The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14

the Collector is that the latter has exceed
ed his official bounds and lowered the
dignity of the Treasury Department by
approving the bond of his son, Harry E.
Wise, and W. B. Sanborn for the Vallejo
street bonded warehouse.
When this bond was presented by young
Wise and his partner Mr.. Woods was abb
sent from the City. As the lessee of Mrs.
E. G. Sanborn Mr.. Woods had had the
warehouse for seven years. But in October
he happened to go off for little vacation
in the Yosemite Valley hunting and fish
ing, and when he returned he was unpleas-
antly surprised to learn that he was no
longer in the bonded warehouse business
on the northwest corner of Vallejo and
Front streets.
He had been succeeded by Messrs. San
born & Wise, and the latter were soon
comfortably installed in their new busi-
ness and had cards printed announcing 20
the public that the VaIlejo-street United
States Bonded Warehouse was in their
hatnds.
Mr.. Woods has only just begun to re-
cover from his establishment, and with
this recovery he is planning an equally
un npleasant surprise for the Collector Of
Customs.
There is a weak point in the Collector
position. Among Democrats it is COM
monty understood that John G. Carlisle of
Kentucky was given the portfolio of the
Treasury Department because of its i'm
mense patronage and the effective in
fiuence this patronage might have upon
the rank and file of the party all over the
country in the interest of the next candi-
date for President.
Grover Cleveland, as politician and
Mayor of Buffalo, Sheriff of Erie County,
Governor of New York and President of
the United States, in succession-thrice
the nominee of his party for the Presi-
dency and twice successful-had not failed
to learn thing or two about the
machinery OF politics. His choice of John
G.. Carlisle was supposed to be backed up
by this accumulated knowledge. 1t was
also supposed that his appointment of
John H. Wise was made tor the same
reasons as prompted him to make the
Kentucky Senator a member of his Cabi-
net. And Mr.. Wise lost no time in carry
ing out the programme on that eventful
June 1, when he ensconced himself in the
commodlous chair just occupied by his
Republican predecessor.
He has made his Office and his admins
tratjon a distinctively Democratic one,
with the exception of his retention of his
indispensable chief clerk, Edward B.
Jerome, and the Treasury Department,
having grown accustomed to expect great
things of him, may now be shocked to
learn that he has so far jeopardized the
interests of his party, as Mr.. Woods,
score of other warehousemen, some highly
respectable importers and dozen sharp
eyed brokers would have the general pub
lie believe.
KThese warehousemen, importers and
brokers pronounce the Harry Wise Incl
dent 'lpiece of very bad taste, to say the
least" and Mr.. Woods proposes to de-
mand an investigation to learn, if possible,
that it is no worse than bad taste.
In connection with the political phase of
the thing it is common gossip around the
Custom-house that Harry Wise has COM
mitted his father to Christopher Buckley.
The deal, it is said, was made without the
knowledge at all of John H, but the
father, though intensely anti-Buckley and
naturally in favor of respectable politics.
has not yet found any way OF getting out
of the net which the enterprislng young
man has managed to weave about him.
There are great many persons who are
inclined to be charitable with Mr.. Wise,
and these say he should not be held re-
deals of his son.
The explanation Mr.. Woods makes of
the manner in which he was supplanted is:
The thing was done while ! was away in the
Yosemite Young Wise and Mr.. Sanborn pre-
sented their bond and Mr.. Wise approved 1t
and sent it on to Washington, as suppose. At
any rate it was completed and | found my
warehouse bonded over my head, though had
had it for seven years.
| am thinking of communicating with the
Secretary of the Treasury, and unless some,
thing is done soon to rectify matters snail
do so.
l certainly think Mr.. Wise has gone beyond
his official position and has acted in very bad
taste.
Just how Messrs. Sanborn d Wise could
bond the warehouse over his bond Mr..
Woods was unable to tell.
But going into the bonded warehouse
business seems to have not been enough
for young Harry Merchants, both Chi
nese and white, and their brokers, have
been circulating a report that Harry Wise
has been making very active canvass OF
Chinatown and several big importers. The |
names of some of the white importers ne
had been 10 see were. given as William
Wolff & Co., G. w. Craig 81 Co. and Sher-
wood & Sherwood. The story was that !
with the whites he used as persuasive ar.
gument his connection with the firm OF
Christy & Wise. in which be and his father
are copartners, while with the Chinese the
fact that his father was Collector OF Gus
toms was made strikingly apparent. 1t
was even said by several persons that his
fafhar had uopo arnrpd ChinafO with /