The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-09-29

York, confederate III CRIME, and, like
Swartwout. O defa liter in the sum of
s72, ,124 O6. The default of General
G. Gratiot, Chief Eegineer United
States army, was tor $4,000.
CORRUPTION AND FRUAD REIGN SUPREME.
In every bureau of the New York
customs maIadministration, corruption,
and fraud reigned supreme, and here,
with the origin of Democratic reform,
began the tyranny" of assessments TOR
party purposes, levied for national and
local elections upon the customs officers
and in the navy yard at New York, as
throughout the country and i'll the exc
cutive departments at Washington.
The maladministration aud corruption
in the collection of the revenue from
the sales of the public lands were as
fiagitious as in the customs. Out of
sixty-odd receivers of public moneys
fifty defaulted. A few instances vii IL
lustrate the whole:
THE RECEIVERS OFFICE MADE A BROKERS'
DIN.
John Spencer was receiver at Fort
Wayne, Ind. In May. .1836,the >ecretary
complained to Spencer that his accounts
were IN arrears, and appointed Nat.
West, ir., of indianapolis, as examiner,
to investigate the office at Fort Wayne.
Mr.. West reports the office brokers'
den for speculation and shaving. Spen-
Ger was about to be removed Hon.
VIM. Hendricks ruShes to the rescue,
and urges that Colonel Spencer is ian
honest and honorable man;' that his
RON ,a1 Ill =,
duce excitement, . sstor he has many
warm and influential friends, both at
Fort Wayne and III Dearborn county.
Bette. let 1t 6e.'' Mr.. Woodbury. con-
cluded to set at 6e'' To Mr.. Hen
bricks he writes: 81 am happy to in
form you that Mr.. Spencer's explaua-
tioi,s have been such that he will prob
ably continue in office" alr. Spencer'S
explanations were /: ''My Democratic
friends think ought not to leave until
alter We hold our election for Presi-
dent" (which / have concluded to
wait" II. r.. 313, third session,
Twenty y-ftth Congress-
Wiley =. Harris was receiver at
Columbus, Miss. 'sGeneral Harris" wa
indorsed by his Democratic representa-
tive in Congress, as 't<1ne OF the main
pillars of Democracy" as of ''diffused
and deserved popularity" and as lone
OF the earliest and most distinguished
friends of the ,Jackson's] Adminis,ra-
tion in Mississippi" N IN March, 1884,
Secretary Roger 3. Taney complained
OF his conduct, and after fifteen warm
ings, extending through two years, from
Ni-,...Ii,,rt- EIor,--33
was permitted to resign and to nominate
and secure the appointment Of his sue
cessor, Colonel Gordon d. Boyd, of
Attala county" Whereupon the Sec
retary quietly entered Oh the books of
the Treasury "Balance due from Mr.
Harris. S109, ,17S 9S." II. II. 3I3,
third session Twenty fifth congress
FIFTY HONEST DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS.
Colonel Boyd tell early into the
footsteps of his illustrious predeces sor.
In Juue, 1887, Mr.. Garesche reports the
Colonel as detaulter to the amount of
$50 900. but adds: e.All coicede that
his ihtemperance has been Ills greatest
crine.'' '''Fhe man seems really peui-
tent, and I am inclined to Think, III COM
mon with his friends, tl,at he is honest,
and has been led away by the example
of his predecessor and a certain 10, Sc
ness in the code of morally which here
does not move in SO limited a circle as
it does with US at home. AnOther re-
cefuer acould lorobabky ,ffoJloac IN the
footsteps of the teoo. You will not,
therefore, be surprised if | recommend
hi; beng retained" So it was decreetl
In October, Boyd was allowed to re-
sign, aud the Secretary entered against
bis name "Indebted $50 900, as per
last statement" And SO with the re-
mainder-Linn, Lewis, Alsbury, Dick
SON, Skinner, Hays, Simpson-tifty in
all; making an aggregate default OF
S825 ,678 %. FL. X. 813, third ses-
sion Twenty-tifth Congress.
JESSE HoYT's SYSTEMATIC RoBBERIEs.
In 1S4l-'42 the Polnelexter commis-
sion investigated the maladministration
of SWartwout's successor, Jesse Hoyt,
the special 2orotege of Martin Van Bu-
rem, whc was appointed in March, 1888.
At the date of his appointment, Hoyt,
like Swartwout aud Price, was notori-
ously impecunious, irresponsible tinai-
cially, largely in debt, aud reckless
SpSCUtdlof III Sl0CkSs Ills n3iduEnlHIS-
tration and systematic sobberies of the
Government and the importers amount
ed to piracy. Even in the incidental ex-
penses of the customs-in the matter
of stationery, printing, and the like
the pilage amounted to tens of thou
sands annually. No advertisement for
the lowest bidder, no contract at stipu-
lated prices for their supply, but ordered
and in the loosest manner,
with no evidence required of The deliv-
cry OF the article, they were paid tpr7en
demand, at prlees ranging from 100 to
200 per cent. greater than the current
New York rates. Fl. II. 669, second
session Twenty seventh Congress-
George A. Wasson, ssa sort OF facto-
tum'' for Hoyt, had monopoly of the
at the public stores-two priv
iieged carts, for the use and labor of
which, in three years, Hoyt paid him
S94, ,430 81. III addition to his salary
as storekeeper, Hoyt paid Wasson un.
lawfully, as deputy collector, $500
per annum. II. r. 666, second session
Twenty venth Congress.
In the seizure of goods under Hoyt's