National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-04
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| the personal habits of Mr.. Thompson.


| Trustee Hovey said that he might have drank
| at Heimus' restaurant.
Trustee Hoyey explained to Trustee Lloyd
that he intended to show that Mr.. T. was in
the habit of drinking at various restaurants
| in the city.
Trustee Lloyd said that Mr.. Thompson
would be willing to admit that during his
long life in this city he had been in yarloIs
| restaurants.
| MIR. Thompson would not specify all the
| restaurants he had entered; he thought that
| an admittance in general terms was sufficient
he admitted having gone into restaurants
sometimes after lunch, and sometimes to take
glass of beer; he was not in the habit of 60
| ing into restaurants; he was not drinker IN
any sense ofthe word.
Trustee Hovey handed Mr.. Thompson
LIST OF RESTAURANTS,
| and asked if he had been in them.
Trustee Lloyd said that there were many
restaurants in this city, and Mr.. I. had lived
Mr.. T. returned the list, and said that he
| could not specify.
Trustee Lloyd said that it was immaterial..as
to the restaurants MIR. T. had visited.
| Trustee Hovey claimed that it was material.
| Trustee Randolph said that Mr.. Thompson
was at liberty to decline to make further state
| ment.
After some discussion Mr.. Thompson said
that the restaurants on the list were the most
| prominent ones in the city, and it was probable
| that he had visited them all within the past
| year; he denied that it was with the purpose
| OF drinking. Sometimes he had drank, but he
could not specify when and where. He denied
that he was a frequenter of these places for the
purpose of drinking. He sometimes visited
\ the places to get lunch, and sometimes took q
| drink. The places on the list all had drinking
bars; most of them were eating houses.
| TRUSTEE LLOYD REFUSES.
Trustee Hoyey called Trustee Lloyd as
witness.
Trustee Hoyey asked (Mr. L. how many
| times he had visited drinking saloons with Mr..
| Thompson during the past month for the pur-
pose of drinking.
Trustee Lloyd refused to answer: he was not
a subject of inquiry.
Trustee DYER asked how often during the
last month he had seen Mr.. T. drink.
Trustee Lloyd said that any answer would
criminate himself, and refused to answer.
Mr.. Thompson said that he had sometimes
taken drink with his namesake Is. J. Thorn
SOM together with Mr.. Champlin.
Trustee Hovey said that no other candidate
was under examination at the present time.
EX-Trustee McCielland was again recalled:
Had during the past year seen Mr.. Thompson
drinking at public house; he did not think
that he could say how many times he had seen
him; it was not very frequently; perhaps 1t was
at two or three different places; never saw Mr..
rally took glass of beer.
Mr.. T. asked if there was any regulation of
the board on this subject. He was not aware
that he had violated any of the rules.
REFLECTION.
Trustee Lloyd said that if the committee
should ask him what Mr.. TBS personal habits
were he would say they were good, perhaps
better than those of some of the members of
the committee.
Ex-Trustce McClelland resumed his state
ment. His knowledge of Mr.. IT'S drinking
extended back about three years. He could
not remember having seen Mr.. T. drinking in
the day time or during school hours, or where
any of his pupils could see him.
Ex-Trustee G. York Alice and Charles
Parker Ganitor) testified that they had
knowledge of Mr.. It's drinking three or four
times during the last year, but not in school
hours. The later testified that he had never
seen Mr.. T. affected by liquor.
Mr.. Geo. Cowie also testified to similar
knowledge.
Mr.. VIM. Ballantyne testified that during |
the past two years he had seen Mr.. T. out of |
his district during school hours, and had seen |
him at such times going in and coming out of |
drinking saloons, but did not know for what !
purpose he went into them.
Mr. A. ii. Stevenson was called, but refused |
to answer in reference to the subject of drink |
ing.
MANNER TO PUPILS.
E. D. Wright, of the Jefferson Debating So |
ciety, did not remember having seen Mr.. T. |
go into liquor saloon. He could speak only |
of Mr.. T. during school hours. Mr.. TBS man |
nef of address to his pupils was very varied, |
and accorded with the pupils standing in |
school; had heard him use language which he
thought he should not use in school; had heard
him call boys liars: had q very passionate tenn
per; had called witness liar at one time; 1t !
was cant word with him (Mr. To- to call
pupils liars.
Samuel Wood, formerly q pupil of Mr..
Ihompson's school, had no knowledge of Mr..
rs drinking; had on several occasions heard |
Mr.. I. call pupils liars and address them in
language which he considered not proper for
teacher to use; tobacco chewing was forbid
den in the school, but it was sometimes in
dulged; had on one occasion, in the old build
ing, seen Mr.. T. surreptitiously remove quid
Of tobacco from his mouth, but not in his |
recollection in the new building.
Thomas J. Cowic, formerly pupil of Mr..
Thompson, testified to having seen Mr..
Thompson enter drinking saloons; had seen
him, among other places, drinking at the cor
ner of Maryland avenue and Sixth street;
was at that time a pupil; had seen Mr..
Thompson drinking twice while a pupil be-
tween the hours of II and l o'clock He
stated also that Mr.. Thompson had called
him a liar on one occasion.
Douglas G. Miller, member of the de-
batting society, testified that the tobacco spit
on the floor DUNG the past year was not
chsrgeable to the society.
Mr.. Wright, OF the debating society, pro-
duced letter from Mr.. Thompson, dated
July @ii, with the explanation that Mr.. Thomp- |
son had since tried to have the society re- |
moved, by charging them with splitting to-
bacco juice upon the floor, aud he wished to
file the letter with the committee.
Mr. Wright approached the table to file the
letter, and Mr., Lloyd asked him to give it to
him, (Mr. L. Mr. Wright refused, and Mr..
Lloyd took hold of the letter, and for second !
there was q struggle for its possession, when
the chairman interfered and took the letter,
Immediately handing it to Mr.. Lloyd for his
inspection. Mr.. Lloyd read the letter aloud.
The letter simply stated that the writer took
an interest in the society, but was constantly
antagonized by Mr.. Champlin.
TRUSTEE HovEY DOES NOT REFUSE.
Trustee Lloyd called Trustee Hoyey, who
was sworn.
Trustee Lloyd asked Mr.. Hovey if ever
during the last two years he invited Mr.. T. to
drink with him.
Trustee Hovey answered that he had drank
with Mr.. T., but could not remember at whose
invitation it was. He had drank with Mr.. T.,
but more frequently with Mr.. Lloyd. He was
not candidate for leadership, and did not
set himself up as model.
Trustee Lloyd read an affidavit from ex-
Trustee W. J. Stevenson, of the Fourth dis
trict, to the effect that member of the de-
batting society had stated that the members
were in the habit Of splitting tobacco on the
floor.
Two of the members of the society present
Immediately arose to defend the honor of that
organization.
Ex-Trustee At Lee was recalled by Trustee
Hovey: Was to some extent familiar with the |
public sentiment in South Washington, and
should judge that from twenty-five to fifty per |
cent. of those particularly interested did not |
desire Mr.. T.'s reelection. Several gentlemen |
had told witness that they had withdrawn
their children from Mr.. T.'s school, because it
was impossible to have them get along there;
had circulated petition to have Mr.. T. re-
moved; had obtained nineteen signatures, in
GLIDING himself, to the petition.
Trustee Lloyd stated that he would show
by letters from several signers that he OBJ
tanned signatures to the petition on representa-
tions that were not true.
Trustee Hovey suggested that the documen-