Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-24
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lin the course of his cross-examana
ton Of the witness Quirk he ccolay
tasks:
i Did i know anything about the Navy
YARD at that time? Do you think Woula
lreuuire you to discharge or employ mall
for a bad motive? Why did you act III
violation of the regulations in employing
an incompetent man? Why did put
grossly incompetent men into the YARD
To all of these questions the wit.
ness answered the Senator as follows
I think you are the best posted man in
the State on Navy Yard matters.
| Yes, do. I think you would do wrong
in that respect. That is, he thought he
would employ or discharge man Tor a
bad motive] I will explain to the Court
You put grossly incompetent men into the
yard Did not you appoint as caulk e a
man who was sluice-maker IN the noun
tains, and who knew no more about caulK-
| ing ship than you do?
Here the Senator fell into a white
heat passion, and turned the subject
upon false insinuatiUn that the wit
ness had taken bride. The object
of all these questions was to make
the jury and Court believe that the
Senator was in no way responsible
for bad appointments nor fer the dis
charge of good men for bad motive,
but that the Master Caulker, the fore
man and others were the GU lty par
ties. Yet it had just been put in evil
dcnce that ON one OCCASION the Sena
tor came to the Master CauIkrr direct
~ after an election, at which the Sen
ator's political friend, John Coghlan
did not get as many votes in the Yard
as the Senator thought he should have
received, and spoke as follows:
Sergeant-Mr. Quirk, how many mer
had you employed at the time of the cleo
ton?
Quirk-About 1876.
Sargent-How many of them voted
against Coghlan?
Quirk-About 40 or so.
Sargent-Discharge the sons Of BIS.
And on the 29th of November, at.
ter the election, he wrote to Quirk:
You may be sure no enemy of Cogh-
Ian will have influence with me if know
it, l think he [Coghlanl was shameful!
used at Vallejo and those who did tho
deed will have no political favors from me.
1t is not as plain as anything Cal
be that he who ordered the "sons Of
BIS" to be discharged for not voting
was "shamefully using Coghlan." and
who declared that they Should have
no political favors" from him, was all
the time using the Navy Yard as
corrupt political machine, and virtual
Iy compelling the Master Caulker and
he foremen to appoint and discharge
men from the very worst of motives?
No honest man can doubt it. He may
not in so many words have directly
ordered this, that and another dis
graceful thing, but those under him
rightly interpreted his general inten-
ton, which was to make use of the
yard and its Offices and laborers and
voters as so much machine politics for
the benefit of himself and his friends,
and that if they refused the dirty work
he would cut off their official heads
This, we say, is made perfectly plain
from the evidence of QuiIk, Pinney
and others who have testified, and will
be strengthened by still others hereaf-
ter before the trial closes. Yet the
Senator has the brazen check to get
up before the Court and jury and pre-
tend that he knew nothing which was
rranspiring in the yard but it was
perfectly square, just and honorable
and that he was III no way RESPONSE
ble for what was done by the tools he
worked WITH :. F. Chronicle.
A DISPATCH dated Washington, Aug.
12th saws. "SarUnant has nrnfarrnd