Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-18
WASHINGTON.

w ASiil>3l0.>3 .Ist'llt 'iN SN W
ate commI,lee on psirtl. tl..s,ses-,,ld- x -..ls.e-
stipns to-day began The investigation
of charges brought against senator
Spencer, of Ala, that he secured his
election by corrupt means, Spencer
was prescnl-wl,h counsel, Hon. Maui
Carpenter, assisted by Cha'lcs T..
Mayer chairman Of one ol the two re
puplican State committeeso of Alahama.
He denied the printed testimony to
the effect that he asked S.,encer for
ten thousand dollars. H.. had asked
for a loan OF $4,000 aud Spencer. gave
him $3.50, which was all he could
spare and which the witness subsc--
.qucntly returned.
WASHINGTON, March IL Cen j .hn G.
Morgan appeared in hchnl of The ncnnr
alis,s it' Tue Alamm, legislature aud oh
taincd John Moulton, postmaster ut Mobile
at the lmsni Spcncer's election. and now
deputy COLLECTOR at internal revenue at that
pnlnt. Ii was claimed tina, Moul,on stated
,r!t Ia tbnr,rn-ivy yrnr
that money WAS USED To secure Spencer's
eltcllon. Gen. Morgan read from the trsti
swers rs printed were correct. Moulinn, in.
every instance where .pr,Elel ansM.;rs CON,
tanned M inliInlion nt his knowledge Of
corrrplion, ,Tnphatlcllly denied having Civ
en- such teslimtny.
THE TOMBSTONE CONTRACT.
Maurice j. Walsh, of New York,
appeared before the committee on
military affairs to-day in reierence=ru
|the soldiers tombstone cemfacls. He
claims that although his bid for first.
class Carrura marble WIS only some
100000, out Of which 100000 was
10 come back to-,he government in
the shape Of duty on the imported
!s,rlicle.-lle e-colllIacl given 10 a
Nr. Bridges, Of keokuk, Iowa, for
100000 Tor American maIbleui very
,ntcror quality and without amy such
advantages 10 tie 6, Tnncni he
charges also that BrsN ses t,a-waS
put III after the hour fixed for opening
the bids, aud after Two of hls own and
Walsh's had bec,lopcned. He assets
that Bridges was also favored To the
CAiClll vi ,NNV III SllhllSC Ol IL
tquiIctncnts II, the specifications after
lne bids were in.
BRIBERY OF roST OFFICE oFlslCI>ls.
The house committee on post iii
GERS today examined Wn. y. Du :
forth OF Chicago. He ,c,,,nrd ,lral
Sandersoll ui tie firm ol Barlow sal.-
drrson aud Co, i'niu,mrd hun ,hn,
they paid large sums Of money 10 oI
fcers vi the post office Department ull
der Pos, Master General Cre,well's
Administrations, to secure valuable
! western mail contracts by means of
straw bidding. devices. >andersol
roomed with Witness III Kansas city
and they we're intimate friends. San
derson told hun the 6rn was blec
heavily by post officials, and that they
|pa,d 10 Que Of them no, less than IS,
UO0 per quarter, another they pa d 10y
giving carriage and a team OF horses
aud smother u diamond pm wor,h.Sl, {,
600. No names were gwen by hiu
in making the assertion.
| Witness had sccna book Of the firm
which showed thar they set aside /;
considerable proportion Of their re.
ce,pts from mail contractsto Jevot.
TO such payments. Barlow lived cas-
and attended to paying out the mo
ney. The witness said that subs.
Il quently, Sanderson Informed him ,ha
they had burned their, books aud sug
|gesled tina, he had better not reme,n
bcr what had been told him on ,hi
. subject. The committee will next cxa
mine the bookeeper Il Barloy
/ Sanders and Co.
!, THE SAFE BURGLARY Conspiracy.
;, A letter has been received in in
5 city from person prominently conne'
! with the previous investigation All
:. trial OF. Harrington in the safe burgl,
! conspiracy, stating that the so callt,
confession Of Netlleship Cunz All
:, y Harrington were but another chapt,
6 in this conspiracy. The confessic
! implicated no one Of any particul;
y y prominence. The letter also state
n J. = = 2.
), ! that the only man who could al,
: would tell the whole story is e,
8 Whitley, ex-chief Of the treasury S,
: cret service, who has been run out
I, the country by the district ring 4,
!, is now engaged in sheep aud cat,
: l. raising 10 Mexico. Several other ],
Al ar tiers OF similar Importance have be
10 received.
40 40 1HE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS ExcEr.
re Atan adjourned meeting Of ,
ny caucus ofIrepublican senators tq-;l,
y. sf,er long discussion, it was una
ms ,m mously agreed that necessary off
Of cheney Of the civil service would
seriously impaired if !. sweeping