Daily globe., 1883-06-26
[sneoial Telegram to the Globe

who is here, said tonight: "The pres1-
Dental election may turn upon three
counties in Virginia. 1t will n0t do for
the Republicans to count as certain thing
the electoral votes of New York, New Jer-
sey, Indiana or California, and without
them they cannot hope to have more than
$50. Where can they look for the remain
der? Only to Virginia and North Caro-
lima. and the electoral vote of Virginia,
tell you, may depend upon the vote of three
countless
Gen. Malone then went on to say the Re-
adiusters in the fall election are already
certain of the house. They would also be
certain of a senate If d whole senate was
to be elected, but half the senate hold over,
and in the half are the doubtful Readiusters
who constitute the big four. The contest
IN the senate will be close, and 1t may turn
upon the vote of three counties--two SEN
atoriaI districts. If the Readjusters secure
the senate it IS Mr.. Mahone's opinion next
year the contest in Virginia between the
BourbOns and the Readju5ters will be con-
fined to the electoral ticket alone, as the
Readjuster legislature will see to it, by
suitable methods of congressional district
ing, that there shall be no fights in con-
gressional districts. Mr.. Malone is very
confident that the Readjusters will secure
control of the senate. AS to the recent
county elections he said: "There is pop
ular misunderstanding in regard to them.
The Readjusters have never made an
issue on county officers. They have lost no
ground in the state whatever. Every
county official that they have elected is a
gain. They have simply not gained as
much as they ought to have done, but they
made substantial gains, and nowhere did
they encounter any losses"
EVANS RECEIVES A WARNING.
Commissioner Evans, it is now known
upon pretty good authority, has been in
formed that the president does not desire
him to proceed in his method of reorgan-
izng the internal revenue with a
broad ak, and it may be conf
IDENTIFY expected that the summary
removals will cease. Mr.. Evans has
discovered that there is more in the inter
nal revenue service than a man even from
Kentucky can learn in two weeks, and he
is beginning to find it necessary to consult
with some of the experienced officers of
the department instead of making plans
to fill their places with some of his mex
perieneed Kentucky friends. The solicitor
of the internal revenue bureau, Mr.. Ches-
ley. is the man to whom all commissioners
OF internal revenue since the establish
ment OF the bureau have turned for advice,
- - L. H.
missioner has applied for any information.
It is ascertained he has consulted with
those who are comparatively new
corners, and who have chosen to
malign their more experienced superiors
in order that the vacancies which they
discovered that Mr.. Evans was bound to
create, might be made elsewhere. Mr..
Evans has some friends who care for what
the newspapers say, who have been read
ing them, and who have informed him it
would be wise for a commissioner who has
not been confirmed by the senate not to
strike as the best men III the service who
have the support OF the entire senate, and
that it Is we'll to understand that the index
to public opinion in the North, whatever
TWestern Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The Hill investi-
CATION was resumed this morning. r. P.
Manley, president of the Manley Cooper
company of Philadelphia, testified in rela-
tion TO the offer of bribery alleged to have
been made by George L. Damon of the
United States Fire-proof Shutter company
Of Boston. His testimony was in effect
that he first saw Damon in Hills Office
who told him he was very sorry he had not
seen him earlier, as he should certainly
have induced him not to make bid. Hill
then requested the witness to withdraw
which he did, leaving Damon alone with
Hill Subsequently a proposal was made
by the attorney Of the United company to
pay the Manley Cooper company $4,000 to
withdraw their bid as the offer of the shut
ter would be condemned. Witness
at once replied that it would be entering
into a conspiracy against the government
and the Manley Cooper company could not
for an instant entertain it.
Upon cross examination, witness said
we were willing to sUblet, but under no
consideration would we withdraw our bid
Damon assured Us they could do the work
to Hills satisfaction, but That we could
not under any circumstances, and we be-
gan to think such was the case, and were
willing to sublet.
Edward B. Allison, counsel for Maniey
Cooper, fully corroborated the above testi-
mony.
Hill was then recalled and testified that
Damon had furnished vaults and safes for
the government both under contracts and
upon orders. In fact the most of this
work had been done by Damon for years
It was let generally by a yearly contract
Damon had for four years been the low
est bidder under the advertisement. He
was the sole party interested in this work,
and was also a member of the United
company.
Coleman-Then the United States com
pany appears to be incorporated in New
York, and you say that Damon does their
work in Boston; now is there any such com
papy as the United States Fireproo1
Shutter company doing business anywhere
or manufacturing on their own account
Al understand they controlled
facilities for making shutters.
Q.-Do you consider you have good
bond when you have the signature of ont
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