Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 June 1883 — Page 1

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WHEN INDICATIONS. FRIDAY.—LocaI, rains, partly cloudy and slightly warmer weather. THE WHEN CAN PLEASE EVERYBODY IN NECKWEAR. They have all the newest shades, latest styles, and at popular prices, saving you one profit every time. WHEN CLOTHING STORE. AN APPARITION. A Widow and Hep Son See the Face of a Father Killed Several Years Ago. ■■ • Snydertown, Pa., Jane 21. —On Monday night Mrs. Moore, a widow who lives with her young son at Brush Valley, near here, was startled by hearing a shriek, followed by agonizing yells, In the room next to her own, which was occupied by her son, a youth about sixteen years old. In a fright she ran into the room, and found the boy almost dead with fear, and trembling in every limb. She quieted his fears and questioned him, and after considerable delay he told her that at about midnight, while listening to the furiously raging storm, he was startled by seeing through the dim light of a lamp which burned in the room, a man raising the window. A’...lost paralyzed with fear he sat up in bed, unable to move, until, by the aid of a vivid flash of lightning, he perceived the features of the man to be similar to those of his father, who was killed in the mines five years ago. With the shriek that had so startled his mother he sank on the bed, and the intruder fled hastily. When the mother heard the story she turned her gaze toward the window, and beheld the identical face pressed against the pane. With a loud yell she sprang to the window, and raising the sash, jumped through, and striking the ground twenty-five feet below with terrible force, injured herself fatally. Tl> oV>*.icto and r 'janc oi the ycung Moore brought a few neighbors to the spot, and they carried the limp body of the woman into the house, and, after a few hours’ labor, succeeded in bringing her to sensibility. As soon as she fixed her eyes on her son she burst into a violent fit of laughter, in which the son joined, and which lasted until both fell to the floor exhausted. On the part of young Moore the fit of laughing was followed by violent spasmodic attacks. He foamed at the mouth, barked like a dog, and mude vicious snaps at those who attempted to quiet him. A young farmer named Herrick went up to him, and. while attempting to quiet him, caught hold of his hand. No sooner had he done so than he, too, was seized with fearful spasms and writhed on the floor in intense agony, exhibiting the peculiar symptoms manifested by the other. The few other neighbors who had come to the scene were so badly frightened as to be of little assistance, and they fled precipitately, leaving the three maniacs alone in the room. Mrs. Moore was stark raving mad, and the two young men were busy at work demolishing the furniture and striking one another. One of tlie women who had at first rushed to the house, ran home and returned with her father, an old army sergeant named Billheimer. who ran into the room and, grasping Herrick, threw him to the floor, and putting his foot upon his breast, bound him with bed ropes. He then secured young Moore in a like manner. Mrs. Moore was bleeding from the wounds received from falling out ot the window and lay on the floor insensible. Lifting her in hia arras Billheimer carried the woman to the open air. the storm having ceased. One of the neighbors had mounted a horse about one hour before and ridden at full speed across the rough country road in search of a doctor. After a long search he found one and brought him to tiie stricken family. The young man Herrick was taken home bv his father in the morning and another physician attended him. No hope is entertained of Mrs. Moore’s recovery. Her son was unusually violent this morningand could scarcely be held by four men. The case has occasioned much excitement among the farmers throughout the neighborhood. Mrs. Moore and her son are practical, steady people. Young Herrick is not so violent, but arrangements are being made for his removal to an asylum. Mrs. Moore was in a sinking condition this evening, and she will hardly iive until morning. Natural Gas for Fuel. Wheeling, W. Va., June 21.—A well being sunk for natural gas by the Central Glassworks Company, of this city, to-day, at a depth of 840 feet, after piercing a thick vein of sand rock, struck a strong flow of gas. It was conducted from the mouth of tne well in pipes and lighted, making a blaze thirty feet high. The gas will be used for fuel in the glass-house. This is the fourth well which has been successful in striking gas in tiiis vicinity. One is now in progress at Martin’s ferry, just across the river, and a number of others are under contract. Natural gas bids fair to be the fuel of the future and to revolutionize manufacturing, as the only cost for fuel will be the expense of sinking wells. Lynching in Prospect. Cincinnati, June 21.—The Commercial Gazette's Maysviile, Ky., special says: “A whole neighborhood in the country back of Maysviile are out hunting a young negro for a horrible outrage on a young girl eleven years old, and if they catch him he will be lynched to-night.” A Pleasant Couple. Fremont, 0., June 21.—A singular bridal Fartv left ibis city yesterday. It consisted of ra Stump, the horse thief, and his bride of three days. Sheriff Pohltnan chaperoned the party, and will terminate the tour at the penitentiary. Wit. 11. Bonus, drnirftfsr, if Sullivan, says 'Brown's Irowa Hitters Elves, rood gattsfactluu. 1

A RIOTOUS CONVENTION. Disgraceful Scenes in the Democratic Convcntiou at Columbus. Curiom* Mingling of Political and Physical 61augher-Order Finally Restored by the Aid of the Police. Defeat of Ex-Senator Thurman and the Cincinnati Enquirer. Judge Georfce Hoadly Nominated for Governor—A Scene of Confusion Never Equaled iu a State Convention. OHIO DEMOCRATS. Hoadly Nominated Over Ward—The Latter Administers a Rebuke to the Party. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, June 21.—Ex-Senator Thurman was beaten to-day in the convention,, and if he should enter the summer campaign it must be for a ticket led by the name of the man who, he thinks, prevented his nomination for the presidency at Cincinnati in 1880. The expectations that the convention would be a hot one were surpassed. It was a roaring, furious gathering. The excitement rose to fever heat with the arrival of the Cincinnati delegation, last night, and it has boiled ever since. There was no rest between yesterday and to-day. The committees were in session nearly all night at the State-house, and a surging, boisterous crowd kept the hotels lively. But more important in its bearing on the convention than the committees or the open clamor of faction was the work of the fertile brains in the quiet rooms of the candidates. One-quarter of the Cincinnati delegation came here rabid against Hoadly. That was a serious obstacle to his plans, and one to be overcome or offset, or else bis case would be hopeless. He decided to offset it. In the effort he was helped by his rival. General Ward assumed that Mr. Hoadly would try to get full command of Cincinnati, and gave himself to maintaining the split. Hoadly made a show of effort in this direction, but was really active in gathering recruits from Ward’s unguarded lines. This was no easy task, for Ward’s following was devoted; but by morning Hoadly had won a score of votes—enough tojinsure him the lead in the convention. He knew that Ward would press him closely, but since both of them commanded nearly a majoritv. ne Ridged correctly the value of even a slight advantage on-the opening ballot. Delegates had to be very early to get seats in the hall this afternoon. Those who arrived only a few minutes before the appointed hour of meeting hau to stand until after the proceedings had begun. That took from them about all the rest that would have been possible during the day, for it was yet early when the whole convention was standing, to remain up continuously for five hours, and since then at frequent intervals, into the night. The galleries were packed to the doors, and men sat all day with their feet hanging over the gallery front. The presiding officer had hardly elbowroom on the stage, and the arms of the pool secretaries were pinned to their sides around half of a small deal table. The opening business was quickly disposed of; and then John McSweeny, who was to guide the proceedings, bowed to a warm greeting, and made a speech of humor and force. Nothing was lost on the audience from, the speaker’s Scotch to the loose-jointed gesticulation with which ho emphasized his points. The important business of the day was reached amid ever-increasing confusion. There was a dispute over the report of the committee on credentials, and the clamoring of the delegates for seats, the hustling of the sergeant-at-arms in trying to clear the aisles, and the final skirmish of factions before firing should begin, contributed to a scene of excited activity. The nominations were exciting, and the balloting was attended by a continuous uproar. A dispute over the claim of half the Butler county delegation of their right to disregard mass convention instructions for Hoadly, and vote for Ward, led to scenes that defied the chairman's gavel. It was at last decided that the delegates might vote individually, which lifted the rafters with yells for Ward; but the laugh was turned when Hoadly led in the first ballot. A second ballot was taken amid a Hurry of excitement, a stampede having been prematurely started. A deafening clash of factions followed, which only the announcement of the result quieted. The greeting to Mr. Hoadlv. although hearty, was tame by comparison with the earlier proceedings. There was a warm and spirited scene in the afternoon, when Durbin Ward appeared before the convention, bearing his wounds grimly. Sympathy went out to him on all sides, and he took comfort at last by announcing himself a candidate for the United States Senate. The convention sat continuously all day and evening, and at 11 o’clock to-night only seven of the ten places on the ticket had been filled. Tlie Proceeding In Detail. Columbus, June 21.—The Democratic State convention convened at 10 o’clock this morning, with t’ne largest crowds ever seen on similar occasions in Columbus. Not more than half the people could be accommodated in the opera-house. The sultry weather and rain made everything disagreeable. The contest between Ward and Hoadly, for Governor, waged fiercely during the morning hours. The convention was called to order by Clark Irvine, chairman of the central committee, and reports of the committees ap-

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pointed last night were heard. All preliminary organization was dispensed with, and Hon. John McSweeney, of Wooster, of Dorsey’s counsel in the star-route trial, was introduced as chairman and received with much enthusiasm. He spoke briefly in the line of exhortation, and predicted a Democratic victory, but touched no issue. The floor of the convention became so overrun with spectators that business was suspended, and a sergeant-at-arms irom each district appointed to get the deleeates seats. It was about half an hour before work was resumed. The committee on resolutions not being ready to report, the convention proceeded to the nomination of a Governor. There was great delay in the presentation of names. Efforts were made to proceed to a ballot without names, but after a long wait Senator Thurman crowded onto the stage, amid the wildest enthusiasm. He followed T. E. Powell, and seconded the nomination of General Durbin Ward. He made an able plea for a recognition of the services of General Ward. He warned the convention about tying themselves to any one issue, and announced that the party had always been arrayed against sumptuary legislation, and shall continue in that way. The names of Hoadly and Geddes were then presented in order. Trouble was reached on the first ballot when Butler county was called, which had a divided delegation, and resulted in a call of the counties to do av / with the unit rule, which was carried amid great confusion and showed the strength of the leading candidates to be about even. The ballot was not finished till 1:30, and was as follows: Hoadly, 290, Ward, 261; Geddes, 77; Denver, 4. The second ballot proceeded till Butler county was reached again, and the same trouble ensued. After the call had been concluded some changes began for Hoadly, and the greatest excitement prevailed, delegates climbing over each other and pushing each other and storming the platform. Before the result of the ballot could be announced a motion to nominate Hoadly by acclamation was carried. He had in the neighborhood of 350 votes, 319 being necessary to a choice. Judge Hoadly soon appeared, and accepted the nomination in a ten minutes address during which he reviewed his connection with the party, and although he had wandered at one time with the Republicans to fight the battles of the colored race, the Democracy was broad enough to receive him again. He esteemed it a great compliment to be nominated over a more worthy candidate, and believed they could meet on a platform whose leading principles were personal liberty, self-control in temperance matters and a license system. The convention proceeded to the nomination of a candidate for Lieutenant-governor, and John G. Warwick, of Stark county, was selected by acclamation, as before the ballot concluded Dewitt Coolman, of Portage county, the other candidate, was withdrawn. The work of nomination was frequently interrupted and delayed, and in the meantime General Ward was brought in and made a speech, in which he severely rebuked the party for failing to recognize his thirty years’ services. Not to be daunted, he announced himself publicly as a candidate for the United States Senate. The speecli of Judge Geddes was in a somewhat different vein, and both pledged fealty to the partv. THE PLATFORM, Before the other nominations were made, the committee on resolutions submitted the following, which was adopted: The Democracy of Ohio, in convention assembled, hereby reaffirm the principles of the party as expressed in primaries, and State and National platforms in regard to personal liberty, the true functions of government, and as embraced in the political creed expounded by the treat founder of the Democratic party—Thomas Jefferson. The application of these principles to our present condition demands the purification of the public service, the punishment of the robbers or the public treasury, the equalization of all public burdens, the arrest of the profligacy and extravagance tuat corrupts the administration of public affairs, and a total cliauge in the policy that has long been pursued by the Republican party, favoring individual and class Interest nt the expense of the laboring and wealth-producing people of the country; and wo reaffirm our previous declarations for stable money, the gradual extinction of the public debt, and the payment of pensions to disabled soldiers, their widows and orphans. Second—We favor a tariff for revenue, limited to the necessities of government, economically administered, and so adjusted in its application as to prevent unequal burdens, encourage productive industries at home, attord just compensation to labor, but not to create or foster monopolies. Third—The act ot the Republican Congress reducing the tariff ou wool, while at the same time increasing it on woolen goods, already highly protected, was iniquitous legislation, discriminating in favor of monopoly and against the agricultural interests of t he country, and ought to be corrected; and we heartily approve the action of the Democratic tuembe-.s of the Oiiio delegation in Congress in voting against that increase. Fourth—The Democratic party is, as it always has been, opposed to sumptuary legislation and unequal taxation in any form, and is iu favor of the largest liberty of private conduct consistent with the public welfare and the rights of others, and of regulating the liquor traffic and of providing against the evils resulting therefrom, by a judicious and properly graded license system. Fifth—The abuses of the present contract system iu our State penitentiary, by which the products of the labor of convicts are brought in competition with the products of honest labor, to the great detriment or the latter, are injurious and unwise, and ought to be corrected, and the premises of the Republican party to abolish this system are shown to be false and hypocritical b> its failure to do so, while it has had the power. Sixth—The protection of the government is due to all American citizens, native aud foreign born, abroad as well as at home. Seventh—We reaffirm the resolutions of the Stare conventions of Ohio in 1880. 1881, and 1882, and of the Democratic national conventions of 1872, 1876. and 1880, demanding a thorough reform aud parlflcanon of the civil service, and charge that the Republican party lias violated every pledge it has heretofore given for the reform therof, and lias failed during its long administration of the government to eorreet even the most crying abuses, and we demand, therefore, a change in the executive administration of the government itself, as the reform first of all necessary (as made stnl more manifest by the recent star-route trials) thereby ousting corrupt rings confederated to protect crime and prevent the punishment of criminals, and by so doing to make it possible again to punish fraud and theft iu the public service. SUPPRESSED BY THE POLICE. The convention continued in session without recess at either noon or evening, and the scenes and confusion at times were disgraceful. During the evening session, Charles W. Metcalf and Peter Kelly got into a fight, and the row had to be quelled by the police. The men were arrested and locked up. Kelly is a brother of Alderman Kelly, who shot a manat the election at Cincinnati on Tuesday evening. The work of making a ticket continued amid the greatest confusion, with the following result: Supreme Judge, short term, Martin TANARUS). Follet, of Washington county; Supreme Judge, long term, Selwin Owen, of Williams county; Supreme Court Clerk. John J. Cruiksnank, of Miami county; Attorney “general, Janies Lawrence, of Cuyahoga county; Auditor of State. Emil Keisewelter, of Franklin county; Treasurer of State, Peter Brady, of Sandusky county. Leroy D. Brown, of Butler county, was nominated for School Commissioner, and

John P. Martin, of Green county, for Member of Board of Public Works. The convention adjourned at 1:15 this morning, having been in session over fifteen hours. They Have Since Diverged. Columbus Special. Judge Hoadly was approached by Hon. Israel Green, of Mount Vernon, who discovered Lincoln, and was greeted very cordially, when Mr. Green remarked: “Judge, the last time you and I were together in convention was on the 18th of June, 1856, just twenty-seven years ago, when we helped to nominate Freemont for President at Philadelphia.” “Weil, yes, that’s so,” replied the Judge; “but are we together now as we were then?” “Oil, no!” replied Mr. Green; “I am still where I wus, but you have decidedly scattered!” The reply caused considerable merriment. Someone in the party remarked to the Judge that he must be a very bad and wicked man, when he replied that if he was nominated he would be, surely. Mr. Green then spoke up and said that if they would go back to 1856 he could vouch for the good character and standing of the Judge, but since that time he was not able to say. Mr. Green is an uncle of Frank Hatton, First Assistant Postmaster-general, who learned the drug business with his uncle at Cambridge, Guernsey county, this State. THE NEWS AT WASHINGTON. Senator Plumb’s Views on the Work of the Ohio Democrats. (special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, June 21.—1n an interview on national and Ohio politics, this evening, Senator Plumb, of Kansas, said: “I think that the prospects are much brighter for the Republicans now than they have been for a long time. We have all the elements of success in 1884. The result of the election in Ohio will go a long way toward determining the next Presidential election. In New York and Pennsylvania the Ohio campaign this year will become one of the most memorable in the later political history of the country. It will be a bitter fight, and there will be much in it to inspire both sides with confidence and to disturb them with fears. The Democrats will go in with a hurrah, but as the campaign grows older they will have to face the fact that they have a big job on their hands. Mr. Hoadly has many elements of weakness; he is comparatively a late convert to Democracy, and thousands of old-time Democrats will resent his nomination to the extent of refusing to vote for him at the polls. The nomination of Hoadly means that the Democrats will have all the money they want to run the campaign with, and that they will not have to go out of the State to get it. Hoadly will run another Bookwalter fight. He will run it on the merits and dimensions of the bar’l. The Democrats will go in prepared to •r* nd *oney like Water and a campaign condi.eied that way has its wean points. The people very soon become disgusted with an open, shameless exhibition of a bar’l. Hoadly is stronger than he will be at any stage of the campaign. He will have to jump into the arena with a great clatter and noise. It is a necessity of his disposition. He is an unknown factor in popular elections in Ohio, and the first thing for him to do is to inspire his following with confidence. He will endeavor to mass the liquor vote of the large cities of the State on his side, but while he is attending to that, the enormous country vote may be getting away from him. Tdo not think Hoadly is as strong in Ohio by at least 10,000 votes as Durbin Ward. The support Hoadly will receive from the Thurman wing of the Ohio Democracy will be very lukewarm; on the other hand, the Republicans, under the leadership of Senator Sherman. Governor Foster and men of that stamp, will gather themselves together for a great struggle. Sherman and Foster have everything at stake, and they have never been beaten in Ohio. They have heretofore proved to be invincible. Senator Sherman has the confidence of the Germans for his stand on the finance question, and I do not know that the liquor interest is opposed to him. He will exert a powerful influence in that direction. From a careful survey of the field, I am satisfied that the Republicans will win at the polls if the campaign is properly managed, and I have no doubt it will be. They have at least as good a chance of success as the Democrats, and when the chances are even the Republicans generally win in a sustained struggle.” .. _... The National Democratic Convention. Chicago, June 21.—A committee of the Iroquois Club, the leading Democratic organization of the West, left for New York this afternoon to confer with S. J. Tilden. Abram S. Hewitt and other leaders, with a view to securing the holding of the next Democratic national convention in Chicago. Kabbl Lilienthal Got the Girl at Last. New York, June 21.—The Rev. L. M. Lilienthal. of Baltimore, the Jewish rabbi who adopted Lotta Galloway as his daughter, after converting her to his religious faith, and then tried in vain to marry her in Baltimore, came to New York and pursuaded a rabbi here to perform the ceremony. On Monday the rabbi shipped his household goods, under the name of M. Jappa, to R. H. Sarasohn, of No. 44 East Broadway. Mr. Sarasohn said to-day that he had known Mr. Lilienthal for ten or fltteen years, while he was a rabbi in Boston, New Haven and Baltimore. The marriage of Mr. Lilienthal to a convert was strongly opposed to Jewish custom, and was not looked upon with favor by his friends and acquaintances. He had engaged rooms in Henry street, and expected to get a position as a preacher in New York. The New Hampshire Senators!*ip. Concord, June 21.—The Legislature, in joint convention, balloted for senator as follows: Whole number, 324; necessary to a choice, 163. Edwin H. Rollins received 113; Harry Bingham, 119; Aaron F. Stevens, 17; James W. Patterson, 29; James F. Briggs, 29; Gilman Marston, 11; Benjamin F. H. Prescott, 2; scattering, 4. Roll ins sustained a net loss of 10 from yesterday; Patterson gained 5, Briggs 3 and Prescott 2. It was voted that no ballot be taken until Tuesday. Far, far better limn beer, ale, porter or wine, aud free from intoxication ie Hop Bitters.

AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. Commissioner Evans Continues the Work of Decapitation. Latest About Indiana Revenue Districts—A Guess as to tlie Collector’s Who Will lie Consolidated Out. Supervising Architect Hill Develops a Great Loss of Memory. General Sherman’s Tribute to the Character oi General Ewing—Changes Among Treasury Officials. EVANS’S AX. Removal of tlie Chief Clerk—Probabilities About Indiana. Special to the Ipdlanapolis Journal. Washington, June 21. —Commissioner Evans gave the tail of his coat a flirt to-day, and bounced his chief clerk, General Clarke. No reason is assigned, but it is suspected that the Commissioner has taken this plan to stop a leak. It is not charged that General Clarke leaked, but it is quite certain that official corrrespondence has leaked through his office. The General has been letdown easy by an assignment to duty as special inspector. The vacated office has not yet been permanently filled. It is whispered that in the redistricting of the internal revenue districts of Indiana, Messrs. Cumback, Moon and Veatch are to be relegated to private life, leaving McKay, Carter and Kirkpatrick in possession. This is not official, hut it is given as the guess of a man who has probably received a pointer. The consolidation scheme will probably be announced in a very few days. THE HILL INVESTIGATION. The Deinaud of Mr. Coleman for Ail Contracts for Shutters Refused. Washington, June 21. —The Hill investigating committee met this morning. Mr. Coleman asked to be furnished with all contracts made by the United States for fireproof shutters. Chairman New replied that the question was too general, and must he made more specific. Mr. Coleman—ls they will furnish us with all the contracts we can readily see what we want, without letting them know in advance just what we propose to do. When the prosecution is compelled to depend on the defense for their papers, it is a pretty difficult matter to specify in advance the particular papers that may be required, particularly as in some instances we do not know what papers are in existence. Chairman New then adverted to the statement counsel made yesterday in regard to the conduct of this investigation, and characterized any statement that the committee is giving the investigation a half-hearted support, or is disposed to impede it, as absolutely untrue. Mr. Coleman—No such statement was made. What I said was to show that the administration is not offering or affording any assistance in the prosecution of this investigation, which is being carried on at the expense of private individuals, and is in great contrast with the spirit shown in the prosecution of the star-route cases. 1 did not intend, nor do I desire to reflect upon this committee, who are doing all in their power to further this investigation and are affording us every facility. Mr. New—You are as familiar as any of us with the laws regulating disbursement of funds by the Treasury Department, and you know we have no money, either to pay witness or attorney fees. If you should go before a grand Jury and procure an indictment, then I have no doubt you would have every encouragement from the administration to which you allude, and the Department of Justice would assume the expense of the prosecution; but in this case it is totally different. Mr. March then took the stand for crossexamination. In answer to a question as to whom he represented before tlie committee, Mr. Murch replied that he represented himself alone, and that the statement attributed to Hill that he (witness) was being paid by the stonecutters was absolutely false. Question —Is not your only reason for attempting to connect Hill with* these frauds the fact that he was a member of the commission before which you appeared, and that the commission refused to listen to your demands? Answer —That is true; the fact that he was a member of the commission, that he was made aware of frauds and still persisted in his course, is my reason for connecting him with the frauds. Question—Do you not know that if Hill had acceded to your demands it would have resulted in breaking all existing contracts, and would have compelled the government to finish its buildings with a totally different kind of granite? Answer—l know nothing of the kind. I know there were twenty quarries on the coast of Maine, owned and controlled by separate parties, who were then furnishing granite, and could and would have furnished the same quality of granite, both in texture and appearance, as that which was then being used. Question —If the 15 per cent, contracts had been abrogated would not the government have been compelled to pay the prices which your stone-cutters would have demanded? Answer—We offered to do the work for $3 per day, and Mr. Hill, under the modified contracts, paid $3.50. The cross-examination was pursued at great length. Witness saia that the greatest frauds upon the Philadelphia building were perpetrated after Hill became Supervising Architect, and after a superintendent had been put in charge by the Architect’s office. This superintendent was totally incompetent, and permitted tlie grossest frauds; yet he is in the employ .of the Architect’s office. In reply to a question by Mr. Coleman, witness said his ground of complaint against Hill was, that after haying his attention called to the gross frauds which were being perpetrated, Hill atill went ahead and made

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modified contracts, based upon the fraudulent and excessive rates which had been naid under the 15 per cent, contracts. Tiiis concluded the examination of Mr. Murch. The committee decided to confine itself for the present to hearing testimony concerning the Philadelphia contracts, and will not leave the city for the purpose of taking evidence relating to other public buildings. Tlie investigation will be hurried, and not prolonged through the summer months. THE VIEWS OF TIIE COMMITTEE. Mr. New submitted the views of tlie committee as to the scope of the investigation, and said: “In determining the question submitted at the last meeting of the committee, as to the importance and relevancy of the testimony then offered to be submitted, viz.: in regard to the St. Louis, Cincinnati, Hartford, and other public buildings, and that of the workmen now at Quincy, Mass., it would be well to consider the scope and nature of tlie inquiry this committee is called upon to make. The foundation of this inquiry was laid in a speech made by Hon. T. H. Murch, in the House of Representatives, in which he stated that the office of supervising architect of the Treasury was corrupt from top to bottom. This led to certain correspondence between th Secretary of the Treasury and Air. Murch, and culminated in the designation of tbit committee to investigate the question of existing corruption or fraud. It is not for this committee, nor did the Secretary, in organizing it, intend, to inquire into the acts of former Secretaries of the Treasury or former architects. The question before this committee is, is the office of the supervising architect corrupt, or has the supervising architect been guilty of fraud, corruption or wrong doing? The investigation, so far, has been directed to the modified 15 per cent, contracts, and the prosecution seek to show that the {trices paid under the modified contracts were largely in excess of the lowest market rates. This the supervising architect expressly admits by his answer. This admission covers all w;ork done under the 15 per cent, contracts as modified by the present supervising architect, not only as to the Philadelphia court-house and postoffice, but also all other buildings erected under the modified contracts. Witnesses have been called andhavesworn to the prices paid for work upon the Philadelphia house, and the amounts paid under such contracts, as well as what would have been a fair value for labor and profit to the contractors, have been elaborately shown bv calculations and testimony by General Stein me tz. It may, therefore, be assumed by this committee that the same ratio of excess in the prices paid over what was the lowest market rate of wages and over a fair contract price in open competition in all these buildings so erected under the modified 15 per cent, contracts, and that the same ratio of excess of profit to the contractors in said other buildings, over and above what would have been a fair profit, exists in such other buildings, as is shown by General Stein me tz, and the admissions ot Mr. Hill to exist in the Philadelphia house. Assuming this state of facts to exist, it devolves upon the prosecution to show, by other evidence or argument, that the supervising architect was guilty of fraud or corruption in making such modified contracts. For the present, therefore, the committee will not take up other buildings, nor will they go to Quincy to take testimony of workmen, reserving the right to do either or both as may be determined after the submission of evidence tending to snow fraud or corruption on tiie part of Hill, if such testimony can be adduced. If the prosecution claim that there is any matter of a fraudulent character in any other buildings differing from such as it is claimed are wrongful in the Philadelphia house, such matter cun be shown without gping over the same tedious process as we have had in that house. If there be such glaring frauds as are charged in this matter they should be so patent that evidence could be’adduced within a reasonable time and without prolonging the investigation all summer. This committee was formed to investigate certain charges filed with ic, ami we think the committee should confine itself to the work assigned it. Other charges on tile will be investigated, but the examination must proceed without delay. EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES RESUMED. Testimony was introduced, the purpose of which was to show that Hill was personally responsible for certain changes in the plan for the Philadelphia building by which the government was subjected, as charged by the prosecution, to an additional and unnecessary expense of $244,000. This closed the case of the Philadelphia public building, and Mr. Coleman announced that he was ready to present the complaint of Manly, Cooper & Cos., of Philadelphia, and Frank Taylor, secretary and treasurer of Manly. Cooper Si Cos., took the stand. He offered in evidence the correspondence between his company and the supervising architect relative to letting a contract for fire-proof shutters for the public building at Cincinnati, and then made a statement touching the charges preferred by his company as follows: “On tlie morning of the day the bids were to be opened he came to Washington with Mr. Manly, president of this company. Just before tlie bids were opened. Mr. Hoyt, of Springfield. Mass., one of the bidders, approached witness and said ho had been looking for him at all the hotels, and regretted not seeing him sooner, ash could have submitted a proposition bj which he (Taylor) could have made mors money than by bidding on the contract. When the bids were opened they were font in number, as follows: Manly, Cooper A Cos., $124,666; United States Company. $116,630; Hoyt, $151,470, and one other bid, which was $160,467. Afttr the bids wore opened,” continued witness, “all other parties retired, leaving Mr. Manly, George L. Damon ( represen tin ' the United States Company) and myself with Mr. Hill. The latter gentleman said he was tired and very busy, and asked that we would come ami see him in the afternoon. Mr. Manly and I left, but Damon remained behind. We returned to Philadelphia, and the next day Damon followed us there, and offered us $1,300 to withdraw our bid. The proposition was not for a moment considered. We were then told we must submit to a test. After a good deal of correspondence and imposition of conditions which were very unfair to us, the 23d of February was assigned for the test, but without making a test Hill ruled out our shutters, because, as he said, they were thicker than the specifications required (notwithstanding the fact that tlie shutters offered by the United States Company were liable to the same objections), and refusing to make the test, gave the contract to the United States Company.” On cross-examination witness said he met Hoyt on the cars, returning from Washington, and that Hoyt said to him, “It would be better to let Damon have the contract sos