Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-11
WANA HAS HIS SAY
And Easily Explains Away
the Charges Made Against
Him by Leake.
JOHN FEELS MUCH ABUSED
Because He and His Sunday School
We're So Widely Advertised.
MR.. SHOUP STILL In CONGRESS-.
The Elections Committee Votes That he Is
Not Guilty of Bribery.
HOINAS'S ECONOMY ROTTEN At THE CORE
HOIMANSECONOMY ROTTEN AT THE CORE
BUREAU OF THE DISPATCH.
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hand in so many schemes = which there
was ''pie" as Mr. John Wanamaker, Post
master General, a gentleman more, con
spicuous as an example and instructor in re-
ligious and moral life than even President
Harrison himself Possibly that is one rea,
son why he has been made constant target
for the shafts of the wicked. Every at
tempt has been made to'associate him with
the keystone Bank failure and with pecu-
liar railroad and business deals, and he has
been constantly accused of a multifarious
use OF his Office TO boom his Philadelphia
bazaar among the postmasters and the peo-
pie of the country.
Forth from the furnace of these charges
he has come without even the smell of fire
on his always elegant costumes, bought of
John Wanamaker. 1t may be assumed that
he will again emerge unsinged from the
charge made against him by the Leake
Pneumatic Tube Company, OF Philadelphia,
that he has favored the Clay Pneumatic
Tube Company instead of theirs, both hav-
ing offered to lay experimental ducts in the
Quaker City for use in sending mail matter
from one place TO another.
1t Sometimes Pays to BE Good.
The Leake Company seems to think the
Clay Company was favored, and they
turned down." because member of the
Clay Company, Mr.. McHenry, has been a
teacher in Mr. Wanamaker's Sunday
school for a quarter of a century, Mr.
Leake was lowering about the Capitol
all day yesterday, and when petition
which he had prepared was introduced, ask
ing an investigation of Mr.. Wanamaker,
but not naming his accusers, Mr.. Leake
quietly gave the tip to a few correspondents
whom he knew, and explained" the petit
tion, in his own way, of course. 1t was too
late when he did so to get the other side of
the story, and so, for one day, Mr. Leake
has bad a fine revenge on Mr.. Wana-
maker
The latter disposes of the charges bv say
ing that they are absolutely and unquali-
fedly false: that he told both companies in
correspondence that the Postofice Depart
ment could do nothing in the matter, and
that the Treasury Department was the
proper place at which to apply, and adds
that an expert had been sent from that De-
partment to look into the inventions, who
had reported the Leake arrangement to lack
sufficient power for the work required.
Fst=nt investigate tne SunNdy SCHOOL,
That is all he knows about it. The mat
ter has caused a good deal of gossip to-day,
however, and there is just enough plausi-
bility in the statements of Mr.. Leake to al
most insure an investigation. The mere
fact that Mr.. McHenry, of the Clay Com
pany, is valued teacher in Mr.. Wana-
makers valued Sunday school, comes near
adding spice of humor to the affair, and
would certainly give fine opportunity TO
sharp Democratic prosecutor in the event
OF an investigation.
MIR. Wanamaker assures me that they can
not begin investigating too soon for him.
The only result, probably, will be guam
titv of free advertising for both tube COM
panies, but at the same time Mr.. Leake is
stirring up an antagonism which may be of
negative benefit to him in any tavors he
may ask from the Government in the fu-
ture. Shrewd millionaires have long, long
arms, and owners of patent rights some
times have long, long ears.
Democrats Sometimes Do Right.
The Democratic House of Representatives
will again have to wrestle with Demo-
cratic Elections Committee for voting to seat
a Republican. Five Democrats and five
Republicans which is two-thirds of the COM
mittee, today voted to retain in his seat
George Washington Shoup, the member
from the Twelfth, or Luzerne county dis
trict, of PENNSYLVANIA. One Republican,
Doan, of Ohio, and one Democrat, Lawson,
of Georgia, voted TO declare the seat vacant.
Three members did not vote, as they have
not sufficiently examined the case.
Mr.. Shoup is a wealthy young lawyer
who practices at Plymouth, and is also
largely interested in mines and railroads.
The charges made by the contestant were,
mainly. a corrupt use of money. 1t has
been thought all along that the committee
would unseat Shoup for bribery, but would
not seat Reynolds A final vote on the case
has been deferred, and at the last moment
the majority OF the committee refused to
send Mr.. Shoup home with the stigma of
bribery on his name, TO be doubtless vindi-
Gated by an immediate denomination and
election. OF course the House, with its
great Democratic majority, may again de-
eide adversely to the majority of the COM
mittee, as in the NoyesRockwell case.
Bribery Charges TO BE Supported.
Lawson and Doan, if not ather members
of the committee, will support the bribery
charges, and Democrats outside the COM
mittee will follow them. The debate will be
only of less interest than that in the Moves
Rockwell case which occupied upward of
four days There does not seem to be
or had any knowledge of bribery.
The county is normally largely Republi-
can, but great fight was made in it against
Delamater and that affected the vote all
round. Mr.. Shoup felt that he had not the
usual certainty of success of Republican
In that district and multiplied his exertions.
He admits an expenditure of about SO, 600.
He paid the expenses of Democratic sup
porters to work for him, and also gave
something for meetings and to throw around
among ''the boys" He admits that even
illegal acts may have been committed with
out his knowledge, but asserts that the same
thing happens at all elections. He had |
tremendous fight and won by about 500 ma
lorlty. Possibly if the majority had been
less, or possibly if TO unseat Shoup would |
seat Reynolds, the vote might be against |
the contestee. As it is, Shoup will doubt
less be placed firmly in his seat.
Short->iSfted Economical Measures
After the rattling attack of Cogswell, of |
all along the line of the !
'undry civil bill to-day, the feature of in
crest was the briefer assault of Enloe, of |
tennessee, on that section of the bill max
ng appropriations for salaries of clerks.
In this bill so many officials clerks messen-
gers, and so forth, of each class, in the vari-
)us bureaus are provided for at certain sal
Iries. The estimates are fixed up in these
bureaus bv the clerks affected, and each
rear estimates are inserted for increase of
alaries, increase of the number of clerks
-etting the higher salaries, and SO on.
1t would naturally be supposed that
chairman Holman would lop off these in
reases by the wholesale, but Mr.. Enloe
howed that nearly every bureau estimate
f this character had gone into the bill, and
o& oplv that that no bod |