Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 6, 1880, Page 4

4 THE DAY Ber E ROSEWATER: EDITOR _— NE=RASKA IN THECABINET Stray Leaves from the Re- cord of the Man Who Aspires to the Shoes a t B Omahs curing the en torial campai; Ruf, merchant tailor for 'is vote. — e e —— s s ] Phineas W. Hiichcock, tion of a bribs, were 1ne following per- souK: in considera- First—Henry W. Somerlad, mem- ber of the house. came to . nd pu chased a suit of clothes of F. i wnd he told Ruf hat he was toreceive $700from Hitche He asked Ruf to show { tcheock’s residence which he did. SprcrFicaTIONS — Somerlad m- erlad wentin an soon re urned to Rufs store with abhunch of wreennacks, which Mr. i.uf -ounted for him, «nd foand to Te . Mr. Ruftook out the amount due for his suit of clothing and Somerlad pock- e'ed the rest. Somerlad confidently in- formed Ruf thatin aidition 1o the 8700 he was to have a land office, which promise was sutsequent'y fulfilled. Mr. Ruf nasresided in Omaha for over twenty years, He is a man of unblemished eputation. He is not a partisan. He has n.teven voted diring the past six years, aud cannot be charged with seeking polit— ical patronage from anybody. S.e0ud—D J. Quimby (democrat), member « f the honse: SPRCIFICATIONS — Quimby reccived 8850 for his vote. Thatsum was paid hi du - ing the senatorial cumpaign,in Hitchcock's room at the Tichenor house, Lincoln. Ha brought the money in a bun h into the room of Senator Tenant. »ho counted it for him, snd t - whom he personally con- fess-d that it was paid as » brive. Third—John Rouse (democeat), member of the house of Carl Schurz. A Trader in West Point Cadet- ship Briberjof Legislators and Corrupt Jobber. Nebrarka feel highl; honored hy the cheice of one of her leading pnhlic men tor a position in th: cabinct of General Garfield. Neb-aska cannot however afford to disgrace Genegal Gartield . and ths nation by foisiing into sach an hen- orable and man whose public career has been wonld responsible position—a steeped in corraption aud infamy It buraing sh.me and an disgrace to the people of this young and growing com- that =uy portion of her press is a0 dehasad and so low in the mora! scale as to endorse and recom- mend a man who is self-convicted by his record, as u trader in cadetships, a briber o’ legisiatures and a patron ot forgers and thieves 2 The disreputable methods resortea to by his followers to create the im- pression that the subsidized editors and political strumpets who are clam- oring for Hitchcock’s elevation to a eabinet position voice the sentiment of the people of Nebraska, ¢ mpels us to enter eolemn. protest jagainst this attempt to crown the man whom thé people of this state repudiated in 187 for his infamiés with lsurels in 1880. Let those who have endorsed Phin- eas W. Hitchcock for Gartield’s cab- inet read the following extracts from the public record: ceived 31,000 in money, from a demo- A SELF CONVICTED CADETSHIP TRADER. | Cratic firm, who are also working in (Official copy. ¢ the Hitcheock interest. HoOUSE OF REPRESENTA1IVES, } THE FLANNAGAN FORGERY. WASHINGTON, January 26, 1867, | Durlng the Senatorial contest of is a eternal SreciFications—Rouse confessed to a rom nent bu-iness man of Omaha, that e received 81,090 for his vote He was openly charged with _this act ata dem.- cratic convention held i+ Plattsmouth, 1 he d'd not deny it. Foarth—J. Clark, member of the hoose. SprorricaTions—The sum paid for Clark’s vete, as reported by W. H. James. ex-xovernor, who confes-ed that he paid it to Clark, is 81,700, James has just re- ceived hi reward in au_appolutment as Tand office receiver in Wa hivgton terri- tory. Fifth—B. F. Hiiton, member of the senate. Sercirioations—Hilton was induced to vote for Hitchcock om_the promise of $L.000, to be paid to one Kiely, who, after receiving the amount, decamped to Can- sda, with the m ney. This faet we have direct from Mr. Hilton. We may eventaally furnish detaile of other brib'd members. Ous dem- ocratic inemter of the legislature was rewarded with a surveying contract, tor which, without Inyesting a dollar or taking any risk whatever, he re- monwenl' i Hon. Kdwin M. Stanton, Sccretary of War: {3877 Hitchoook procured certaln Douglu, and Territory of Nebraska, to fill thieoaiestalitp Fachncy i itho fchugres: conspiracy to buy up the legislature, His age is eighteen years. Thene pa; were circulated secretl; Yours very respectfully, R et 'CHOOCK, Wil the Se D"]l- Congress, {\heb. The follo #ing testimony shows this g T bt e e | infamous transaction. ouse of Representatives, ey 5 Lincowx, Neb., Feb. 8, "77. } e e | I raras Tanchuob [ bssventy of Biate: ton, D. SiR—It appears that Thomas M. Wood- ¥ A ruff was nominated the 12th of February | *hi® 48y adopted by che houso of rep- resentatives: cadet to the West Point Academy. His father's acceptance is dat d the ;61{ of the | state be Instructed to have 1000 copies | of the evidence just submitted, with ever resided in the. state, or ruther I wm | satisfied that he never did reside in Nebras. | 3 3001 88 puscible, for tho use of the W members of the legisiature. major in the army engineer corps, whose | resi dence has long been in Washington, It | true snd correct copy, and also, that | the governor's citice, in which you | HY¥ DAILY SEE: DECEMRER 6, 1880, xxmIBiT “‘3d." B.&M. R R. Co., 1x Nzs SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, Oxana, Nz, Nov 5, 1876. J. 8. Taylor, Baq. Acting Treasurer: Dear SiR—You plesse honor my drafts made on youby T. M. Mae- quette, or countersigned by him, un- 1l further Instructiovs. sccount from the ‘‘Omaha Bee" for $100 per month, and for the “Lin- colu Globe” for 875 per month, may ba passed for months from lat mst. I want to see you on this muster ro-morrow. Yours truly, (Signed) Wy Irving, isna forgery. The peoof shows that no sach letter was ever written by Wm. Irving or receivei by J. G. Taylor, #s it purports, and that no such authority was ever given to drar r use money of the Burlington and Miss uri railroad company in Ne- braska, as in eaid letter stated, nor is there any proof that any of the em- pioyees or persons connected with <aid company, ever uted mopney uf said corporation for political pnrposes or to 1iuflaence tie late senatorial election. Third, that we farther believe that there ia 1o proot whatever rhat any money had been vaid, or that there ever was any agreement to pay sny money, for political purposes, either to the “Omsaha Bee” or “‘Lincoln Globe,” (¥ to any one connecied with smid papers, or for any orher than for job work or for advertising. or other rightful and tegitimate purposes. Nor is there any proof that said railroad compauysends messages over its lines of telegraph for either of said newspapers, free of charge, but the preof is, that for all matter sent over the wires by either of said companies, they charged the same as the associuted press charges for like matter. The proof clearly shows that ssid railroad compiny has not used any money for polirical pur poses, or forany cther than legitimare parposes; that the letters above man- tioned and set for'h wers forged by one J. D. Flanagan, who w#as at the time a clerk in the principal office of the B & M. railroad com- pany in Omaha, Nebraska; that and Flanagan, on or aboat the 13th day of January last, Blsn made an affidavit, which is in evidence, thit the forged letters and #lso the affi- dwvit were placed in the hands of Senator P. W. Hitchcock, on or about the 14th day of Jaunuary, 1877. * * * * * All of which is respectfully sub- mitted. 8. V. Moork, J. S. Gr sow, Wi Anvay, LoraN CLARE, W. W. FIrcuPATRICK, Committee, (Page35.) W. C. Griffeth, member of the legiclatire from Lancaster county, called snd sworn, and exam- jned in chief by Chairman Moore, testified as follows: Q. State what you know about the allegations in this resolution? A. I would like to have you ask me what questions you desire. I don’t want to state ail I have hoard from outsiders for the last two weeks. Q. State facts. Mr. Gibson:—Then we have no furtheruse for this witness. Mr. Aoyan:—Q. State what oc— curred between yourself and Hitch- cock and others, I think, the d.y be- ! fore yesterday in the private room of | . Sin—I_hereby nominate Thomas M, | Woodruff, of Omaha, in the county of | forged documents charging Alvin Seunders and Clinton Briggs with sional district of that territory. P. W. HircH amony members of the leglelature. intment to be =ent to my address, REPRESENTATIVE HaLL, Hon. E. uton, Secretary of War, Wasuing- The following resolution has been Iast by the delegate from Nebraska, as a % ve 3 Resolved, That the secrotary of same month. After_most di igent inquiry Tam unable to lewfn that such a 11t | the report, priuted in pamptlet form, ka. The father, J. C. rodruff, is a I hereby certify that the above is a Tonint, dromaned thet the dowicil of the { the eyidence of the house investigat- u this | Moore, Anysn, Clark, Fiichy aud | and Gibson were members, and which 1 bound 1o !is hereby tramsmitted, s Wood- | o wlemy as from this | B: As we have ms y young men state who w glad of thy I i protast a ruff enterin; district. 1 wili make affidavits in suppert of my statement. Very res (Signed), D. Suavcrrer, Chief Clerk h REPORT, ! Mr. Speaker: i Your committeo beg leave to submi | their report, aa directed by the foll. v- — | ing resolution, to-wit: | (Telegran | Whereas, Charges have this day | el L - - ! | been made that a certain corporation : it My Acaa ] OF ‘person connected therewith has | sent a written communication oftering | lence | to supply money to secure the election | R WL e AL of a l'ni(ved States senator from the veddent uf shmed that he | gtato of Nebraska; therefore A Rt Kesolved, That a committee of five | Priouex be appuinted by the chair to inv aut General pectfully Jou vant, M. C As of Thoma: det fr N money or othe by any persod or by other . corpo hout the state; whether any eor- nfluences have becn ed & a States ee have | and pa- lic has | resided about te tom, | wiich was it persona spectfully su g repor f Owg- | tached and v mark T de of thisr, t the have atr 1 rewn by yor Saundersor w im for»ll Messrs { to win this time ¢ Guneral. Omaha Bxx, Sept The charg made in the pab eas W. Hitcacc to bribery and f au er deuied it an iuvestigati has augd wh War. IxviNG, v M. (redink ) T e 1247 Phi« refers to th mst H T M. M traw Vv AMOUNt Becessary J serted his preven 1ppress in we Wa Irvine J.D. F and n g - { |ing committee, of which Messrs | patrick | | tor present ? | and thar 1 am using it t | showed me a | to th wiifee | woald recommend oth represented you were shown certain lotters? A, Onr delegaiic Laucaster county v 3 | consuls uhout m: " | came up. By Mr. Brown:—Q. Was the sona- | A. I thin of the time. He =aid, * I nuc you think Thave got a ingure election,” or scmething like that. | told him T had heard therg was a let ter of some and I wane he was an acknowl- | lotter uive. The i about signature of Mr, ! Marquette and told thom I was sorge | what familiar with his wri‘ing | and M find out w edged talk d Lhey SK ad me Liold inoked | ¢ think the | cut the witials ~T M him T thonught the 1w M’ like bis writing, but T dids did. Q Were e on §o testify as ~enuiu 2 T Q. Did you » hivk Guaetiv, & ranger « men- | he the wort “monsy i tioned or nt. @ What was your } lette v was read § sad Mr terani SN youl “F. M him coma wledize AHdE What tranepir ed with Mr. ld m, T sid nilemen, is M. Marqu would like ae rhe leat ette deuy t y No, ; I thick he said b d like t but it bat h 1t he wher, yon Marquettel e s Poge 44. Mr. R O. Adame, private secretary of Senator Hitcheock, called, sworn and examined, testified as fol- lows : Mer. youl be reference to thetr supplying funds to Gibson :—Q. Have you In Note that | be used in this senacorial election 7| money? A. Yes, sir. A. No, sir Q. Have you had? A. Yes, sir, A. No, siv. * Q. Did you resd it over befors it | are 80 sasy of ascent ss In the United | coss of carrying grain between Chi- was signed? A. I beleve I did. Q. Did you tell him that would do? * * * * * r possession a paper purporting #§| Q. Did Mr. Hitcheock give you this s lotter from Mr Perkins, with | money! A. No, sir. Q. You say it is Mr. Hitchoock's How much was there? A. Six h ‘ndred dollars. Q When did it come Into your pos- Statas. That this sondition of affalrs | cago and New York, s matter depend- is largely due to our system of pabllc | ing on the will of two or three men, iustructicn, not even Mr. White will | ig equivalent to a tax of 65,000,000 be prepazed to deny. What country | apon the agricultural products of the on the globe circulates ‘as many | sest. nowrpapers among 8 many readers - as dees our own. What pation prints Tur Pennsylvavia railroad com- as many books? Among what people | payy two days age soncanced that it fr to | that the con + for them | Q Wher Q Where is that letter nowi A. 1 saw it a short time aince In the pos- [ session. A. Last week. session of the sena‘e commit:ee, Q From whom! A, I have an Q. You have delivered it up to their | #wered it came into my possessicn in possession 7 A Yes, sir. s general business way. Q. Will you state to the committee #IP-RAP JOBBERY. a3 near as you csn what the contents| In the winter of 1878 congress of that letter are? A. Yes, air. passed a0 sppropristion bill for * o N 880,000 to improve the Missouri river Mr. Gibson—We can't do it with- | at Omabs and Counei] Bluffs. fhis oot hsving directions from the house. | liberal appropriation was procured by We have no hv|du’:m» there l; nDa:nne the Nebraska delegation 1 congress commi taa. (To the witness. idyou |in response %o titions from th go to Omaba at the instance of Mr | Omaha board of F:'lda aud lndlugr Hitchoock to meet a party under the | business men of Omaha The con- assumed name of Jsmes Dufly, to re- | tract for furnishing material for thi- ceive from him certain h:lcovm-tln:; in | work was frandulently award d to P. regard to the matter under consider- | W Hitchcock and W. H. B. Steut. ation? A. No, sir.' o The contract, asshown by the affida Q. Youdid nat? A. No, sir. vit of Micha-1 O'Brien, of La Platte, Q. Dio you have any conversation | Sarpy county, Nebraska, on file at the with this pariy- unier the assumed | war depsrtment, was surreptitiously name of Jas. Duffy at the St. Charles | let to the highest bidder under false hotel, or anywhere? A. Yes, gir. protenses. This contract became a _Q Ou benalf of Mr. Hitcheock? A. | source of shameless fraud in the infer- No, sir g iori y of material furnished and bogu- Q Did yon receive there at Omaha | measurements. The following is one the-e letters you say you left yilh the | of several sffidavits that substantiates Suvate committel A. Yes, sir; I re- | thetact of systematic frauds by P. W ceived sundry papers that are now in | Hitchcock a8 rip-rap contractor: charge f the sensto commitiee, an;n Srars or Nemeaska, ;llm‘ang :hu says his name is J. D. Dovaras County. Anagan. 1 Q. Have you ary former acqusint- Pofflnyh:’dnbflgg j‘flr_-::;fl 2y 1 S says 5 A -2t :ix'a with that gentlsman? A. No, tristT eI H iR € atres 0 v for furnishing willows for the Misscuri o th o K .Q wbm? did yonI recerva the oiver rip-raps at Omaha during the fall persifomibi A Io Omats: of 1878 and winter of 1879. Th-t ta Q, What did you do with teese pa- f 1879. The: tae pore when you received chemt A |W0 oMl o furuivbed was, in Brought them to Liucoln? e el Q And gave them to Mr. Hitch- :n! Phinsas W. Hitcheock, most- cock? A. No, sie y fice brush, tres fopr and Q. Did you'show them to him] A | Yot poles, That this material was L] nk in front ol T A an wau It yon roceved these | Oaaha, and that there wus systematic papers from Mr. Flansgan, ae near as | {r80d In the measurement. Depovent 3% can remember? A. Tt was Lt | dviiverod (165) one hundred aud six Sanday, the 14th instant, I believe, |17 five eords, government measure Q’Did you see tno_letter purport- | Ment, but iy re;olvz,ld’)v-r e ing to come from » man under the as- | Hitchcock & Co. for sevestys sumed name of James Dufly to Mr. | %evencords. Doponent furt.er states Hitchoodkl A" Yes! gir) that ke saw the stohe d-livered by Q You didn't gu’ in response to Hitchcock & Stout for these rip-reps, that letter to meet this man? A. No, whichatone was very inferior In qual- A iy, moatly porous stone of the nature of p-stone, and s large percens age was frozen clay, also quarry scal- ings in small dimensions. C. E. WHEELER. Subscribed and sworn to before me, s notary publio, for and in Dooglas county, Neb., this 13th day of June, 1879. JonN RosicKy, Notary Publie. r. Q. Mr Hitcheock didn’t direct you to go? A. No, sir, Q Do you know where Mr. Flan- agan is at this time! A No sir. By the Chairman :—Q. Do you know where he res des, at all—do you krow anything about his residencel A. Only in a general way, that he lives at Omaha. By Mr. Gibson :—Q. What is his business? A. Clerk :n the Burling- ton & Missouri River Ratlroad com- pany. Q. Do vou know what considera- tion he recetved for these papers? A. MR. WHITE AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. . Mr. Richezd Grans White is chronic grumbler. For forty yeurs paat,he haa been devoting his energies to the fauits and failures of the Eng- lish langnage, and having to all ap- pearances fully exhausted the subject he has now turned his attention to our public achool system, which, as might do. Q. What? A, Six hondred dol- lars. Q. From whom? A. From me. Q Was that miney given you by any other party? A, No sir. Q Wasi yourmoney!? A. No sir; it wa+ money accumulated in the due coarse of business . Q Was that 8600 simply to pay him for his trouble in getting up there paperst A. No sir. Q What was the consideration? A. T'he consideration wae the papers. Q. Aud the contents? Yes eir, certainly; the papers aud the contenrs f wper together. (). This offer was madeé to him fore you paid him, was it? A. 1 oseless, an excresence upon the body politic, a whited sepulchre filled with | dead men’s bones, In a leading articie iu the Decem ber number of The North American y Beview Mr, White hus given thereasons f0z his views on the school question. He declares that “the public schoci children are unsble to apell correctly, be No mass of our * * = This 3600 was simply to 2 for berraying the trifst plac im? A, Nosir. Q). Then what was the §600 to be pmd for? A, For the papers. Q What was in the papers to make them worth 36007 A. That sould be | hetter answered by the production of the pay . ) Yes sir; A. I am * pay in " % read iutelligently, tc to write legibly, to describe nnder- standingly the geography of i own country, or to do anything a.na_ly well educated children should do with ease.” Nay, more, Mr. White, althouzh they cau give rules e from mwewory, as to 8ays X ahily and r provided we get them. ' ctly willing to state tents of the papers were | Of thew, i alw justify me, i my mind, | paying the man the price asked elementary education they are, most ex hey 1 ren a conditio: he nevor cressed the threshold of a ach house. Millions i doliars annuall i wiay were dhiey valuable | g hese pay igher Did t education’” aud Ldered in normal ictance | col s and ir Q You may thens papers that to youl A 1 way. without the paper | that tbey coutained informati apiracy st Mr. Hit private secretary | welfare 1 siaie was er be syst siiure Rousycombea with abl and uscless an instrument te intellectnally Wkeite bas doubt weumalated 1w What dc | way be profitably stadied may fir didn’t No Cr s« | —0Q. Wi ’ when them know, sir. it ¥ > good in manki 1 give th ¥ Mr e are some obaerv. 1 A T give the money to | to give to Mr Flanagsn { Q Where was M | do you know! A Yo Whese h | ¥ be expected, he finds to be worse than | 1l rea- | uper- | is illiteracy at & lower ebb, and where on the face of the whole worid can such inatances of mental and mater- ial sdvancement from poverty and want %o high honor and position be found ss in our own country. Thou- sands of instances prove the value of our aschools to the country fo planting the first gerws of an ambition which afterwards ri- pened to thepolitical advantage of the nation, and which otherwise would never have sprung into existence. Free to all cladses aud conditions vur public schools are a oinstant witness to the social equality taught by the rconstitution. Their professed object 18 to fit the growing geueration to be better members of societyand morefes pavls of bearing their part in the gov- | ernment of the people by the people Notwithstanding Mr. White's denial of the adage that ‘‘Ignorance is the mother «f vice," political economisis, without exception, are prepared to uphold it by a mass of facts and fig ures which camnot be controverted. | Thozoughly believing i the truth of | this mazim, our school system endea- vors to diffuse intelligence among ths groaiest number, leavicg to czime io excuse for ignorance and offering to all the opportunity of fitting them- selves for the highest pusitions of onov and trust In the gift of the peo- people. Thisls the object of our schuol system. Thatit is & laudable one not not even Me. Richard Grant White is | prepared todeny. How well it is be- ing carried out is the point upon hich | writers are now differi: g. Inthe first piace it must be ad- | mitted by any candid person that such | & wide reaching system of public in- struction cannot be carried out with- ! out mwany defects and mauy isilures Its very universality Is responsible for these. Organized to do the greatest | smount of good to the greatest nam | ber, thore must be many insauces in | which It will fail to accomplish the | precise end for which it wasfounded. | But these defects and failures are a tendant on every system of general | application and by no meaos milima‘ agatnst the system as a whole. Our public schools deal witk the most diverse nationalities and soclal ele- | mants. Minda natarally bright, others | by natare the dirvct opposite, rich | and poor, dispositions varying in the | most widely diverging degrees are to | be dealt with and supposably to be brought to a common height of mental j advancement and literary proficiency. The very universality of | which is its greatest . | comes in isolated inst defect and the pirple s 18 grestest ; problem is adapt ies of the ts Constanily presente w to the eystem to the dof without des the many | schools against v few value graded Mr.Grant White | hurls his weapous huve resulted from to hic and are | this perplexing problem, Qunling, as we thik, ¢ fficiently with | the question. 1 cresse of | our school pe lich oes hand in hand wit | country, present | the school pr bl instruction, a1 qrawih of the | re in troduced for the time, | now Thot | required “whe | suffictent, a sults. senoral than tha suppl ystem ha. endeavor needs of tention on cerramly be s » western schools + have set exa olems nts r Wi would hereaiter receiye n g New York by way of the Baltimore and Ohjoroad, thatcorporation having trausferred its passenger business %o another route. The excluded rosd has 2ow made other arssngements and fourtrunk lines sre in operation be- tw-en New York and Chicago. Jrper JeRe BLACK bas written a lettsr on the transportation question to the New York Chamber of Com- merce denourcing railroad monopoles 8¢ public robbers, and !nsisting that lezislative restrictions not only on vse- senger tarids but also on freight rates sre sbeolutelyindispensible. It willnow bein order for the railroad organs to dsuounce Judge Black as a black- mailer, a commurist, and an enemy to the public wel‘are. “‘GATH” says that 25.000 tierces of Iard were used In New Yorkin Nov- ember in the manufactuce of bogus butter. Nearly that amount of soft 80ap ias been used by Dr. Miiler in plastering the rocent Union Pacific appointments, ““z0 to speal It cost Bill English 827,000 to run for the vice-presidency. Mr. Engiish’s mortgags mill will have to gr nd out this amount during the coming yesr, and some one is bound to suffer. SE— ANTI-ADMINISTRATION makic g mach of the faci that Senator Blaine hasn't sat the White House for two years. So mach the worse for Senator Blaine. papers are at dinner at PONCA COAL, ! Result of Prof. Aughey’s Ex- amination Coal, With In- dications of Gold and Oil. Ponea Courfer, Dec. 2. The result of the geological exam- inaiion of the coal fecund a half mile west of this city, exceeds by far the expectations of the moat sanguine, and settles, for all time to come, the fuel question in northern Nebraska. Prof. Aughey pronoances the vein to be four and a half feet in thickness and of excellent quality, and promises that by golng not more than 100 feet further down another and much larger vein will be found. A, will be noticed by the report given bolow, color of gold was also discovered at the depth of 510 feet. are, of course, highly elated over this Our paople discovery, but no more so than ¢ people in the crowded eas whom our daily mails *come | and issue with etters of lquiry, been found necessary ¢ Tara in repls Prof. Anughey watwr I the pros; i the pres if proven to exist t very ureat extent will cause a perfact whi of vxeitem it & meetin last Monday nie f 1and was leased wbont 10,000 acres and the 100 <