
they induced 70 pay $4,000 order to hold the
claim.
REPORT or SECRETARY BRuTow AS 70 THE
xNpLoY1fxEr or JoURRAIIsTs IN THE DErEC-
TIoN OF REVENUE FRAUDS LUCKY COM
NxRcIAr. xDIroR m ST. LOUIS.
It will be remembered that yesterday . resolution
offered by Judge Lynde Of Wisconsin. adopted
calling the Secretary Of the Treasury for nforma
ton In regard to the payment of money to newspaper
editors or correspondents, aside from the publication
Of legal notices BY United States attorneys
agents, supervisors and others connected with the
whiskey prosecutions In St Louis, Chicago and Nil
waukee, specifying 70 what parties, for what news
papers and for what particular purpose tho money had
been paid In response Secretary Brisow ssnt to the
house TO- night the following report
In reply thereto, tho Secretary has the honor
spectfuly to inform tho Houss that his last aunuai
report he advised Congress Of tho discovery Of
sivs conspraciss to dsirsud the government OF its
lawful from dstslsd spirits and OF the
employed to detect punish revenue ofcers dstil
lers and others engaged in such conspiracics. The
magnitude and strength OF the combinations against the
government were such ~ 70 defy and successfully
resist the usually employed by the Bureau OF
Internal Revenue to expose and break up such
unlawful combinations Tho extraordinary character
OF the frauds committed the widespread corruption OF
officials In the cities referred TO- and the
sequent loss Of revenue rendered IL necessary order
enectuay TO put stop TO these frauds and bring
punishment tho parties engaged therein to resort to
every available OF information and seemed not
only justify, but to demand the Of all the
ofau md tall off he ~
cordingy the Solicitor Of the Treasury directed
draw upon the appropriation for bringing trial and
punishment parties engaged in CONTRIBUTING and for
detecting other frauds upon the government and was
charged with the duty Of thorough EFFORT to detect
the guilty parties. The work thus imposed upon tho
Solicitor was conducted with energy and marked sue
coss and the result fully usaes the action Of the do
partment.
Early in the course OF the investigation was found
impossible through the agencies ordinarily
employed the precise details Of the Of perpe-
tratng tho frauds and subsequent developments have
shown that several important DISTRICTS especially
those embracing the cities mentioned the resolution,
many Of tho officers upon whom the government usu-
ally relied themselves parties to conspraeies
and that they kept constant watch Of the
OF other revenue officers and gavo timely warning to
tho dlstllers OF the coming Of such could not DO
corruptly used Under these circumstances IL became
necessary to employ persons who were not known TO
be In the service OF the government Tho persons
employed carefully chosen by the Solicitor Of tho
Treasury, and generally performed well and faithfully
tho duties imposed upon them.
In the early stage Of the investigation az st. Louis
person whose vocation TO gather local CONNER
cal news for q daily newspaper employed TO
certain and report the shipments and ssos OF distilled
spirits that city, and 70 gather such other informs-
tion might be useful In detecting crimes supposed
TO exist He was employed because no recon-
mendcd trustworthy and well lifted the purpose
and believed he could conduct the
sary inquiry without exciting the suspicion OF guilty
parties His work was dono in q manner satisfactory
the department II formed the basis OF further
which led to tho complete exposure OF gigantic
conspiracy, to the conviction OF q largo
number Of officers, distiilers and others, 10