The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-11
n,yENrORT'S DIRTY WORK
.ptrDs UNEARTHED BY THE ca III
IIELD COMMITTEE.

,asfotu House NtnH- Using the
,r,ho-!ty and Funds TO Control CiO Eicc-
,,,,- GROSS Dishonesty Disclosed.
v,e,ttNaruN, June 1O-Mr. Cnulncld's
..mcnter have been putting In share the
'.,,,r. am unit OF testimony showing the
,ncry N Grant and Davenport IN the cor
w, e,nenditufc Of public norey. 1t will be
.,embered tnat In the course Of the inquiry
D, Their matters Mr. Caulneld elected some
s,.,.,rJinafy hats rs to the manner Of using
c.,o,n,,cnt money set aside for the Use Of the
v..,.,,v u,usftmcnt. The late AttornOy -Gon-
- uhou, Grant nominated for Chief Justice
', ,,e s.tt,mc Court. testified that the Prcsi-
s, hot ordered iitn to way out money Tor H.
t,u,t,s,. while he was Attorney General;
,.,be had .roteat,d against this criminal mis-
uullic money. but that tho President had
o,orr,den all objections. These points we're
,o,roboratcd hy other witnesses, and no t,sii-
rony Inns thus far teen taken TO dispute the
,scts rs presented bvtwo Of Grants law officers.
wuiama and AcNerman. To break the force OF
The EXPOSURE. however, htilcJohnn DAVENPORT
aprotte6of Butler, was sent here by the custom
House lie was lcral led nv the Ring organs as
IN, de- ository If secrets which would be fataI
10 the Investigation. lie vas no sooner on the
stand than simultaneous CHORUS OF mieTepre-
sentation was SET up. and the Associated Press
WIS prostituted g. his glcr,lcation. The Caul.
h.ld committee paving 10 heed to this, have
gone on steadily, covering the whole ground,
and are now finishing report which w leave
the Republican party If New York In position
OF considerable embarrassment.
Il had been hoped by the New York Ring that
the committee would he dissuaGed from push
ingthc inquiry by threats ofcxposing democratic
methods. Finding this unavailing. they strove
by Establishments to break the force OF the in
yesiieation. The work of the committee will,
when presented, surprise the country. The
WORT scandal revealed this winter can hardly
equal tue evidence Of collosal fraud carried on
BY direction Of the President through the in
sirument lily OF the ofiici IL Of the Federal
courts IN New York and other officeholdcrs TN
The Custom House-a conspiracy with ramiuca-
iions so diverse and extended that the instl-
gators Of inisuitv insoently boosted that moth
inc ever would be found out.
What the committee learned In New York ex-
ceeds in villsiny the worst told by Williams
here. Davenport is shown in his true coors by
the testimony Of dozen witnesses. His career
IL marked 10y crime and perfdy, and his con
Duct for his party viii lie shown persistently
criminal a. well as wicked.
It Is the opinion Of the committee, which
opinion Will be embodied In the report. that the
Republican rty is manly responsible Tor such
derelic;iuns and corruption In Office; that Day-
enpo IT came to shlnston under the employ
nent ~ the Union League Club. ana obtained
the passage II election laws for tie express pur-
pose Of applying them to New York city, and
thereby carrying elections for his party. Iucsc
laws Will lie shown to be the most oppressive
statutes ever enforced by any government
pAvENPoRrs RECORD.
Davenport was a poor, insignificant politician
m New YORK. and Irior To the y inter Of 1870 he
nut little known except a. "A petty ward d IL
n. IL
ating himself into the confidence % the Union
League Club, ana was authorized uy that unay
Commi ,sioners should also bc aIuointef
supervisors OF elections. neither If which
Washington IN the winter OF 1870 In the em-
ployment Of the Union League Club. presented
hi' biil 10 Congress, and succeeded ia obtaining
rs p-ssage; For this service he rec, wed Sl.j q
from the Union League Clue. BY this law tue
whole power OF the elections Is lace q IN tue
han.s II the Supervisor Of Electionf who also
had 90 be United states Commissioner. Ia Sc
cLfiuc the lass .ee Of this law DaycnuOr. was
backed by ben Butler aud the Repu olicAn
After tie law WIS passed Davenport returned
to NV lnik; AM caused himself 90 be az;
pointed. hr-t. ni''d ~tNtcs Cuu r.is- iuuei. and
Then SuicsvisOr e Elections ui the Sta,r OF
New York. which ,flicc he used In cary ins
elcc ions furthe Republic parry li &c "a ~ be-
III neutral IN politics. lac USED ILL., ONCE bott -
Commit stuncr and ~ lr'l,or OF Elections fuI
political purposes. lie caused to lie arr, ID
Prominent mem. err ana Loaest vu .cr- OF the
v.nt them from goins . ne polls The secret
Service fund under o.. oi-po-al was used 10
maulumtte candidates anu carry the eIet iion-,
esq cislly 81 ls.2. la- IS manifest I ON the
testimony of wnitiey chief ~ tue bureau In
onarse u tue fund.- aud Cornetl, secretary of
the bureau.
rhc testimony Of the lstter shows that Daven.
port used that fund Tor the purpose Of inilu
encing Democratic leaders to turn over their
vlteS to the Republican party. OF these. A. NJ
Ilnelh was induced to turn over the II lian
Tho fund 90 induce the Germans a. a
Tie Republican ticket.
PhISTISG BILLS AND CARRIAGE HIRE.
The committee Investigated Davsnport's ac-
counts. He had turned Owe to the committee
certain vou' hers "hich he claimed were honest
tesiim uniais OF the manner Ia whicn ne n *.
pend thai funu. Among q .hers W re accounts
q John Ii. brown, printer, To whom Davenport
had gwen q good {, al 81 Government prtn Ing,
nruding the register used py Davenport ia the
elections. Brown testified regarding me cor
fectness OF the vouchers EXHIBITED by Daven-
IuH lie said that quite "A large amount OF the
Murk for when bills mad been rendered by him
10 the credit Of Davenport was done ny other
Iriies. Wnen asked what tney cost, he showed
70 Il ttey cost twenty-five per cent. less than his
iBuwn',l accounts showed-ln other wor :, Ia
DC Il Z thst twenty-five per cent. was a profit
70 john II Brow . He WAS tnen asked whether
b. had any partner or not, and he SAID no. Also
whether he owned the concern. and he repiisd
70 the Legative. lie was then ASKED VINO owned
w. and lie answered that Johu /. Davenport
owned L.
Certain bills Of carriers Of the New York
ilau'lrl company were produced. Oue bill Ot
~ was chatged by one of these carriers. and
D4seulort was shown to have pad tuis $:j. ia.
leupor asked II he expended that money
Tor pynent for the use Of earn ges, aud ns re-
pleu mat lac Gld not that CARRIAGES had been
Wuered tOr HIM, but tnat he had no use for
then' and that men IN his district tnougnt lie
we uNolling around ia grand style. Carriages
Wa he used were ordered uy him whenever lie
hredei them but he got ashamed OF using
.len bgcau-e tney were not needed In his ais
VIC. tie would allow q carrier 10 urive along.
hu ne would walk. nut he allowed $S3 70 that
garnet lie said he never pad for an such car
u'is ana that the Uuey was not Paid to tlul.
- III regard to IA great many c.ITiiles that W re
.sel III hat election. lie WAS asked whether ne
" ueu those Triagss were needed IN New
.oIA Or not. lie answered tnat h. did not III X
" except 10 large districts where SupCrvsors
nn0ulq nave 10 lrdSel round from one r-gistra-
..h District 10 another, tut those districts were
NV a ldTse bill was rendered for carriages
Hunhs TIE election 4 49,, and that bill was al
I'M WoNuERFuL BOOK THAT COST ga 900.
pa'eu; OFT received sA.00J from the Govern
neh' uugertie advice 81 Gen. Grant, to and IN
,tet'lhs np look { lied the Register OF No-
IT winch va 10 prevent frauds III elections.
paNeh. ont piuirsses t. Ii We used II for that
rl.Fae' hut The testimony shows hat In 1871 ne
~ bankrupt, iargely m debt, and that
MT thls money WIS furnished hluI no put t25,-
"Yul" ihe lrihting ofice Which was Lsed not
,.ht To- do Ma own printing, but that OF the Dis
~ All rheys Office, rsutIs oiflce, the
ssk oncr. and the lfiice Of Supervisor. He
,suIeTru accounts iter THIS 70 tine u DVernment
- r. ~ the EMPLOYEES ne himself mad en-
Eneu WIN money whi Ia the Government had
cnru.shtn NM The Oils lie rendered 10 the