, 1875-01-29
COUNT FO5co.

WAS HIS CONTRACT Witt De aoLYin / N'cIE11ASp
yo,u:
The tecond plea in tho suit Of George Il. Chit
tcnden, better H,luwn as Count Eoseo, against
Mcclellan nnd Jenkins, WIS filed III lilo Clrcnts
Court OF Cuuk County Wednesday morning In
I,a t1ecuratiol,, tho Count claiu,s 51G1o00 from
tho lefc,Jons for obtaining contract from tho
Board OF rublit Works Of tho Distric: OF Cu1um-
bia for paving sttcets in Washington, without
having rendered any other service wllatevcr.
Tue plen III a;ituance IL thiB: That Chttenle1
agreed to pn- certain parties III Washington 50
rcnta per sNaro yard for ob!alulng contract
for 2u0, ,UtU yards; that, nTnong others. lo paiu
NICuARD L. rAHsoss,
Marshal OF the Supreme Court, $4,000 IN cash
fer Lis OWN services, un! to Obtan tho MD mud
ini!uet,co Of Don. Garfield. promising to l'ay
ln,tU additional il tho c0ntract SHOULD ho olI-
taiued; that Parsons and GARFIELD wolff to tue
members OF the l,oard Of Public WORTH, espoci-
ally to Nr. Shepherd, and Induced him to mn!io
all award OF Tho contract fGr bH.pl Yards, to do
mead H,nn securing All A9lfUtrlatinn lrusn Coll
.;1ess that ii, pr,fer 10 inIaco i}a Golyer and
Mcclellan to ply tbs 1coneyto ratboua and Car
tiela
C1IrTES1ES WROTE LETTER
from Washington which contains tho following:
Tho iu.ue;.@,; f titp. Narfri has bcea secured by
Jestetday'1. ins: t.gtt atl :o-'ays abors Hc cut.
ii, .t: n,rE.. tilt Uiited Htnes-ths Chairman Of
the can;.';:' Arnrorr1a.ions and III tho s.rons-
CT 's2; Is F'p:",si4, auI Will nllT frtrnds. NY d.
1naua ry at lesS tl,an Sln1U iors-F200, ,ta in
a. lyr:. sNs |: in the lies. elnFc; tue cnncctionu
cunn.., lav1 cFfry rr.sun to believe, aatl4-
fm't,,tr 1:lo M0,cl IN til Gen. Garnell's
hu,.,a sent there latt night. Sae. in1i Will be ready
tn ra1c sn tirtt teia Wi.u tt'seraHs1es to. can
hardly Scnii:c thu. hayl ueu Garfield with us. 1t
1. rare ard very grafsug. All tbs appropriations Of
tic District cpiilo from him.
At tho. time such services wefo rendered by
Gen. Garlel1, it waH well knuWn tu larsons,
Garfield, Shepherd, tho plaintiff mud Do tio,yer
and a1ctlelIul that Garfield than and there, and
tEsscmftnr, in his ulicial cl,nr1.ctcr IN member
OF thn l[nutn Of Representatives, AtMl as CHAIR
1na.l vi the Committee n1l Appropriations, "1ia,
cuuIi, au. .,oulu exert aud eAerche
4 rDIE EAT lIFLUHIiE
in and t,ron said Committee, ul,i upon tia said
II,m-e of IIerroDehtatiy in reporting to and
pacing through tall lIo,1ro bills to appru-
1tiAn rsu'lcys to bu expended III ths District
OF Columbia, Nl,un tho pavement, awntdel bv
HEc, cor,tlact ty tho Donrt. Of Public Works."
Afterwards. Oil the oll, at january, 1S7J a bill
wss passed 10 appropriate ll,v2U.32, ont OF
which Hlliu tho l;uart1 waN authorized To iny the
mercy umlsr tho contract ul'd, by reason oS
tile*o facts tho cnEti;t:t t,:.~ea Do Co!ynr ana
NsEtc;ia., aus. Ch.tcllien, AMI tho contrar!
ENl1t;cl h7 tho HJ-r.. of tullic Works, NAL llc.
gal arid void TIL agan.t public pulley.
T.iE MAIN lCEHE1uS
to be decided II, TIC controversy IN whether q
lnenl'er u Contr:hs eau appear as counsel ho-
fore the 1;oarL ur ln,c WGr!sH. OF department
or thu tioTr.hthrnt, to OntGn CONTRACT for tho
fuilllMcn2 OF x.icA it l-ccmcA NECESSARY for
Congress 20 EaEa appropriations Of 1uoney.