, 1876-02-12
BY tfe Secretary Of tho Treasury without ny
knowledge.
Adispatch from Mcdonald 10 Joyce rolativo to
ItotmesF visit was foRd;

knowledge.
;. 4 dispatch from Mcdonald 10 Jogcs rolltivo to
1fo1mas' visit WAS road:
WAsHrxoron, April a, ls75,-To !. 4. joyce: That
H. has h!s Instructions otside Of shs Department
II. ani 4. are both ab*en. III, President snd r.rty
returned this morning tHIgned) ).
Tho following Vas also road:
Ut. Louis, April -. 1915. r: Doua'aas, Washfn9
ton: lnrruan. With telegram O. April "a auervtsor
n.Ts %5:tr q @ r;5fr Fo nb , r.
tf1es, rAfiar having made satd seizures.
tBigued) joHs 4. Jo1cx.
JOYCE RESIGNS.
Col. DysT road tho following;
:, br. f+oriF. April %, ls1s-J. ". boa9|nM: fhave
tho honor hcre~ith 10 tender my rtslsnaton - Raw
enuo Agent, to sake eject tho 1s Of sie month Per-
tnH you sncercly for many per.onal farors extended
$slKhsd} JoHN A. JOYCE.
telcgrams wore nont:
fl. Locs1, APRIL %. lA'6.-r. n. Dou9taas: Piesao
not eccert until tie 18th OF May.
(signed} JoftK 4. JoTcE.
Tho reply was Is follows:
fRnasion rendered " telegram and rtter Of tho 9Th
1'ee'''d designation accepted tq tx" 4 ;sst o,ds,
M'HosALn nEro1oED
Tho following telegram Of tho day Of The
eolzures WAS read
ST.. L?o1. p Ny 10 is7s-L F; Do1:G:,: an IN.
@ s ai ss saa
ing honssa III The eli, hsyc been te.zed by Govern.
r1s essss e,ssy te1gsn. ths o.ug.r. and
{sIRncd) Joux MoDoNAtp.
The answer Is follows:
M.s1t,xo1Gs. 2 e: My II. 1s3s.-J:hn ArDona'd
{atsncd) J. w, noro1Aas.
Gen. Eahcock Ia pTisats Secretary Of Tho
pros,dcnt. Lie receives all the correspondence
for tue Prcstdopt and opens and examines 1t.
and distrt buses It smone tho Departments. III
special cases he consu!ts tha President.
bsorr1-Do you know that on many casea.
vhero special favora were desired, people ali
over tho country have Hent their Toqucata to
Con. Babcock dfrect7 Nituess-Yes sir. He
lars tho mattor boforo tho President for action.
Complnits frequently come from officials At tho
yiBits among them Of Rovenuo agents and spioe.
btorrB-llaSRt you known Of tho best Of your
officials complaining Of this' W'tuess--ies.
sir. Such complaints come from oil parts Of tho
country. 1t was not lnfroquent that inquiries
woso made, otficiais asking 1t detectives we1o to
bo seut into their districts.
ssorrs-1f Supervisor Tuition had asked you
Il you were going to Bend detectives into his
dssrict would you haro bud any hesitation iu
telling him Wttuess-Sos at oil.
s.orrs-1s depended OIL your opinion Of the
officers. Witneas-Yes, sir.
between you and Gen. Bhbcock, In which the
latino Of Ford waa used. Wasn't il As regarded
Ford and him alone. thai Babcock asked? Wit.
nchs-1 boliovo It 4aa
s.orrs-Did you understand shat Babcock d.
| sired TO INFLUENCE your action as regards your
| plans TO brcnk up lie frauds7 Wltness-I only
unaerstood it d ! have explained the circun-
| Btauco.
6sorrs-Did you understand him to be ANXIOUS
to protect man Nhose reputation he believed
I TO be pure, and WHO WAS tic Presideutts friend
Witness-Yea. air. 1 suId him thero nero no
charges aeainas h1r. Ford, by ausp'cionB were
directed against other officials iu ST. Louis.
storta- :! desirc 70 call your attention to tho
letter shich Con. Babcock you SAY. showed you.
Wasn't Hodges na>nc in TINT lettor7 WitncsB--
Ios. cir; tho letter spok6 Of Western trip. l
| don't thnh it mentioned st. Louia.
6torss--Dd Gon. Uabcock mention St. LOUISE
| Nitucas-I think not. fIe spoke Of Senator
| Logau rs likely TO feel sensitive oFor she
| chnrgcs. ..,
Htorra-spcaking of this letter, do you remom-
bor hts saying to you that It looked littlo like
addition, division. and si1enco2 Witneea-I
ought to Do that It originated in my State.
Btorrs-1n Pennsylvania. Oh, I'm glad to
loan, wlero that idoa came from. Wasn't that =
tho Senator WitnesB-Weil, my experience Is
that 1t Is common ter,n in Washington. -
Storrs-Now como to tue tranHfer Of Super
TiHore. Tho idea, understood you to Bay. wns
eoneeivod before Mr. brstow came into Office !
Wltness-My iirst conversation on the subject
| with tho President was. think. two or three
/ munth8 bofofe Mr.. DristaE csno Ia. Tho order
was iHsucl tho 9th Of February. bolieve 1t
| wBs perhaps, two days after tho isBue Of ths
order that l lad tho conversation with Gen. Bal-
! coclt. ue said great deal OF pressure would be
brought to tear upon nc. and there was Tho
political pressure brought to bear was very great.
At this point AIr. Storrs pa!ti there were HOMO
docnuonts he wiBhob to Look oynr bofore Ae
weut on With tho cross-eKaminatiou. 1t beiug
late, au adjournment WAS taken till moraing.