The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-05

testimony has been quoted and he does not
claim to have any very accurate recollection on
the subject. For example he says:
mat al y9G tan Tm me sr aon, H. Ar you
. wa, any uing aid ct making reports OF what was
g ANYTHING said about making written reports A.
q Was anything said at that time about the method oil
" Nhi,h@rne attack On the Navy Departments A
y WHAT'S your best recollection about it Al have
nd N9q It a,'sd out OF my mind and T. rcgurcs con.
pd vuu inform Major Richards that II was dc sired
nnccicd with The Navy Dcparmcmt' < NO. sir. On
the contrary was IN the sccrclarys office one day ani
know what sort OF man Mr. whuhornc was lie
him "wg' seid I. he ought to Ic shown ur-
We'll said he dc not want it done while am here,
because ucA will snN did IT."
Secretary Robson. having been called ns n
witness. saws that he does not rccolcct such u
conX"rsntion. although Il may have been had.
As Mr.. Murtagh swears that it did take place. II
il TO lc pre- umcd that he testified truly and
tnr secretary appears not To have denounced
the plan or suggcstion hut only to have en-
pressed ananViciy that ii should not I've charged
70 NM. He was anxious, not to prevent this
thing being done. but to AVOID any responsible
this enterprise solely for his own graf incaton,
or WAS influenced by desire or expectation Of
seems Ia have resented Investigations into the
Navy pepartmcnt-it Is certain that, regardless
as well Of the, obligations. of his official
position aud OF his dignity rs man.
he urged upon the men whose positions
he controlled to commit an outrage in at
tempting to influence or control the official con-
duct Of the chairman Of an important commit
toe of this House. II anything had been done
as rcpu 'strd 10y Murtagh. your committee il Of
opinion that 1t would have been gross breach
OF the privilege Of the House. That nothing
was Attempted il due solely to the fact that the
sense OF dcrcncN and prupricty was stronger in
ia" supp rntondcnt and -uhordinatcs than in
! tho lr. ~id'ut of the ard. II the subordinatcs
! had been It's un-crupulous rs the President. any
| member Of Congress could have been disgraced
| and punished without fault. for men who would
| D. used H. Murtagh ATTEMPTED 10 use his subor-
| dinat would not hesitate 10 Manufacture a
! scandal
From tho evidence taken hy your committee
! II appears that the Office of Police Commission
! or H. useless. Mr.. Mur,agh. who has beer
/ President of this Board for many years, saw
| this Police Board selected the officers and con
truod the forHe. yet hr claims that the police J.,
| unreliable. inefficient. aud dishonest. and tina
! his newspaper articles were more efficient ID
| suupr iug crime in the District than his alt'
| shows either that the Office Of Commiss one
was very badly illlcd. or that il is useless per
! hap- both
As. for the reasons stated no crime or hrcacl
| 81 privilege HAS been committed your commit
| e." only recommend the adoption of the follow
ing res Luton, and that the committee bc dis
| charged;
h,o'..' That - the FEDERAL Government is require
- Ih1 ouh-dtftlc portion Of Tie cNlsnse the D,
hte of the District. should only BE- u-,d Tor pu
service. that W Murtagh. late President ct the Boar
o Police an att, PUNK tn u> the police iurce to dis
gree ha~ shown hnnse unworthy Ia hold any office uI
y L. MoySr
I, W MilListS.
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