The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-22

that he mi4ht nave more monev Tor that purpose and
one hundlcu bcos. laI sccuiuis,d. Th,i haa ir6ba.
Ky Ky gn & H.,a in \'ar ~ Mr 2ns re in cce,ii n,, A.
.lsilni. mink Mr. Davenport aycitcd the sj.tcip,
sIa6 @ fg ecnn. i. 10 tns fTVS vay ' '' "' 'H''"' e
Q.wss tiat pat oi ls duty as an ofnccr Of the GOV.
er mcat2 A.. don't think Il was.
sa es snsPr,se s Upon S S1ic a, DaysaroTt On.
do una S"f ,e @ Scs hat ne w IG, @ wss il '
ls y eri down by lw as one oi rs dutics' Al 10
Q.-Dld you approve u TINS enterprise OF his2 Al
lie tod yo9, % DID 'e' Re notp Ale DID hut was
not wiling TO Ac' u.un NJ. reprcscn auuns nlt uutl
he was engaged upon such " rs. | carnei from Tie
lT.sdnhr VINO, under tool "a eAainnri = e wnr.s.
nii ygu consult any other source than the Presi.
o IN n "a nSver ordered my money TO be naid to
J. v'upori intr hc nr' brgu, ut you vnten order
ison The frrs.l ntY Al d.d not, Sic
Al don't know, ,ir iwii nol sS that ii vas srt.
c4 otcr u cannot tcrnlcct thc ph ha,eoloSy u may
hs aors and. it6'nns rcgnesciue do nS' iihins he
ordered mci out rcqucst,,ur Indicated to me VISA
Nn ms pait that would lurnth Mt. h1,cnpod soma
wors and was 10 pursuance Of that thst allowed the
Q-You doubt a ID, propr.ciy. at that time of pay.
In that mono, to Mr.. Davenport. aid youP Al
uctAnt iay 20 pay oui t.c noaey IN that way IS I
nnuS1t nccde de none, ior 0.hcr purposes.
e. p u cn, That ycu un'hi nccl { for other nor.
poses? A.lnose Two re4sons. 1 did not regard i, as
Q-1hu exp onse I. not IN expense rocoan-,1 In the
dudes - a. isei ny Iae rt Of is,i N-ics. ~.
Vow, u,e mikiut % u'uks anu trc expenditure 81
ilca TO 1e m,,dr6 6. f'r sirri'-"r = LiccHoa , a.
tocss, nor do c5e,id Il Que S his oiciii duiiss :
m.Ac tlc iposs. BI fine mailing o. thr b,oss would
nonictlto 10 Government ihln tne y ten provided
~ in tne Law men shoud con,lu,r tlM & wy -
was 10 be ,Ap'uucd according TO my dtcrttioa In suY'
pressing anu prev fnting fraud anl crime.
Mr. John I. Oaveuuort was then sworn. and
TESTIFIED that he was tlerk ~ the United states
Great count for the southern Dsirict OF Sew
York, ana Cnief SJpri.lsut OF ELECTIONS tor the
sane district; nus ueen a Unittd II ties Com
missioner since ls1l. lie said that ne had al
ways been "a Republican.
=, By Nr ,ap ncll A.e You an active worker Tor the
Ype aad laa, ui1irrcs, lg frilfcfrj ot thr party
~Tus hnn, 5 SattnpoT. 'a Ne I'm m.5 OF. 1. q
wont di-pute the assertion.
Mr. Davenport testified that he VS. well ac.
quinted witn President Grant. lie was then
asked how lie came to inter,st himself 81
much In tue elections, and tesohrd that IN ltd-
he discovered the most atrOciuls frauds In y tw
York ciuy. lie consulted with member. Of -
Union League Cluo u New York, and was en-
ployed pN tuem o. advocate tue ie2is,auon Il at
WAS uassrd 10 $50 Oahd Isl. H. fhen " nj on ~
explain at In the eicc iou cfl,iO ne discuvcr red
thAt frauus dad been perpfirliri, and adopted
"a system II rceistia.inn whicn ty,n.ualI re-
suited iu the detctti "a ui tntsc fraud u puf-
SUNG ttt- q. a.tcI llc witness had spent $1,000
lie found lac was beng IMP IvUrisurit Hud ne
asked tol. Bliss, Gln. Arthur Ggu. S.frpe, hr
Murpby, Jdck,on =. schulz, ami O'hcr g,ni9-
mtn OF New lurk, whether tho Government
would not pay uim tor his eInrt- to detect tursc
frauds Ia tne summer Of 1871 ne went tu L1n-
Br.ncu 10 see tue lfcsi4rut, aud tX. laint
20 Gen. Grant the frauds he had discovered
lie esbci the President whether some Of tue
lands in the cOutrH ui The brpMtme 1t Of jus
ttco could ma ot used 10 p.y ilm. lhr /.
dent was impre sed with the plan submitted by
tue witness 90 prevent frauds Ia elscIOuz. aud
said he would TtcOnmenI the matter 10 tae
attorney Gcuelnl. Iuc witness Icrt4ycd alto
cethor Sjj.Vu. p.rt OF which came through Sir
Ackern u. and part through Nj. NiliauIs. lie
never con-iutrcd that tAele VS. any cora ptiun
in the matter.
At tut. point the committee adjourned Until
10 O'CIcc X tO-iLurIOw moruing.