The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-08
From New York

NEw YORK, May z.
The Germsu-American independent oiti-
zens' association Friday night passed
resolution denouncing the action of the
centennial commissioners, In closing the
exhibition buildings on Sunday, as contrary
to the spirit of the declaration OF indepen.
dence and the liberal spirit Of the age.
oLAprs CASE.
A Washington dispatch to the World
Gays that Chairman Vance Of the committee
on printing, will report on the government
printer, Clapp, next week, before he goes
south on the Louisiana investigation COM
mittee. Mr.. Vance will recommend that
Clapp's case be cent to the grand jury for
indictment on the charge Of embezzlement.
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
The same dispatch says that the SUBJ
judiciary committee to investigate the
Union Pacific company under the Tarbox
resolution, has discovered in the testimony
Of Benz +. Hall, an officer of the COM
pany, that there Is on the books OF the
company shortage OF $247, 900 of first
mortgage bonds and $4,000 of govern
ment or second mortgage bonds. That is,
there is this amount of bonds outstanding,
and on which interest is being paid, for
which no equivalent has ever been paid to
the company. The charge of shortage is
what has all along stood behind the susp-
cion of the misuse of bonds for illegal pur-
soses. The committee will begin an inves-
tgation of Blaine's connection with the
road a week from Monday, at which time
the various officers of the road have been
summoned to appear.
DIVORCE LAWYERS REBUKkD.
In the supreme court neial term yes
terday, in sustaining the order setting aside
the divorce obtained by Alonzo Megarge
against Mary A. Megarge, Judge Daniels
delivered scathing rebuke to professional
divorce lawyers, who manufacture evidence
to support their case. In the present case
the wife testified that the evidence ON
which the divorce was granted was furnish
ed by lawyer named William ii. Gale,
whom she had consulted in regard to an
amcsble separation, and who was also at
torney for her husband. Gale took her to
hotel on the pretense OF consultation,
registered himself and her under fictitious
names as husband and wife, aud forced his
presence upon her all night. Judge Dan
iels in commenting on Gales conduct, said
a more ilagrant case of professional mis-
conduct, duplicity and crime combined hes
never been exhibited in any case of this
description. Reasons have existed for sus-
pecting professions on the part of some
practitioners in this class of cases but it
never was supposed to have been extended
to that extreme degree of criminality
shown in this case. Unmtigated depravity
aud ingenuity together could barely add to
its criminal bsseness. Its existence in this
case must necessarily so far confirm the
suspicious of the court as to lead them to
closely watch and criticise every proceed
ing taken in an action for divorce. Moth
ing less than that will prevent such actions
from proving the instrumental of chicanery,
fraud and crime. Judgment in the plain
tiff's favor is deprived Of all possible sup
port by the wife's story. Judge Daniels
says: mo court having any regard for
truth aud recltude could allow such q
judgment to pollute its records. 1t was
the defendant placed at liberty to under
standingly meet the charge made against
her in the complaint. The order vacating
the decree of divorce and granting alimony
to the wife is affirmed"
cuAs. FRANCIS ADAMS ON THE PIEsIDKNoY.
Charles Francis Adams has been inter-
viewed on the presidency question. He
says have no itching in that direction.
II is thankless Office at best, and whoever
is president now must expect deuce OF a
time, with vast amount of care and
trouble" He regards his nomination to
the ce-presidency by the labor convention
as rather amusing, and says: "As for the
presidency, 1t is something for which / can
have no desire; nor can l see that either
party, as such, would he likely to come to
me, for l am not in sympathy with politici-
ans, and have never acted as party man.
NAVY DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE.
| Mr.. Beebe, chairman OF the committee
on expenditures in the navy department,
received yesterday statement Of the costs
of the navy department at London, ct the
fiscal agents .ilice of the department fol
each year from 1868 to the present time,
The documents are very voluminous.
JUDGE billions DECISION.
1t was the Union Mutual life Insurance,
and not any company in lhe state of New
York, which was involved in the decision
OF Judge Dillon in the U. 8. circuit court
at Omaha, Nebraska, TO the effect thai
certain loans were usurious.
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