Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-19

the pt person SON We VEN made % written bid; have
not got it with me.
Mr.. Clough asked if counsel for the warden
and officers of the prison would be allowed to
cross.eXamine witnesses, and argued that the
truth could be better arrived at by such
course.
Mr.. Marsh said: eff man is accused in
the humblest courts of stealing silver dollar
he is entitled to be heard by counsel, and will
you refuse to accord these officers, charged
with grave offense, the same privilege?
The warden and officers were accorded the
privilege of cross-examining witnesses.
CROSS EXAMINED By Mr.. cLoUGH.
The advertisements were published in De-
cember and January; Forepaugh & Tarbox
determined to put in a bid some ii ime before
the contract was to be let had conversation
with Thompson personally; has done business
for us for many years; asked him to
put in bid for u.s. we were OF the opinion
that we ought to have more than one bid, SO
that the State would get more out OF it;
Thompson put in his own bid; I told him to
put in bid of 47Xc, and 9e,0l0; I intended to
but in another bid; did not have Thompson's
bid before us; sent our bid
by messenger to Saltwater;
thompson took his own bid over himself;
wanted the State to get
all they could; can't say
whether we wanted the State to get 47Hc a
day when we offered 42H; we want the
State to get 47K now.
By Mr.. Marsh-Was it not directly under
stood between you and Thompson that he
was not to execute his bid if there was no in.
tervening bid between yours and his!
| A discussion followed as to whether the
question had been answered, and the legisla.
tive committee were satisfied that the 47Hc
bid was not intended to be executed.
Mr.. Tarbox--I was not present when the
bids were opened; had conversation with
Thompson in regard to the IKE bid after the
bids were opened.
Did YOU desire when the bids were opened
that Thompson should complete his contract
at 47Hc?
1 don't remember.
Did you not desire 10 get rid of making the
contract at 47Hc?
don't remember. 1 have lived here four
teen years; decline to answer anything with
reference to the person who offered the $10,.
600; he told me be relied upon Seymour, Sabin
& Co. to ratify the offer; he is business man
on Third street; the clerks in my store were
not authorized to say was out of town to be
gone week.
CD THOMPSON SWORN.
Resides in st. Paul and Is a lawyer; am not In
manufacturing business; offered bid-47hc for
labor and 5000 for machinery; it was for manufac
turing boots and Shoes intended to assign the con-
tract to Fo-epaugh & Tarbox; had talk with them
about 1t; don't think they suggested the figures;
knew what Forepaugh & Tarbox paid for labor; got
the Information from them for the purpose OF bid
ding; did not iutend to manufacture; the
money deposited was Forepaugh & Tarbox' money;
received notice that my bid was accepted; l wrote
to the inspectors with references to the heavy ma
chinery; don't think I talked with Forepaugh &
Tarbox before wrote the letter; expected to have
the use of the machinery, but not in making boots
and shoes; declined to sign the contract submitted
by the attorney general; objected to the clause
forbidding the removal of the machinery from the
shops; doubted whether the inspectors conceded
anything in the contract yielded the point OF SUBJ
and thought ought not to pay till the end Of the
year; 1 offered TO sign a contract at the
next meeting; wanted fire clause
inserted in the contrast; understood that they &C
quiesced in my terms; the next time rendered
them contract; it was at the time the legislative
committee went over; rendered Mr.. Butts con-
tract and bond; told Inspector Reed what had
done also told Inspector DeLaittre what had done;
told Warden Reed about the contract given to In
spector Butts; was present when bids were opened;
don't think knew what Forepaugh Tarbox's bid
was knew it was lower than mine; don't know any
thing about the offer of $40, 900 Of my own knowl-
edge; never knew who made the offer
MIR. McCracken-It was my intention to carry out
the contract, and to make something out of some
one else; copy Of the contract is nled with the
clerk of the supreme court; much of 1t Is in blank
To Mr. Marsh.--Bids were opsned % the 18th OF
obituary. WoHt " iieet euo Sno CaJ eo
required me to be there met the ocefs on the 26h;
did not tell the attorney general had no interest
In the bid did not tell the nspe tors and wardens
had no in crest in the bid.
Why did you go to Forepaugh b Tarbox for $4,000
If this bid was not for them and in their interest?
Iexpected to assign to Forepaugh Tarbox, but
no bargain was made very little was said; don't
mean to say that Was to come into honest compe-
tition With them don't think told them what the
bids were after the bids were opened
Did you not tell them that there were no bids be.
tween the two and that they could get the contract
at 42Xc?
Mr.. Marsh-Did you not mako eight specific
objections to the contract which the attorney general
took down in writing? do not know. Did he not
change the contract as to obviate five OF them?
don't think he did, but Mr.. Ds Laittre said might
store the tools the inspectors and wardens insisted
tract as was did not tell the inspectors that that
was Forepsugh & Tarbox's bid and wanted the con-
tract made in their name no question was asked me
about anybody's interest, but my own; afterward
did tell them that would take the contract in Fore
paugh & Tarbox's name or my own; did not IN
tend to put in bid of AK C unless there were
number of bids; was willing Forepaugh Tarbox
the contract should have been paid for 1t; knew
that they could not get the bid at 42kc; II had
known for certain that other bid would be put In,
should not have put mine in they knew that my
bid was higher than theirs.
Mr.. Mar h-Was it not plain agreement between
you and Forepaugh l. Tarbox that if their bid was
the lowest and there was no intervening bid. that
you to hunt up excuse for not signing the
contract7 No, cir.
Board of Public Works.