Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-28

Mr.. Chandler. Are you q property. holderi
Mr.. Crane. No, sir.
Mr.. Chandler. Don't own any real estate
Mr.. Crane. No, sir.
Mr.. Chandler. DO you pay any taxes
Mr.. Crane. | did pay tax M merchant
when ! was In btlslness three years ago, and
then did business Of nearly Sl,OOO,OOO.
Mr.. Chandler. Then you have paid no tax
poll taxi
Mr.. Crane. No, sir.
Mr.. Chandler. What was your salary as
commissioners
Mr.. Crane One thousand two hundred dol
lars Per year.
Mr.. Chandler. What was 1t as water reg
istrar2
Mr.. Crane. Two thousand three hundred
dollars per year.
at the last election. Could not obtain any
tickets against the loan until 4 O'Clock 10 the
afternoon. Did not know that they were
suppressed, but he could not get them. A
young man came to his house at Z q. IN, and
said there were no antl.loan tickets at the
Pollsi he expected that they would arrive
shortly. AT % O'Clock they came TO hls store,
and said the tickets had not arrived. He got
In his buggy and went In search Of them, but
could not obtain any, aud about 4 o'clock
they were brought 70 the polls.
by Mr.. Eldridgo; Did not run ~ q party
man, but a. oppOeed to the loan. lie con-
tended that there should be no politics In the
District OF Columbia. A colored man had
said to him that committee had waited
upon Mr.. Choatc, who said that he was OPP
posed 10 the loan. They eaid they would
have to vote for him In preference to Dem
ocrat.
BY Mr. Eldridgr, There was no converse
tlOn with the eolored man about not voting
for witness. lie was complaining about
tnvea and sxpenapa and he tnih him IA VIVA
his party that was doing II. Heard Mr..
Chapman make speech In Mr.. ChOate's be-
half ono night.
Mr.. Eldridgc. Was II q good speech'
Mr.. Wilson. II was for the class he was
| speaking to.
do with the last election. He voted; never
neglected that He wrote on his ticket against
the loan. He went to Mr.. Cooks Office and
got enough antl.loan tickets 10 last the PIE
clnct during the day.
Mr.. Rldridge. Who were The candidates In
your district?
Mr. Edmousou. Mr.. Arthur shepherd and
John G. Harkness.
Mr.. Eldridge. Was that A. r. Shepherd?
Mr. Edmonson. No, slri his brother.
Mr.. Eldrldge. Was the 'nan RAINING against
him colored mani
Mr.. Edmonson. Oh, no. Il was John Z.
Hardness. laughter.
Mr.. Eldridgc, Was there any ObSlructlug
or intimidation at the pollsg
Mr.. EdmOnson. No, sir. Everybody had a
chance while was there.
By Mr.. Chandler Got up to the polling
place about $50 n. IN. with the antl-loan
tickcts.
Mr. staTkweather said that Mr.. Bartlett
had been present for two days dcslrous Of
making statement concerning the publlca.
ton Of visit to the Tlber creek work, and
the refusal TO permit the measurement Of II
to be made which he thought did him injus-
tice.
Mr.. Bartlett said that their work had been
measured three or four times by parties they
did not know, who stated that thelr stone
work was ~ feet thick, aud brick 0 feet thick,
and other things 80 Incorrect that they drove
them away. II the committee would visit
the work and send some one authorized to
make IN examination, they would afford
them every facility. They have built a sewer
and would like TO lake them through II.
The committee here adjourned until this
morning.