National Republican., 1883-05-24

their affidavit according TO the actual num-
Der of animals in use. He would show how
infinitely silly that doctrine was how the
government could be cheated through it. A
contractor might have a route $50 miles long
at one trip per week. He could make
round trip ever that route in week with
one horse and one boy by forcing the animal.
Then for the expedited schedule he could put
on an excessive number of horses, and thus
secure an enormous proportionate increase in
pay
pressed such views. Mr.. Ingersoll declared
that he had used that argument hundred
times in his speech. He took up the papers
on one of the routes, and asserted that Mr..
Bliss-that encyclopedia of papers-had made
u mistake to the extent of $4,000 on that ono
route "Yet, strange TO say" remarked Mr..
lngersoll, ironically, that mistake was made
against tho defendants" On the 0jo-Cal-
iente route, Mr.. Bliss had said that the expe-
dition had never been made. The jacket
showed that IL was.
Mr.. Bliss remarked that the contractors
were paid for expedition that they never
made.
Mr.. Ingersoll emphatically asserted that
they were paid for expedition only when they
made IT,
Mr. Bliss, in answer, looked at the ceiling
and smiled incredulously Mr.. Ingersoll
continued his address. Mr.. Bliss had said
that Dorsey, while doing business to the
extent of S6,000000 year, would have the
jury believe that he kept no books. Dorsey
on the stand swore that he did keep books
and that Kellogg was his bookkeeper. Such
trifling inaccuracies made no difference, Of
course.
BY the way, he had forgotten to furnish an
epitaph for that red book.-RerdelPs tomb
stonc Mr.. Williams had suggested one aud
he would adopt IL. Let IL be: "Up to this
r.. .l..I -
[Laughter.l Mr.. Bliss was an accurate man
he was a walking index. He had denounced
it as an impudont proceeding FOR Dorsey to go
to the president. He (Blr. IngersOll) did not
think so. In this country we had not reached
the subhmity of snobbcry that regarded it as
an impudont proceeding for citizen to go to
the prcsdent--the servant of the people
and especially the man who helped make him
president Did the jury believe that Gen.
Garfield regarded Dorsey as impudcnt when
he came TO him during the campaign?
Mr.. Bliss desired to correct the gentleman.
He had said that IL was imprudent for Dorsey
to malign Garficlds memory by trying to
make the jury believe that he was about to
remove two cabinet officers on the affidavit of
Rcrdcll.
Mr.. lngersoll turning quickly upon Mr.. Bliss.
Ha! hal Yeti upon the testimony OF that wretch
y yon would would put Pvt Aye i've men , in the peni'entiary'
Mr.. lugersol. No; but the sole.less testi-
mony.
Ho continued There was the government
witness Grimes mot he of the many buttoned
coat. He sworo that there were mail bills
on his route. 1t was afterwards proved that
there were none. He did not believe that
Grimes was dishonest man. These men
had talked to him till he thought that he
remembered them.
The seed brought forth fruit-mail bills.
TLaughter.l Then about those red books.
How did it happen that Mrs. Rerdell knew
nothing of those books. When they were
her husbands sheet anchor when they con-
stituted his safety, she slept in the house, and
did not dream that her husbands life de-
pended on carpet sack hanging in the wood
shed.
At Mr.. Ingersolls request the court ad
journed at this point.