National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-11
BooNE,S BONDS.
The Stnr.RoUte Contractor and the Late
ALLEGED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

INC NNNf-houte contractor uhN Nnt hthht
Alleged POstmasicr-GcncrnI.
The much alked.o of Albert Edward Boone, Of
Washington was caught on the wing yesterday
afternoon IN the crowded rotunda of the Astor
House, New York, by u representative OF the New
York Herdid Colonel Boone is a happy duplicate
of senator LogUn--lall, dark, long. haired, and
miisaChcd. His arrest in Washington on Sntur-
day last was supposed to be very long feather in
the waving tail OF the ex-Pustmasler. General,
and in reference TO that and kindred matters he
was cnuricously approached. III reply to ques-
ton c lionel Boone said: 81 am native of Ohio,
but hail from Tennessee, whore was twice on the
Contractor VERY much So" Where p IAN
over the United states" "How many contracts
have youg, About live hundred" Amy OF re.
1881" "what! in the time of Mr.. Jamcsg
WSS4sS n 'hf iai nq 9t M JG%Ss aSei.
tainiy, and in due form by the proper Official"
ANY Others since Mr. James went inT ".Yos;
about one hundred aud hny In all Any large
Arlz. for SSVSU, and one on the St Of December
| for sS77i." Do you know Mr.. James personality
"Oh, yes; knew him five ycurs ago officially and
| with him Wus in II contested case over tho New
| York city mail Scrvicc-a little matter OF 100000.
until the matter was passed IN Washington, the
| decision being that the Department was bound,
| he didn't sleep, he said because pending the de.
cision he was held responsible, The same bond
! was not accepted n second time" did you ever
have any trouble as to bonds or service until James
| wcntiny' Never"
SOME SUGGESTIONS.
| why wcrcyou arrestcdY "On account of the
so. called straw bonds" "Are they solid orgood9
| ITO the best of my knowledge and belief theroare
none better" "And IL notg james should have
| demanded new ones" Did he ever do so?'
either" "Werc any of your bondsmen accepted
under the administration Of Mr. JnmcS?' "At
least onc.hnlL" Were any accepted since these
the contracts now In existcneeg'' Every one Of
hSm Al Of then reported ,NCr in default
a. 4 q B
settled in accordance with the law" DO you ex-
pGeiI more contrGis% " do to very , l@Ige ,ni GT
ASSAULT "To the bitter end Inch by inch"
"When Is the next lelting?" Very soon. one
quareror the entire United States IS let out once n
year, and every day some are nut oil the bulletin
board. ! get contracts daily"
TWO THOUSAND MORE
Have you put in new bdS?" 81 have. and I
got them in, loo-some two thousand of them"
"Do you expect to get themY 81 am the lowest
legal bidder on at least one. half Of them" How
many men are in your cmplOyg about one
thousand all told, and pay them once month. ,
Are you interested with senator nurscyY am
not" Has he any COntracsT' None that /
know Of" Isn't he a silent partner with your
" In no shape or form" The warrant for your
arrest was out on Friday, Why did YOU delay un.
I'll Saturday afternoon before giving bailY, Be-
cause the james plot was To arrest me Friday, so
as to prevent my bids from going in.
taking care of the boone bids l barri.
Cadcd my door and saw no one, but my bids
went in and will have TO be considered After
Their game was blocked and made mine. It's II
queer world, isn't itT "What do you mean p
purposes only--llfst TO shut out my bids and sec
Ond, to help the other bidders, who friends Of
Tom James But you got yours in?' But !
routes?' mot one" "Why, then, make you the
targctT "Jumes was against my bids and he is
also down on Dorsey, against whom he would like
can james prevent YOU from getting contracts?' p
Not this afternoon. The law determines these
little Matters fortunately, and even Mr. James IS
amcnable to law"
"Of course you notice that the Postal Depart.
ment wns seli.sustaining under Mr.. James p
self llddlesticksl Anybody can do that by cut.
ting of the non paying routes james cut them
no way The Goycrnment can be protected against
bogus sureies?n Certainly. There should be II
lien against the real estate during the term of the
have no effect" "Can the Government make
anything out of these civil suits?' 81 should say
not. You see the contracts are all given out to
subcontractors, who can't be touched. A great
majority of the contractors are stage drivers not
worth a cent, and they transfer their contracts
Have you any contracts with your Yes here
is one" Colonel Boone showed contract No
., 22g, from Kuhn's Crossing, Colorado, to Deer
m wrS 10 @ T of Nj r io
" Have you any others like it?' "Yes here, more
than hundred, with the same bOHdSmen James
now pursuGs, accepted and approved by him.
" How then, do you account for his actiOnY It's
like his entire carcer-Claptrap, buncombe, poiti.
very little honest result fThen you don't cry
peccaviT Not much. He's woke mp the wrong
customer. III tight to the end. James did more
illegal things in his brief tenure than any or all Of
his predecessors. lie allowed Woodward s. n day
travelling expenses all the time he was in WASH
, ington, and when these very men he seeks TO dc
stroy demand their right the contracts they hNt
bid for he discontinued the service rather than le
them have them Thercll be plenty of interest
ing reading when the facts come out, and Mr.
; james aud his sclf-sustaining administration,
, with addenda, will not be the least amusing"