Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1879 — Page 4

THE INDIANA. '..STATU SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY 2G, 1879-

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Onk hundred bushels of coal, as a sample, looks as though somebody bad gone crazy on the subject. Jon Roach, of Philadelphia, is on the alert to take the subsidy tide at its flaod and float os to fortune. . We are pleased to kno w ihat the public, es well as the members of the Legislature, appreciates our "Legislative Gossip." Tmk insane method of bookkeeping is to foot up a cus'oxier'8 indebtedness, end then by a sweep of the pen make it square. The widow of Bsyard Taylor will probably receive the sum of $7,000 fromthe Government to kelp her oat of her financial troubles. John Roach, of Philadelphia, is a lucky fellow. The Senate has voted him $200,0C0 a year. He .will doubtless help to pay s amebody's grocery bills. Africa is to be wired for telegraphic purposes. - When the ligulnlng smses tne "dark continent" it will blaze with all the glories of modern civilization. Bism iif :;;'s despotic policy to deprive the German people of the right of free speech and free thought recently received an unequivocal rebuke in ttw Reichstag. The legislature of Missouri proposes to make life insurance policies non-.'orfeitable. The idea is a good one, and worthy of the consideration of Indiana law maker?. The New York Evening Post wants a variety, and, therefore, gives prominence to Grant. Blaine and Sherman as aspirants for the Republican nomination for president. Irone of the supremeenianusof the times is not for a thorough reorganization of the benevolent institutions, then Dame Ramor ought to be declared insane and locked up. The fact is now conceded that the cattle disease, which prevails in the New York and Brooklyn stock yards, is the result of cruelties inflicted while en mute from the West to the seaboard. A very decided majority of the people of Indiana demand that 6 per cent shall be the only legally recognize! rate of Interest in the State. If the people have a right to be heard, the Dalton bill will pass. Pennsylvania wants Congress to pay for the damage done by Confederate troops to property within the boundary of that commonwealth daring th.9 late unpleasantness. It is the last war claim presented. The paper of Illinois are complaining because the Legislature of that State does not push business a little more expeditiously. If it is bothered with as many bils as aillict the Indiana Legislature, there exists good reasons why there should be a mountain of "unfinished business." The Republican organs do not like the Democratic idea of preventing, if possible, the business of taking the next census from being a huge Republican job. If the governors of the States appoi ntjthe census takers, the Republican scheme will be pretty effectually barsted. Fred Douglass is opposed to Senator Windom'a scheme of negro emigration to some Western territory, as a sort of a negro reserve, similar to lands set apart for Indians. Fred is of the opinion that the South is the best place for the negro, and that if he can not succeed there he will prove a failure anywhere. ' It is reported that when the arch-fiend of Hades passed his shears over the prostrate form of a squealing sinner he exclaimed, "Great cry and little wool;" and those who have clamored for a State Bouse' investigation can now sympathize with his clovenfooted highness over the exceedingly small dividends secured by their Investments. The pleasure of a brief Interview was accorded us yesterday by Hon. Baylesj W. Hanna, one of the most prominent Democrats of Indiana. Mr. Hanna takes an intelligent view of the political situation, and groups with masterly foresight the questions that will enter into the next presidential campaign in all of which, he sees much to encourage the Democratic party. According to the most authentic accounts, Connecticut is many miles ahead of any of her sister States in the matter of coldblooded murders. The "steady habits" of her people, the boast of the olden-time, seem to have been pushed aside for ways that are dark. If there are those who have any doubts upon the subject, a slight acquaintance with the history of the murderous Bsssett will set them right. DcRiao tbe reign of carpet-bagisoa in the South the peiple were robbed and plundered by every dishonest device that greed and cruelty could suggest The most ignorant and depraved were placed in control of every Interest and every trust Daring this period of vandalism poverty increased, business was prostrated, while thieves held high carnival. In addition to this, Shylockism in Congress was reducing 'the currency, creating bankruptcy, idleness, and pauperIsm. Aa a result tbe whole country is in

deplorable condition. The demand for reducing taxation is everywhere heard, but the South is worse off than any other section. As a consequence of all this, several Southern States are neglecting to make provisions to pay their creditors, and the outlook is anything but gratifying. It occurs to us that when creditors are willing to reduce the indebtedness of States, counties and cities in a measure corresponding with the demands of the times, neither delay nor repudiation should meet with favor. To settle fair, and then try to pay, will be found to be the best' The Catholic church of Ohio, and fer that matter of the entire country, is greatly agitated over the financial difficulties of Archbishop Purcell. The liabilities of tbe great and venerated prelate are said to reach the enormous sum of $4,000,000, and the church, to meet the requirements of the occasion, is greatly perplexed, and a lottery scheme baa been favorably considered. It is to be hoped that in the investigation now going forward for the purpose of reaching some feasible method of rescuing the credit of the church and the good came of the aged and venerated bishop, nothing will be developed calculated to tarnish a name and fame made distinguished by devotion to the sacred cilling of a pnest though it is eesy enough to see that Bishop Purcell's financial embarrassments are well calculated to becloud the decline of his life. It will not be surprising if the case of Archbishop Pureed leads to some very radical changes with regard to the financial operations of the Catholic church; for it may bs thought prudent in future to disconnect the priestly officer with tbe financial affairs of the church, or the custodianship of the savings of its members. It occurs to us that the safety of the souia of the people is about as much as a man can attend to prudently. If to this second trust thers is added the safs and prudent investment of moneys in real estate, stocks, etc., there is danger of losses all around. If we recollect correctly, the Master did not dabbl much in money, and was conspicuously careless about building fine churches, and those who claim to be His followers may with advantage to themselves and the people take the fact into prayerful consideration.

At brief intervals the country is treated to prognostications, which in some cases are regarded as settling the question as to who will.be the Dsmocraiic candidate for president in 1830. In this the recent triumphant vindication of president tie jure, Samuel J. Tilden, the Republican organs find much to comment upon, and the conclusions arrived at are widely different Suae of the organs declare that Mr. Tilden will be the Democratic nominee, while others are equally emphatic, in declaring that he will not be the Democratic standardbearer. One thing is pretty certain the cipher dispatches will not bs considered by the Democratic party in making a nomination for president So far as the mass of fiction, falsehood and forgery known as the cipher dispatches is concerned, the Democratic party is entirely unembarrassed. Evidently the present is quite too eirly to treat the subject with any degree of positiveness, bat it should be understood that the West and South are likely to be almost solid for Thomas A. H end neks, and there are reasons for believing that in the Middle States, as well as in the New England States, he will be a formidable rival of the most prominent aspirants for the nomination, and those who are just considering the subject may as well take into account the facts as we have stated them. But, dismissing all discussion for tbe present, as to the distinguished person who will be selected for the high position, the people may rest assured that he will be as near the right man in the right place as it is possible for human sagacity to name, and that when elected he will be inaugurated. Republican returning boards have reversed the will of the American people, and the business of perjury brokerage in which John Sherman operated with so much success, is played out For some time past the Legislature of Tennessee has been wrestling with the bonded debt of the State, the purpose being to find some way pat of the financial difficulties, which threaten general shi pwreck. Various propositions have been made looking to some arrangement between the State and her creditors which would save the property of an over-burdened people from confiscation. Tennessee seems compelled to admit, aa multiplied thousands of the people of tbe country, daring tbe last decade of years, have done, that she can not pay her debts, her available assets not being equal to her liabilities. To increase taxes seems to be out of the qnestion. since the burden is already too heavy. Tennessee, like every other State, has suffered from the terrible depreciation in values. Every description of taxable property has declined from 40 to 50 per cent, while the debt, principal and interest, is exempt from a corresponding decline. Under such circumstances it is worse than nonsense to talk about the die grace and dishonesty of bank ruptcy. Tbe situation is simply a misfortune, annoying and humiliating, but no more dishonest in a State than in an individual. In the case of Tennessee, aa in other Southern States, the situation has been aggravated by the curse of carpet-bag-ism, forced upon the State by Republican rule; in fact, it is doubtful if the present financial crisis which has Tennessee in its grasp could have been brought about except by the protracted scoundrelism which the Republicans forced upon the State. This fact is admitted by papers which condemn with the greatest emphasis the coarse the Legislature of Tennessee is pursuing. The New York Herald, in in commenting upon Tennessee's dishonor, remarks that there is no doubt but that "Tennessee and other Southern States have suffered severely from the dishonest practices of the carpet-bag governments fastened upon them after the war. No doubt tbe people were robbed, the public moneys stolen and squandered, and the State debt swelled by all manner of rascality. Bat these carpetbag governments were the offsprings of tbe rebellion for which the South Was responsible, and in bearing the burdens imposed upon thea thereby, the Soutlwrn people are

only paying the penalty of their own folly." Assuming that the Southern people ought to pay the penalties incident to tbe failure of their rebellious schemes, it does not follow that carpet-bag robbery properly belongs to the list, and this is now all the more apparent sinrs some of the penalties are likely to fall upon those who Invested their money in bonds, tbe existence of which was the result of the most flagrant villainy that was ever visited upon any people. - The situation of Tennessee forcibly illustrates the debasing influence of Republican rale, and it is to be feared that before the country can regain its financial and business vigor we shall be called upon to record delinquencies more deplorable than any that have hitherto transpired. We hear much now-a-days about a "solid 'South." and there are those who deplore such a condition of thought and. opinion We frankly confess that, we neither belong to nor sympathize with those who deplore wljat they are pleased to style a "solid -South." To-day the "South" is "solid" ;in its loyalty to the constitution of the county, including the late amendments. It is not fomenting strife. It is planning no schemes of anarchy or discord. Loyal to every principle ' of Democratic government and republican institutions, the South is massing its energies physical and intellectual for the rights of the people and the dignity of the States. It is solid against despotism, fanaticism and humiliation, demanding the rights and privileges accorded by the constitution and enjoyed by other sections. It pleads the cause of human progress, in which all honorable men sympathize, and in the solidity of its protests against oppression, the South is entitled to the applause, of the world. A solid South, . aside from Bach considerations, has no significance - whatever. It is no longer solid for war or rebellion. It is, on the contrary, solid for union and fraternity a union of hearts and a union of hands lakes, rivers and lands; and with this union it demands that it shall stand emancipated and disenthralled from the despotism of the Republican party- The tramp of ' mailed soldiers, thanks to the triumphs of the Democratic party, is no longer heard in Southern halls of legislation. Carpct-bag thieves no longer plunder the revenues of Southern States, y and shape th9 policy of government; anarchy has bsen displaced by law and or der, and ones more the destinies of empire States are under the control of those who are qualified for the trust. If the Republican party would have a following in the Senate, in which character, intellect and influence form distinguishing characteristics, it must change its tactics and its policy. Infamous test oaths must disappear from statute books; the demand for military interference must be silenced forever, and the South must be as free as the Nofth or the West to exercise any constitutional prerogative. This done, and it is fair to assume that public opinion in the South, on political matters, as in everything else, will exhibit as much diversity as in other sections of the country, and the cry of a "solid" South will be hashed. If, however, petty tyrannies are to be indulged in by the Republican party when in power, or threatened when out of power if rights are to be cloven down and privileges denied, then the South will forever remain "solid" against such invasions, and the more solid it becomes, the more patriotic will be the heart throbs of its people. AN IMPORTANT MEASURE. ' Representative Dal ton introduced a bill (No. 615) into the House on Saturday, amending section 8 of the supplementary revenue law. The amendment proposed by this bill is very simple, plain, and easily understood. The law, as it now stands, requires foreign insurance companies to pay into the State treasury a tax of 3 per cent upon their gross receipts in the .State, less losses actually paid within the State. The amendment proposed by the bill simply omits from the section . tbe , words " less losses actually paid within the State," leaving 3 per cent upon the gross receipts without the deduction as the tax to be paid. For the information of tbe Legiala tare in the premises, it may be stated that these companies received from the people of the State daring the year ending June 30, 1878, the sum of $2,240,869.74, and paid in losses the sum of $1,126,302.88, leaving a net profit of $1,120,566 86 (see auditor of state's report 1878, page 179). The tax paid under the law as it exists was $36,133.15. The tax that would have been paid had the law been as the bill provides, would have been $67,405.80, an addition of $31,113 80. The practical and proper question to con. sider should be: Is tbe proposed increase of tax upon this particular interest, warranted and justified by existing facts? As has before been remarked in these columns, the year of 1878 was a year of extreme hardship upon the people. Shrinkage in values, and losses, were almost universal; bankruptcy and ruin ran riot over the State; large numbers of people were unable to bear up under the pressing burdens of their taxation, and thousands of the homes of the toiling masses were sold because of the utter inability of the owners to pay taxes thereon. In contrast to this it will be observed that these foreign corporations took from the pockets of the people during this year of hardship and distress over a million of dollars in net profits. This vast sum was taken away from the State forever as their profits off. of Indiana labor and production, thus decreasing the circulating medium, or in other words, creating to that extent a contraction of the currency, and a redaction of the taxables of the State to the same amount increasing thereby the pressure upon oar own over-burdened people. It will surely be an act of wisdom and sound policy, and at the same time one eminently just and proper, to take a small part of the burdens from our own heavilytaxed people, . who with unusual effort and economy are unable to realize any profits, and place them upon the more fortunate and prosperous nonproducing interests. It is surely a fact that these institutions are foreign ones without any other interest in the State or its people than the single one of the people's capacity to produce and pay 'profits for these foreign corporations, to at once withdraw from the

State. In the introduction of this bill Mr. Dal ton has done a wise and proper act, and the Legislature should see to tba bul becomes a law. r .

CUPN1US. A conckited young man of West Chester w. Said to the editor:. "I'm the best jester '. ... That ever was born." . . His jokes next morn , Caused hi readers to cry, "O, go West, Jester. ' Norrlstown Herald. "' P PKLL BOUND B-o-u-n -d. Rome Sentinel. A thermometer gains notoriety by degrees. Albany Argus. . ... . . , , ..' Beeciier thought that he would raze hell; and he did raise it Exchange. Take good care of your minutes; ours will take care of themselves. Puckv n, ' , . A hoy may be "slower than a turtle," and yet catch a whipping very frequently.' f r Tub duty on sugar Is to use about two lumps to every cup of coflee. New Haven Register.' ' Paola claims to have a man by the name of Stocking, who is 118 years old. It's a darned yarn. - 1 : '- Concerning kings, what nationJ was ruled over by Fill up the bowl'd T Marathon IndependcntT " Oi k peach crop is ruined this year we opened the last eair this morning. Gotranda Enterprise. The fellow who rang the church bell for a false alarm" of, fire tolled a lie. Hackensack Republican. Tjik best are the cheapest. . This is more especially so In the matter of wives. Philadelphia Chronicle. ' " " '. - Youso WtTN is a Chinaman 0 years' old. Probably the oldest Young Wun ou record. Fayette Record. Cucumbers are now 60 cents apiece, and the family physician charges two dollars a visitNew York News. If you lack pluck, just eat buckwheat cakes. They'll make yon come to the scratch. Keokuk Cunstitutioa. , . . OCR Aunt Atj ic has been boarding with us this winter. - She has boea mighty cool company, too. New Haven Register. ' - An urgent need of Minnesota is thatstrength be transferred from its . buttr to Its dairying enterprises. Stillwater Lumberman. . If the English want to conquer tbe Zulus, why In the mischief don't, thev hire General Howard? Philadelphia Kronikle-Herald. : ' The Boston' Post -says Fanny lavehrort weighs 180 pounds. Some grocer man has been giving her a weigh. New Orleans Picayune. - .- It is wbstt we have yet to tefti-n that will de. t ermine whether our grandchildren "'will be ashamed te own us as blood relations. New York News. . . . " ' ' In one of the interior counties the other day Robert Guile nnd Mary Williams were married. Now she Is the "Mary of R. Guile. Keokuk Constitution. A 31 an named Marcus Wright, of lllinai has fallen heir to Sl,CO0,0CO. We'd "rather be Wright than president" 'provided he gets the money. Norristown Herald. "Men are what women make them," is the title of a new book. If that's the case, I'll bet a postofftce that there nre women wh leel as tho Lord did in Gen. vl., U. Puck. The village Is flooded with spurioiiR silver coins. We asked a witty Irishman If he had any idea where they come from. "Yis, sir, they come from some fellow's base-mint, and the buyer passes them to the seller again." Turners Falls Reporter. Miami County. I Regular Correspondence of the Bentlnel.l Peru, Ind., Feb. 21 Last Friday William Dukes, an old citizen, died at the residence of his son, A. N. Dukes. Isews was received here this morning that Herman Steam was dead. He had been in Cincinnati for. some time, seeking medical advice. He was the principal owner of the celebrated Peru Woolen mills, and his death has a depressing effect upon tbe community. On Saturday night the gift concert given in aid of Zene's Cornet band came off In Concord Hall, which was full to overflowing of the beauty and intelligence of the city. The drawing was preceded by a concert of rare excellence. AH tbe tickets were sold, and the band bas realized quite a sum of money. The prizes ranged from a bedroom set of furniture down to a horse blanket; all quite nice, tut inexpensive. Tbe Wabash river is MgRin frozen over, and navigation is closed. One of the attractions of Tom Ream's grocery is a young opossum, for which he has been offered tempting prices by nearly every nigger In town. - - New maple sngar Is beginning to come to town, as is also sassafras loot. We understand that Hon. Jason B. Brown is going to locate iu Peru and practice lw, and run for Coogre-s, if we are lucky enough to be in a Democratic district The Democrats of this county don't want to be tacked to Howard county for a senator; let us take our chances with Fulton or Cass. If Miami county is put In a Democratic congressional district I can point out six or seven men w-ho think their past services iu the cause of Democracy (mostly wind) entitles them to the place. "Miami." STATE IHTELE.iaE3iCE. ' Columbus is now without a theater. Sullivan county farmers are still threshing wheat Phonography is taught in the Muncie schools. KnighUtown is bragging over a cigar manufactory. Tbe starch mills at Klkbart brave started np sgaln. Patoka is about to go back on her red ribbon club. Tbe pubWc schools of Waynetown closed on Saturday. The spelling school mania has broken out at Evansville. ' The gossips of Booneville have a bastardy pult to discuss. Tbe cows around Corydon are dying from some unknown disease. . A man with no legs is attracting the attention of the citizens of Booneville. Three persons recently died in Kosciusko county with trichina spiralis, caused by eating pork. George Washington, the negro ravisher, banged at Louisville, Ky., formerly resided at Fort Wayne. "Baby Mine" was played at a wedding service at Columbus the other day. It was rather appropriate. - Daniel McCarthy, of Terre Haute, has been sued by MIes Hannah Byard for $10,000 for breach of promise. The scarlet fever, which has been raging to such a fearful extent in Jackson county, is gradually disappearing. : Dr. Monroe's great drama, "Argo and Irene," is soon to be bronght out at Seymour. r Mr. George A. Henderson, of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Betlie Oton, a rising rival of Modjeska, will take the title roles, and will be supported by the local talent la which Seymour abounds.

THE, CASE CLOSED.

The Legislative Committee Concluded the State House Inquiry Last . Evening. ; The Report to be Submitted to the House on Tuesday It Will be Favorable to - -the Commlsstoners. ; . ; " " After lingering along for about three weeks the committee to investigate the selection of a plan and the letting of the contract of the State House concluded its work last evening. The committee held a setsion at the governor's room in the Court House yesterday afternoon. . General Love was cross-examined: as. to . the - award, but no matter j of ; moment - wes brought out, not contained in the examination in chief as published in yesterday'sSentinel. He explained the various steps taken in Investigating the plans, and declared that he endeavored to keep his mind clear, and not determine which plan he would vote for,until within a few days of the award. Some times be would prefer some part or parts of one plan; then the next- day he might discover defects, and, : what , he was not fully - satisfied with at one time might appear better at some other time. And so the matter was left unsettled until the time came when he was compelled to come to a decision. He could not tell all the points in which he thought "Lucidus Ordo" was superior to others, but he thought that altogether it was the best He did not decide on the changes before the award, end he did not know that such changes could be made.. He thought the building would do without them, but it would be improved with the chaDges. 5 ' . , MB. COLLETT HXAMIXED. - Proft sr Collett, assistant State geologist, and a member of tbe board, was next examined. He described in detail the method ef examining the plans as it had been previously described by General Morris and General Love. While the expert engineer and builder were making the estimates for the two plans, the commissioners, wilh the architect, went over the plans. He carried a note ' book in which he msde memoranda - of the. acswers given by the expt rts to various questions propounded, and from these answers and his own obser vations made up bis opinion. In the course of his observations he was compelled to change the notes he made on some matters several times. He d:d not give more attention to any one of the plans than to several of them. On cross-exeminatipr. he slated that he came into the board sometime after it was organized, and was eo entirely unacquainted with architectural terms that the architect. Mr. Wilson, came with him to the Court House to explain aud illustrate the various terms. He did not pay special attention to tbe method of lighting tbe corridors and galleries. The cross-examination was not very extended, as there was little to gain, not given in the direct statement. TUB CONCLUSION. The committee met again last evening at the rooms of the commissioners in Fletcher & Sharpe's building. The commissoners' attorneys and all the members of tbe committee except Mr. O'ermeyer were present The session was devoted mainly to examining tbe records of tbe board, the law under which tbe board is working and tbe contract and bond of the architect and contractors. Tbe act providing for creating a board of commissioners and defining their duties gives them authority to employ a supervising architect, who may be paid not more than three per cent on the cost of tbe building. Mr. May was employed by the board at two per cent., wbich on the entire contract will eive him about $40,000. which is nearly $20,000 less than the board might have paid. The contract with the archiUct reserves tbe right to the board and the Legislature, to make any needed or desired changes, and the 2 per cent is in no case to be paid on any sum in excess of $2,000,000. The bond of tbe architect is conditioned for tbe faithful performance of all matters "and things set out in the contract The bond also specifies that tbe building shall be fire-proof, and all of the material of the best quality, and the work all to be done In a workmanlike manner. The specifications prepared by the architect cover thiity closely printed pages, and refer in detail lo every item of material and work in or about the building. A clause at the last also reserves the right 10 make changes, and any failure of the architect and contractor to agree on tbe cost of changes Is to be subject to the absolute control of the commissioner. The contract with the builders, Messrs Kanmacherand Denig, is, it possible, more closely drawn and carefully worded than even tbe contract with the tbe architect It requires the strictest compliance with tbe specifications, and with the drawings, plans, etc. These are so minute in detail as to give tbe form and sizs of every piece of carved stone in tbe building. Each of the drawings, plans, specifications and each page of the 'specifications are sized by the architect and the contractors. The bond of the contractor is worded so ss to require the complete fullttlment of every part of the contract Mr. Potts suggested that the bond did not refer to the plans and specifications under which tbe work is going on, but that it did refer to tbe specifications before the changes were made. On examination of tbe record, however, it appeared that the plans and specifications were completed before the contract was made, and that the specifications, plans, etc., were the ones rererred to in the bond. Mr. Bell called attention to the fact in connection with the question of cost that six of tlje bids on the contract were . within the limits fixed by law. Having finished the examination of the record, the taking of evidence was continued. ME. KELSON'S TESTIMONY. Mr. I. D. G. Nelson, a member of tbe board was called to the stand, and. after the usual preliminary questions, said: The plan of Mr. May was finally adopted by tbe board, because it was thought to be the beet, and without any desire to benefit Mr. May. No changes in the plans were decided on or agreed to prior to the adoption of the plan. He did not go about with the other commissioners, but put in most of his time figuring on matters of detail. He went to tbe office one Sunday morning and fonnd Mr. Wilson ' making some sketches. They did not specially apply to the May plan. Wileon said -that what he was doing would apply equally to any plan. His act had nothing to do with the adoption of the May plan. We did not find any special defect in the May plan more than in others, and as we discussed the various plans, we said that this or that ought to be changed if snch and such plan was adopted. Mr. Potts arked the witness if he bad visited the Court Houe to observe tbe method of lighting the corridors, and Mr. Gordon atked if he bad been tbere recently to study its ventilation. The latter question was not answered. The witness thought tbe arrangement of the plan "Lucid us Ordo," more convenient than others. The changes thoneht of were in the manner of lighting, though he did not know that any changes were decided on till after the award. OTHER TESTIMONY. Governor Williams was not present, and it was conceded that his time was so occupied that he did net devote so much time to the examination aa did the others, bat that

his evidence won Id have been the same in substance as the above. Mr. Willard asked a question of General Love which bronght oat tbe fact that tbe statuary which is to ornament the building ' is to be provided for by the State, and that the board is not to decide whose memories shall be preserved in the imperishable marble. ! .. Henry A. Garney was the next witness. He is an architect by profession, and was in that business for a period of nearly 20 vears. He was employed on the capitol at Washington, and - a -large number of private and . public buildings. He considered the , plan . of lighting (Lucidus Ordo) as being old. He bad seen the same used in buildings before. The colonades are not a new feature.- He' had seen them used in private ' residences, hotels, court houses, etc. . The pilasters were old as architecture. . ' On cross-examination, the" witness stated that he is connected with the editorial staff of the People, and had writtensome of the ' articles on the investigation. . . ;.. ,4; ., WHEN THE RETORT. WILL E MADS. The committee then announced that there . being no more witnesses present, the investigation on this branch of the case would ' be considered closed. The. committee re- ' tired into another rooni, and, after a consultation of live or 10 niinutee, opened the , doors, ana announced that the report would be presented to the House next Tuesday morning. Tbe chairman of the ' committee, Mr. Willard, was hsard to sog- ' gest lo Mr. Potls, of counsel for the complainants, that he had "better - withdraw the other - charges." Mr. Potts declined to do so, and a moment after notified the committee that he was prepared to prove tbe charges against May. It is hardly possible the committee will spend any more time with the disgruntled architects and the great public is not intensely excited on the uhject of whether May did or did not bonow some of , his brilliant ideas from other people. Some architect may have bten misused, but no tidal wave of indignation is likely to sweep over society on that account The members of the committee did not care to tell the reporters what their report to the House would be, but thf y were heard to remark among themselves that tbere was not a d d thing ia it. It is reasonably certain that the committee is a unit except as to a point in the contractors' bond, referring to the specificatiois, and on that tbe committee stood five 10 one. It is safe to sny we have reached theecd of the contest

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