The daily gazette., 1880-12-18
SECOND EDITION
From the Philadelphia Press. i1H
WHAT MR.. BAYARD SAID.

gTEHoeRAPHIC REPORT OF ALA TAAT
PAaT oF HIS SPEECH RELATINe TO
THF PHELPIDoDeH CASE.
"There we're a great many Treasury fav-
0rites. There were some Of those placid
and luxurious citizens who gave$26000 to
assist Ia General Grants election, the
same class Of complaisant, well-fed and
sleek gentry who are disposed to day to
give 90 mnch money to debauch the
consciences of the free men of Delaware,
and they thought they were perfectly
safe. There was one firm called Phelps,
Dodge & Company, the largest iron i'm.
porting lrm In the United States, which
paid enormous sums by way OF revenue
Mr.. Phelps held various distinguished
positions. In the first place, he was q
member of the Union League; he sub
scribed $25, 900 to the Grant fund; be
was President Of the Young Mems
Christian Associations; President of the
| Chamber Of Commerce, and so they
thought excellent citizens): awe can
afford to let loose these sleuth-hounds Of
the Treasury and they won't bite US.
We are a little too high for them and
they will respect us because Of onr
8 tper-loyalty and our devotion to the
,ause Of the Republican party. Let
them ravage around among this small
Democratic fry; catch merchant here
and there and strip them to the bone,
ruin the man, blacksn his reputation,
break him up in business. But they
never dare touch us. Obi mol We are
too rich and strong, to immaculate for
such things Alas! gentlemen, how little
did he comprehend the fact that, what
the deuce did Special Agent, who wan
ted money, care whose money it was he
got? Black or white, what cared hef
Republican or Democrat! Why they all
tasted about the same, and the money
felt about as good, and he didn't care a
cent and q half whose money IL had
been so that 1t became his. daughter. ]
l tell you this Is not picture; IL stand
there ON record. Mr.. Dodge was brough
down to the Collectors office of tn,
port of New York; that Collector wa!
Mr.. Chester A. Arthur, the present can
dldate for the Vice President of thu
Republican party. When he got in tina
room, he knew that every book and pa
per Of his firm had been seized and tha
they were in the custody of the Govern
ment agent, and that neither he nor hi
partners could see theih or have access
to them except in the presence OF
Government clerk, and they told him
"Mr. Dodge, your firm has been guilty o
series of under-valuations, on certail
importations of certain pieces of iroI
called fish plates" which are the piece
used on the railway to bind two bars o
railroad iron together. They were I'm
ported from England In great quaint
ties, and they said that IN q number o
the invoices one or two Of the items ha(
been undervalued. Now, by the construc
of the law, but ono single false od vdloT
EN- value tainted the entire invoice; 81
that il five dollars worth of iron is I'M
dervalued In an invoice of worth 500,
it. So they said to Mr.. Dodge: 'You
must step up and pay; you are liable Il
imprisonment, and, on conviction. ar
liable to fine, and you owe the Govern
ment at least $1'e00,0 ,000.' The repor
says that when that interview took plac
very distinguished gentlemen were pres
ent, the senior Senator from New Yorl
among others-Mr. Conknng; Mr.. Noaf
Davis, the District Attorney; Mr.. Ar
thur, the Collects Mr.. Jayne, the spy
the.5pecial Agent, they called hlm-al
were present, and Mr.. Boutwell,, that dis
tinguished hnanoier, who was Secretar,
of the Treasury; and they all stood aroun,
this unhappy merchsnt, who though
his S25, 900 subscription TO help Grant
his being at the head of the Young Mem
Christisn Association, and his being |
member Of the Union League and Cham
Der of Commerce, and all that woul'
protect him. Not muchl Not much
THEY TOOK FROM THAT NAN'
POCKET IN ONE .SUA s267, 900 IN
MONEY, AND THEY DIVIDED II
AMONG THEMSELHES. [Great laugh
teri Gentlemen. this is no exaggeratiol
or figure Of speech. There It stand
npon the record, aud WANT T(
TELL YOU 1T rs A CASE OF WHICh
HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND MEM.
OF KNOWLEDGE.