The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-22
Mr.. Reltzhoover,s oharges.

amend by striking out the clause authoriZ-
;rr+,o Cooro4oru ~ W.. 10 detail for Tho
Ing ',e oeoie''is VI war uo'"
sighai corps hoV 10 exceed eisht coninniS-
stoned officers, exclusive of Ieutenants of
the signal corps authorized by the bill. In
odvoooov ~ th;s o-u.ndnon Mr. Re1tz.
ao'o0"oS " 'N' ' 49,
hoover made an attack upon the administra-
ton of the signal service under General
HAGEN He believed this nurelv n civil in
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sVitu'iOn ANY "hOhy u"hiy' "uo '""' ~
should be transferred to some civil depart
ment of the government, and especially that
- sho,,ld ho nloood urdor choroo of n hood
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VINO hao some kho"leose OF tne WORK, ana
some standing and reputation among the re-
snonsible scientists of the country. His sneecb.
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the Record, had been criticised because 1t had
not been delivered on the floor OF the House.
In order to avoid any misunderstanding, he
had formulated his statements III brief form,
as follows:
Pristine administrator OF the signal
service bureau under II. W.. Howgate was
the most corrupt, prorigate ana dlshonest
which ever existed IN the annals OF the gov
eminent
Second-Howgates methods were charac-
terlzed by the employment OF the whole sig
hal-service force, who had log-rolled to infu-
ence Congress to pass legislation for the bu-
reau.
Ihlrd-Whlie apparently expendlng the
Inil approprlaton ana keeping up the
T IoiS5nIy ID ~ nf .b hrrO m ds 80 Mas s'1 ~
mount of his larcenies reached 5000, 900.
Fourth-While this corrupt and felonious
scneme was IN progress! aowgate was sur
Mid am nioves yho were eitber mo%rveionsIv
stupid or c~riminallv culpable.
Fifth-That no investigation of any kind
has been made to ascertain the character and
extent of these frauds, nor had the perpetra-
tors been brought to trial. There were some
reasons for this, which some persons around
the Signal bureau know better than anybody
else.
Sixth-General w. B. Hazeu had never
brought Howgate to trial, but left every EN-
Dloye of Howgate in control of the bureau at
this point.
Mr.. Beltzhoover asked leave to print some
OF Howgate's letters in the Record, but Mr.
E.. B.. Taylor, of Ohio. objected, and Mr..
Beltzhoover continued with the presentation
of his charges.
Seventh-That Hazen not only failed to
bring Howgate to Justice, but adopted pre-
ciseiy the methods of Howgate in using the
employees of the bureau to influence Con-
gress through the boards of trade and news
papers.
Eighth-That Hazen had made false pre-
lenses to Congress in order to secure details
of regular officers to be used for that pnr-
pose.
A DEFENSE OF HAzEN.
F. r TAYLOR of Ohio in renlv defended
g - -.s.1
"'"e'S' haAe"S integrity IL ofi'iolSeu
MI beltzhooVers action IN max
ing III ASSAULT upon tha' Oh
nicer III speech winch was
not openly oeiivered, put Which was printed
~ ~ heooru. MAJ wnoie sPeeon MS
Iouhueo "a inC1lieoS InIoI'iatlon. IHIS
n ~ nv seIu,entan asIIH "ssautIeu oSn-
eLal na1ens .ne 9uIueu Oh nIs sPeeHn peins
va tIie inv ~ 'oG @@o tAoNEaue'
had he 10 40 win thatf ~ was an
unllst cuaIse, was ulleasonapie ~ Was
wlt1ou! louhuatoh; anu, IKE we who're
~ i. was Vassu on as hia.ion'
1HG sentlenlan iau cnaiseu NGnetai iiaIeh
WIN oeins = GeneIai Wl'nout d patVIe, q cohl-
Iarun W. -" nS n
kno"h siiEHeeSt ruI.eHS ~
ms cTuhtrys history ne Mould
nv AnoMn .m"S ana haAen
q Deen uuu o "InS nie aS any
this y o"e tS SeF' aem+ nm snid VIII
TINS charge, me gentleman saia General
taaIen s.lu'teu on Il s'aSe nnI Wole Ine
WLnnnea " NJ ~ ~, " AZ 10 man A
~ Gao Ill 10y : 4 A. mo- AnI"
VIVA oeL.S% iiaNIn W., IL nc Mole ne
ut nun u wal, n T Tpn sometnans no
otner gehtt n uln, me muniHnenss o
war Mgre u mulheuts Mnlcn lnaue IL
n1noiapte' Wv ~ "se II. " d eeHtieInau
~ epoAe t1"s M,n ~ HaS.Ot 10 n3.luo
W., NJ mai u WA - 40 aoou' an tHnams,
H. VI; GHhnams o3ie ae : thn W 'ehefa
FreeSn > o"'e' '"fs ~ 9"
1iea:.s ~ MORE CHARGES.
Mr.. Beltzhoover then vent on with his
,nec;acations aud cb.reas. 81. --.
81 NJ III g.
Nlntn-inat Hazen hao oeen running up
the expenditures OF t4e bureau 10 oouoie
what they were uqaer HowEate'
1entnLlhat l1azehs pesty lIauus anu
sPecuIatIons we're more ooiu anu infamous
'hnn IioWSa'1 :
Eleventn-ln ilaZen was Iouhu sullty Oh
Dsse ahe ignomihious cowaruice ana most