The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-14

III q. L N IN ~ IN in
,ked for the advance, Ii n 40 oommon for
,atfactors TO ash for advances, and 40 com.
on Tor them to get them, that Il Ass not I'm
q, Did YOU Al sas timc' 3. do vou now. GALL
e the sisnstsrs or the com m,ss,oScr and as.
slant com miss,oner on pavment Of meas.
red work before paying x. On the ansi
in missioner And assis,sut com wissioner,, ' Of
,urse, approve the bill,
q. Otherwise you never obtain their sisua.
,ss:' a. T., .n ss:. ,s ySe, A -. Y, be
royed 4 hiil Without the commissioner,ss sir
allure. hut II was nothing. / aid not see.
j M nv some one 40 mi ,smsmset Who il
IA. hut niter induiry nbout whether the
nanoes were in such a oondition that the
,oney could be maid 1 approved tho bill, and
urc Of Inc oommissiooer IA. moi attached,
nd knew nothing Of ii until MI. Crane called
~ attention to II. In the arsf place, / told |
g A never e. ; sSs e. . III an xo0
NJ. mstsss w.s $780, yomnt ~ mnnsv
ne the oont,se,or Al th.t ,ns for . dsoeieneyt
/. Mt. Crane told me At the time that he
Mi nsnains IN ~ Go,,nni,. y, nne hss
zen psssed' Wv S"'"''' W '''
o. pid YOU mention at that t,me that YOU
r onia aoi nsv M asHcIs,s~t 20 this Santr.c,or
,n,a.. w iA,as y. otin's ..'oa. liza so,,h
~ M nrorcises 10 Ia promm,ss,oosr Of The
y gy.pW M Gram to,S me tsst NJ c,ieeson
. 81 ii E.a
: W c., sa s mn ,h., h ', nut
, oe,'sin sreev thN n.y. ysh puL
~ All. bus ws,sh ss Ssa not dnns' and ,S,t he
von'a ~, apRtoys his Si Ianl nc h Sau,d
men ~ 70 MT, o ~, NM ~ S s,,o wou,s
NOT ss' M pny Wv" " no.s w. n.1 hS 70
ss,d "hi." or mime" '"''' ny ""e'"''
g. DID YOU pay that dsae cheney without We
s, snsurs o. M ~. snn,on1,s, uan ns, uen
S ~. s,ts ~. sPpsopss mSney' !,
u
was an spptopf}suon msae py the Couneus
a any, wss noemhnu asM a tne eotpoiS
would moi have psjS i not Been p..;s.d
a. oseh ss.fs az H. ,gso o NO .ns place
q. Your informst,on Of This bois being Jeff
BY the .eontrsotor you obtained from NJ.
a. al. "'one' VI '"' o"''n "'a'
not TO pay IL. Contractor Inc gss III.
que que him nav without hi. 5slaiiss the premise he
tbem{ "A. fmereiv mesnt thst ny nn,s nn,
nav the deacieney until The earth va mn,
back Into the hole that he had excsyated. '
Crane tSst he IA siisd ths So,sI pm N MT MI;
Know whether ii was M. Crane vbo toi5 me
or not. 1 viii stats this. howeye,. thai mnre
bact more esrth than h. S.S Az r az p St
Of the piscei that IN reafiv ma hsen ns,ss.
cuted by M. Crane In this matter. ~ veil q,
~ va, sat,.S.S ~ IN nun ~ ,sga,a 70 y;
MI. Cranes inform alton was correct Ia this
M atter. and that he Wa not peS.s anti s bt,n
A. No. III, an NOT "'' pe''e'u''"s MIN
H.. 80" ,ks
,,si,s ass " ,y1H a" s,s.q tns eroand CON,
not os emo on me ground.
M h..n nn,ssnntoa ~ nav Wv may ny
nav. ths ,nsn,mation ~ n. n,.s.a, a. a.,
self, and other parties. do not Nov AM a. /
rns RAJ NJ a,.p. M 49,, psss nave ssiu 70
Name, to- "a. n, I,sesan ~ msnan.
nj. aess..s ~ "a S ~ irUm the time
u th,s eontsst va, Nt OF from the time Mr.
Ume '" ""o my p''' ~ ~ W 70 'he present
ny .,,,o
thu ms yti.s whn csIIsS ,as, ..,u.oi any one Of
nave bssta o f,o mot nSow thm c,n nov
nsse nentu ~ nom sefersl-neru II stated
genera IA thing that !, was Mr. Gr.se's de-
.stisass ,sst M aiss. o,ne, m na,s was
csvs,ion =. mar ~ s. nau p ~ into the ex
taken sr.yei ont Of A. srS "A aas,saaS n nsu
tSat mar "a. tse ssse anu ~" 'a''nea now
,hs ,a.,,mona y oeSOe s"ea' A. by
S Swarn o..,O,nn,. ps ,.u
monv sesnsiiv n,x.n', %ei SS orA ,esu-
cana gar NO 70 s ~ ~ msse that
al yo"s..,} ha nos.o, ~ ah. s nave saus
trutb Of The .tstemsnt M The sitss,.ot
in that m,ttsri A. | dld s;ii:ry myself.
gronnd and 40 No, Inoy s ~. sao,S ~ h. .ne
sst,.asa mv..ls hv 10 n,.aros,,n. ogeu nave
three ~ fons n.,ties ma hssn t.I,n. ,.uni
out az he s.me Mace 7 hsv. ts.tiSons -
III al e6ect s'"' W
@ Who WA the authorized n.r,v 1, ,h,.
matter To get the inform stion frnmy A.
not know that there las any one In particular,
q. Did Mr., qleeson himself say this OF MI,
Crsnet A. He did.
q, At what timei A, He has .aid a. re.
pestedIy. / cannot designate nny par,icuisr
OCCASION From the tina / arat became a.
auainted with him IN 10 tho nresent ume he
has always said that Mr. Grams hss beh wed
10 a very mnllfnnnt manner to,1srds Mn ~
eyervthipe pestainipg to The VAL IA sh ~
compiained bitterly.
Mr.. Crane about the deficiency, and AT what
time was the deficiency paidt "A. / do not re-.
collect what time It was.
q. Is thefe nothing to bring Il To vour m ind,
A. No, sir. "'1'
Q. Gan you recoilect whether It was before
the time that you say you and Mr. 9lee,op
became acqusintedi A. l do not REMEMBER
what time It was. 1t may have been as late
| as April, and then Agsin II may not have been
as late. He was intFoduced to me on account
| Of q political matter.
q. You mentioned In the hrst part Of your
| testimony that the nrst time YOU met MI.
Gleeson was In April A. No, sir l said il
may have been as late as April, probably in
April. did not know. II may have been A
month earlier. IT could not have been two
monthg earlier, / am certain.
q. When you found persons charging Mr..
Crane with acting unfairly towards Mr..
dleeson 10 that natter, would 1t not ave bee n
proper for you to have, by observation, salts.
bed yourself as to who was telling the truth
in the mattert A. l was perfecf1v a.ti,deL
without It.