, 1874-04-14
WASHINGTON.
Yesterdays Testimony Before
the District Com
mittee.
Congressman Garfield Is Made
to Figure Promi.
nently.
Further Developments. Regarding
the Sanborn Contracts.
Kelsey, the Original Contractor,
/; Tells His Story.
Showing Some Things Which Rich.
~ ardson Fails to Remember -
Proposed Investigation Of Alleged
Postal Contract Frauds.
Passage Of the Territorial Railroad
Bill in the Senate.
| A Test~vote on Carpenters Louisiana
Bill to Be Had To-Day.
The Forthcoming Report of the
Senate Transportation
Committee.
Passage Of the Territorial Railroad
Bill in the Senate.
A Test-vote on Carpenters Louisiana
Bill to Be Had To-Day.
The Forthcoming Report Of the
Senate Transportation
Committee.
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
Special Dispatch to Tho Chicago Tribute.
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DIBpIAY OF HOME TALENT.
WARRINGTON, D. g., April 13.-The District
Investigation was resumed to-day, but the Chi
cago Witnesses Ohittendon, jenkins, and Ray
not appearing, tho memorialiHts wero compelled
to content themselves with homo talent, and, Of
courHo, tho Beasion was unonlivoned with any
thing brilliant or exciting J. HI. Hopkins. do
scribod by Mr. Quimby as "a sort Of oontract-
broker" WAS allowed to make q statement, dur
ing which he took oocnston to contradict every
thing Mr. QuimbY had said Of htm.
When ho was through, Mr. A, ". Gibson, cor
respondent Of tho Nev York Sun, was called.
aud upon being interrogated, stated that ono
evening spring he pre8ent during an intor-
view between Hopkins and . Mr. O. Q. Parsons,
when tho former nBhed tho latter Il he did not
want Bono contracts under the Board Of Public
Works, and offered to got them for him. Dir.
Harrington Of aoansel for tho District. undor-
took to cross~oxanino Mr. Gibson, when tho fol-
lowing ...-
pAssAaE-AT-AnaIs
III, HarriDgton-sfr. Gibson. what is your oo-
Mr. Gibaon-I am tho correspondent Of tho
III Mr. HI deBire you, Mr. dtbson. to bring
slips OF your lotters to tho Sun, as propose to
sSu o = e o Zsst eaES n ss'S
Mr. GibBon-I don't know that will. 1am
not being investigated.
.Mr. H.-3Ir. Chairman, I want to question
this witness on letters he hns written the New
York Sun, charging tho Board Of Public Works
with high crimes and miademeanors. This gen.
teman admitsh ho is the author Of certain articlos.
wheroin, for instance, Mr. Shepherd Is chafgea
with stating
aIr. Gibson (interrupting)- make any
such admissions2
Mr. HI understood you to admit that you
are the correspondent Of tho Sun from Washing
ton. propose to oross-o1amino you tomorrow,
and inquire into your: character; md, for tho
purpose Of aiding tho inquiry, I desire you to
| furnish alipB from your letters. =,
Mr. GibHon-An right, Mr. Harrington; and
now SIT gyo noas a. tsas TO- ssat ehaGf aa
to to mike @1' It both eoaTehing and thorough. :,
| At this point the Committee took Eocoss, and
| when they came together again
| TIE HON. niouAlD 6. FAnaoNs,
district, came in and made his statoment in rela-
| tiion to hts connection with tho De dolyer q
some errors that hayo been prevalent With re-
gard to Gan. aartield'e connection with this con-
tract, showing. as 1t docs, that Mr. Garfold'a
services did nor consist In making an argument
validity Of the patent No. 2, as tho pub
| lie hayo been led to bo1iove: but that, on
the contrary, no prepared brief, showing tho
peculiar superiority Of tho Do Golyer Moolel;
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