The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-03
Mr.. COOPER MEANS FIGHT.
uK sUsPENDs BlssETr AND coRRlLs
sIMOH,s INTOICEa

T,vo,ces seat 20 His ~ wsshineton-A
for,mi,sioner says that Cooper, Stevens,
..d Corbett VIII All Walk the Plank.
TIL, Fairchild Custom House inauisition I'm
,.h.I it's lsbors for tho week at the Barge
ofboe shortly after noon yesterday. and ad-
;ourned to Tuesday morning. In the mean
tim, Mr.. Magone. Mr.. Dunn. and Mr. McFar-
lane, the active members Of the Commission.
vill examine docum ents In their possession.
some OF them obtained from the Treasury De-
n.rtment at Washington. and be prepared to
tactle next weeks Witnesses Before going
.ny further II may interest those at the APP
nra,ser's stores to record the remark OF one
~ the Com m issionsrs after adjournment YES
tsrday He said:
Unless Divine Providence intervenes, by
tbis time next week Appraiser Cooper and
Assistant Appraisers Stevens and Corbett will
b out OF the service"
Appraiser Cooper, Mr.. Stevens and Mr..
Corbett. however. propose to night to the last
6iteh. The Appraisers first move yesterday
VAS whom he ordered Stephen W. Bassetts
desk in his office taken away. He then sus-
handed Bassett on the charge OF absence from
duty without leave. MIR. Cooper followed this
By sending TO Secretary Carlisle recommen-
aAtion for Bassetts removal from the service.
MIR. Cooper In explanation said that Bassett
had really suspended himself: that he had
been absent from the ONCE without leave for
two days Mr. Cooper added that Bassett had
always been considered q conscientious on
eer. but that Of late he had behaved srratical-
ly. Bassett, 1t will be remembered. told the
Fsirchnd Commission on Thursday that Mr..
Cooper wanted him to perjure himself whom
asked no " the documents OF tho Treasury De-
psrtment got into the newspapers Mr. Cooper
said then that this was q lie. and yesterday
no reiterated the statement
While Mr.. Cooper was suspendinG Bassett
Yesterday and asking Mr.. Carlisle to remove
him, Bassett was In conference with Mr..
Magone. Mr. Dunn. ana Mr.. MacFarlane at tho
Barge Office. He seemed perfectly satisfied
with the situation He has been employed at
the Appraisers Stores twenty-five years and
has always kept his head very much above
water. Appraisers could come and go. As
and gone. Bassett stayed. In his confld entiai
place as private stenographer he has known
Of , century. Nobody wanted to bother MIN.
The Hon. Daniel Magone Of Qgdensburgh
h In nsn of s s
nittee during the Tilden campaign, He is as
shrewd as a fox, He was not at all unhappy
gone and his associates on the Commission
now have Bassett tied up to them closely
for the @ an
crots in his possession would. 1t was said keep
ihe Commission running for the next ton
'.HH Assistant Appraiser corbe.t was tho first
+. A. in EVEN OF
TT got IS dsnte he
II was asked to- show the official letters
shout the dismissal and REIMBURSEMENT In t OF Ix.
ami sT es.rs MI thd
were printed went to Mr.. Cooper and told
him didn't want hin. him to make fs as report
Comm issioner Macone, then asked corbett
levied on J. R. simon,G Co.'s imrortattons OF
Japanese silks. Corbett was not SO fTank in
sed On n this Pat ne and M ans%es
without evasion. Corbett promised to furnish
the Com mission with figures concerning the
Sam son Freede. a business rival Of J. R. ST.
mon 4 Co.. testified that in 1891 he was com
PEELED to com plain that he was being under
TeTs yon so psEsd no complain
Simon. 4 Co. undersold me- and the only tx.
plantation ! could assign was that they got
Tisxell, and he ssid that the only goods which
some asi that had been damaged askei him Il
!,s0ald see The damaged ,H:, goods, He said
pointed Si out that i had received a lot ii similar
uhsh
amount Of the Discount allowed to Simon Il
Co The goods Of that firm were inyoieed by
az Fs could q 1s
my profits and even selling at small loss he
low the cost price. Now. since this investiga-
dor A. hrs begun can compete with any firm
The next witness was David 9. Simon Of the
e% Of %o1 Co. s St that
wiswe money. He was the buyer in japan
%ads out a" lie cost preeS
want to say" said Mr.. Simon. that Ap-
en Whee had
Bssd 80 Apprasers sustansd us
The valuation six; seven. eight, and ton per
sSsnass q ssis + XII teid. The ' &DSsai Haa
'"Do you know whether you were able to buy
64ss Complained that you Slr understood them :"
tina. n ,hsy n dd s sdfn eo ns
cheap as We could and In one case. to my per-
lower. OF, hb u Iul6 ali
Inclined t. think that they were not as shrewd |
IN dealing with the Japanese as we were and |
CONSEQUENTLY paid higher prices. The state
m Insnt that We. haze paid $4,000 penalties is
false No paid altogether only S4.30l.44. In
explanation OF why ono lot of handkerchiefs
consigned 10 us was invoced BY weight re-
ny that It was n job lot OF imperfect goods
Sna were bought Mt iower prices. They were
damaged by spots nd streaks."
~ Henry T, Mason Of the, Arm Of E T. Mason 4
70. who had been called In as an expert to
compare samples OF goods invoiced to Simon &
x, with the inyoicrd valuation. testified that
se had marked what, in his Judgment, was the
proper valuation. and handed his figures to
general Appraiser Lunt. Mr.. Simon had tes-
a snl In the presence OF Mr.. Mason that as
rule. contrncts could be placed better In Japan
h the fall than a. any other season OF the year
out OF his seat and declared:
been a conspiracy" -'""
a. CMhs s g,.1, Magone thnndered, That will
opinions" and Mr. Simon sat down.
Special Treasury Agent Mccoy testifl cd that
no had examined Appraiser Cooper's charess
against Wis, WSi.wsll thoroughly, IT has been
i $isn h9prs to the and
Ar. Mccoy also tried the serenity OF Chairman