Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-28
The Olmstead Nomination

NOTHING DONE BY THE SENATE DISTRICT CoMMITTEE
To-DAY-IT WILL PROBABLY LIE OVER UNTIL NEXT
THURSDAY-CITIZENS OPPOSING THE CoNFIRMA-
TIoN-sENAToR GoRMAN DENIES THAT HE PRE-.
DICTED THE CONFIRMATION OF OLMsTEAD.
Only three members OF the Senate District COM
mittee (Messrs Rollins, German and vance) were
present at the meeting today. Nothing was
done. or attempted to be done, with the Olmstead
nomination. In fact the subcommittee to whom
1t referred have not held yet any formal meet
ing upon the matter Communications and docu-
ments opposing the confirmation OF Mr.. Ohm
stead continue to be received, and 1t can be
taken upon the nomination until fun committee
shall be present To-day committee OF citizens
fFom East Ana South Washington headed by Col
Merchant and Villain H. Barton appeared ed
and asked hearing. They opposed Mr.. Ohm
mlttee to hear them. The nomination OF Mr. Ohm
stead will not be acted upon by the District COM
mittee before next Thursday. Senator German
dicted the confirmation OF Mr.. Olmstead is mis-
take. He has not expressed.any opinion upon the
matter one way or another.
While The subcommittee have not vet taken any
action the indications are that, unless Mr. Ohm
stead can make showing for himself that Nil.
overcome the effect OF the case presented against
this morning OF the members of the Senate
District committee In che city, all the papers in
the Reading transaction with the rirm Of Kilbourn
nails and copies of abstracts from the records of
deeds, etc., and 1t was admitted that 1t was a
damaging showing.
Mr. Olmstead was at the Capitol to-day. It was
said that both Messrs Rollins and German, who
compose the subcommittee, have become con-
The democrats claim that when the present form
OF District government was adopted It was under
stood that !he party In opposition to the appoint
In addition to the Reading ease the papers In an
other charging OlmsIead with duplicity and dlou-
Die dealing, were presented to the committee and
These papers charge that Thornton Smith was
defrauded by Olmstead. and set forth that Smith,
davit to the truth OF his statement. The case as
presented is, In substance that in 1869 he bought
through Olmstead or his lrm, three lots IN sher-
paid $496 in cash, gave 81 900 in stock of the M.
{. association and gave notes for the balance OF
trust s deed to the ef Sf
the deeds with olmstead to be recorded.
s s1ssa fens ior the amcans ssSspt sSm he om Sad
paid. Some time afterwards VIE lie discovered co red
that neither the deed in fee nor the trust deed had
put The case % in the % hanas q % Weo
made peremptory demand upon Olmstead for
OF the notes Smith had given for the balance of
his letter. as Wen as the bin head On the paper
hssa snoef Asaands ae IN n behalf Of s@sn
offered to pay the notes in ten days or Immediate
" il Olmstead Tor Kflbouin & Latta) would de-
liver the deed In fee to Smith put It on record
This was refused and In order to cloud the title
the property and take advantage OF the only pro-
lection he had Smith put on record
the receipt Olmstead had given him for the 1896
the money to take proceedings In chancery, SO he
went to Mr.. Sherman and asked for the deed, or
else that the money he had paid be refunded. Mr..
Sherman expressed surprise ana declared he had
never received dollar Of that tmgney.