Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-21
GooD-BYE TO JAY HUBBELL.

The End Of the Assessment agony at the
Fifth AvessMe---Ar. JOhnson's Big Book
and Boc-~-INe Harvest Good aud the De-
tinqnents Dxsy MISUNDERSTANDING Hours
In "the CaEtuin's Office"
ssGood evening, SIR was the bland salu-
tation which greeted the New York Star
man as he entered room K of the Fifth av-
enue hotel, last night. It came from
good-looking young man, who presided
over large book and much larger tin
box. The young man was a custom house
clerk, who, for the time being, was acting
as assessment collector, and he had mis-
taken the Star man for government ben
efciary. On discovering this mistake the
young man resumed the work of copying
the names of delinquents from the big
book into the smaller one, which is pre-
sumtbly for the discriminating use If the
official executioner.
Addressing himself to Mr. James D.
johnson, who is the assistant of Mr..
Chauncey NJ. Depew, the reporter sought
to find out how the work of collection pro-
crossed, and he found Mr.. johnson C heer-
fully communicative.
I'VE have done extremely WELL" said
Mr.. johnson, better, in fact, than we an
ticipated. The financial harvest has been
excellent. Our present work is of revis-
ionary character. You see the contribu-
tions come to a dozen authorized persons
previous to election, and the multiplicity of
lists occasioned some confusion. For in
stance, John Adams, clerk in the custom
house, fourth division, paid an assessment
of $40 and got a receipt. But there was
also John Adams in the assay office, and
in the hurry of the work the amount was
credited to him. One of the notices sent
out recently went to Adams of the custom
house, and he came here with his receipt,
whereupon we rectifed the matter. This
is supposititious case. We never had
our accounts in such good shape. Mr.. Deck
or aud were just remarking this.''
'What do your receipts average per
day"
''Well, want to tell you one thing. The
attention paid US by the papers have
brought US in at least 1900. The notices
given US were of an unfavorable character,
but they had favorable effect in quicken
ing responses to our circular. My regis
tered lerler mail of to-day was larger than
it has been for eight days past. The aver
age contributions from the country alone
since election have averaged from 81 to
$500. The city contributions have
been equally satisfactory. The
| money is all placed in bank and the ex-
penses are paid by check"
'What has the campaign cost the state
| committee, roughly estimated?''
''I'm sure I cannot tell. OF course, it
| has cost US pretty heavily, but, as l said
before we are in better shape this year than
ever before. Why, il 1881, we were here for
| three weeks after election; in 1880, we
closed up on Dec. 90, and in 1879, it was
| the month of June before we balanced our
accounts. I shall close this room tonight,
but I will be in my room to attend to bus
| mess for the rest of the week.
boring the half hour The Star man re-
NAMED in the captains Office none of the
deiinquenG oficeholders came up to settle.
The young man at the table went on
with his work of transcription, the big
book told no secrets, and the bigger box
might have contained enough to pay for
the luxury of being buried under an ava
lanche of 100000 votes for
all that was known to the
contrary. When Mr.. johnson came to the
conclusion that he had followedfar enough
in Mr.. BuDbelrs footsteps, for one day, at
least. he returned to the privacy of his
chamber, the big box and book were car
ried alter him, the lights were exiting uish-
ed and the forged proxy agony concluded.
WWith Diamond Dyes any lady can get as
good re suits as the best practical dyer. Every
dye warrent' ! true to name and sample.