The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-09
THREE EX-COLLECTORS CALL.
THEY WISH MR.. EILBRE1H SUCCESS
. IN THE CONDUCT OF HIS OFFICE.

Maurice y. Power says Tsrmsny shouid
Expect Nothing from the New Collector
The Fairch,id Commission TO Investigate
Dresrmakers Accused of smureiing.
Collector Kilbreth had an interesting expert
ence yesterday. Early in the day ex- Collector
William H. Robertson. the Bismarck OF West
chester. called to pay his respects and wish
for Mr.. Kilbreth most successful admins
tration Of his office. Then came ext Collector
Joel Erhardt. who had known Mr.. Kilbreth
years ago. Mr.. Erhardt also wished to offer
his compliments and wish for the Dem ocratic
Collector all success. After that came ex Col
lector Daniel Magone. and he. too. hoped that
Mr.. Kilbreth would make model Collector OF
the Port. The only ex Collectors who did not
call on Mr. Kilbreth yesterday were Grants
Collector Tom Murphy who was at the CATS
Saverin. and Gen. Merritt who Vas at his
farm In st. Lawrence county.
Among Mr. Klbreth's other visitors we're ex-
Congressman Poindexter Dunn OF Arkansas. a
member OF the Fairchild Custom House Com
mission. Judge Roger pryor. and Shipping
mmissioner Maurice ]. Power. Mr.. Power
has long been a friend Of Mr.. Kilbreth. He
said that il he ventured to express an opinion
1t would be that Mr.. Kilbreth's was anti
Tammany appointment. Mr. Power made this
statement Just after Postmaster Dayton had
paid his compliments to Mr.. Kilbreth. Mr..
Power said
MIR. Dayton was Tammany appontee. was
he not He is in his appointments following
out his lines OF adhesion to Tammany. is he
not1 Then. why should not Collector Kill
breth. who. In my opinion. ia an anti-Tam-
many appointed. follow consistently the
lines laid down for him2 In other words II
Mr.. Dayton is Loyalty giving the places Of his
department to Tammany. why should not Mr..
Kilbreth be equally loyal in appointing to
places men who have sympnthized with MIN
In city and State Democratic politics.
Sti another caller was George W. White
head, special Treasury agent Mt suspension
Bridge. Mr. Whitehead simply came in to
shake hands. He had been down to the Barge
Fairchild Custom House Com mission: He was
witness u month ago. and was askedwh had
written him the confidential !etter from the
GIrrss hn M The dstv has.
ment and said that he was in the courts
who had written the letter. But Mr., White
head had protested against auditing Mr.: Viii
m 9nr,s bin. Immediately after this testimony
Whitehead that letter. Assistant Secretary
Commssion mi to s summo on Mr.. Whitehead before
them again. MIR. Whitehead. on the ground
Of personal consideration. again refused to
The Fairchild Comm ission either to-day or
tomorrow will make an investigation which
promises to be important. For the last four
years goods brought in by rich dressmakers
Of New York. Chicago. Philadelphia and Bos-
ton have been detained. and in many cases
seizures have been made. The goods have
then been released with little or no considera-
ton. At least. these are the charges now be-
fore the Commission. and, they are supple
mented by statements to the effect that smi-
men! politicians OF the Republican party both
the front in behalf OF the distressed dress
akers. 1t is we'll known that the dress
makers Of these four cities were hostile to
certain Customs officers. and said they were
unnecessarily moested. Certain OF these
dressmakers visited Washington and elected
the interest OF CABINET officers under Mr.. Har-
rison. The Fairchild Commission want to
know why these dressmakers were allowed to
60 scot free.
Lawyer B. C. Chetwood. who is counsel for
most OF the Chinese arriving at the port OF
New York: received yesterday a letter from
Collector Benedict of burlington. VT. an
How was entitled to land. This Chlnaman is
20 years old. and is q member OF the firm OF
John Reilly Il Co. 3S Richmond street West
New Brighton. Staten Island He left New
York for a visit to China in August. 1852. and
on his return was debarred at burlington on
the protest OF Chinese Inspector Scharf.