The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-03
MUST HAVE BEEN CHEAP MEN
That SteaIey and Warder EeaIth with
That Jeffersonville Ieyar,


WASHINGTON CRY, April 3.-The house
committee on reform in the civil service be-
gan Friday morning the investigation of
the charges preferred ,ainst l. +. Warder
and o. q. stealey, employees of the house IF
representatives. of having received 81, $50
from citi. ems of Jacksonville. Ind, for the
purpose Of securing an appropriation by
con gress in 1851 OF $50 900 to improve tn,
Jacksonville eves. Gen Thomas NJ Browne,
the member of the house from Indiana who
introduced the resolution calling for the in
WESTON, Was asked by the chairman o. the
committee TO identify certain ma
ders placed before the committee and bear
Ing upon the ease. The first was letter from
John NJ Glass, of Jacksonville, preparing
the charges against Messrs Warder and
Steaiey; the second copy of the telegram
from Narder to A. o. shu er. of Jefferson
vile, asking for the money, and upon which
1909 was sent him; the third letter from
Glass 10 Senator Harrison containing the
charges against Warder and Stealey, and
asking for a congressional Investigation :
tn fourth an extract from The Louisville
Evening Post speaking of the action of the
Jacksonville city council in regard to the
pay illeHt Oh tHe IuuueS, winch ndu Den dQ-
vanced by citizens of JefTersonville
Gen. Browne explained that the letter of
Glass TO him was in response to a letter he
had written asking for information On the
subject OF investigation; that he had been
given some hearsay evidence by Senator
Harrison with the request of an investiga-
ton, and that before proceeding he had
written for some definite information from
several citizens Of Jeffersonyilla He knew
nothing of the facts of his own knowledge
except they had been given to him by Mr..
Warder, and that was not competent
| testimony.
John M. Glass who was mayor Of Jeffer.
sonville from May, 1888, to May, 1885, was
called to testify. He stated that the first
information he had shat money was to b.
raised to be sent here to get the levee appro-
| priatlon was in July, 1854, when, one day
| A. O. Shuler. then member OF the city
council, came into witness Office and asked
him to call an exera session OF the council
for the purpose OF making an appropriation
| OF the money to be sent here Shuler
exhibited the telegram from Warder asking
| for money. Witness refused to call the
| extra session, because he inferred the money
WINS TO be used for corrupt purposes, and he
was opposed to the principle it involved.
| Other members asked for an extra session
of the council, and upon being refused went
out and raised 81 900 of the money upon G
note signed by E G Eakin George w. Neu
man, A. o. Shuler, John +. Reed, E j.
| Howard and Jonas G. Howard and dis
| counted it at the Citizens National bank, Of
| Jetfersonville. The note was renewed oncs
and finally paid about June ~, 1855, by ~
appropriation by the city council The
| appropriation was made by the council over
u month after witness vacated the o.fics
| Of mayor of Jacksonville. Upon cross
! examination Mr.. Glass stated that befort
Shuler and other members demanded an ex.
! ira session of the council two committees Of
citizens had visited Washington to urge
upon congress the necessity Of improving