New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-19

CHARGES So NIH-r OtPrN-N FtIK J. Not PH"Ni.'
IoR LACK or EVIDENCE
United states civil service ~c-vlc" ''mnt ,l"n's
Roosevelt held TIE long expected Investigation Y'''"f
day Of the carre, prf,rrd hy Old older, in the 'a'
toms service against Captain Niln" + rciroe. ~ tie
Examining Board ~ the custom. service" captain
pc.rcc carried the DAY. Forty mon -.ncd a petition
asking C,Ipr,l Floyd garrison. commander y ~" d"
pag,mot of tire Grand Army pot, ~ ms state. T."
ttle action 0u .lr,. charge, against captain I"f'e
Tie Gr-t charge AID that 10 was understood. on me
authority ~ I.suh Collier formerly fI'" Oi"rA 81
ciff1a Ic.er .u ihr luvot" iur,I %. tA" Apirrr"r'
Slopes. tlIt l. had l.,i.t.d tt while ruhtif '"'""
D.. Y..r. D.. lld stripped many Iti'n -'l'."r ana
lad given t.,ir oloflr. tp DIS lcr. Ni then aIel@
20 sc, tho ~Ll.uiod~ Yankee -alv"r The second
c,,rre aid mat the petitioners hd 10 faith in the
man who would make such a boast. The third 'hars"
declared that captain rrircc had acted IN manner
prclud al 10 old soldier, since h" md been member
II tho Examining b"7.
- FAR a, u" proceedings - the investigation were
conccru,d. they Practically cAonontd Captain I'lf'"'
Tho object 81 tlc prosecution We ~ prove mat Nr.
r.ir,o u,ter.d the h,a,t Lut tho who nr-t a.
li-,i captain Iclrco 81 H. -ncLcd 10 his boil" "
f..n, {, lrGIoat, ia any Way whether biz -tf5 wt,
fra. or fL.c colonel Clafi.nu appeared fDr a."
prosecution. lie AID he Thought That lis 60" Va
| prriud..d. because Nj Roosevelt Lad sent nm 4
letter saying that the third charge against Mr. I''n"
I
-t,tc. Ciyll service Commi sion had investigated th'
,,r, twice aad dIl sod j.. Colonel Ciathf"n afd"
r,; Do. .'puld carry TIE c-e. II necessary, Z" ~" Pc
d.it IIo c.pIin,d that collier hii refused +" ili>
SAYING tlat tLr c-~ Vaa 10 business - hl- ana ma
tho Government va, BIZ enough E" remove 'apiaIi
pc,rcc without hi- assistance Colonel Garrison paid
his r--pects 10 Collier and aid tiAt Dr. thanked ho' eel
HAT there va, not such man iu the Grand Army
| SIR Roosevelt inquired why Colonel GARRISON placed
! reliance on such q man. and Colonel Garrison eLd
lcc,i... Collier had repeated the story Ia 80 many men
Colonel ClarIi,on said that be bel 'fed TIE story Z"
tho hon,t and cal He'd scycra, witnr".c- who swoW ina
| Collier had told item n June that PIERCE had mnd'
the ALLEGED boast These wituc,-"- wc?" l>htr Nc
Cav. &C., examiner: Richard T. Morgan, chief clcrl
William /. Ounckcubu ID. acting sampler ard Thoma
g. johnson. al employees In good standing In tM
Arural-or's etOrcs SIR. Nctay and Nr. Morgan 81.
that Collier even started 10 make out An AFFIDAVIT bu
hl, COURAGE dc-crtrl him after making one "Na-iv
written statement. Til, produced ~ "a" l"ifiuf
Jamc- Perry. clerk u ~" custom House, t~tii"
that Collier had refused 80 deny or affirm tho truth
| the story. Captain rcrcc cmphaticaliy dcni"i "a
charge, aud said That he had even written 10 tpulr
| .,l, had moi replied t. him. VIZ. Roosevelt pr
roiur,. fine tIuouy 10 be- Ictray and films. II
svcn valuable service - the tinted state Cvll -
wee Commission. ~ preventing certain class ~ Ell
plo,c- In the App7' crs stores from Dcg favored
an examinations fJr damage examiner.
} Mr. ROOSEVELT viii maize formal report on u
hearing 20 his colleagues Al Wa,hlngt"h'