Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-30
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4 NICE CLEANSING OPERATION,
TIE BRUSH APPLIED SUCCESS.
FULLY.
THE CASE AGAINST BROTHER COOK
The Testimony in the Case.


Council on Monday night makes William A.
Cook tho best whltewashed man in the
country.
Teliinony iatsa al hs Chy HaA eyors az
Of Common C0ancH, subnihsd BY NJ GdiHe'
lam Me5ieiiand, sworni lam amaohinist
aud lion founder, a resident Of Washington,
ID. q. About April, 1900 had claim against
the corporation Of ws'hlnston TOT manu- ".
10 ts,p50. II was from = contract during
Mayor wsllaeh's Administratlou, and CON
pleted under the naturalization OF mayor
Bowen, Recording 10 its terms, There was no
dispute whatever a. TO the business OF the
claim or the amount due. q had been due
with which the corporation attorney, IS far
~ l know, had nothing whatever to do In hts
ofiicial capacity. was nxloui TO obtain the
settlement OF said claim, called upon Mt.
wm. A. Cook In April, 1900, In reference TO
the collection OF this claim, and stated the ma.
tuEe q ne claim, md a, asked Sd, hiP - he would
stances, aud he said he would try an help me
to get II. offered to remunerate Mr. Oook
sept Of no rsinSSsnation Tor such aefviec5,
days 1 calisd'on dr. Cook the seeoni tins 10
| corporation was very short Of funds, and pos
slbiy had none. suggested to him the pro-
prlety Of getting ny slaim eersinsd to ~ ne
| First National Bank TO advance the money on
| 1t. 1 again apoke TO Nj. Cook about compen.
| aating him for his services, aud he again re-
| fused to accept such compensation.
| II called on Mr.. Cook the third time and then
| offered Mr.. Cook six hundred dollars to col
again rejected in the most decided manner. /
| eslled the fourth time on the same business,
and 10 the eourlo o. the eonyersatlon Insisted
offered II he would get the money or arrange
| 1t fer me at the bank. He again refused TO
~ ~ my ~ "a nv, AZ n 80 psnnhi
wished to make donation TO the Republican
R5y 4 a., ,a could fsy "a. SSS a. si II:
chairman Of the Republican geusrhl eomnit.
ZANE 10 that capacity only, and appropriate
| IL for thai purpose, but not for himself per
SonNliy. The proposition to take and use this
came from Mr.. Cook after his repeated refusal
| to take anything for hlmaelf. According to
the terms Of my o5lEinsl offer, MI Geek so Si.i
this he repeatedly refused to do. when l
made these otfeFs, made them to MT Cook,
Sot a. CorpofatI5n Aitotasyj just as i would
have made 1t to any other attorney doing bus.
iness 10 this city. Afler adalay Of about two
months, and alter calling repeatedly At Mr.
Cooke once, No. A0I street, In relation
J to this clAim, on one occasion he told me that
he believed Mr., Bowsn would settle the ao-
, and mart 10 bondG-it being an old claimant
: adTIaed ne TO call and see Mr. bowen,
IsAllsd on Mr.. Bowen aud agreed with hin
to accept t2,b00 In money and the balance In
bondB IN settlement In fun Of my claim. AfteT
receiving said money and bondei called ttho
third o. ioHIth H va nios s,Ss e 5ss ssoo "
MONEY and 1900 Ia bonds, Mr.. Cook then said
, he received this money aud these bonds A'
} used as he might think best for the benent oil
log IN market ~ that time at eighty cents 90
mens SSi 10 MT. Cook i vas At lis once.
= went 10, he had not sent for me, or said any
thing 70 me about and s az not Ask me 10, ,SI
! 500 In bonds, This thought wasa fair pro
: portion OF the donation II had promised hin
i view Of the fact had resolved only "a SO il
u cash aud the balance OF my claim, $3.50 Il
e bonds. The amount gave MT. Cook wa
ts this transaction was there any demand o
IN charge made by Mr.. Cook for trying to get tn
q. claim RSSdsy,y witba9t sSy ek,stioa o1 a.
=. nand on the part OF Mr. Cook. desired Mi
SSSkD ssstt R R SSs t e. sSSR
Re he acted as a personal friend to me only an
A. not as an attorney. He refused to act as al
" a friend OF the party, and while made th
u donation to the party eheerlully, not belnl
, actively mixed up In politics I preferred tn,
d pressed myself to Mr.. Cook. So far as 1 know
Q The Mayor had no knowledge Of the offers
| L r.
y eause II was COMMONLY understood that tn
city had no funds to pay old slaIms such a
u William A. Cook sworni have heard tn
: testimony OF John MoOlsllAnd read. GA sev
? erAl occasions, as he has stated, he offered o
u proposed to give me 600 u l could secure
speedy payment OF his claim or arrange II
T pay ment 10 bank. On each occasion rejeote
q bis offer. In his hrst Interview with me Nj
g MeClellAnd stated that his claim was luat an
o undlsputed, and shortly AfteTwArd AseeI
3 taIned that his statement was correct, an
q that his claim involved no question Of Law
y and II could not come before me as attorney Q
!, Having aseertAined these facts when MI
u McClelland called on me the second time,
Informed him that while would not Aeeep
AuY fee from him, II he desired would as
friend do what could to secure from the cor
porAtIon or through bank an early Augustine en-
Of his claim. This tried to do for his bench
and in no respect for mine, without any eou
penIation or expectation OF eompensAtiot
According to Mt MsOlellands repeated Offer
to me, might have received and Approp riAte
| to my own use six hundred dollars Withoy
?, any one knowing T. but l refused TO DO .,
Dr MI. MeCleilAnd, equivalent to to2o In cas-
y was given TO me voluntarily by him withol
" any eSAsnon OF Sf@SnS e5 me- And AZ esai
W the city, aud received BY me In that eapacIl
OF aud as an authorized collector Of funds 4
We far as I could, consistently with Mr.. MeDlF
ihid LANDS desire, made known the fact OF h
iiss Every esnt OF It and more used 10 defrA
A. Publie4n party in the campaign OF 1860. N
az part OF It was retained for my personal bensn
Of The tickets which elected members OF III
" present CITY Council, the members OF n
OF Board Of Aldermen elected last yeSr, the co
o' ieetoF and city register, were paid out OF tn
s SaS osTriHss hire for alex SotsPS al
re- other similar expenses and receipts arc no
~ exhibited for part Of these expenses to :
MeCieilGnd. The bill for tickets Aioi
&c; amounted to tSE.
70 have never anywhere admitted or stated tbs
20 | received this money as brlbe for any co
he rupt purpose, The nature OF the tTAnsaetit
ed showS the assertion to be Talse, and 1t Is wit
eT, out any foundatlon whatever la fact.
TO S. J. Bowen, Mayor, sworn Ia the what,
10, or spring Of $500, John McUlelland, OF this III
q. preiented me a Claim Of about nine thOusAi
" dollars for dee pluga, sc, furnished under
OF contract made with my predecessor, Mr.. vs.
or ZACH, which he desired should be paid. III
&c claim was an admitted one, aud the Anoul
ds was duly certified to by the water reglstra
os corporation. The oOIy question ia The ca
nd a. well ha many other just aud legal elAin
" aENinSt the city II was therefore before N
us opinioa Of the oorporatioa attorney was neSs
meet It. Twas compe he'd to decline payne
= for want Of funds, and for that reason onl
bh- From = statement made by Mr.. McClellAa
Hy after the claim was paid, learned that he HI
WV proposed to the corporation attorney TO NJ
.ue would seoure It's payment, which Mr.. OoI
" declined to receive. or this offer | had
Dc knowledge prior to the payment OF the elAI
- which was paid only after the claimant h
10 agreed TO accept the bonds Of the corporate
Al for all but two thousand ave hundred dollar
y. and In this way the demAnd was satisfied, pa
per ment having been made, as the books low,
- the 18th day OF May, 1900, From the nature
" the claim and the manner OF its payment, It
~ clear that there could not be either bribery
Die corruption connected with its adjustment.
o. The editor Of the Evening Star having ini
mated In the columns OF that paper that u
mt corporation attorney was receiving money
90, services connected with the settlement
si. claims against the city, took an early OppC
he tunlty to call on him at his office, and The
10 demanded OF him upon what he based such
In article, at the same time declaring that d
X, sired the Information 10 order to promptly
Of move that Officer IL any charge Of the XII
ir. could be sustained. He replied that he had
al. in(oTma alton on the subject, and that the aft
las Gle was piece Of pleasantly intended for fu
70, or words to that effect, said to him the
YRS and now repeat, that upon any proof bell
"a furnished me that Mr.. Cook or any other of
Ger Of the corporation, subject to my removi
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