, 1874-05-23
The Final Vote Not Reached
at Latest Advicos.
Gov. Shepherd Again Before the
District Committee.
He Fails to Disprove the Damaging
Testimony.
The Ways and Means Committee Con-
olude to Discharge Prescott.
Prominent Items in tho Anlendatory
Tariff Bill.

Prominent Items in tho Anlendatory
Tariff Bill.
TEE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
Special Dispakeh to The Ch,capo Tribune.
THE COMMITTEE NOT YET NEAR THE END,
WAsn1SaroN, D. G., hIay 22.-Appoarancea
now indicate TINT tho District Investigating
Committee will not bo able to close their doors
upon tho receipt Of testimony before the middle
Of next weeE. On each succeeding day some
hitherto unheartl-of Witness turns up and asks
permission to tell what he knows about District
affairs, or some friend Of tho momorialiHts giYen
information Which leads to the aummoning OF
men believed to bo in possession Of important
facts beurng upon tho case. The creator part
Of to-day's session WAS devoted to hoarlng tho
evidence Of witnesses reported to be
knowing Of instances whero contracts
had been hawltod about tho streets by middle.
men during tho glorious days when Ohittenlon,
tho Nev. Calvin Brown, and Klrttnnd made
Washington tho scoue Of tloir peculiar opcra-
tionB.
HOW ooNTnACT-DnoKERAdE FLoun1sHED.
It WAS shown concluBivey that large business
In contract-brokerago was carried on, and the
profits divided among Government officials and
favorites Of tue District officers. Ono contractor
told tile Committee of aome paving contracts
which llo obtained through doalorH n those arti-
cles Of trade, for which lo paid % cents q
yard.
Mr. Arthur Shepherd declared upon his oath
that ha novor nharod in the a2.5boo obtained
BY Seitx l. Kelly from Taylor i Fibert, on tho
Sixteenth street contract. Ho explained that
his part In tint tranaaction was simply to MD
them to procure purchaser for tho contract.
Kelly corroborated Mr. Shepherds statements.
CLuss OYB-ExAM1NED.
1t being understood that tito crosB-oxanin-
alton Of Engineer Cluss would be commenced ut
o'clock, great crowd took possession Of the
commttee-room filling it to exceBB. The Wit
ness put in ~ appearance few minutes before
the hour set for his examination, aud brought
with him a great mass Of documents md papers,
Goy snoPeFa sonea WY nso - 9asy r On to
annash Cluss, came backed by large array OF
| COUNSEL and an immenso quantity OF papers.
xpo9shors IspoEth contracts and othor Boerd 81
hrss rssnar Matns9 spr"on as
| md Stanton the Governor had with him tho
Hon. Jare1nahs 8. Black, 5ohn 0. Evans, Lewia
Clephane, and Engineer Samo, together with two
or three unknowns. whose busineBs seemed to be-
| to giggle aud laugh at certain periods on pre-
concerted signals being give out. hIr. Mating
ley conducted the cross examination assisted by
Judge Black aud the Governor.
| TIE Y1TNEss MAINTAINED HIS POSITION
| quite successfully during the first hour Of tho
examination, and, in fact, did remarkably we'll
throughout tho afternoon. Tho impression
formed in tho mind Of tile impartial Witness was
that the Governor and his counsel failed IN thor
tholr intention Of doing. While they succeeded
| iii twisting Ills testimony upon some points, it
was really duo to tho fact that Lis imperfect
knowledge Of Enslish at timos fpreyentod him
| from conveying Ills ren moaning.
Alr. C!uss imprcsses pooplo with the belief
| TINT lie il q man whose ilapulseB arc to tell the
| whole truth about mattorB connected with the
Board Of Puhlic Works, but whose lack Of ahil-
1ttyf 1pr
into making somo statements of an erroneous
character.
WHAT IS THOUGHT or oLuss.
prominent lawyer Of this city says Of Cuss:
| erant control which Shepherd assumes over
| everyone with whom Ae comes in contact, and
that he has, without q doubt, been forced by
Shepherds very manner, at times, to sign doco-
monts which VIC he Wholly alsapprovod' but gave
CluHs noems easily to bo provoked to anger
and. whom badgorod BY the la~yers who twist
and Intentionally mlsinterpret his answers in
family makes assertions that his cooler antagon-
stn force him to aMond or qualify. when 1o is
brought to rocolleot that he IL under oath. Tho
| cross. examination will be continued Tomorrow,
and may probably not be concluded before Nom
Ito The A*sseiattd Pressl
WAsnlNo7os, D: G.. May 22.-The District
nesaes to day.
TREASURER MA0RuDER
WAS ca1lot with reference to his systom of kecp-
ing nccounta His explanations wero not aatis~
factory. aud hc WAS giyon further time to con-
| suit the vouchers in his Office
r. Il. nINEMAnr,
| former Chief Clori Of tue Lower House of tho
District Lcgislaturo, testified that D. O. Fornoy,
who was Interested With him in contract, pald
tho Board Of Public Works, money which WAS
understood to have been given for Browns lu-