The sun., 1873-01-20

rough work, and charging the Government full
wutkcd in those ouarrics, and also nj the Dix
l.lnud quarrles, that this y done 70 very iarae
several times intellectually remoustrated
Congressman Plat Is the mater spirit. and al
the head of the Ring which controls the hch-
Inond quarries. Associated with him are one
Albert Ordway. a carpet-bayger, who at one
time offered himself as u candidate furCongress
Washhurn, n pension agent at lNchmund, and
three or four Others Of the same stripe. lchmd
this Ring stands Simon Cameron with his
%pGy %p'Ty entered U%Y'SS the feGerai army ss sf ~
geaut II Vermont regiment at the outbreak of
| the war, succeeded to caidalncy, and came
out at the end without n scratch. lie y SAID,
| however. to have been y good oficcr aud drift :
ins into petersburg at the end Of tho. war, bcean
adroit manas mont made the negroes, with
whom he associated On terms of equality, be-
| lieye that he hid been their life long friend
! They sent him to Congress, but soon they saw
their mistake, and he. seeing the relps ~ power
| Slipping from his hands cast about 20 save him-
| self. Granite quarries and great Government
contracts. with the htccn pcr cent: Jubs' were
cxtrtly the things. II he could have the manipu-
FIFTEEN rEH CENT
NoW these Richmond contracts icr supplying
| granite sud eating and dressing the stone Tor
| tho new state Deuartpent, ~ II Is misna.ned,
ar said 60 oe the largest OF the Kind ever given
out 10y this Goyernment and VIII Involve sever !.
| 20 this Albert Ordway, who knew nothing what
| ever Of either stone cutting or Suarrying; but
| had, together with Congressman platt and PEN
| sipu Agent washburn, another carpet-bageer, a
| prospective lease on two almost undeyeloped
| quarries. An examination of the bonds would
| show the names Of all the persons interested.
| In addition 20 awarding Ordway the contract
| for delivering the stone In the rough at Wash
| ington. he was given the much more valuable
| job OF cutting and dressing, with Id per cent.
on the gross amount Of each workmane daily
| pay. Now again IL was required OF this favored
| contractor that he extract ten hours day II ON
| the blood and bones of the wOrkingmen, when
And here again. Instead " delivering the stone
in Washington in the rough az they are bound
tractors are permitted To do the emitting and
dressing in the Guarries at huchnond saving nv 6
| or six per cont. to thcmsclvcs In freight, and
| putting the Government to the very heavy ex-
pense Of BORING and strapplng' on
which aSMn they Gr' n,'ren PIrts 'ehi,; ci,y;
a. one Of the very best practical stone CUTTER
whose word no one here doubts, aud VINO made
an ample fortune 10y his cnntrants Tor building
the Patent ONCE. recently visited these Rich
| mond qIarries and made careful examination
into what they were doing: They were doing
things ON n very la . scale there. but there
were more politicians than stone cutters con-
said he lover two thousand stone cutters anI
| Qurrryiuen at work there, and no one WIN ,h
d,rstands hi business at the head. Bat 1t il q
| big thing for the contractors, VINO are
rohhins the Government by Wholesale.
rug KIND OF NrS EMPLOYED.
or this twenty-one hundred men accord t'
this. gentleman, there were about eleven hun
not pass muster. as third rate men, though they
Ps g" sss The rGs for lS ad%S and d.
we have seeo day paid to theie rsvorits s2ntrSf I
the commission on the DO King, superintendent,
pay, and saving on freight. and the commission,
paid to these per day will fall little short oi
t-9o. Aud this IL must he remembered Is eK
| elusive Of the very large prunt on the contract
| for the granite In the rough.
| Here thcu you have the system under which
the workiugmen and the GOyernmeut are rob
bed. There is vet another phase ~ this PERM
| cous system which deserves to be exposed
| Just before the election very large number q
Washington stonecutters and mechanics wer'
| found working IN these Richmond quarrics
| The men were compelled To- abandon their fam
| lilies and their homes TO seek work In Richmond
where their votes well their skill wer,
ne sded. When they applied TO Architect hul
| lett for work In Washington, he told them h'
had none to give them but that IL they went q
Richmond and secured a letter from Conrress
man Platt, or Mr.. WaShburn. they would ge
| work there, where there was plenty OF II. foi
will see from this how Congressman Platt colo
niIed hts voters. Ordway Is the ostensble con
tractor. and yet he Is not allowed To- handle ~
dishurse a dollar Of the money. That ID all done
by Pension Agent Washburn.
Thus the politicians deiraud the workinsmen