, 1875-02-06
Another Charge OF Bribery in The Min
nes0ta Contest
The Integrity Of Davis Friends In
pugned,
Tho Michigan Legislature on n
JunlSeting Expedition.
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

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;onors .,1 a~ernn;tor,,orr rorr.,;s s;nnars
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sonS REEDS s7A7ENeSr'
Et-Comn1ssione. Of the Pcnitentlary John
Heed stated that the contract with ltfcbardsou
or,1j,stcd w,,i1A Iva 40. ,ro ~ to f,,,r,,;.s,,,
49,. sr,,s n..,;...'t..s s' t.4' ~, w ~ .. 80
eln' 1ho Ien''sn,'"1. nso snea cus n'ost o' 'Ie
lie done At Tho ratio at which the stato- IlouBo
Commissioners then maid tl1o Ponitentiary. The
stn4o.11,uoo t,or,,,,..;o,ors ,n,o,, ~ th,t ~
A.. m,>.. ~. 's.ts,.. 49, sN w
me llme. 1naS was inc nhdefftanashg "hen
the convict-lahor was let to him. Reed pro-
daced
rur raror-coxrp4cr
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"'t, t.'ena.u'oo, pea'..E aug 4A""' Il Ao'1' al"
s sr,s. th,t y, ,,a Marty =, M
to sitn nd "r"a tho ts1les OF tho Pssy ol s rs.
.o n.w f,ae.Iouss At spruood iii ,b1 stons hit
may bu required by ths Commissioner for tie erection
It said State-Iose IL fully, and TO Ill intens, md
subject 70 ths ccndtios to fhe dnes of the
iye ardse and the tnole for auR tho Price Of aa!d
stsss W. %e dmfhsaea spsa9e ana sFesiad a. ~ the
ss ,ns Hew ssoaeo @ aoi - Ae!'D ~ ''0' AAo""
Ueed fnrther statnfl that TIM navments rre,n tn
be mstlo according to slo estimates Of tho archi-
tecss tnada for the Pcnitcntfary. The Penitetl-
tary had lost money nm tbs wosk. Tho Htate-
lroueo f,omu;aaiousrs h,d thsu NJ, vor, tor ,,,o
pententinry tn fla mt having dnterminad n,, thn
work to b dono and We wauied to sci I'd Of tho
,anoI. Me CONSULTED Gov; Palmer about it, and
pos'r kvow n1cIlAnpsoy.
Q.-The Committee understand tho State
Honao Commissioners have nothing to do With
KichortIson, and do not recurniye lin. A.
Commissioners arc but eo-bctwceu, Tie
work is done by Richardson, and tho Pcniteutiary
Commissioners hayo nothing to do with it, Tho
Etate-IIouee Commissloners advertised accord-
prepared under the law for tie work. We leased
lis labgr 10 Richardson. md thnt was ali Tia
contract ho ever had, and be has worked uudsr
il 10 this tirnc.
WHY DID Ytu1 no no.?
o-Why. after lilo passage Of tim Et.tc-
1fonse act RECURRING the work to la done
for the Etato at tic penitshttary. did voll
lot tho labor7 A.-We1l, the work was
nearly dono aud ws thought We had =
rixbt to let it., The Stato-Uouge Commissioners
hive mn understanding with ia as 10 wbo nas to
get tue labor contract. They never named auy-
body to M after we let tie labor. They seemed
willing l,e should do the work. / know they
sns1 s;s a at 4s nsss ;s as OF H s1s
aui Caarar Iutz. Yho nils were o,,nned in II,
proaepou Of tlo bidders, l,icha,dson wsa the
highest,
THAT INTERPRETATION.
o.-When wna this intarlinsasion In Ricb,ra-
son'a lid msda Ishowiuu to witne,a Rici,-
a,i.nn'a lid fnr jaber, in whieh
lie words u7G cents ner DIV y
are ctosBeI out, and eightY-ouc and Third cants
nar dav t,er mat, H aro wr1ttan nynr13 ~ tlnnt
knaw' # m,,st hayo henn mn,ie Nv 1t;c1ar r,snn
hccanao ~ The rrea. numher ~ ht5Isrs 1shn
oitarnt;on val mt rn1da aftar IN. hja Ins
onsna,i "s
rnNWhv f1oes mt t,,o controct conrorrn NTH
h,s Iii Thai ~aa r.. III atnr.1",,ttsru ~
hiacknmitl,s and 75 labornJs. lin hond ~ for r
Ssn ,1',. ~ "I dnu,t n"n,. oho,,t ~ tta n ~
| a., iahar ba MA rnr AA'" 3''"' 'A0'' AA' so'
'+' '1's' 4'' -" aov n.,up,
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% WHY "aa aGsaa.' asasu ano op'a1aeo 1e"'e 70
n'a"o 'lie iuio"las s'a.e"ens;
He no fannG. no wGraea Tor sae s.ate W
~ ,s - h i.,,s 10 =" ~ nad - .ne aw