New-York tribune., 1893-07-07

..,,,.,.ros.od Tor an cxcuse TO appoint new sur
veyor Mr. Lvon La, determined To resign MS ""''
and thus 10 leave the way clear for the P'S'"s VI ~
MI detectives and informcrs into hi, department.
and for the appointment Of Dcmo'I" "
him ,. 49,.
Mr. Lyon sent his resignation to the rr'S'u'"' 20
,rd,v ,r,cruoon 1T the same time TIE surveyor
,,ro,c Ic,tcr to secretary Carlisle explaining 'la'
no had moi written TO him letter telling MN '""' !"
would not recognize the order o tn" secretary w
nlsh the Fraud Roll Quartet with the name, VI ''''
omplovcs Of his department. The surveyor u''
to tbe chairman of the Fraud Roll Quartet ''"n- ""
that he had no official notification {" thc "PPo'''"'
Of any commission, hut he did not s'hu '"' NV.
hc secretary OF the Treasury as 1t was UNDERSTOOD
he hHd done. 10
Tho surveyor did examine the statutes ana Nv
did find that there WIS no possible ground Tor 'h'
omploym,nt f ihc four except a spies o''''"'N
and tuform.rs hTho publication OF the statues
served iis pupo-r. however. h'cauN" II p''" ~. va
from ,aarlo, : Farchild the * secretary "I tue
Treasury. the chairman of the Fraud Ii I'll V"'''''
frank nclnowl.ic cm,nt that tle quarte' did g' H.
r,, undor this provision Of The law ana ~ m'ho -
- n fraud r,u. surveyor Lyon Las rr'parH
II, nf ih, uamr- of ia" van ms 'm
pl,ye, 4 Do, department. ana u ms
been turned over To samuel hhl'h'" w. wy
p,puty >nrvcvor. % that VI. Lyon "H b' ron. N'u
from all p,>.,le political attack iy r' quartet %"
the fraud pay roll -
The >urv, yor lcf hi, Office Yesterday aH'r""o"
r.r ..,dinp of the letter 10 th" Pr d'nt. II"
will now tak. the thirty day vacation 10 :" ioh n n'
Is entitled under the Cove 'rnm'ni rules ana W"
born as.in the active pncic" ~ law.
Mr. Lyon va. appointed ,m'clor ol u" io'' -
President Haril-ou on september - lo7'. '"r
many wears prr,iou, to that he md been lo"f'F'
lie was born in t4i, city on Apfl - lie ana "'S
educated IN the public school, For T." y'"''
after hi, school days b. vas emP"yei IN m'r
caitEc hpu-. bat hr lett hu-in''' 10 'h''F t'' To-"
Of c. Of judy John ". Eimouds
when ,le war bocan h. offered lis s'rv'c's 10
General lin ana wa, app,Wted on DIS stan II"
served under ',cnolal Din un'n the j'ih E'fim'n'
va. ordered io tho front. Mr. Lyon joined lhi
REGIMENT and .rIycd with 1t for time. la''r "'
,,.,, conni. ..Ion"i first neu'cuan' m th- i'l''
N.v.Y Ypr. Regiment ol Volunteers. Known "' '"
=, u,t,opolitar Regiment. with III. rr-lm'h ",
.ergcd under General Eanks In tH' p'Pli '",,"' 49,, ~
the Gull. From M rslmehl hf VII WI, IN
Gd Louisiana cavalry. "Nl'H ""s h"'""i" w"
solidalcd vth tn. ID Louisiana 1"yay. r.co cam.
r,i.tt AftuhdII, 'NfT il'l1n, fhr -h -' ." NJ
inde' H. the famri, sweet Potato MD from bil"h
Tongc ~ Mobile. and tnc campaign ".hn,' l'u.
~ various tmr, he served OIL the stnh- oil ''h'rA''
Sheridan Brgc and Canby, aud several UNI , n,s
cnmmnn1lng Officers commended him highly - me
War nrrIrimet for gai;antry and HcritoouN conduct
A. tLc clo.e Of the hr ~un'd hi legal sum,
ii i"dr. rb,rIcs - Ioahodv and wa admitted to
IA, lar I'm $50 With John l. Davenport he aided III
,, ramIr,,gu a.ainr the Tweed ing. and hr helped
10 draft the city election law under which compdih
lie wos appointed an Assistant District Attorney hv
benjamin K phelps. and was associated Win Daniel
Ron, Iioraoc Ra7 ana S,p "sii civ j" mere ,e
for nearly ten wears. 49, -, yv,.,
lie was member Of tho Assembly from IN" NNis'
| f,,tod for STATE senator. lie /, member of the
I-nion League aud the Republican clubs: the LOYAL
Dcion. Lafayette Post g. A. r. and the Ne" England