New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-06
DELAY AT WASHINGTON.
THE RI7SINESS INTERESTS OF THIS PORT
IMPERILLED By NEGLIGENCE.
srcnrr,Hy CARLISLE WAS SLOW TO ACT AND
TIE COLLECTOR EMPLOYED MEN ON HIS
OWN RESPONSIBILITY.


A considerable portion OF the importing business at
This port came near being suspended on last Sa'uuS
owing TO the inatentlon OF the Secretary OF me
Treasury TO the plain and simple details vi '''
office Every Official OF the Treasury department
Lnous tb,, the fiscal wear ended with June 30 on
tbat date ended the service Of hundreds OF men WIN
are employed in various departments oil inc "o'e'"
mont service AT this port the men VINO i'"'"'S d,
emplovcd in this way are the assistant "'sh''s anu
the assistant gaugers. There are about wv VI 80
t,,owrc mat their time as employees OF the Govern
mont would cease with Friday night, ana not receNie
my word TINT they were to be continued at 'n''r
, ~ r,dov oftornoon they began TO feel that
,h Administration had determined to dispense WIN
,ho, servicas This they took to b. quiet way Vi
,o,unr them that the Cleveland Administration u'u
not want anything more TO do with onrn"'
provious 70 this higher officers In the GOVERN
mont employ had communicated Win MI "'
o.,inc from him authority To re-"mploy .''' "NN
49,. 'r.i,,ors and cangcrs Collector Hendricks sent
formal lotter TO Secretary Carlisle ten uaN' pio''
bo close Of the fiscal year making the apphcn"""
=. lin, far mower TO recmplOy the members Vi inc
o,.ovor,. staff whose terms Of service wouu eAPire
,,tb midnight on last Friday. Without rcI'ru W
polI,,cal considerations secretaries Oh 'lc
have sent word to the Collector 10 nave M, - "
ro.omployed for the time being. ana "'ui
onno,ntmcnts are made. Collector iiehu'ioN'' "
coursn expected to receive from 'e'i'' ..
=, order to employ the until further houce'
a." 49, ,,aro,orn did NOT worry about It until last
-, orornoon After the regular Washington
iii copo in and no authorization came win IL 'he
coll.ctor telegraphcd to Washington ana aSAc" io
a tecgraphic authorization. -
Mr. Hendricks knew that unless the men couiu w
% vor,, on the following morning the cof''l'ro Va
This port would be- greatly injured ann lne pu'ii',' =
~ hundreds Of merchants interfered with. oh '"a'
,,r, no waited In his Office until nearly u O'CLOCK
=, Friday night md stu no order came from WASH
,rc,on Collector Hendricks knew that legally tue
900 assistant weighers and gnugers c"ulu ho' 80 !"
york on the following morning unless tieY h'u SUM
or,hor,tv 70 do 50. on that account h. reached the
Custom House at a much carrier ho"' IMAM go
,on,,g n ind In the early mail an authorization al
,is ,,,r n re.ernplov the men. There was none
,r, 49, ,r only two thing, for Collector Hendricks u
!, 4, ,,ast 100 of the wer" at the custom
H., ,coi,Inr 10 find out whether or not they woulu
o., - work and there were scores OF merchants Wait
Inc for them to pass upon their goods before th's
~ - ,,.u Collector Hendricks resolved there
, o. take upou himself the responsibility OF S'l"ns
m. men at work and preventing DloDN'ie Vi '"'
,uor,iog business Of the port. lie told the men 10
rs,,rt for duty to Surveyor Lyon, VINO also HI" 'o'
:, - rlv They did so and the surveyor 'Oiu
, >, r,urn 10 their former positions and to serve
-, ,,,. attic collector Hendricks 'old the men
.,, -, ,n.rsonaIy would assume the responsibility
-, ,r,r nay and for what they did IN the service
T. as NOT until late Monday afternoon tiat an or"e'
cor,. from Washington giving to the 'oi'o'or INV
ou,hori,v 70 employ the men again. III the ma"
| ,,r,o ,hcv had been working under Collector li'i
dricks's personal guarantee ana WITHOUT ""'"o''
a.' w.h,nc,on. The business interests at this port
- ,,oted after however, In spite OF the inatten-
| uon Of the Secretary Of the Treasury.