The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-01
LITTLE J0HNNY'S TACTICS.
TRYING TO BEFOG THE COMMITTEE
HITH HOOKS AND MAPS.
Unable to Account Specifically for the Money
Illegally Turned over to Him by Grant
Vouchers that wcre Nndc TO Order.

a AECn n n n Iv lnN h. Mana
Illegally Turned over 10 Him INV ,;rons.
Voucher. tbat wcre Nnde TO Order.
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OF 'he s1i'VoO whlch was handed over 10 MIN by
cloctlons I'm 1s-t Is-s ,s59 ,s-i and ts-5 has mo-
,,rosso, III. g., 49,, a.aa ~ ,ns a.,
kIesSeu sIOWy LOT TWO reusOns. IN the nrst
place, Davenport came here with the determined
purpose ~ nagnifving tho imno,tanca ~, his
'F W W '"t wv 'i''p"'' '""'o VI "'s
doihas IN New YORK city as chief supervisor OF
elections, and, while lauding his own services
:" 'o N'u' 81 VI ieiVi'" W 'nc sA'es' to 'eH JUST
as little as he possibly could about the manner
| in which he disbursed the money which was A.
| l,,,,tty ,ur,o1 o,.r o. hir, ~, ,ho prosidon, t
't"'' u'''u O'ei w MN " .,e 'os'.o"'' III
| the second place, the Republicans, knowing
that there wa, no possible defence in law for
tho .c,,o, ~, ,hs prosi1.,, worn do,orn,I,od 90
'ue "0t'Vh VI tue iIos'uen'' "cIe ueteihl'h'u W
second Davenport's efforts to raise cloud OF
| dust under cover OF which little Johnny could
| r,,lra un,nt,,od and c,,rv en-. pros,1en,
| retre uninJuteu' ana curry the iresiueht
through also. The Republican minority on the
Committee on Expenditures In the Department
| -, Y-,,,. -, :, -, 60. -, u,,.,
| OF Justico consists OF Messr'' longer OF Michi-
gan, Joyce Of Vermont ana Wait Of Connectl-
| rut of nil tho MOI, an tho Renuhtican side Mr.
| "S' VI "'' '"o 'n." o' '"' ioP"'"'" "., s'"'' we
| Conger Is pest ntted Dy nature 10 throw ob-
| stacles In the way of an Investigation, II he is
| =, ,t,,,osa1 nj. ~, t,,o,.aiv ht,,o- rar,,s.,
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ana rs irrepressible IA sharp, pertinaciOus' ana
| unscrupulous man can be- He Is keen, shrewd
i,vve, and Ma tor, ex ner,enra In Congrss. ba.
i'"Se'' "nu "s 'ohs eApele"O" !" N"nSies' "as
made him familiar with the rules. Add to all
this n shrill voice and n fund OF broad Western
'"' sum, ''''e ~" " ' Va ~
nu"or' anu you "aNe u 'h"'i "Ho ''" " "o 70 81
disposed, make more trouble IN u committee
room or on the hoor OF the House than ten Or
dinary members.
with his usual shrewdness, Mt. COnger saw
that there Mas but one way OF breaking the
by allowing the witness TO hnrp continually on
the election frauds under the Tweed regime In
New York city. Davenport, OF course, needed
no prompting on this point, for ne came here
knowing that he was ruined unless he con-
fore IL a mass Of books and papers and then
talk them 10 death. with all his shrewdness
less would have succeeded most admirably,
with Coneer to back him up. had he not been
much about tne subject as he did himself
The manner in winch Davenport had pro-
frauds i'm New York city was as follows: lie
began IN 1870 TO collect Information In gard to
ths system OF false registration. and had doubt
less made considerable .progrt 80. when he be-
came infatuated with the work but to carry
out the ppn he tlen began to mature would
REQUIRE hin, to be clothed with extraordinary
, powers and have "A large fund OF money at hts
,, the act Of Feb ~, Is, amerdaiory Of the En-
, : | furrement act, was passed hut. while this gave
: Davenport most extraordinary powers, the fees
! | allowed MIN under tho law were by no me ans
: | suflicient To- carry on the gigantic work he had
, |, undertaken. In the mean time he had gone on
: and contracted debts for work which he was
, | not autnurized 10 do under the law, and 1t was
absolutely necessary that the money to liquidate
| his oJleations should be forthcoming from
| some sourre The Republican managers IN New
YORK we're not Wiling to put their hands down
J | into their pockets and shell out the needfu
ma en- sheer desneration Dayenp1rt went "a
= | Grant lie mad a very complete system Of
i esuionace IA GOV Fisn expre- ed it, nearly as
pericrt as III. system adop- Cd by the French 20.
: | lice under Napuleon; aud, moreover, he was
CAPABLE OF setunG 1t before the President in the
| nVst uo.siDl. light
, OF course Grant never stopped to inquire
whether any or all the things Davenport was
do. ha..N rod hr
8 | law. IL was suficiont for him to know that
l | they might enable he Republican party TO car
~ the city OF New York, aud tnus secure his re-
( election In lsi2. Accordingly. he ordered the
| money ID NEWPORT wanted 20 ce turned over Il
4 hin. In lS,l. lie received shWl. lhis the com
1 mittee requires hlm To account for. He boasts
Il that he could do y, but m the nrst place h'
= wanted TO explain oil he h"u drne, anu u
= method OF doing u, ne "as suntrsu 70 60 "i m
q Tor Two utNs' eAhlpitlhE n's u"ohs oi Ie'otus
! ! tonvcuuns Tor Felony, ms h!ock pnohs' ms AZ
e. phanttlchl cen.us arvutuuE u" nis ulap
/. OF the A.sempiy DisiiVts a,u ~ .no & nv'.Se %
e anI hundred other Things when were ucVe
d ,ohtehn nldltu uhueI .he IA" rs p,uIeI W. :"
c done. lie tou an a,out tne hstnr. ir|a,lO' I1
j. rauls ana now - ~ ue ivttsu iase ~
e how ne Issued l'-VU waIIeh1s tne ni.h' pe
10 fore election In ls'g. anu hln We iac
% published IN me new.!bp IN order 20 llIghIe
!. away tinid voters. Az length' when mere wa
st no apparent ulsposltion - ~, part 70 s'Yp th
le some Of the vouchers for the money, out when
q, ever they asked hlm questloh OF tnls hlnu II
As began 10 tell Hb, ut Terrence quinn or som
:, otner escaped tohvict "nou ne i"uhI reslst re
4. ana voting ms tho committee sA'u tney ma
IT ntalu onso a'iu ~ ~, ~. ,,,'.t ,Do,ya, Sner,r
IA rtcoru again. anu lhat no mus n!a"' ~. @ ~
A. cally the qutstlons huuIes,eu W niu anu Von
~ line himself 70 thnt snuJec. onl,. @ inereup1 .
S tonger indue az lhnaniula'otJ 7peeCn ~ go
A tbe puuilc, uecl4tlnR .nat tr M ~ S u,
"a lorty were attenp''ng .o s,ppIess une ,o wno,
u lruth. lie wanted tness stupenuo%us Jus M Miiauui
Sc whch the witness han utuNen W '"
e. lad bare 10 the pun,u ebe ,h hsn Ir','''H. ~,
,t that special committee ui the f"iuetn ,ol
Il gress hau uohe tnls a',u tou Lio.' na',' &c
ct ABOUT u, ne conlnueu ~ NV s"o. t"v ui'i Il -
~ ness o. w IL . no .,r ' u,nc
nd he Actu -lly nauIeIeu 'ue Vo'nin''ee So nhuo
an an u ne p p,ao ~ y Cchr',a ana ~ tho Derro
ed III rns,nhsrs TOOK ths wItness i'm h1na nm
re Insisted that he should answer questions out I
,,, n' ,D, ~ 80 ,i,,ns -inysunort attsnntc
moment this was ,uYono,' ba'onp"nt nt..inp', " ,
.I 1i, ,has Inc ,renter uart of This money va
"u"N '"a' ~. . - - ~, y, to,,, t, "a; ,,,,
consumed III tue pay lHch. ~ u'"tH "ss uHD ~
rh trdCted PRIOR TO June, loil' loig bei re no II
ceIved the money. Asuin, ~ lolS. ne receive