The Portland daily press., 1896-04-25
AN IRRESPONSIBLE SPECTATORS
Secretary Carlisle Thus Characterizes
Man Who Claims He Wasn't Treated
Fairly In Bond Issue.

Washington, April 24.-In the sui
brought in the Supreme court of th,
District of Columbia against the Score
tary Of the Treasury in which Mr.. Graves
claims that unlawful and hostile actor
of the Treasury Department. officials
prevented him from securing 81, 500, 900 o.
the recent issue of per cent bonds, Mr..
Carlisle today filed an affidavit showing
his side of the case. The affidavit charges
Graves with Withholding the recital O.
the facts and with attempting to create s
wrong impression by false recltals ant
garbled correspondence. The msiI
ground of Grayes's complaint was, thai
he did not promptly receive note of &C
ceptanoe Of his bid, because it was simply
directed to him at New York. By reasor
of this, and the refusal of the Secretary
to extend the time for depositing the first
instalment, he was wrongfully deprived
of the benefits of his contract.
| Mr.. Carlisle states that the acceptance
Of Gravess bid was mailed February 9,
to the address given at the head of his
proposal. This was received at the New
| York post office February 10. February
| 10, Mr.. Graves sent q telegram to the de-
partment, showing he knew he was the
successful bidder. A duplicate of the
notice of acceptance was then sent. He
received it February II, four days before
he was required to make any payment.
| February 13 Mr.. Graves made an applica-
| tion for an extension of time on the
ground that the first note was mis-
directed, causing a loss of two days. He
stated distinctly in saoh application that,
Notwithstanding the delay, he was pre-
pared to make deposit February Is.
Mr.. Carlisle's affidavit recites that
Graves, after he failed to get an extension
of time, or get the bonds, sent to New
York before payment, and made second
bid February 5 of 13 1-2 for all the bonds
the Secretary might consider, in default
on that date, including those awarded to
him on the first bid. No reference to this
new bid is made in the petiUiop.
1t is charged that Graves filed as an ex-
hibit to his petition, what purports to be
copy of a letter written by him Febru-
rary ls, to the Secretary, which contains
statements not in the original letter. and
omits statements which were. By the
affidvaits, as it appears from the genuine
letter, Graves could not get his gold from
the bank of California until he procured
@ letter of acceptance from the af1iant
that at the time he received the letter the
bonds had gone down so that he could
not use them as collateral at the price he
bid; that he was on the market as bor.
rover; that what prevented him from
complying with his bid WAS drop in the
value, after the notice of acceptance came
to hand. The affidavit states that Febru-
ary II, Graves was insisting on second
bid, having abandoned his first bid. 1t
declares that the end of the loan could
not have been accomplished, if irrespon-
BILE persons could have bid with no
limitations as to time, thus being en-
abled to keep the government from real
izing on the loan except at their pleasure,
and turning it into a mere speculation.
Graves's statement that there is still in
the treasury department., over $500, 600 of
said issue of bonds undisposed Of, is un-
true. Some bonds have not yet been de-
livered to purchasers. All were disposed