The Washington times., 1894-09-01

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appointed to the position, is a personal friend.
and our relations have always been amicable."
MAJOR DAVIS CAREER.
MAJOR A. H. S. Davis has been prominent
man in District affairs for many years, and is
perhaps as well known as any man in the
city. He is soldier, served with distinction
in the late war, and has held many high and
responsible positions. He was editor and
proprietor of the Pennington Me- Chronicle.
military secretary of ex-Goy. Dingley, of
Maine, a close personal friend of the late
James G.. Blaine, and of Senator Morrill,, and
was for many years the Washington CORE
spondent of the Minneapolis Tribune. He
has achieved distinction as an author and
contributor to magazines is prominent Elk,
and has taken the thirty-second Masonic de-
gree.
In the Office of the health officer also the
long expected has happened, for e. D.
Tracy, chief clerk, has been removed and
Henry Clay Mclean, until recently a clerk in
the office of the supervising architect of the
Treasury department, appointed in his place.
Mr.. Tracy has filled the place of chief clerk
in the health Cffice for several years, having
been, before his appointment to this post, a
clerk in the auditors office. He was ap-
pointed to succeed S. P. Bailey, now man
ager of the National Sanitary Company. So
been filed against Mr.. Tracy.
TEE DISCHARGED PoLICEMES's CASE.
Charles Maurice Smith and Robert Christy.
attorneys for Philip J.. Hayden and others.
recently dismissed from the police force, are
not disposed to accept as final the judgment
of the Commissioners in the matter and have
addressed to the board lengthy replication
to the letter sent them under date Of Au-
gust a.
The attorneys characterize the refusal of
the Commissioners to hear oral arguments as
something never before done by any judicial
or quasi judicial body in this country. so far
as they are advised. They cite the principle
OF law that no person can be tried without be-
ing confronted by the witnesses against him,
and refer to the acquittal of the ''meritorious
officers by an experienced and impartial
trial board after full hearing, and say:
Thereafter Mr.. Truesdell, of YOUR board,
without conference with his associates, con-
Quoted a secret investigation. as 1t has been
called. and proceeded to try these men upon
totally different charge without notice TO
them and, of course. in their absence. We
are informed that this so-calleC trial by Com
missioner Truesdell was conducted by him by
conferences solely with the enemies and op-
ponents of the accused. Wesubmit that such
action of Mr.. Truesdell was unprecedented,
unfair. and unjust.
The attorneys say ii can be clearly shown
by the best evidence that the Fat Mems Club
was not composed mostly of liquor dealers
and policemen, and say it is not true that
there was an understanding that the police
men were to protect Wells or any one else in
the illegal sale of liquor.
1T is true that not one of the five dis
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beat, and consequently could afford him no
protection"
1T can also be shown" according to the
attorneys, ''that Officer Fenton had no knowl-
edge of or connection with the meeting OF the
club on the day of the raid; that Mr.. Trues-
dell is mistaken when he asserts that the
charges against Wells were dismissed on tech
nical grounds, and it is also untrue that the
club was organized in the Gearst bar-room." +"
The attorneys close by expressing regret
that the Commissioners have seen proper to
deny to them the right to appear otherwise
than by brief, which they regard as clear
denial of the inalienable right of every Ameri-
can citizen.
COLLINS DIDN'T GET HIS LICENSE.
Anneus Collins, whose appeal for rehear-
ing of his application for a license to sell
spirituous liquors at retail was before the
excise board yesterday, was again turned
down. the board declining to reconsider the
former action. Collins had been convicted
before filing his original application OF sell
ing liquor to minors. Upon this being made
known, the Commissioners, prior to yacating
| as ''eXcisemen" !" refused the license as they
| were obliged to do under the law. Collins
renewed the application, upon the ground
that his conviction rested upon confession
| made under the assurance from Lieut.. AmiSs
| tba at his admission Of fynilt WOnl6 not affect
| his license At yesterdays hearing the lieu
! tenant positively denied the assertion of Col
Inns, and his testimony was supported by an
| equally forceful statement from Sergt. Will
| liams.
The board accepted the officers statement
| but even had it been true that Collins was in
| duced to make a confession upon any such
promise, the members of the board say they
/ would have denied his application. His
conviction upon confession or other prooi
| settled the question, and the case was simply
held open as matter of courtesy. No ont
cognizant of the facts believes that Lieut.
Amiss made the promise alleged The
| minors to whom the liquor was sold con
l.sisted of two girls and three boys, and tn,
lieutenant said if the board entert aimed ;
| doubt that they were under age he would
bring them TO the board room for ocula
| demonstration.
AS foreshadowed in The TIMES of yester
| day the board OF assistant assessors have de
cided upon a new official location. Th
rooms at 233 First street are not suitable TO
the accommodation of the business and new
quarters have been rented IN what is known
as the Adams building, at LOG c street. north
west. The removal OF the Office fixtures viii
take place to-day. so that from and after Non
day those having business with the board vii
call at the new Office instead OF at 233 Firs
street.
CAN'T BE PAID FOR LABOR DAY.
Attorney Thomas decides that the per dier
employees of the District cannot draw pay 70
the time occupied in the celebration of Labo
Day, Notwithstanding it is legal holiday
His opinion upon the subject was rendere
yesterday and is now on file with the Com
missioners. The attorney quotes the law IN
der which Labor Day was made legal hol
day, and says:
cit will be observed that the law Is silent o
the question of pay. 1t results that laborer
on the District rolls who are paid by the da
are no more entitled to pay on Labor Da
than they are on other legal public holidays.
The Commissioners yesterday ordered
That the sewer in P street northwest. betwee
Eighteenth street and New Hampshire ave
nue., and in the circle on south and south