Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 23, 1878, Page 1

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He Tries to Put His Party on Record as Against Rov- olution ; [y But the Plotters Prove Too Strong and Too De- termined. The Animus of the Tilden Tribe Becoming More and More ° Apparent, A Few of the Party Leaders Doubtful as to the . Result. Their Long-Vaunted Evi- dence Inconsequential and Illusory. Reports of the Commission fin the Chicago Custom-House Work. The Government Robbed and Swindled in the DMost Sys. tematic Manner. Criminal Collusion Evident on tho Part of the Bupervising Officers, Interesting Debate on tho Army Billes Texas Democrats Violently Opposed to tho Reductlon. Speech of Senator Lamar on the Southern Pacific Rall- road Question. ANOTHER BLUNDER. OUK CARTER PUTS MIS FOOT IN IT. Bpectal Dpaleh 1o The Tribune. ‘WasmnatoN, D. C., May 22.—Carter Har- rison this forenoon precipltated s crisis upon tho House, from which the Democrata fallod to cxtrieate themaclves. For tois he has been to- day made the subject of the bitterest denuncia- tion by his party, Without consultation, he rose to n question of privilego, and offered a resolu- tion provialug for an fnvestigation into alleged frauda {n South Carolina sud Oregon by the Potter;,Committee, provided the majority of that Comnittee should sco flt to make the Investl- Ratloo, and further declaring that the title of tha f'residency was scitled by the Forty-fourth Congress, and that the present Congress has no power to disturb tbat decision. The Democrats were greally excited at the iutroduction of this question. Speaker Pro Tem. Sayler promptly ruled that, jnasmuch as tho original subject matter had been declded by 8peaker Randall and the House to bo A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE, Mr. Harrison's motion was also ‘a question of privilege. Finley, of Ohlo, the man for whom Alfred Morton claims that he received tho principal evidence in the Florida caso upon which the Democrats rely, promptly moved to lsy Harrison’s motion on the table. Other members moved {ts reference to the Potter Comimnittee. None of these motions wero put, aud Speaker Sayler submitted the question whether the Harrison motion was s question of privilege. A roll-call was ordered. *Every cxpedient was exhausted to obtain time for consultation by the Democratic leaders. Pending thia call the Democratic members were divided. Democratic members of the Iuvest(ga- tion Committeo, fncluding Potter Limself, went to the Bpeaker's tablo and ANXIOUSLY SCANNED THX REBOLUTION, It was noted, howover, that they pald no atten- tlon to any part except to that aftirming the integrity of the Presldential title. Carter Har- rison, meaowhile, walked up and down the aisles, nis hands in his pockots, the objcct of a concentrated sssault of the indignant Demo- cracy, It had been hard to bring Harrison under party discipline to voto for the Potter resolution. Iis action to-day was In deflauce of party dlscipline. Clarkeon Potter ulmaelf, whito with yoge, approached Harrison sud upbrafded bim. McMabou, Cly- mer, and all the Democrats whoso seats hc passed, wero secn in a very earnest manner to rescut the action of thelr colleague. On a viva Yoce vote the Democrats decided that it way Nof A QuEsTION OF PRIVILEGE. The ayes and noes were demanded. The Democrats sought tu avold a record, As the rolt-call proceeded muny refused to vote, among them somo of tho most notable Democruts, Potter himself * withheld (bl vote untll after the wecond call, and then, with some apparcnt hesitation, voted that it was a question of privilege. Bome members of the Potter Committee voted nay. Every action of the Democrats pending roll- call lndicated that ¢ is thelr purpose to attack the Frosidential title. ‘The portions of Harris- on's resolution relating to the President alone vo them avy concern. Finally the vote was snnounced~T71 ayes to 50 nays, and the polat was mado that there was no quorum. Mr, Har- rison, who had been subjected to much pressure duriog this exciting interval, rose, and, stating, amidst deafening cries of *Order,” “Order," that be did not desfra to obstruct public busi- ness, ylelded to tho demands of his Democratic associates, snd WITUDREW 1ils MOTION, Harrison's [ricuds were disappoluted, for they Lad thought that, baviog had his conscicnco quickened in the (nterval sinco the Potter reso- | against him contioues to create demorstization. lution passed, he bad rancwed bis original do- | To-dsy ho further declared that, it the Commlt. termioation to be independent, and baa decided to show his {odopendence by adbering to the resolution which bo himsel iotroduced. Har- tison's effort to chargethe Reoublicans with the defeat of his resoiution for the reason that they did not vote is & specious ope. The question upon which voto was taken was not upon the adoption of the resolution. It was upon the questiod wicther it was a matter of privilego. The Republicans would have been guilty of the grossest pegsonal and PARLIAMBNTARY INOOWSISTENOY t0 have voted that Carter Harrison's proposi- , country will not fall to note the omission. It vict those pursuing him in this matter of lylog, in Congress who knew Sherman who would be- slieve he would be fool enough to write sucha lqgu. whatever thoy mighs think of his befag tion was & question of privileze when they had fought five days Jast week upon the theory that tho Potter resolution WAS NOT A QUESTION O¥ PRIVILEOS, and the two resolutions In that regard were upon the samo footing. No Representative, without stultifying his record, could have voted with Harrison that the motlon was a question of privilege. Bestdes, the Republicars have dis- avowed all responsibility for this lavestigation. They determined that the Democrats should be held responsible for a movement for which they alone voted, and, it they desire to put o parlismentary interpretation upon its meaning, {t {s for the Democrats to Interpret their own' acts, and not for the Republicans to asslst {n any such Interpretation. Besides, if the Rtepublicans bad voted against the quastion of privilege, it would have been charged that they DENIED TRE PRESIDENT'S TITLE. It the Potter resolution did not mean that the Democratic managers propose to lay the founda. tion for an attack upon the Presidentlal title, it was for the Democrats to say 0. They de- clincd to say so when the Potter resolution was passed; they declined to say so to-day. Carter Harrlson was Independent and cour- agcous enough to give them an opportusity to say 80, but he was not independent and cout- ageous enough to insist that a Democratic quorum which is undoubtedly la the city should be made to vote. The proccedings showed clearly that tho Democrats wero not disposed to assert that 1t is not the intention of the Demacracy to prepars for revolution. On the contrary, their acting, 1airly construed, can only mean that they desire t 3 FIOLD TRE QUESTION OF REVOLUTION OTEN, subject to the result of the investication. That was the attitude assumed by Potter when his resolution was originally presentgd, The Dem- ocrats make much of Clarkson Fbiter's honor, and asstime that he lias disclaimed that any ac- tion azainst the President fs Intended. Potter {s constdered an honorable man, but ha s not tlie Detnocratic party, neither is he the majority of the Committee of which he s Chairman, and he did not say and has not sald that he is op- posed to reopeniug the Presidentlal questfon. On the contrary, he distinctly said, * What can be done after the inquiry I8 combleted, what ought to be done, should bo determined only after the {nquiry has been completed.” That fs s sewtence from the speech which the Demo- crats quote as Indicating that the purposeof the resolution 18 NOT REVOLUTION, Potter has only sald the question of revolution is held in abeyance. That point the Democrats reaffirmed In the House to-day. Harrison thinks: that he bias committed the Democratie party and House to the asscrtion that the title ot Hnyes 15 unassailablo. Ho has committed it to no such thing. 'The proper interpretation of the nction of the Democrats {n the House to- day,is that they agree with the speceh of Potter when the resolution was introduced originally, and that they will not decide that they did not intend revolution, but that they will keep it sn open question whetber they Intend revolution or not, WILSON'S RRSOLUTION. This is made more apparent hy subsequent proceedings of the House this afterncon. DI- rectly Cartor Harrisonylelded to the pressurc of his party assoclatcs, Mr. Wilson, of West Virginin, presented a resolutfon which mean- whils had been reduced to writing by Springer, ond approved by the Democrats, for the Potter Committce, i it Is dlsposed to do so, to Investl- gate Electoral frauds in any State. Butthe omitted the portion of the Carter Harrison resolution whioh deolared that the decision of the Electoral Commission {s frrevocable. This omission was intent{onnl. Wilson's resolution COULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE PASYED, Indecd tho Democrats endeavored to smother even that by moving to refer it to tho Potter Committee itself. In this they were defeated, the Republicans voting nay, the voto to smother, techulcally called to * refer,” stand- ing 89 yeas to 118 nays. Tho Dewmocrats then put a bold face upon what was to them a very bad matter, and consented to pass the Wilson resolution without a divislon. Tho resolution wecans nothlug, It stmply says that thero can be an investigation outside of Florida snd Louisiana I the partisan Democratic majority of the Potter Committce pleass to think it ad- ‘visable. TOE DEMOCHATIO POSITION, as the result of tho nction of the House, s this: ‘Tho Democrats, belug given the opportunity to declare aflirmatively that the resolution must bo construed to mean that It fs not tho Inten- tion to attack the Presidentlal title, declined to do this, and on the contrary passed a resolution 'which has no meaning, declaring that there may be an investigation outside of Florida aud Lou- {slana Jf the Democratic majority is so dleposed, The action of the Democracy mukes It more than probable taat it the Democrats can find or makie any evidenco through ‘this lovestization which will furnish the possiblo protext for revo- lution, they will make the fnvestigation-report the basis for DECLARING THB PRESIDENTIAL OPPICE VACANT. Carter Harrison, in an Interview to-night, atates his position and vicws, which the Demo- crata will endeavor to Impress upon the publle. From the opinions of leading Republicans which have been summarized in tho preceding dispatches the fallacy of Harrlson's conclusions will be clearlyscen; ** I was conslstent through- out, Ltried to zet an ameudment by which the House would recognlzo Ilayes' title, Potter and every lawyer on the Domocratic side thinks the action of the Forty-fourth Cougress con- clusive. But be could not open thodoor toan amendment, I voted sgainat seconding the previoufl quostion, hopingte force (n my amend- ment. But finding I could not I VOTED WITIL MY PARTY. A different vote would have aoue uo good. I then resolved to get fn” my resolution at an- other ime, and did so to-day, Seversl of my varty voted agulust me under a wisspprebien- ston. Tho Republicans refused to vote. There was no quorum. I fesrcd tha Republicaus would again fillbuster, so | withdrew wy reso- lutton. 1gemed my point. The majority of the Democrats havo sald they are not almlng at disturbing Mr, flayca' title, but intend to sca il frauds were really commitied, and if comnlited, 1et the couutry know WII0 BROUGNT THEM ADOUT, Had the Republicans given the [louse a quorum to-day, I do nos think twenty Democrats would finally have voted agalnst wy resolutlon, § know several who Liold that Mr, Iiaycs'title (s legally settled who.yet voted aguinst ine, beo- caust they found that to send Oregon and South Caroliva to the Committce would give it too much todo to enableis to report this scasion. Thoy wanted me to ralso a separatc Committce, but that would have looked as if I wanted to go on the Committes. Igot all I wished ‘The uudercurrent of dissatisfaction amoug the Democrats over the forcing of the Pojter resolution upon their party strengthens dally, Becretary Shermau's unqualiied chargo of for- gery upon those who hsve workea up the cass tee would give bim a fair chance, he would con- of libel, and PROBABLY OF SOMETIING WOLSK. One of the most promiuent Democratic mem- bers of the Comumnittes, some days before the resolutions passed, scouted the idea of the copy which was becing shown around as the let- ter of BSherman belng genuine, ou the ground that there was wot a Democrst equal to msking such arrangements as it men- tloned. Their case against Minister Noges is ssld to reat malnly on & letter which It now appears those bolding it do not feel sure about, and they themselves are inquiring s to the genuine- ness of the signature. There is & general admisslon among the Dem- ocrats that if the alleged Bherman letter vraves l{l:rzery, their case will receive a blow from! which IT WILL ECARCELY AECOVER. The story they had worked, #ip at considerable trouble in regard to the preparation by Repub- licans of duplicate Eleetorsl returns from Loulatana has also been overthrown in advance, This charge has been to the offect that Gen, Anderson brought the Electoral returns here and allowed Republieans to inspect them, and it being fesred by sowne that they were notin exact form Anderson was sent back to New Orleans to obtain & mew set of returns; that upon arriving there bo was unsble to mble all the Electors to sign this sccond set, and that the names of two Electors WENZ FORGED TO THE AMEXDED RETURNS, 200 thess latter, being brougnt here, were used 28 if they were the original papers. This is so far true that the envelope nf the returns brought here did not indleate, as required, that all the votes for Prsident and all the votes for Vice-Prestdent were contalned therein, though &% o matter of fact TREY WERE, At first it was thought best to bave the technl- cality corrected, but, a8 a matter of fact, the first return brought hero by Anderson was in the exact shape In which be deltvered ft, and this . being preclsely as it camo from the hands of the FElcctors themselves at the meeting whero they cast’ their votes, was theone afterwards laid Lefors tho .Electoral Commieslon sad the two Houses, and was the return uctually counted. so that the whole Democratic case upon this point falls to the ground [u advance, . HARRISON'S RESOLUTION. To the Western Associated Press. Wasiinoroy, D. C., May 22.—In the House this morning, Mr. Harrison offercd thefollowing as s question of privileze: Wiuknras, A Select Comumitteaof this House has boen appolnted 1o Inqnire intu certain frauds al- leged to have been committed in Florida and Toulalsna in November, 1870, in cunnection with the roturn of votes for Electors for President and Vice-Froaldent; and Wuzneas, It {s chu?ad that frands of like char- acter were _committed at the same time In the su'l:- of Oregon and Bouth Carolina; therefore, Regolred, That sald Committee bhe and it fs hereby empawered to inquire Into the same if, In ita ovlnfun, testimony thereon of substantial char- actec shall be presented to It; and be it further Hetolted, Tuat the Senate and Jlouwe of Repre- sentatives of the Forty. 1th Congreas having counted the Flectoral votes for Presiaent and Vice- Presidant, and it baving been declared that Ruther- ford b, Hayen liud received the highest numoer of yotes for President and Willlam Wheeler the highest number of votes for Viec-realdent, it is not now in the power of Congress, nor is it the puzpose of Fhis House through eaid investigation, 10 sanul or or attempt to annul the action of the Foriy-fourth Congress in the promises. POINT DECIDED, The point haviug been prescnted as to wheth- er tho resolution fnvoived a guestion of privi- lege, the 8peaker pro tem. (8ayler) submitted the question to tho House. On a standlog vote both sides manilested a diainelination to take ground on cither side, and a vote was taken by yeas and nays, and resulted yeas 71, nays 80, But_fow Republicans voted, and not nearly all tho Democrats, + The members of the Belect Cummittee who voted avall (Potter, ‘Cabl, Cox of Ohio, Morri- son, end Stenger) voted in the afllrmative. The objection bewng made that no quorum Liad voted, Mr. Harrison (amid a storm of calls 1o order) withdrew the rcsolution, stating he was not desirous of obatructing Lusin OTHER NESOLYTION. fzing the Select Committes to luvestizate Electoral frauds in any State where {t has urahdm cause to beliove that such frauds were practiced. > r. Cox (N, Y.) moved to refer Lhe resolution to tho Solect Committee, and demanded the previous n}uuuon.whlm was seconded, and then (apparently in consequence of & bint from Pot- u? Mr. Cox offered to withdraw his motion. [his, howevcr, was objected to on the Repub- 1lcan side. Tha motion to refer was aefeated—~ yeas, 89; navs, 115, ‘Tho resolution was then adopted without s division. ‘The Democratic members of the Potter Com- mittee wero for & long time in conference this afternoon, cxchmclni views ns to the course of the lnvestigation. Representative Hale and other Republicans haverequested the Chalrman not to call the Committee together until the return of Represeptative Hiscock, who is ex- pected from New York to-morrow or Fridat, ‘when the Committee will orzanize for business. BECHETARY SIERMAN ** FUITING ON I8 WAl- PAINT.! Becretary Bherman expresses his satisfaction that the aubject of hisconnectlon with the Loulsiaoa clection had goé boyond the news- papers. Bpecifle charges, he sald, bad boen made, sud what ho wauted was an open hearing and no favor, and this, Mr. Bherman asserted ‘with consideratle warmth, ho {ntended to have. i2pal ncinnat! Enguirrr. (Dem.), ‘Wasuinarox, D. C., May 21.—~Thers has been such & change of sentiment here on the subject within the last twenty-four hours, that a good many long-headed Dnmmfi&lfll boldly declaro that tho ‘party has an clephXnt on” its bands. This chenge of sentiment {s attributable to the fact that the members are hearing from thelr constitucnts, Tho large majority who write on the sublect say that they depre- cate the agitatlon of the Presidentlal question;: that, no matter what is or may be its ultimate end, it 1s caleylated to distrac destroy that confidence to which the n}:ccuh were fast returning, and, worse than all, in a political view, to firmly unite the Republican Iumy. ‘which had fast been going to ploces for he want of some live fssue upon which 1t conld ouce more mll{. A sample of the feeling expressed by the people {s contalued in a letter recelved by Car- ter tlarrison, of Chicsgo, who reluctantly voted for the resolution. He was electod to Congress as a Democrat by a light majority. He has al- ways bal the” support of sn organization nutnbering 200, Xnown ss the Congrega- tional Boclety, The Presideot of tbe Soclety to-day advised him that, In cunsequence ol his vote for the Potter resolu- tion, he would not heucetorward receive ita sup- port. ' The Southern members generally have received letters from home which undlsgulsedly assert that the reopeniug of tho Presidential sore is o political mistake, and that the Potter resolutions do not meet the approval of their peopl, What thoy want is rest, wholesome !Inluriul legislation, and laws passcd calculated to restore contidence botween ‘the sections and one anuther. Mr. Whitthorne, of Tenuessee, who was the first Damocrat to sdvocate the reopening of the questioy and a thorough fnvestigation by Con- ress of the alleged frauds, bas slso hedrd from howe, and i thoroughly slarmed at the situs- tlon. He sald to-day that be would now vote to keon Congress {i seaslon two imonths to oloso this thing nl;u rather than adjoura and lcave the [Investigatingy Commitieo to mull away over ‘it al summer, Ho said that if Coogress did adjourn withont clusing up this investigation, it would cost the s Democrutiz party at least forty districts i the douth, aud would give the next llousa of Rep- resentatives to the Republicans; that if thers was auything further to be discovered it must Le discovered at onco and acted upon by Con- Eress; that it tho luvestigstion was allowed to drag along all sumnmer public sentiment would descend from tho bigh' level of patriotism to tho abyss of projudice, and the people generally would belisve tust the luvestigation was for the purpuse of sliugivg mud for campalgn ,pur- POsed , SPEAKER RANDALL. i 1B GIVES DIVEKS OPINIONS. Special Dispatch {0 The Trivuas Pirtspuko, Pa., Moy 22.-Speaker Randall, who Is bero to prosecute his fight with Senatar Wallacs befors the Domocratls State Conven- tion, which assembled this moralag, was futers viowed this sfterooon oo the subject of the Florida investigatlon, the tariff, ete. Inreply toa question ss to the lnvestigation belog ob- Boxious and offonsive to the busincss Interests of the country, Mr. Randall sald: * How can thers be any offeose in scéking for the truthl Iu the very words of Qew. Gragt, *No man it AN | Mr. Wilson tlien effered a resotution author- the country, to- tobe Prestdent would accept it talnted with fraud,' " '“This don't mean, then, 4hat Hayes is to be put out, and Tilden put ini" '%0, NOTHING OF TRE KIND," replied Mr. Randali. **It{s{dlotle to talk of unsesting Hayes, This Committea will réport In three weeks. They will simply gather up and crystallizo the evidencs we have all been famillar with since its publication, and place ft on the enduring records of Congress as a vindf- catfon of our conduct during ths whole can- " ** With regard to the tariff: whatis the res- son the fron men complsini' *Iam surprised at any ove In Pittsburg complaining about - TAE WOOD TARIFR.” ' What surprises soul” ' Why, the leading fron and steel manufac- turers of Pittsbure, who had thelr committee in Washiogton sil winter, had all they desired In tle truming of the Wood Tarlff bill.~ They not only knew what was golng on, but they sctually wrote the very sectlon as it is in the bill,"” ‘* Where, then, does the hardship to the fron and steel men occus *The hardship,” replied Speaker Randall, ‘*{s the other way. Why, what tyranny would it be to eay that we never should alter the Tarllt 1 Weo lose £5000,000 on eugar duties alone under the present tarifl, Should ~ that continue! Ther bring {rom Demarara great quantities of black sugar. Jt _Is entered as raw material,—crushed cane refined in this country,—and a rebate is allowed on tho cbemivals used (n the process. This ro- bate alonc {s a hanasome profit, and the sugars t!lul dmgned can be profitably reshipped to ‘anada. . He thought the Wood blil would eventually pass both Houses of Congress, and would prova satlsfactory to the country. He was contident that TUR PRESENT BUSINESS DEPRESSION would soon be succeeded by an era of financial rosperity such as tho country has not enfoyed or many years. MONE GRANT. During the conversation he Incldentally re- marked zh-ti‘in hia opinlon, Gen. Grant would be the next Republican candidato for President. CHICAGO CUSTOM-HOUSE. REPORTS OF MESSRs. BMITIT AND TITOMSON. Bpecial Disnatch to The Tridune, Wasmixatox, D, C., May 22.—It having been learned ! imperfoct and Incorrect copy of & portion of the report made regarding the Chicago Castom-Ilouse investigation had boen purchased froman employe In the Supervising-Architect's ofiice, and telcgraphed to s Western paper, it was declded to-day to make the report and accompany- ing documents public. May 2 COLLECTOR 8MITH Tfllu to the Secretary of the Treasury as fol- owa: Custox-fHousx, Cuicaco, L., May 2.—7h« Hon. JoAn Sherman, Secretary of {Ae Treasury—Sin: In referonce to the examination which has been made into the werk doneon the new Custom-House and Poat-Ctiico bullding, 1 nave the honor to re- port: ‘That on the arrival of Mr, Church from the De- partment with tho record books. in order that notbing might be done bearing unjustly upon any ‘person concerned in the work for the Government, piied to the District-Attorney for Jezal assist. ance, and that officcr Getailed Assistant District- Altorney H. W, Thomeon to aid in the iugairy, ‘That lelumle man has given constantand unremittiag attention to the examination of the records and to the taking of all testimony, and his report is here. with aubmiited and lrproud by me. Hts atate- ments are very carefully inade and are borne out Dy the facts developed in every particular. ‘The cxamtnation hes not tocluded the entire boilding, 88 more timo than either of us hasto comman present would be requisite to cover all of the dotails, We have given our attentlon al- most entirely to the work on the attic, and that which has been performed during tho past two years. However, the several contracta have had 10 be considered in the light of. tho developments, and the resalt 1s the conviction that the contracts, taken togather, show a dellberate purposs to de- fraud the Government. The departure of themain contract from the advertiseinent was sufliclent to confer npon Musller, the contractor, & Luity of several thousand dollara; whilc the supplemuntary contzacta wera designed for the purpose of adding €0 this gratuity, From the beginning to the prea- ent time thera bas been the most shametess dis. regard of rnblh: nteeests, and the constant adoption of adrolt methods for robbing the Treasury, Toe evideoce ints dlzectly to collusion between officers of the Government and the contractor in the inception and early prog: reas of the work, and if not to colluslon fn the later atages, then to negligence which isno Jess criminal, morally, for the robbing uf the P Treasury continued without cessation, ‘The t mony of workmen smployed duniog the past two years is to the offect that every effort was made by the contractor and the assistant superintendent to delay the progress of the work, incresse the cost to the Gavernment, and awell the receipta of the clor. Afildavite are on Gle showing how the time wan conaumad on the stone, and, that not being safMcient, every devico was resorted 1o to increase the days of labor, such atting aleove buttons, yachting, and ball-playing, The davits are incidontal to the general Inquiry, and arg referred to as showing the disposition to ald the contractor in Lis labor of increasing the amounts of his compensation. ‘The testimony and tlie records show that In tho constructlon of the chimne) o the roof over ,000 were spunt, more ti half of which was unnecessary. It is stated by the architect who su- rintended the conalruction of the Tremont liatel n this city that the two ornate fronts of that large building, erected immediately afier the great fire of 1871, andat & time when ‘labor and inaterials wero high, cost less than these plain chimneys. What i3 said of the chlmneys msy be mald of the rest of the stone-work on the attic-story, and I need not enter Into further specifications. This grest Josa tu the Governmenl, and vexatious delay n the constzuction of this part of the balld- ing, 18 due to the neglect of the Bunervising-Arch: {tect and the surennlendenh for, as thesa ofticers had the responslbility, they must ba held responsi- ble for the results. Workmen who have been ex- amined by Mr, Thomson say that the attention ot the Superintendent, as well as the Assistant-8n- porintendent, was called o these drre ceedings. The vouchers were sent to Washingl showing the amount u\d for sawing and cuttl: and the amonnt of laber involved. thgrefore, known to the Bupervising-Architect, and leave him to share the reaponsibility with his sub- ordinates, An efclent and honest oficer, upon boing made scquainted with the fraudulent character of the supplemcntal contracts, would have refused pay. ment, and taken his chances in the courts, I ssed of suficient werve for this, h seen that honest subordinates wers in charge, and that the contractor was kepl lo the letter of tracts. No sawing would have been found r pald for, nor would 10,000 or 20,000 ve been wasted in orderto Increase f the contractor, This brief statoment and sccompsnylng -papers are respectfully submitted for your consideration, 1have the nonor to by your obedient scrvant, Wi HEXRY Saivat, Collector and Disbursing Agsat. TIHOMSON'S KEFONT, Follow!ng {s & summary of the report of As- slstant District-Attorney Thomson, referred to avove: ‘The Mueller contracts wero threo In numbor, It 1s shown, ns bearing upon the ingalry, Lhat the cantract for sLock was not let accory] nE to the pro- posals called for by the sdvertiscment. The ron. iract as let contalned this stipulation: ** - fnch to be added to eald schedule sizes worked face for quarry dimen- llnnl.‘" 'l'h:u ‘wulmcilan of hlhll. thnl report procceds (o say, upon which paymen hnln’lamm madse 0 the aniount of $015, 425, 1:!. was that this clauss changed the contract from ona for ‘piyment according to advertisement for net cuble centents o oue for payment of one-halt luch on each dimenslon .of esch stune In excess of jts mnet dimensions. ‘Thus, one juch was to be added, in computing the entire cubio contents, 1o the net length, ono to the not thickness, aud frow one-half 8o inch to oue inch to not dopth of every stonc, lad blds beon favited on Ehn statemont that thie additional baif- inch measureuieut woul allowed. it canoot be supposed but that thoy wouid bave beon much lower than if {avited upon the statement meces- sarily implylng thst this half-inch extra measuroment would ~have (o be fure nished, but not paid for. The advertisament, fu fact, made, was of the Iatter sort. Nopro- posals were, Jtappears, invited for the coniract which was made and which was lct to Mualler without competition. Houghly estimatod, the suwount pald for lone which wis meroly c,lliguln': away was sbout $30,000, a v sugges I’x:'lufil“hmlhumox.dun loto tho contract Di the f-inch clagse. A The stock contract also stipulated that tho sto: should be of uniform color. free from faws, staius, or discoloring matter, whaoreas the buhid hows Th stipuiation 1o have' been violated. - Gross 1znorance, criminal negligence, or criminal collu~ slun with tho contractor muat, according to the report, assumed to el&llln tbe scceptance of such stone by the Buperinlonden tand inspectors Tho 15 pef cont coutract ls then shown up, In accordauce with thai instrument, Mucller waa to forolsh the mechanice sud laborers and to recolve tha smount sctually pald thew plow 15 por cent, It euabled him to control the men‘l bound the Uov+ erument to pay them, and ofered hin & huye briba -xpend uonecessary labor. That portion has 600. 83, upon which Muetler bas re- L 500, 80, On & proper construction of the sawing contract, the entire payment for the sawing was Hlegal, Ia this connection attention 1% directed ta the Pottor ordor of Mirch By 1870, extending paymout 50 s £ he facts we . «'1IVE CENTS,. ! 7 2 iy ¢to stock slze, and to the orderof in g to Sapery) ¥4 reitect 11l of oct, g0, 1877, ectifriaiimode of computing the payment for Sawing 1o be tontinged, B 0 PAY Tha report then proceeds to the examinationmade tn regard 18 1 ness. From this It appears that t! patd $310.40 for sixteen chimney-caps, two faces, 80.10 square feot: $337.71 for forty saddle~ #tones, Lwo sawed faces, 670,2 sqnare feot; 3000, - 94 for eighty small coping-stones, thres nawed faces, 2,674.14 aqnara feet; $157.20 for eight spandrel.rtones drannd clock-faces, two sawed faces, 449.2 square feet; $210,03 for twenty-foue knee.stones {n dormers and gaules, two sawed faces, 010.10 nqnare feet: . ine, ate mr’{. two mawed faces, ¢ 30,1 Sonaingne 82,882, 41 900,11 #qnare foet; for 102 quoins, third story, two sawe: 236.7 aquara feet; and $075.85 for elghty- ‘nnr muillons, necessarily cat away, 1,031 square eet, . The sawing contract §8 then examined in de~ tall. This instrument provided for auch sawing ‘'8¢ may bo found nccessary.” From examinn« tion of the schedules and orders given to_Maelier, and from cotnmanizations of Snperintendent Bar- ling on the subject. 1t wonld appear that no such orders were glven for sawing, but that Mueller tatved according to his own estimate of what might bo neceasary, and that Burling accepted the cati- mates and certifled the vouchers, The report says, with great directness, that in no case wan lanng necessary In order to carry out thcghm. inasmuc :l e;ary utone in the boildIng could have been cut o shape. The entire saving conld only have been neces- sary, if atall, upon beds or tacks, or both, and the aMdavits of leading stone men and workmen, appended to the report, were tnihe effect that sawing upon backs was whoily nnnecesaary and sbrolutely uselcss, Upon tha beds, If sawed to oxact dimensions, eawing would have answored all Poreores as well s cntling, but not better, and he cnuinrg would have cbst not more than 12 cents er foot if done by day’s labor ot $3 per day. Sawe. ing was accepted nectasary under tho contract foot. "In tho words of the ry. provided it was also nece essary for the Qavornment to pay 35 cents for what was worth precisely 12, 2 The total paid for uwlnf was 8124, 381.57, wheresa if all this had been for sawing upon beds 10 the precise net dimenslons, it wonld hava boen worth 10 the Government $12,045.12, Dut a large partof the sawing was on faces, which had to be molded to some depth to conform to the plans, The loss to the Government on this ftem of sawing Is placed by the report at not 1ess than 100,000, In Mr. Thomson's judgmént not one oot of it, upon proper construction of the cone :nnilrulnu:enlry, and the payment was there- ore illegal, The queation of the_catting {s then gone intoat length. A number of leading architects, etone- cotters, and the former time-keeper made & per- sotl lnspection of the work,and uplted In making an estimate of the number of days' work, nt eight hours a day, required for completing the work examined. According this estimate, it took 108744 = working days, ~when tho Job shonld have been dons in 11,145!4. According to the appended sfidavits of workmen and time- keepers, work was eystematically delayed, or, as they expressed It, *“stretched ont.™ It was, as shiown by theso affidavits, also done by methods involving the greatest swount of labor, and in- stractions were conveysd ta thcse workmen by indirection that they wers to **atrotch out" the work, that upon tho third and atilc stories gen- erallybelng atretched 5o as to consume about thres times as much labor as was neccssary, In accord- snce with the system of reporting the work to Uills and Burling. the facts must have been reg- nlarly bronght to tho attention of those ofticers, nnless gross neclicenco or igmarance ba assamed. The report sonciudes with Mr. Thomaon's ad« vice, as asked for by the Collector, on this state of facts. From the partial examination mads, Mr. ‘Tnomson believes that suficlent Indications of fraud have been discaverod to warranta judicial inquiry. The payment for sawing appears to him clearly filegal, and to be sccounnted for upon no other theory tnan that it was dono through collu. sion between the contractor and the Government officers, The waste of labor In cutting and cary- 1ng, he beliaves, sugpeat even mare strongly such collusion, t! ole apparent motive for th! seeming to have been to enabls Muclier to chargo his per cent upon the Iabor allowed him by his contract, which wasof precisely such & sort s to lnvite frandulent expenditure of iabor. ‘The Buperintendent, Lis nsslstants, and the time: keepars, whose duty it was to see that the Govern. ment received an actoal d work for a day's K:" could not, If they discharged thelr duty, have en Ignorant of the fact that the Government was not ructlvlnr an equivaicnt. The question remain- d which can only be determined by & United States Grand Jury, ls, whether, by a consviracy between the contractor, Government officiale, and employes, the Government has been defrauded n_thess cuntracts. To that body, therefore, Mr. Thomson suggesis that the whole matter te referred, aathe only proper and practicable body g invostigate the facis and taks approprists action eseon. TON SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. May 8, Collector Smith writcs as follows: Cusrox-lousk, Cuicavo, 1L, CoLircron's Orrcx, May 8, 1878.—7h¢ 4o, John Shermar— Smm: licrowith incloscd I hand you a sapole- mental report from Assistant District-Atiornoy Thomson) touching the Custom-House-construce ton matier. "o gads that paymente aggregaiing $37,830,00 to John M. Maoller for bauling stona wers imuroperly madc, as belng In contravention of the terms of the original contract. Tho firat of thens pavments was made in 1870, snd the rest in monthly installments, I havo the hoor to ba, alr, your obedlent servant, Witriau Nzxny Suirn, Collactor and Disbursing Agent. 11, Cmicago, May 8, 18 Tothe Hon. William Henry Smith, Collector, ele.—~Sin: Since my com- munication 1o you of the 2d instant, my stiention has been directed to the sapplemental contract with John M, Mueller, asted Aug. )14, 1870, waich, in connection with surronnding clrcumatances, pro. sents oome poluts deserving of Inquiry. By tock contract dated Sopt. 2, 1872, Muel- ler w, ligated 1o furnish and ¢*to deliver at tho mio of the aforesaid bunilding {Custom-Llouse] alt tha stone required. In order to doliver the stono at the nite It was necessary that it should ba haaled there from the rallrosd, The point on the ranlroad where tho stonoe have been unlonded whicl wi arest the was that point at which the , ond from which it was The communication of Mr. Qeuoral Manager 1\tuois Contral Ralle all tuls stane was transported, atablishes that polnt. It shows that Twelfth street and Indiana avonue was the polnt ncarost the Custom-1{ouse site whers such facilitice os were required conld bo furnished by the Comipany, —that Is, as Mr, Tucker oxplained m,ima. where, without Interrapjlon of the traftic of ‘tha road, cars could be allowed to atand upon the side-track for myth of timo as was reqaired (o unioad this and whero there was room for placing der« and other machinory necessary for unload- fng. 1t appears that this side-traci” was bullt by the Company especially for Mueller's accommodas tion, and “in order to dellver to bim the stone At ‘the nearest accesslbio point to the Cna- tom-Honse, 1t is ouly by & crooked, sharp con- atruction of the cutting contract that It can have been held to relesss him from his contract to doliver the stono at the sita of the building, ‘Whetber the stoue was cut at the puint where it was unloaded from tha cars, or at the site of the building, wade no didfurenca in thy amount of haaling. It waas hauled from the raliroad to tho sito of tho bullding, which was what Mueller, un- der hhdcanmu of Hopt. 2, 1872, obligated him. if to do. after the stone was cat did not vary the labor ro- quired to unload it. ‘Tho bandling of the stous in cutting waa paid for under the i5-por-cent cone t Yet by this wnpplomental contract Muellue ‘was allowed {5 conts per cuble foot for haullng atope, as under lis first contract he had already obligated himsclf to do, In the payiments uuder the contract of Rept. 2, 1874, “was included payment for the bauling, Under (he supplomental contract, & secund puyment was made for the haul- Tucker, road, over which Whuther |h£ bauling was douo befora ing. fn connectlon with the double payment, ¥ direct attention to tne fact that the drst paymeut ander the supplemental contract wa. de beforo the ex- ecution of the contract, | refer to voucher No, 20, accounts of July, 1870, certifed by Huperintend- ent Buriing upon' the felecraphic inatructions of Acting-Bupervising-Architect Jacobs. The claim of ‘cavered by this voucher, I am informed, has beon repeatediy rojected. Blnce payment of Taat amount. the aditiona) sim of §10,810.50 has been pald under the supplemontal contract, wak- ing $37,830.00, while uothing whatsver s been deducted from paymentsto Muoller upon hls stuck contract of Sept. #, 1872, which payments wore, sccording $o tbe terms of that conteact, for the de. . h:“' :1‘ lIl).u lel:' at th%vlllo of ll e butlding, spectful ENRY WENDELL ‘I'HOMBON, Doctlulils Jliast Unjied Statee Attorneys Of tho exhibits which accompany this report, the following s the inost futeresting: COMPARATIVE BTATEMENT showing the estimated time required to cut and ° carve tho stones thereln wentloncd, and the time consumed upon the sawe; Total esit- Théaltime Ko, af inated time consumed Dutgnatlon afsione. “piacas.” (daya).” " (days), tals of chimneys 4 273 1,28 TN 2807 P i1 niw . I P 208 1 300 L1l 240 ‘898 sbh o 28 5.0 780 1,547 33 L6 0 v. 38 168 lLUSE 23,604 IN THE BENATE. SETTLEUS" RELIBYP BILL. Bpeclal Dispaich to The Triduna ‘Wasnmnaron, D. C., May 22.—The SBenate to~ day passed Seoator Paddock's bill for the reliet of settlers on public lands under the Pre-camp- tion la The bill permits pre-emption settlera who bavechanged their titls to homestead entry |,