Year: 1873

Colonel Casey has reason to feel proud of
the fact that in the receipt of all the abuse
the Fusion press has heaped upon him and
all the denunciation he has received from
their orators for being an active and ener-
getic worker in the Republican party, and
for having in his employ men as earnest
and enthusiastic in the cause as himself,
not one word has been uttered, in the more
than four years he has held the Office of col
lector OF customs, rejecting upon his per-
sonal honesty, or implying in any way his
connection with any ring organized to
evade the law, defraud the revenue. or em-
barrass merchants or importers.


On the other hand, whenever efforts have
been made to effect his removal from the
collectorship, those most interested in an
honest, prompt and faithful execution
of the revenue laws-the merchants and
importers themselves-have come forward
at once, and with remarkable unaninity,
to protest against any charge being made
by the authorities at Washington which
would deprive them of the services of 80
faithful, courteous and conscientious an
officer. They have many of them had such
experiences with others who had preceded
him in the Office, not to know how to value
and esteem an official like Colonel Casey.


For his earnest and efficient labors in the
Republican party he has been loudly de-
nounced by his political enemies. Men
like him always are, and in proportion to
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exert. Men Of determined character and
sound political Judgment are always Sc.
lected as objects for beaten and embittered
foe to expend their hate upon.


But notwithstanding the strength Colonel
Casey has given to the Republican party.
the important and delicate duties Of his
office have never been neglected or de-
layed. His own spirit of promptness and
courtesy has been infused into all the de-
partments under him. The work that is to
be done BY minor officers they do with the
least delay and in the pleasantest manner.
Old time hindrances and apnoyances have
been done away with. Delays that were
once considered inevitable are now OBJ
waited.


Quite recently the force in the Custom
house has been reconstructed, SO to speak,
and placed upon the basis of the new civil
service rules. Supernumeraries, clerkships
and sinecure positions have been abolished.
The first, second, third and fourth class
clerkships, according to the system in the
departments at Washington, have taken
the place of the old-time complicated sys-
tenn. The same amount Of business is now
done at fally twenty-five per cent less ex-
pense to the government than ever before.
Transportation Of goods in bond has been a
relief to the merchant under the present
system, while in the four years Of Colonel
Casey's management tho government has
never lost dollar by this means. The fact
is that, in addition to paying in his own
person close attention to the duties OF his
office, he has had the good Judgment to Sc
lect and the good fortune to procure a class
of men for the subordinate positions under
him who take pride in executing their du-
ties in the way he himself has arranged.
and the best regulated customhouse and
most efficient set of customs officers in the
country is the result.