Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-23
WASHINGTON.
BL4ISE STILL 1T WORD ON HIS
TWENTY YEARS' RETIEU.
Continuance of the Hill Inquiry-What
VIII be Done With Crooks Indian Pris-
oners:-A Number of Appointments
Gossip from the Departments.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. I

| HAohANuIoN, ouue lz--blalno Is still
here working away at his book of Twenty
Years Experience in Washington. He
rarely appears in the streets but he never
misses the weekly afternoon concerts BY
the Marine band in the grounds in rear of
the presidents, mansion. He was there
the other afternoon with his wife and
grown son mixing Familiarity with the
crowd of 1000 or 5000 male and female
government clerks. Blaine knows that
these people come from all the states and
their influence, though small, ramities
the entire country. As Blaine stood
gazing wistfully at the mansion an
Old Washingtonian said Blaine is looking
at the White house just like Henry Clay
used to look at it, and like Henry Clay he'll
: never get there. No man ever made a.
! dead set to get the presidency and got it..
| By the way, 1 remember the day, twenty
one years ago, Blaine first came to Wash
! ington and went to Pennsylvania avenue
! hotel. He had to ask the Iandlady to
trust him for a weeks board, and now he's
worth $3,OOO,OOO"
! Western Associated Press
WASHINGTON, June 22.-Upon opening
the session of the Hill investigating com
mlttee this morning Thomas read a state
ment from Damon, of the United States
ire proof safe and shutter company. in
which he denies the statement made yester-
day by Taylor, of Manley, Cooper & Co.
Coleman stated that Manley, of the Phila-
delphia company, ard Addison, their
attorney, to whom an offer of bribery was
made, would be in Washington on Monday
to testify TO this charge. Supervising
Architect Hill then took the stand and tes-
titled that the first request for the
| postponement of shutters for the reason
of alleged bribery was made by Repre-
sentative Kelley. He had never inform
ed Manley, Cooper & Co. he had re-
ceived this letter of denial from Damon.
He did not show the letter making the
charge of bribery to the secretary, but
reported the matter verbally Murch
testified further relative to his having
called HIPS attention to the existence of
frauds. Coleman then callel attention
to the terms of contract for the St. Louis
| building, under which he said even more
extravaganza prices were paid contractors
for furnishing rough stone, and asked the
committee to appoint some EXPERT to
assist Steinmetz IN making the necessary
computations to show the committee the
frauds committed in this direction. He
thought If this was done
prosecution would be able at
the next meeting of the committee to fur
| nish the requisite evidence. Thomas,
counsel for Hill, objected % going into in
| vestigation touching a1y other public
building. Coleman was .1rprised at the
determination and the persistent efforts Oh
the part Of Hill and his counsel to keep
from the people Of this country knowledge
of the disposition which had been made of
| the vast sums which they (the people, had
Entrusted him with. 1t was not a question
OF one fraud, but vast system of frauds,
which, if the prosecution were permitted
10 prove, would drive this man (RiII) from
the office which he is unfit to fill
GEN. CROOK TO DO AS HE pLEAsEs.
The following telegram has been re-
ceived at the War Department.:
Preside, via San Francisco, Cal. June
2O.-To Adjutant General, Washington.
The following is received in regard to
General Crook: l recommend for the
present, at least, that the management of
the surrendered Chiricahuas be left en-
ti1ely in the hands of Gen. Crook and that
the War and Interior Departments give
him full authority and means to carry out
this policy. This seems to be the only
possible way to a successful issue. Evi-
IDENTIFY Chiricahuas cannot be treated
arbitrarily as prisoners of war
and Gen. Crook alone has power
to control them. He telegraphs:
| see by the papers that Secretary Teller
declines to receive on the San Carlos re-
servation any Chiricahua Apaches except
women and children. If these Indians are
not fed they must either starve or go back
to the war-path. They are now as thor
oughly subjugated as it is possible for
them to be. BY nature they are so sus-
picious and vigilant that at no time will
they camp in one body, but occupy differ
ent elevated camps, making the surprise
and destruction 81 the entire band impos-
sible. n like manner il surrendering they
would not trust themselves in our hands at
once, but came dropping in from all sides
IN small fragments. They would say we
give ourselves up TO DO with Us as
you please. Had I seized upon
the first who came in, no others would
have followed. Twenty warriors would
have been as bad as the whole number.
Chitto, in his raid through Arizona and
New Mexico had but tWenty-six men. and
Hiranamo in his recent depredations in
Chihuahua had but forty. When the CHR
icahuas reach the reservation they will be
fully as nervous and distrustfuI Anv at
tempt to hold them responsible for their
acts before their surrender will drive them
back to the cliffs and gorges of the noun
tains, and we shall then have to fight them
until the last one dies. In their code all
depredations committed upon ourselves
and Mexicans while at war are
legitimate. While it is repellant to my
feelings to put these red-handed murder
ers on the reservation / reflect that they
are no worse than were the six thousand
Apaches put on the reservation ten years
ago. Then had nothing but soldiers and
scouts who had subjugated them to organ
ize and discipline 5000, but to discipline
and control this handful of Chiricahues I
would have not only soldiers and scouts,
but the valuable assistance of other In
dams who would watch with jealousy the
slightest movement the Chiricahuas might
make. 1 am satisned the Chiricahuas
would not have surrendered to the Mexi-
cans under any circumstances and if 1 am
not now sustained will not surrender to the
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