, 1869-02-20
Proceedings at Springfield
Yesterday.
Passage Of the Bill in the
House Restoring the
Death Penalty.
Debate on the Appropriation Bills
In the Senate.
Investigation Into the
State House Contracts.
Examination of Architects Qa1n.
sey and Van 0sdel.
Dismissal Of the Supervising
Architect and Assistants
Recommended.
Indiana, VVlfconstn and n1lclil-
gan Legislatures.
Indiana, IVifconstn and mjc}1l-
gan Lcgis1Rtures.

A0U]nn0s eFtfE00al0 AUu m3GuE-
gan Lcsls1aturos.
specski Despatch 70 Tho Chicago Tribune.
BrRisuF1ELD, Fob. -.
PxAiTENIlANy LEAsg.
Notwithstanding tho sigma, defeat Of Ban.
Buckmastcr T. Co. yesterday, In their attempt to
get possession Of the State reui,cntiary, l hear
that they will renew the Effort within fow dsys,
backed by stronger (orcr than they could com.
mand et tho time Of tecir failure. In what shape
tho new assault will como has not Jet been made
public. ! an sorry to sec several Republican
members Of tho House In close community with
tho pcnitentiory ring. and doing sl they can
to aid 1t. AID in this numhef Is
Included ono, at least, who few
yeara stnec mas a leader IN tho reform which
restored tho control Of tho Pcnileuitary to the
Btatc when It was In the hands Of the very men
who row seek 10 again get possession Of It. He,
Of courte, gets bis reward IN some shapo fof TINS
Ignoring and tsultify!ug his previous record,
undoubtedly do others who arc labor!ue in tho
interest Of men who hare previously proved
thcmtol1es cAtire'y uuns sor the position thcJ arc
now seeking. OF ono thing feel cettain: Not.
withslanding these eaorte. no bill can pass tho
GcncrA Assembly which restores the stase
pcnstentsary 70 the control o! Sam. Duckmheter
i Co, OF suy Other men Of their character. but
hns 40 fat worked successfully. will bc continued
for tho futuEc. At ]east until different ideas and
different mtn control tho destiny Of our Btatc.
N1w sTArs uot'sE lNvEs1soAT1oN.
The BcnAte Committee on Public Du!ldings had
a session this afternoon. Tor the purpose at In
vestieating aIa'ss connected with tho building ot
Of the 1cw State uoutc. ncs!des tho com n!tsec,
several other stuatofs. State ucute Commission
cst. the Architect. &c, were present. Mt. snapp
presided. mud Mr. Ward examined the Hltncsecs.
Several ~ltncstcs had been subpGuaed from
Chicago, VITO Rave evidence ycr7 damaging to tho
Experimenting Architect. Mr.. Cochrano, aud
only little ICES dAosctnr to scyetal Vt tta Com
ntsAione.s. The frst witness called Was Mir.
George o. GaEnsey, architect, Of Chicago. He
! testified as follows: That be was formerly tho
partner Of Mr. Cochtane, arch3tect OF the new
STATE House; that he actually drew tho plans OF
the State uouec, while Cochrznc, who was Al
older man and better known, was 10 hare the
reputation Of doing It. Tho agreement
vas thar, while Ga,nsey did the work,
Coehrare Was to do the w:scpuliing to insure it,
| adoption hy the Commissioners. CochrAro hA d
| conversations with the Commissioners before tho
plans wcre sent to Springfield. in order to dctes-
mlEe eourse Of action. CHARLES Reed came into
Coehtane'A Office afterwArd aid said, in the pEss-
ence Of GarnFey, thst be would Ike to see them
| get the Job. and proposed to bring Philip Wads-
| worth, whom they did not know. to sec them.
| Tadswotth came. and. AFTER conversation. said
| be had eeen the other plans, gave them
| several points In regard to them, and when
| he left, raid he would see that
I Cochraue had the Job. Coehs1ne then had 4 con.
Sersauon with Gkru.ey. and told him tha. al.
though he had drawn tho plans hc thought his
name thould not be Connected With them.
| Garnscy consented to this after CochrAue had
pFcm!eed that os noon as the plans had been &c.
| ceqted By the Commissioners be would make
t..-- HAn<
| During the conversation CocntArc told GarnecY
that be had offered Nadswofth Ave thousand dol.
| lars u he could get hir' the job. Two nights be-
fore the plans wcr sent to Sprni ncld, Mr.
| WadsWorth came to t.c architects cflte and
listened TO explanations OF the plans for fou1
touss. and lcft with the promise that be would dc
What he could 10 eccu.c It's adoption. Aflc1
Cccnzace reached Springfield with The plans. h'
| found himself nEab!e to explain them, aud va.
compelled to telegraph 10 G.ru.cy to come dow
and exp ain them. Tbs day previous 10 this Mr.
Wada1 unh came into Ccehrane's otdce and safl
be had n1t all the Commissioners except Robin
son. whom he cou!d not control. but that MIR. Beck
with could. Beckwith YES employed to so dow,
aud h1 Robinson, which he did, znd receired to
his ee1rtees ore thousand 6olla7e. Shortly after
| The witness had sonc difficulty With Nj. Cochran
heeautc he confd not Set hts share OF the pay 70
drawing the plan. In making up the account be
tween them Cochrane claimed that he had c1
pended 3, 100 Of the s. coo received from the Stat
in getting tnc plste adopted, and that he ha
given mott ofthe amount 10 the Commissioner
AL that he ever got for his labor wae 800. III
par.ncrektr lie ween Coceraue and Ga,neey #.
dissolved on tae fsst Of January, 1868. On th
| dissolution bonds were entered icto between Co Il
/ ranc and Carney, wherein Coehsane agrees TO %
| Garttey n IN In inktalmer,s, On condition ii,
tho latter shall make no public exposition Of tt
facte connected with The drawing OF the plans 1t
TIE means tskcn TO sesn1e their adoptdon.
Mr. Ga,rsc5 WAS asked By the committee II t
had ever discussed with Mr. Cochraue a. to Il
probable cost Of the building. and raid he hs
| stated to Mr. Cochrare thas the Building wou
| probably coat Ave millions uf dollalt. ano Coc
| | rare hlmtelf ha1 aeeented to this estimate. HI
h. rA!d he wouid do the wiFe-1u1lng 20 tEat ID
TACT shonld not interfere With the adoption o! d
r plans. II will be rccol!ected that with tae pl
} otihe building Mr., Oochrano put in estsssssesl
6 the rates ii which the work could be done.
: these cstl11atcs many heavy expenditures VIC
p1rpoett7 omitted, particularly the srautportati
and sct'ine Of sto1c, these t@o items cost
II | rome @Ss5 ,oG0.
Y At this point, ia answer 10 4 question, N
: | Ga.necy stated tha. within week past
= had been approached By = n
. with black Eh!skcr., In his 0,
oincc, who said be was authorized oy the St
= House Commissioners to tny that II he tGA
:. eey} came before tho committee 10 testify In
gard to thetc matters, he would be sent 10
Q PepltentiasJ. This occurred on Tuesday Ii
Il Nj. GaEn teY further tettlhed that the csuma
&c p{cteutcd by Mr. Coehrxrc with tho placs Of
"a building 1cro got up merely for eject npop
committee that they were made up without 4
care or thought. and were known to be cntir
= Wild in every respect. Mr. GAroseE also tcsud
~ tia, ho hsd examined the foundatlon walls Of
= | new State Qoute, aud that they were not In
IN | co.danee With The specifications, but nI
chespe, work ttan Was called fos. bat vas
.! .! allie to determine the difference In ps1
It Coehrare's estimates place the cost OF
lc foundation walls 1t two hu- dEed and tive
n thpueaEd dollars whcscas three hundred andlal&
hv four thoustna dollars had already been czpe
10 | ct. and 1t will require thirty to forty tnousi
dollars rrorc to cumoeie them: making I tota'
'e' <525,000 to 3Es1 0D for The forn :suon.
M This Is tic substance Of MT. GAsreeS's fcsti
NJ, which war given In st.atehtforTArd q
zee nef. might here add what has becu vouched
~ oy revcral gcrs1crcn Of hieaco. that NJ. Carr
! bears the r. puta,1ou Of nstt eisss architect
IN honorable uan. lie WAS c1oes-e1amlnet
stha'os etscvel On behalf offlhc Comu!ss,or
49, but the etrrsE'h OF his evidence was no, nnte
Drn a. tho cotelusion Of Mr.. 0a1n!eYe tcsuao
j.. n. Van o:del, architect, Of chicago,
Cairo he ehd ec had looked at the fonnda
the walls Of tho ncw s'ata acutc, and he had
= 10 exara:n'd tic specifications 70. the stoue u
- Nv They we're all good eu"ueh for tho purpos
'N"' which th' vera applied, hu, wese 70, what
ex- called fer IN the epcetAca,lons Of the Com
eus | etote.s. He described the different thickuc
'49- ~ Of the stcne which he cav, and showed vi
1"@" IN thy did not CONFORM to the spee
,as. tto1s. He thought The difference het'
tne the spcti1e aons nd the wallis y they now 1t
and vas ii least 500 o0o-shAt IL, that the pr
~ vAls ought to have boan sntIt for that an