Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-03-18
WASHINGTON.
Postal Matters.

Washington, March Il. The House committee
| on Post Offices and Post Roads, to-day, examined
VIM. A. Dantorth of Chicago.
lie testified that Mr.. Sandcrson of Barlow, Sam
| dcrson 4 Co., had informed him that they paid
large sums OF money to officials in the post office
! department under Postmaster General Cicswels
administration, to secure valuable western mail
contracts by means OF straw bidding devices.
Sanderson roomed with the witness IN Kansas
| City end they were intimate friends Slnderson
| told him that the finn were bled heavily by the
post office officials and that they paid to one of
| them not less than $4,000 per quarter To anoth-
| er they had given a carriage and pair of horses
and to another a diamond pin worth a thousand
| dollars NO names were given by Sandcrson in
| making the assertion.
Inc witness sad he had sen ono ! the rn =,
| OF the hfm which showed tnat tney st aside Il
| considerable poHlon OF their receipts from the
mai! CONTACTS to be devoted to such payments.
Barlow lived east and attended to paying and
the money. witness said that subsequently San
derson informed MN that ihey had burned their
| books and suggested that he had better not re-
member what had been told HIM on this subject.
The committee VIII next examine the bookkeeper
VI n'i'o"' 0aNaer'on 90
S"ie oi Ca"et>hips.
Washington, March II. In the Bea'daIey
cadetshp case today before the sub committee of
the Judiciary committee young Beardslty himself
was examined. lie testified that on his way TO
Alabama ito make constructive resldcncel he
called atthe house of William Lilly, the Wash
| lnSton broker who obtained the appointment for
MN UecelVing S@ooo therefor and was there IN
| troduced to Mr. Charles Hays, OF Alabama, the
| IIays exnressed the hone that he (I,earlslevj
| would not fail to pass his examination as the two
| boys whom he had previously appointed had
DONE and that no inquiry was made from him by
| Hays as to his age, parenase, education,
de1ce or motive of his going to Alabama The
| original documents in connection with the APP
! polhlmehI were ?n'alne' IRON Inc war cefat'
rescrcn e. 70, ONT was s;pnad h, inu
and his mother bnt both are yerv nost;va 49,
| they had signed if in hl,nk ,The nsner also
contained a fnanuscrin letter from vontg Rear,ls
lev ia The SECRETARY nf Va u,rtten az tLe t;, az
annointment hui tho vnnn,r ,non COW bo cnr;,J
i non, a dra,1,h+ u,,;ttnn for ~, b., ;1 A.
IJavs ha. heon nresant at tho la, ty3 49,,
;nsi;on ht bas not o1tai ,bo ;tnoseas 400.
t;ors II ia unJorstnod thot Ia I'm ,9yoli
statemer hefora ~. ANNIE aI ~ 80 N'"Ao
Dan,ai
Govor,or Co-,,ban 1onios tho s.. f,, d.;
ma,cl, hat he was ;ntercs,od IN 49, +at;o
and saws he shall demand an investigation.
Naval Affairs.
II 10 stated tbat ,be o,,;donoo ,;or hoco.o a.,
poyeI cor,,,i,taa ,-ntorJ,' 49, ~. ve;I t sa
M natent his ioilsr ai,anha,, Gov hiI aa
rernort iJ ~; s,-S ono - ~. VI" ~ t'I'
iact;les and gnns for uh,eb be nIa;n ,ai U
were wortbless and nor ;nrontod hn b;, fN'0A''
Tha arnount na;d far th4,,1 ~, * ,rn.a,,,,.
u,os No, 80 noh hnt XII nno ~ Wv 1t
The tofal ioss 70 Tho ,,1rsrn,,o,. Nv .,o.o o,,,
tracts vas $40 ooo '''-'O ~ 0A 'i'''e @o"'
Coming to Washington.
Attorney General p;ar,nnon+ sovo,o1 d,vs aco
sent a MESSAGE to Canada tn hr;n@ Narsh ~ Vs.
ington. The Attorney General has heard from