National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-23

q. And you sent check, payable, using the
name OF the iniividual to whom the certificate
originally run. Now, then, did you draw .
check for each certificate, supposing the same
man presented You half 3 dozen eertineatesf
| A. No, sir. Sometimes half adozen certificates
were embraced m one check. Some of these
men heid five or sir certificates.
Q. Is there any case where Spectator pre-
sented you several certificates at the same
timei A. No, sir s,s7s ~ ..gs,
BY Mr.. Jewett: Q. Are those certificates that
you issued to contractor payable TO him or
bearer, or to him or ordera A. They are
written in this way, the auditor writes the
certificates: 81 have this day audited and
allowed the account of" such, man, for so
much money. The Endorsement Of his name
to pay Il. -
suppose to-day twenty OF these certificates
had been isssed, one to A, one 10 b, and one TO
G, and SO ON, and tomorrow should present
twenty Of these certificates, you would give
Q. Without knowing whether or not the
owner OF those certificates had received the
money, or what proportion he had received
A Yes, sir; would give him check; because
that is voucher FOR the payment Of the
money.
9. The taking OF the certificates is all you
had to DOT Yes, sir. go.
Q. Your account does not show whether you
paid the money tothe parties to whom the GER
tncates were originally issued or whether 1t
was paid to purchaser A. No, sir. In
great many instances It does. II the party
himself brought the certificate ne got the
cneck. 10
" -FOUR system Of Keeping accounts how
ever, does not make Il necessary that your
BOOKS should snow That the contractor himself
eoI 'ne money! a. Not az al. =
y. tnat Is MOI necessary according 70 your
accounts a. no, sr. I'd
~. Inc system OF your accounts, tnen, per
miteeo sPecuiatoi "a the eetuncates OF tnese
conIlac.oIs 70 Duy snsm AZ wn1tever Iate ne
couiu, auu YOU pau nim ine iuu alnount OF tne
nioneyt a. inss Mouiu 10 u. Inas was tne
he.ssy consequence OF the way we did our
uS'nSSs.
y. linen neither OF the accounts VIII develop
. .ne suiours % money pau 70 tne orlganai con-
~ & n w s o,s
oy FL. neriEh; Y. Dlo you nave any RUE
~ spPors,oninens ~ psying sontlsctors 30 as 70
sss snctn esrt..n IruPolalon 2. money ana
~ sNt NJ s III v eei w, su.
onse ~ Sy 1s.s se ~ ~ c.S more
tractors more certiscates snS less money, 4
W. ,s.S 80 az .a.s..s 60 - .01 e a.
~. ~ ~, n Ia nSney guss % tas' a. we gos
"a AhS IN Won T,sid - :" ns.,ssc,.o
Inu s.H soa PSiu ~ eestncaIss aItGr ~
- - MA II, =, ,sa..a sns W " July
tsss..s,p s ~ ~ -, ~ .ssacata sewer GER
N W. ~ rs;d ~ r,onaa VI assessments At
M VI, W. Va n aI.n:,.,
~ sor ri p1 vo,r cogtract worSY Suy
80. ~. h'nk - 81 $50 :Snh,. ' nills
~, .nia s,a we ,,. nsS some me- sinkinIuna
~ - 49, We pr "a eu, VII sne eASep
. .,on q ~ - We p1a ~ W That
'il DC, t ~ ~ sus T Snss Is Msue
by sns sns LIMA - AZ Ss Va .S "a: 10
Sas. ~ tbs1 40 ne =, ur,sss tbsre Me- suso a.
raoso 10 ,sh, ,ha sbo,,,5 ~ ~ Ia So'
ieS q Tn VIZ sasy euouia uos 70 paru
tnen yott LII, S,.asm s a. snss o.
~ .hfnt .S,nt ,hay ,ara S,soo,,ntaa a. I0
a ocs sN Tha hang ,oaned rsoUaI 81. a. All
Proeapiy. me. me oank ioaneu money on them,
Au n w. " i the. ~, 20 INV 1879, II, -
,oa9 ma ~ W VuiJ, t9'o. a. Up W
Saiy, 1910. Inink up 70 tnaI time the Ger
meao Wy rG 90 90 u iess t ar
TN h.,' enount VI %, 90 %, VI 90
tns Va Jams nlA WY ioeu4,S tuorey VI tuem -
anu ~ Per cens; inLelest 70 inc conIractors' ana
'an al M .n1 Nar.inI. q W Io.a.ad -,
ny MI H. noaaa :, s aas ITney mar, nso YOU
exeeps .ne pIoceeas o. Jour miilon loan, ana
sne aPp,u 1a., tha. n, .a ~ oUns anu
some money 'nas VIC go' On tnese assess
nie -
In YOU nv pSy ouS a. G ING nioley ueINeu
t ,tO tne ptS "a %a, 1a41 nS o. ia.er
yian snI -. ..onsn "a a on, ~.
Paiu ou. money si', s snarcn, oeeause some
VI our a., ao on.. Soasss we aiu
uos ges uHsu 49, tno oVsn " 9une; VINE
81 ane na9 noS
Co,ne in'o Jul nans ui'u INC last VI 'ne nSeai
ye Eel y,.z -. A., s.,,,
= =; Dia yon pay OUT II. me iour millions OF
Donus, OF Sio you ssn ., .ne Donas anu reieese
sne money w PAU ~ ou ,I ~ ~ money; Inc
aS u tno .ho sC.u sno uonus
And tnrned over the nroceeds N NJ. '
less two hundred and fortv Thousand dollars,
A Yes. sir. which the Ieg,slsture afterward
s,,n-l;sd hy honds. and We Raid ont thoso bo,,5s
&c money -
Rv MI Bass. O. Does this statement contain
a statement of ali the cash Won Maid out1 A.
Yes. sir.
o, So that YOU did NOT nav ont any cash he.
tween January 25 and March n A. No, sir /;
unless II is In the other list.
Rv M MsrricL: o. Yon exhausted the
81 .Ao, OOO.l loan on the eth of JANUARY. and
then Won had no cash until the apnronriation OF
March s1 A. No. sir.
By Mr.. Stewart: O. Did you have any way
whereby YOU observed the priority of claims ID
their paymenti A. No. sir. '''''- -
o. You did not establish any rule vhsrel
YOU paid them in the order of the priority +
man would 90 right up, and come down tc nv
door with certificate. and would nav Il.
o, Much depended on the speed. thepl A.
Yes, sir, good deal; but q man would do
work, sometimes, and would not get certifl-
cate until four or five months after his work
was done.
Q. OF course; but after be got his certificates
then the time that he got 1t did not make any
difference to you'll A. Not to me; 1 didn't know
the certificates that were out.
By the Chairman: Q. You paid every certif-
cate that came when YOU had money1 A.
when / had money paid It, unless there was
some particular feason why that particular
claim should not be paid at that time.
By Mr.. Stewart: O. What reason could there
be, If he had his certificates Was not that
Anal LIQUIDATION of it., and closine-out of that
ACCOUNT A. sometimes we thought one man
had had money enough for the present, and we
would not pay him because we wanted to pay
other peopie.
O. Then you did exercise discretion above
the fact OF their getting there firstl A. Men
would come into me with half-a-dozen eertifi-
Gates, amounting to $50, 600 or 1000, and
would pay half and let them wait for the other
half.
o. Then you did not exactly adopt the rule
Of first come first servel A. Oh, no sir; in little
affairs paid off es fast as they come to me, II
I had the money. never let them 10 opt Of
the office. I always considered that heople Of