The herald., 1894-10-20
POLITICAL COMMENT. l..

Mr.. levi p. Morton's Cosohmsn.
New York World: Mr.. Morton had
planned to 90 back to Elerslis yesterday
morning, but his coachman'G arrest
changed all his arrangements,
He declined to be interviewed per-
ponally on the subject, but through his
secretary sent out the following 1tate-
n1ent to the press:
ut 10 true that John James Howard
has been in my services since May, 1894,
having employed him 40 my coschman
in London. | left London for the conti-
nent, and having no further use for Mr..
Howsrd'a services there he came to my
home here, and has eincs been in my
employ ment at Rhinecliff.
sHis duties are confined entirely to
services rendered to my family. l re-
garded him as household servant, aud
one falling within ths exception OF the
law, | consider my action as strictly
within the statute, and believed them
as do now. that it ie an exception"
The exception to the law that the ex.
vice presdeat refers to 10 in the Bection
that reads as follows:
Nor shall the provisions OF this act
apply to professional actors, artists,
lecturers or SINCERE, nor to peruons em.
ployed strictly as personal or domestic
servants.
At a late hour in the afternoon Mr..
Morton was still ia his banking house,
Nassau street. Mr.. Grnnell, q partner
in the firm. said that Mr.. Morton was
waiting there to sign any paper his law
yers might send to him in the interest
Of getting Howard released. Mr.. Grim
nell thought, however. that Mr.. Morton
would go home on an evening train, as
he wes confident the coachman would be
set at liberty. He had sent his eecreta-
~ to him, Mr.. Grinneil added, to see
that Howard WAS made as comfortable
40 possible.
General Tracy was entirely confident
that Howard would be speedily released
aad that the result would entirely ex.
onerate Mr.. Morton from the charge of
violating the lave. He criticised the
action of DR.. Ssnner in refusing his
permission to Howard's counsel TO see
him.
"Ths commissioner, said General
Tracy, takes charge OF the man. keeps
him in Jail. with q man to watch him,
and yet says he has not got him in GUS
tody. 1t certainly is very finely
drawn distinction. l suppose Howard
will have to remain at Ellis island over
night, but he will bs released on writ
OF haoeas corpus az soon as we can get
his deposition.
Il think may say without eny breach
Of confidence that l chanced to meet ex.
Senator Edmunde today and discussed
the matter OF Mr.. Morton's liability
with him. Mr.. Edmunds eaid that he
had had occasion frequently to test the
law in the very point on which Mr..
Morton's case rests-the point that The
person engaged abroad was engaged 40 a
domestic servant. Mr. Edmunds said
that the matter had come up in his own
case, whom he had brought servants over
from Canada, and in every instance it
was held that the importation of such
servants WAS not violation OF the law"
Mr.. Morton's inclination for English-
men and things that are English about
his household Is q matter OF a good deal
OF comment among his neighbors in
Rhineciff. With hardly an exception.
every employee about his home is Eng
lish, and the Republican candidate for
governor, moreover, has very marked
preference in his choice OF Eng
lish servants for those who bavo been
employed in the families Of ths nobility.
From James White, his head COACH
man, all the way down through the list,
including Howard and the recently i'm
ported foo.men, Welch and Jones,
nearly all have been in the service of
Ehglishmen of rank and title. But the
inclination for things English does not
stop with servants. All his servants
liveries. all his harnesses, are imported
from London. Even the massive silver.
plated buttons worn on the livery and
emblazoned with Mr.. Morton's mono
gam and crest, are made by Firmin &
Low (Limised). No. 1853 Strand, London.
Tne liveries ore made at the swell estab-
lishment OF Alfred Webb Milee & Co.,
Nos. 10. II and IA Brock street, London.
The following dispatch was sent to Sec
retary Carlisle last night:
New York, Oct. IL, 1894.
Hon. Jonn G. Carlisle. Secretary, etc.:
sPrentiss y. Dodge, emigrant inspector,
on your warrant has without previous
notice arrested John Howard, private
coachman of Levi p. Morton. charging
him to be an alien contract laborer. He
has taken him from Rhinscliff to Ellis
island, where he is held prisoner, coun.
sci being refused privilege oil eesing him.
Howard was employed by Mr.. Morton in
London as coachman, and has served
him continually both in London and
hsfe up to the present time as domestic
aud personal servant. He is clearly out
Bluo bno VI tII6 6LatuL0, i
request his immediate discharge from
custody. II refused, / ask you to direct
that Howard have permission to see
counsel. Please answer at Mills build
ing. B. F. TRACY.
No reply had been received up to a
late hour.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-The immigra-
tion bureau officials as yet have received
NO notice OF the arrest Of John James
Howard as an alien contract laborer.
When Inspector Dodge left here, how.
ever, q few days ago, he had in his pos.
session q warrant for Howard's arrest
signed by Secretary Carlisle. Whether
Mr.. Morton will be proceeded againet for
violation of the alien contract labor law
treasury officials cannot yet say.
An Absentee Landlord.
San Francisco Examiner: II used to
be source of pride and profit for a rail
road man to be friend OF 1.-THE gov
ernor," az Senator Stanford was affec-
tionately called in the big establishment
at Fourth and Townsend streets. Now
the memory Of tho late senator's friend
ship is almost as fatal to an employee OF