, 1879-05-09

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sles iIni At las. ,t,int vas reached wcru tic
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mrn wrsc Isrliarve h was ouly to tc rrin.tat.
ID, tesa,'.o i va: y tl's 'Stersst 4 Muslisr
r ,hrn '' f, rs, n sntt!ne tc tnir,i mmi nttt
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sSEt, "a ashcrn"s ti'"v Xii ro,t stt 5ss
ii,., ti,oto ,.",n iwe,i Inn 1,+1e th;,vs tIInt
lm:ci Iiko summer eo,,n,hcs. hnt wrre caIlrd
,r,'s ,ln ost,mate, rn.s n cnttinv tnn~, III
IN. se,R hnt tir~ a"t,lmilv rn,t ~ ;Ri:M RI"
t,,s. Wns @",o atJtnis aI IN. f,,,nr,i III. crnun
~ -" ,',, H liz nst;,nrnt n ttr vrnte Mn.
sioi,ninv - ti,e wnrjl inw tnIs t,yrrnmnut lat
H. Hu,,trIi next erauInea tl,c .awInp ron.
+.ort .,a"nr 10 ~ r1cIc.. -" M, anrior;,,tt
tnn, mi ~ Si2ttkii ,aitI fnr snwint, ~ ino.i
nno' hoif ,raa ,1,nin.. n wnsm.. ,c.n.s,rvt.
show. hc snil. tint ait the tlrte,ldnuts entered
into the conspiracy at the sati'o time. II was
n0 matter when It was formed. tnr
whoever joined after It, WAS formed
becnt,lc a cn.conBpiratnr. The Government
would not be eslcrted 70 chow that tlsso men
went into n rooni and plnttcd together, but the
III, were tEcso faets such tMt il!cte men could
bG Innocent, not only uf knowledge Of wf,at
wns gning oil, but also q tIaillMent part!cfpH.
tim ~ fhe aunI OF Si,oo,M0 lad been ex-
pritcd In contracts, over halI uf which wtnt to
Mne1lur: nnd tlc building, Instead ol hciMg o.,
ornament, was II costly pile Of stonct, dIscol-
ored, statned, pAtcGti, n'l]', 1r9',. basemcnt to
St's @ sntx stnF Fa ,sa egt Il ,i uSse panaSs stSn
traudi WIlatevcr else Mueller omitted 70 DO. he
dhl not atn!t to but Its llnnd i1to Cncte SANS
pockets. lie took all hc couih Clutch lie
others were. ot COURSE. sul,orltnate TO Him III
l!tcs revolving nround tl!s central sun, itcy
derived nli teir warmth Alitl comfort from hm
It was mt necessarily however, u profc tllat any
q them lesldss Miitiler Eot ahE o. tac money;
Mncllct in these fra,,d,,. nl.l l., ngrced With
hin BO to to, they Wcre guilty oi tt.t conspiracy.
1t was enough to find tHt any two we're guilty:
IN cnucausfon, Mr.. Bouttl! sad lie could
verdict thnt aftsr tl's proof s1 o. tlesc s1,or
tlo'la frauus' they shouiti Nilu nopnuY eality;
cry Fry out OUT for shame. '
commenced, by Swing lo thought he Ind heard
,he nercrn,nti Of thn ront!c,l,nu hcforc. in Jhe
rn,,rsc ri his nuoksnorcun readings, liz didn't
wn,,,irr nt thts kiud III MI anncnj. for If ram,
wtrt, ,raa IL" reslt of th,s frnj /, v,,,,jd rons
ss sae "an s,,c i!'u sppcals as a What wers % he
inrts: 1,ntler. far instance, ,fns The enemy Of
thn ;%e'c so,t r,., or Tnntch tn h,tIur nnlIc awn
when tirnnt ordered it to 20 on nnl ho wps t,n.
der Indictment. Tie contracts 1ciarrcd to wero
Mhnn ro,,ns", hni' t,nutres.ary s,rnrrs,t IT,
Ihcra was noIIt5cai mischief behIiil all t6tr,~a
I,tnr within n i,inr.-but thts hw woullnt lm
pcr6,!ttad 10 So Into, Of coilrse. That advcr-
because thc Government ami builders
,na"rsto,d ti,c mnttnr. Hmt this ,yos m, ,hu
piace to 70 hack md argue the legality Of
on,nrrxtsc n t1,rsc contracts anywny. Tia Cav.
| .rn1ns,,t tnnlr n i,onl fnr ,h, nrrforn,nnrn M
M,n,lrsr cnntrnrIs. md hers. ak ar srvr,, ycars
nft"r,Snrt,s thr iinrcrntnrnt ind t,nne noihi,,r
viii tlIn bonI hatlnt stenned In MID scizeIi ,lie
o,,Srrv' int lad Kent right mi wifi, tbu butIl-
j., nud now eloquent orators, editors, u,,l,
nHnrs wcrc vniijnT .strauI i Sirnn1", fno.
thni' oftcr ,bis cnntraci. s.IcfYcdnt Srcreturip,
Of tlI Treasury Improved furtcr cont racts will
i MunIicrI i rTcnt i|eai would In snf,l nlot,, Il;
per cent, hat tllat amounted to nothing. The
arrangement by which tlc contractor was to
| furnish tools, etc., aud rccc1yc d percentage
instcad OF getting Ills pay IN tlu
usual form. rllcn, It, WAS charged that
worx,nc,,, wlIrn ts,s truth was tia. tic Govern
mtnt x,,per}ntuujctl the cutting, trt,c uDyrrll.
nrut timc.kcoIcrs kept account Of their work
md Mueller could gct nothing except through
cut OF sixty workn,cu WHO worc discharged, twt
OF tho number we're t!u,c -keepcrs charged wilt
incillcicacy. But, going back 10 the Ii per cen1
busincss, A!r. 1loYuo rend tho scheme to t!it
Jury, ulrl was prosecuting to reail II puff NJ tllt
system BY one II. F. Frenrl,, Of the Treasury
Department, when Mr. Doutell objected, md
the Court, as briorc when Mr.. McCarg OBJECTED
TO certain reading, directed Mr. Hoynt
to state thu substance Of The mattrr
lie lid 10, clnitnng tt.at 1t wa.
authortty for tic statement that tn,
systcLn wns perfectly fntr one all around, mud
one found to b. most convenient both III publ.
aud private building hut Potter fought Mueller
Tor two years, he went on, uutLt the Attorney
Ocnoral knuckcn potter IN i'll. head, t|gurattvci,
snenkug, md told lIm Mueller was tight as Il
lis co,,structon of tic cortract. III fact, /
tl,rsc men were r,scally consplra,0rs, rs ii,
Goyern1nont would harr it appear, they wero th'
nnrrcsr, most a1nrrclsnnle lot 1t would bu nos
aibic 10 concelye o. Coming back to the suh
irrt of
TIE STONE ITSELF,
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