The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-06-28
FROM WASHINGTON,
THE lNTERMlNABLE HILL IN
VESTlGATl0N,
Correspondence Regarding the DIS
position to be Made of
Pauper Immigrants.
GROOM ANo rur CAPTIVE INDIANS.

GROOM NNn THE CAPTIVE INDIANS. .
WAsmSGruN. June ID Nj Wilbur
testified before ,hc Hill committee tu.
dRy tlHt he had nu account against the
government tor work done ON the New
York pustOtlirc lie presented the
account to Hin, who said all right, hut
that he tlIlN ought tu have sonnet I'D. 2
for settling such an old cMm lie rr-
fcrr 1t witness tu Cannon, Am umplu,r IN
ms office, who took mm uAldu and told
Inn they ought ~ have 10 per cent tor
settling hchll Witness ild not assent
and subsequently the cmm was duul.
lowed The matter wns considered hy
congrcse and tho committr. uu claims
made a fnyotnhlc report. At tho huur
ing before the senate committee uW up-
pcHrcd aud opposed the CLAIM.
Upon cross examination the Witness
sud the roHsuu ho did not make ~ record
IT the conversation IN which llll asked
for compensation for set ling bus clam
wus hcchuse he Thought u mthe
strange proceeding ON thopart or % gov
G,irnmrn' "l'lrini hui was stranger m
washington men ana did uoi KNOW hui
SuGh W17 me ,stom win olllrl'lH nero;
iil'l hn ,'"' ASK '"' yen p'r G'u' n", N'lt
ne h"S' nave something AN m,r"dur'u
Witness - Cannon, who Indicated that
10 per cent wRs the correct figure. Wi
uoss e uslicrcd lin aud GAnuuu one
n"' '''' '"u'' "N '"i avs '"' W"i'"HHl"h
"Hr '"uc'' 1'u'
The articles OF copuriurr'lip b tween
Cannon, Simmons and johnson were
'i'h "' III t'luenv' ny INC pi'Hr'u' ON
they bore the date 1t lS1i aud one of
the stipulatlons wne To the effect thut IN
all coutrncta which might lee obtained
from Il y Il the department, Cannon
should receive ten cents tor every ton of
stone or material handled 10y suld firm.
which wue dissolved before lin became
] supervising alcIutccL
! lll then took tue st1ud aud suid "a
| ortiou OF the testimony Of Wilbur wus
| true aud part false. lite never had amy
/ conversation with WiIhW h which It
| was smd ar Unlimited lac would iocolNr
/ or pc mi any compensation to be pMd
/ Tor Il H'ttlolurut OF tine rluim. rue
! clWg" "t Nilpul vas absolutely ial7'.
Adjourned,
rArrEH iMNl"tNNlH.
| WAsuI>GruN, June a. The following
/ ia the copy Of u currrspondr. Gee conduct
ed 10y tel graph between the secretary
/ uf the Treasury and the col cctur NJ cus
toms at New York IN regard to pnupcr
immigration:
r., H.. r,, ~" "'S, " a, -y'
the Treasury.
The commissioners Of Immigration
motif, me of the arrival per steamer Fur
ucs4ln after they nro landed, Of riNty-riN
families from Ireland. The commission
rs do not certify III tue language Of Tia,
law, TINT the immigrants are uuuhlc to
I Ike care NJ thcmsclv shut they ARE from
poor houses, their passage is pad by Tia,
British government, and nnrly al tn
heads OF families are furnished with drlt
for mall nnuhnt-. Ihc persons hANlii
been landed, please instruct me "hni nc
non II my ! shtl lihh' under ti'r '''
9' lnlnISiA'l"h a. u 'n'" p'"'A "''""'''
n.y. III" commissioning,
l7'S"''I H. ""H, i'"H'
a '.'N, Vs. '''' , '',' ',n
,It,.,,,, ~, G'.,,,,,,,l N,,, Y,,rl.
,ri',,,,, u, IL, ;,,,r,,,,r, ,,n,n tho rr,,,r
,r ,,,o rn,urniesinnrr that th" IMMIGRANT
.nnLrr ni in vnur trlrgr,u to-day nm
'nGin tbe nufyirw ol section
Of the net vi August. ISIS.
the action piy.g Won mrl4dIc ion opI
when the commissioner rrpurt a CON
elm, ON ng well ns. or instead Of fnrt.
, Refer tie cuar bnck tu them for thui
q Judgment ns to- whc her TIA pr por4uu
4 are unable to cnrc for cmsclyc. witt