The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-28
WASHINGTON.
NEWS GATHERED ABOUT THE
CAPITAL CITY.
The Hill Investigation.

= Manley-Cooper company, of PhilHlel
:. phia, testified in relation to the otfel
? OF bribery alleged to have been made
by George l.. Damon, of the United
States flre-proOf shutter company, OF
: Boston. His testimony was, in effect
S that he first saw Damon in Hills
office, who told him he was very SoIry
f he had not met him earlier, as he
| should have certainly induced him
not to make the bid. Hill then re-
, queSted the witness to withdraw,
; which he did, leaving Damon alone
with Hill. Subsequently the prOpO-
sition was made to the attorney of
the United States company to pay
Manley Cooper 81, 800 to withdraw
his bid, or offer shutter that
, would be condemned. Witness
at once replied that it would
be entering into d conspiracy against
the government and the Manley-Coop-
er company could not for an instant
entertain it. Upon cross eXamina-
ton, the witness said, I'VE are willing
to Sub-let. but under no conSidera-
ton woulI we withdraw our bid.
Damon assured us they could do the
work to Hills satisfaction, but we
couldn't, under any circumstances,
and we begun to think such was the
case, and were willing to Sub=let,"
Ed ward B. Allison, counsel for Man
ley-Cooper company, fully corrobor-
ated the above testimony. Hill was
the. recalled, and testified that Da-
mon had furnished vaults and safes
for the government both under con-
tract and upon orders. In fact NEST of
this work had been done by Damon
for years. 1t was let generally by
yearly contracts. Damon had for
years been the lowest bidder under
the advertisement. He was the sole
party interested in this work. He
was member of the United States
company. Coleman said, "this United
States appears to be incorporated in
New York, and you say that Damon
does their work in Boston, Now, is
there any such company as the Uni
ted States Fire Proof Shutter COM
pany doing business anywhere, or
manufacturing anywhere" Answer:
81 understand they control facilities
for making shutters"
Question do you consider YOU
have good bond when you have the
signature of one member of firm as
a surety ?" Answer: AS a matter Of
fact | don't look at a bond myself.
trusted it to one of my clerks"
Question: do you mean to say you
bind the government to Il contract
without personally knowing anything
inregard to the character of the bond?
Ans. "Why, bles you, yes if per-
sonally examined all bonds, l should
have time for nothing else. Hill
said he didn't know whether the bond
was good or not. He didn't remember
who signed it. Probably he had an
idea at the time as to the responsible
ity of the parties" By the commit
tee do you not require articles of
incorporation as evidence bona fide of |
d company % Ans: "The accounting
OF the treasury Office so requires. |
think we have them in this case in
our files" Coleman I'VE would like
to see them"
After half an hours delay the file |
| clerk in the architects Office reported |
there was nothing of the kind on file, |
but articles of incorporation were |
doubtless in the second comptrollers |
office. The chairman now gave in |
Structions to have search made for |
them. Adjourned.
1t is reported here that Beirne and |
Elan, the Richmond editors, fought a |
duel this morning, and that Elan |
was killed. No confirmation.
The Irish American Delegation.
WASHINGTON, June pa depu-
tation of representative Irishmen |
waited upon President Arthur this |
evening and presented to him reso-
luton concerning assisted emigra- |
ton adopted at the recent meeting
of the National land league in Phila-
delphia. The delegation was com.
posed OF the following gentlemen:
Alex Sullivan. president of the Irish |
National land league, of Chicago;
Jno. F. O'Brien, vice president; Eu-
gene Kelly, Jas. Lynch, New York;
VIM. B. Wallace, of New York, of |
the Irish immigrant society; Judge |
Jno. Rooney, Brooklyn; Jas. Rey-
nolds, New Haven; Bernard Gala
han, Chicago; j. T. Armstrong,
Augusta. Georgia. Michael Doyle, |
Savannah. Georgia; Edward Johns |
ton, Watertown, Wisconsin, and |
others. Eugene Kelley, of New |
York, was chairman of the dele
cation. The party were received in |
the president library, and Sullivan |
addressed the president in a speech of |
some length. In closing Sullivan in |
troduced Mr.. Hognet, president of the |
Irish immigrant savings bank of New |
York, who said that inmates of poor
houses and other dependents, who
had been receiving outdoor relief.
have been aided by the British gov
eminent to emigrate to this country. |
1t is a matter of general knowledge |
that parliament has voted e100,0C0 to |
serve that purpose, and agents of the
British government have come to |
this country to perfect arrangements
for the reception of those aided. APP
kell to the immigration society at |
New York for that purpose,and the so
ciety refused to have anyth.n g to |
do with such business, and he pro-
duced letters to show he went to BoS- |
ton, where he met better success.
The aid emigrants consist largely of |
people unable t. work, old women |
and young children. They have been |
aided to the extent of having their |
passage paid, and are given the mis- |
cradle pittance of 10 shillings on ar
rival here. That sum is entirely in
adequate, and in consequence they |
were compelled to seek aid in New |
York, Boston and elsewhere If reg
ular affidavitS in regard to these facts |
are required, they can be furnished. |
We respectfully request you to |
use your influence to prevent the re-
currence of this state of things. 1t |
is to the interest of American NUM- |
cipalities to have the progress of this
aided emigration scheme stopped. At |
the proper time you will doubtless
make appropriate recommendations |
to congress on this subject.
Jas. Lynch, of New York, presi- |
dent of the Irish immigration socie-
ty, was the next speaker. He read
extracts from letters on the subject |
! and said, "The charge of maintaining
the poor-law-guardians, which body |
at a recent meeting in Linn
erick passed resolution to
the effect that more
aid could be given these emigrants !
He also said such aid to emigration,
if not stopped, will result in stripping |
the paupers from all the poor houses |
in Ireland. Many Of this class of en-
igrants who have arrived in this |
country have made application to be |
sent back, but of seventeen emigrants |
recently arrived only five were able
to work.
James Reynolds, of New Haven,
presented letter of introduction to |
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