New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-26
TROUBLE AHEAD FOR MR. WILLIAMS
PHASES OF THE THIRD AUDITORS CAREER

frpov THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT TIE TRIBuNLl
W.SuyGro<, Dec. 25.-Thero vii; doubt be
some lively opposition in the Senate to IL continuation
OF Third Auditor Williams aud shOuId not be at al
surprised to hia rel ctej He Is an aggressive
and uu:c~upuous politician, and fall OF pTcJhalces'
He is n follower Of Dan voorhees,. who secured his
appoint men So far he has kept remarkably Quiet in
his new place. and has not displayed that zeal ior
reform" which distinguishes so MANY OF ms
COLLEAGUES Unlike Mr. Chcnowch for instance who
homes To work ND enough reputation in the FIRST
Auditors Office to land him III tho chair OF the Governor
of the State Te Mr. Williams has Kept shady
and if s,me of the charges which will be made against
him in the Senate true lie has done Tor good ana
sufficient reasons. In this respect, at least MS
Judgment is cmircntly sound But there are certain
phases in Mr. Watns's career which have passed the
uncertain stage Of mere charges They are OF
record in the proceedings of the Indiana courts. aud OF
these no doubt the Senate viii take due cognizance
when Mr. Nilliamss nomination Il taken up ana
considered refer TO the assault made III June last
upon Mr. Williams the streets OF Indianapolis ny
Mrs Helen Cougar the noted lecturer aud temperance
orator and the causes which led TO tha' assault
BEFORE she devoted her entire time the lecture field
Mrs Cougar was the Editor OF The Lafayette Herald
Ia her paTcr she advocated suffrage for women as the
best means Of rvpreSsing the evils of the iuuor rahc
She made The Herald a power in the politics OF the
-.
close of the heated and acrimonious campaign she
advised the temperance people TO the Republican
ticket 1t became necessary for the Democrats to
breaE down her influence and this they attempted TO
do in the most outrageous manner. cerinn
MaE1ler the Democratic chief of police OF Lafayette
set 20 work and spread stories which coupled Mrs.
Cougars name unplcasauuy with tina; OF leading
attorney and political candidate for the Republicans
Tie charges were of the grossest na'Hr" ana MIS-.
Cougar promptly brought a suit for SANDER against
Mandlcr. The tril was long, and created sensation
throughout Indiana |, ended in The jury re'n'uiA-
verdict in favor OF the plaintiff for 0oOu the iull
amount Of damages claimed Throughout the ulh
The Times" gave rigorous support to the defence
and attacked Mrs. Cougar in manner which plainly
showed the malice OF its owner, and Oh Juno II
pm Cd the following paragraph:
| see President Henderson was in ATTENDANCE al q
meeting of the N0mau's Christian Temperance 1 t!'h
held az a very questionable place last tH.dI. II A'
thinks lie is aiding the success "i the ram 10y a'l
such action he bctraN> Vondcrui lack "i dlNcI'i''h
The Wonal's Christian Temperance 'nlu D. an I'-'l
In H. proper sphere. la the main II T. mao" M ID r''
women OF c1uIs, one must expect "a hiack s.rrl. TO
occasionally Jump the banner, and gam Tooth 'd J."
euc ORGANIZATIONS bit surpri. d the society -
not Possessed OF enough sand to Lie" ON s"cH us
rel ujablt members
The ing referred to BY " The Iiuo,' was Aeld
at the home of M and Mrs. Cougar. aud tins
pai .grArh was therefore grossly tianGCon' Il
iuceastG Mrs. Cougar, and meeting Mr. Nh.iIu, Oh
the street she broke her Paia,o over BIZ rhouidcr-
10 raised his and struck her Oh the left sidr Of
the head inHicting an ugly wound, aua then sought
safety in retreat. tits coudoct. If it Lad heretofore
fouud but few defenders. received the almost
universal condemnation Of all decent People ric'rcc-
tive Of PATTY. d" Tue Lafayette Call,' con"nentuS
edioIally the affair said
We re act that Mr. Williams under any proy'ca'ior
shoad have far forgotten thc respect due t"r eN Is
to strike woman. FUFthermoFe. "e respectfully
suggest chat tHi- persecution ot Ni- Cos -... Aa.
gone ab va far cuou b. IHc!c are haiS co. otct-cf
which sholld not DE passed 10y any public journal
The Womau's Christian Temperance mon At ono of
its meetings adopted the following resolutions:
Whereas, After "A residence OF thirty years H. ills
CIT i,ud life noted Tor moral financial. puhhr ard
private di-hoI e,ty. Colonel John = " uwr has h'c;
appointed Third Auditor Of the National ITe's"r.,
Ecsoycd, That in e<aldng this 10 tii place g.:
public trust premium l. pat upon pubic corruption
and deadly blow to honesty and morality is gwen
ana on behalf al ali that is pure and ol good rrppe 10
private and polite. life wc do mo-i oaihr'tiy .n-rat
President Cleveland to revoke 'hr appointment Oh iN'
man.
thiak enough has been said to -how NIr. Williams
unGnc,s Tor an Place under tho COY ernm'n. Senator
Harrison, understand, has been put in po--e-ion 81
further evidence tending 10 snow What kind Of man
Mr. Wilim- really H. Senator VooIhecs VII have 30
make extraordinary effort, if he wishes to have Biz
f lend spared the humiliation Of seeing i, nomination
Tor the third Authorship rejected by the ScIare.
Strange 10 say. Senator Call of Florida has no; G!c1
the pages Of The Record yet with some Of hi.
remarks" but he has been industrious in other
directions For instance be has introduced number
of bills some of which are rather deserving Of
attention one OF them Senate iii l5l-La- eleven
sections each Of which appropriate from Tlu,VoO to
$50 900 for the Improvement Of various creeks and
frog uonds IN Florida Another hi gives pciaion. TO
A,x tf..l tlrui .t.l
Florida lnGan wars AID rcPt ais Section I.'I6 d" ~"
Revised Statutes, which i'rhtds the payment OF ans
pension to any person the widow or chdrcn or i,-
OF those who md been engaged III the fcbeih"n ar.
all has al-o introduced JOINT resolution cIca my
committee Of the Senate to investigate certain nL. E'd
lard frauds III The STATE OF fIprua bui "LHr ~ fH-
at.r covered a page OF " The Record with letters
showing me existence OF these alleged ira1n-, there
was nothing IN these exhibits relating 10 MT Gan own
ATTEMPT 10 secure some land AZ home -i'dd at ~
distance o over bity nj iIom his place 81 residence,
which land already belonged 10 a poor cniPiri man.
# tbs committee j. created. 1t will be IN order Tor
member Of the senate to move that an t'e papers
H. the OF Call AZ inst Swain De rcitird To H.
hat would make mighty interesting reading,
a. IIE 1IBJNl has repeatedly p"iueL out already
Pension Commissioner Blacks notions of what
| constitutes d" reform" arc somewhat vague. Under
the law special examiners in tie field are allowed
SO day tor cXpcnecs 10 addition 10 their pay Cen
eral Black Cccded that they slo1d not be allowed 10
! charge 80 for sundays and hoiday', aud issued ai
OiGtr 90 that eject The ab.ur'Ity 81 the decision /,
! apparent. Special examiners travel on sundays o.
well 49, on week days BESIDES the per diem allow
ance Is based upon tho umptl0n that examiners
absence from home entail double expense upon them.
hey have tn keep up t@p homes 30 to say. hrntfu
Black was promptly Dycrwicd. I'm, deer ION caused
needless iu,iOn and much additional expense has
| been incurred IN ectlhng the accounts which h
su pended Recently he has reduced the force OF
supervising special examiners TO i've ana ordered them
/ 10 perform their work IN Washington instead.
tcoro, in the districts assigned 10 Them il might be
supposed that their - per diem allowance would now
cease a. they - in the ncld,' uditlon which
the law imposes uIon examiners claiming thih allow
aucc Bat 1t does nothing OF the kind General Blacks
| ,uperI,in9 examiners draw their 80 allow anCe
whether in the field or not III clear violation o. ihr
law Wien General Black was So agcr for " reform
II was with offensive Republican partirans' lac had
~ deal with Now Ice ha- his friends to provide Tor