The evening world., 1894-08-23

Ihe iourth, titn ana siNtn pa ss apn'
machine. MIR. Cummings says:
The reason for the nnripulation Is
itself was making private tests Of the
plates. and knew beforehand, as Supt.
Corey testified. wha; the actual tensile
strength Of each plate was.
"If X was below the minimum the ma
nipula ton of the machine necessary to
bring II within the minimum was made.
II is IN evidence that the required
at the machine by private marks on the
record sent from corey's office with the
order to pull the specimen.
The seventh and eighth charges are
said TO be proven BY a report from the
Ordinance Board, although not acknowl-
edged by supt. Corey, and 1t is added:
There Is no doubt n the minds OF the
was given. TO increase The bailistic re-
sistance Of the plates with the express
purpose OF passing inferior groups and
OF r, securing premiums rem thereon as the
risk the rejecting OF rs tons Of armor.
valued At over $4,000 In making ex-
Ierims2ts l. u M they were positive Il,
The, ninth charge is said to be ad-
r1itted. while the tenth and eleventh are
not considered as sustained.
,hs gspor, s. ,ne GpHern MEM inaspeGtion
the fact that the Government Inspection
was negligent and defective. None of
the inspectors was. however, charged
with dishonesty. nor Is there any evil
dence tending to show that any OF them
were corrupt. Mr. Frick, Chairman OF
the Board OF Managers. in his testi-
mony said that he always relied on the
fact that the Government had inspec-
tors there.
1.-THE Inspectors were thus relying upon
the Company, and the Chairman of the
party, however. had any right to rely
upon the other
The Company cannot shelter itself
behind the Government inspectors
home to its General superintendent
himself n stakeholder In the Company.
or the feature OF criminality involved,
Mr.. Cummings says: III the criminality
by the deliberation with which 1t is
committed. the magnitude OF the evils
likely to result from Its preparation
and the want Of provocation with which
II Is done, the frauds which your Com
mittee have found are worthy to be
called crimes.
THE servants Of the Carnegie Steel
Company whether with or without the
knowledge OF the Company,to increase
their gains, deliberately continued for
many months to commit acts whose
natural and probable consequence would
be the sacrifice of the lives Of our sea
men In time OF war. and with them per-
haps the dearest interests of the ma
tion:
THE company was hired to make the
enormo@s Price FOR 50 p Soins " They we're
hired TO make AN armor that would
stand the shots OF an enemy and upon
which the nation might rely in time Of
need. They were paid between $500 and
500 ton. and thousands OF dollars a
place. Resting under these obliga lions,
the company or It's servants, have per;
petrated manifold frauds. the natural
tendency of which was to palm OF upon
the Government an inferior armor whose
inferiority might, perchance, appear
only n the shock OF battle and with in
calculable damage to the country.
mo fine or mere money coinpensa ton
is an adequate stoHes1ent for such
wrongs. The commission Of such frauds
Is moral crime OF the gravest char
It as within their province to draft a
criminal statute; but they do feel under
obligation to call the attention OF the
House TO the Importance Of protecting
ury, the lives of our seaInen. and the
safety of the nation. by appropriate leg
islation, denouncinS as crimes al! such
upon the Government in connection
with armor plate and other material Of
punishable in ali persons who commit
W. A. Stone asked whether the report
did not PREJUDICE the Carnegie Company,
TO which Mr. Cummings replied that II
did not The resolution. the adoption Of
which he asked. had been unanimously
Mr. Henderson (Rep.. Iowa. bore tes-
tlmony to this latter abatement and said
Informed him that they desired it
accompanying the report was a Joint
-esolution 10 authoriEe. and direct
move from the Monadnock, the Mon
tor Terror. the ships Oregon, In.
Llama, and Massachusetts, and the
cruiser Monterey certain specified armor
lest at the Indian Head proving ground
The resolution also directed report
IN these tests.
Mr.. Stone called attention to the fact
hat no member OF the minority was
present, and he wanted to reserve the
light Of the minority to file a minority
-eport.
he declared that there was no minority
rhe Sub Committee and the Committee
IN Naval Affairs had been unanimous
md he would not give to Mr.. Stone the
privilege of trying to scare up minor
"Did the minority sign that reportT
asked Mr.. Stone.
They did not They ,, authSTized me
Without seeing it, l think they were
iery bold"
Il think they were very wise" re-
orted MIR. Cummings.
They should have the privilege OF
making minority report II they de-
'ire." persisted Mr.. Stone.
What does the gentleman want7"
,sked Mr.. Cummings angrily. Does he
want the Carnegie Company to buy a
-eport?"
1.-THE gentleman wants the Carnegie
~ hara IN Mi
Mr.. Stone-"something II had not had"
Mr.. Cummings refutsd this assertion.
The resolution was adopted without d.
vision,
Then at los the House adjourned
until tomorrow at II o'clock.