, 1877-12-30
THE BANKS.
Services for which MIR. j. c. Dore
Got $4,000.
Sydney Myers Legislative Affairs at
Present under Investigation.

Sydney Myers Legislative Affairs at
Present under Investigation.
The statement made in the abstract OF Mr.
Mechelkc's report concerning the State Savings
Institution. published in yesterdays TRIBUNE
to the elect that a considerable sum Of money
had been expended for Legislative purposes at
Springfield, created quite fntteF III certain
quarters, and d lumber Of lame ducks were
honbling arou1d during the day in search OF
.Mechelkc to find gut how many nathes he ILL.,
tended to give up to the public, anu whether
theirs could not be left out There w:ss one
error in the abstract as published The bigsct
sum spent for influencing was $io,00o, 'antl it
was nut down in the report as having gone luso
the hands Of
MIR. JOHN G. DokE i
Last evening reporter Of TEE IR1nf1sE
called upon Mr. Dorc to ascertain from him. II
he knew, the grounds on which Atr. MechetAc
made his assertion :hat that $4,000 hah been
Maid by the State Savings Bank for legislative
purposes in Springfield.
:: MIR. Dorc," said the reporter, it Is charged
that you received $4,000 from the State Saw
ings Institution as lobby-1und to defeat fe8is-
latiun that might possibly be hostile to that ln-
sti,utiou. If this be SO, will You give me an
expfauation!f
Il know nothing Of any legislation in Spring
field on behalf Of tne = oanK. anu never nao ans-
thing to do with any, .. +,o ,,onav nc
Ills it true that Sou got tne money as
charged I"
II never received dollar for any such pnr-
pose; never spent dollar Tor any such pur~
pose, and had nothing to do with 1t directly or
ibid YOU ever have anything to do in en-
deavoring to secure lestslatlon 1aVotao4e ~
savings hunks, In " WashlnStonF
''Yes. Stock savings banks, winch arc pccnl-
far to the West we're taxed en- deposits prior
banks, while savings. bnnks ID the Eastern
States. having no capital stock, we're
| not so taxed. L, contcndeu that
this was unjust, and undertook
! for savings banks with caD1tal stock, and saw
ings banks without capital stock, upon thas con-
| dition: If the bank should DC relieved 1fom the
tar, I was to hare q certain portion ol tnq
amount of the previous years th;1' hnu ~ ~
did not succeed. was to have nothlnS 1or my
services or expenses"
t.Dil you succeed4"
The relief prayed for was granted:
t'What was the amount OF the previous years
tax divided by two"
u have forgotten the exact amount, ouI
think in the nel@hborhoott u S4o,o0o-
''Wlat time was this g.
t'During tue sessions OIL '13 anu II.
"Was any bank officer associated With you
in your Washington moyetnentr'
''Nonc in this cit:. The wnole a1nT was on
the principle OF no cure, no pay ha9 not
succeeded should nave lost my t1ms anu my
expenses. In TACT, mXr success was the means
ef saving over S50,0o ~ taxes to the oank.
lis there any lhluS else cu1!cSteu WIZ sa1o
wretchcd bank that you Would ike 10 THROW
little light ont. -, s-o,r
"wELt, THERE'S THE 1SchEAsE OK sIo9h;
which does mol seem 10 pe WELL unoesssooo-
"f!ease explain"
''Whcn the stock at the time .neloIe tne m
crease was $105, GOO, ssurplus $lu5,00U, the III
crease contemplated making the capata1 stock
maug nx snd a'imettn3 thts amount from the