The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-05
pascnaI Tcst,aes to HIS Own
aoderatc Fees and the enormous
s,. of the Postal service.

I'D
Its Of the Postal Service.
-, gouse Committee on Post-Offces and
I.p,2,s today examined Judge G.. W.
aa,.b,r n Washington city, In regard TO
;,.ms entered on the books Of the late
-p SAWYER. a south western mail contract
80 narments to him. He testified that
~ gcre ali for his own benefit, in pay.
w. n Icral services. They amounted to
e,1 io9 for a period OF three and bali years.
TT.,houph, the amounts ne received were iatr
.-,nnrt ~ the time, but since hearing now
isbers had been paid he felt like Warren hast
nJndis-aaslonished at bis own mooera-
ion" fLsughter.] Among other sunlectS
y, which Sawyer had sought bis professional
o-;rinn vas a question which arose during
W. ;rro,tic,a,ion of 1ST2-whetber it was
~. ..,o,;naI offence uuder the law to buy oil q
'..rsr bidder. Judge Paschal Informed him
!, vgs not, and added that as the law thereln
r,nrircd the Postmaster General to run up
-, The list the statute should really be entl'
,,s5 ansc. TO give contracts to the highest
h6so-. In reply 10 question, he said Saw
10 informed him Of one payment OF thou
end dollars for blackuail. 1t was to az
.rLansas man. He had not been Informed
- n.bers. The contracts held by Sawyer
f. ricEIfp were very profitable. On some
,.rnorsry contracts, running only year
tror, 1872 to 1S7S-.hey divided a profit
~ 500 600. He did not know how much
n,nq, SAWYER subsequently lost, except IL
ore or two comparatively small specula
fans nor did he know that Sawyer had some
,im.s raid rs bith as two or three per ceut
W. month interest for borrowed money. He
fnew. however, that Sawyer & Ficklin COM
Tnrrrsd their business in the year 1868 on
IyuitaI Of $500. Some years subsequently
their ggoss receipts from mail contracts ave
roged 100000 per quarter. Witness haC
10 knowledge OF money ever having beer
p.id by sawyer or Flcklin to any Govern
usn. official.
Senator mor,on's Enforcement BIN
The bill introduced by Senator Nor
ton sncndatory OF the enforcement act Q
Nav 81, 1870. provides that all persons ant
officers charged with the duty of furnishing
TO citizeas an opportunity to perform any
Get which State or Territory may prescrlb'
az prerequisite for voting, shall give al
citizens equal opportunity Without dlstlnc
ton of race, color, or previous condition o
seryitudc, and, failing to do this, they shall
forfeit for each offence to the person az
gticyed $500, together with costs and sucl
counsel fees as the court may deem. just
Such offenders are also to be punished, OF
conviction, by tine Of not less than $500
and BY imprisonment from one month t
one year, or by both, in the discretion
OF the court. The second section prescribe
the same penalties for any person who BY
force, bribery, intimidation, or other unlaw
full means, shall hinder. delay, or prevent, O
combine to hinder, &C., any citizen from
doing the act to qualify bin to vote. Th
third section prcScribes fine Of not les
than $500 and imprisonment OF from on
month 10 year, or both, for obstructing Of
account Of race. color, &C., the exercises O
the right Of suffrage by any person entitled
to it under the fifteenth amendment, b
means Of bribery or threats, of depriyip
any such person OF employment, or OF eject
Ing him from houses or lands, or by threat
Of refusing TO renew leases or contracts 70
labor, or by threats of violence to himself O.
family. ~ -
ut will pass the Senate, but not th
House,