The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-04

Witness next went to see a report
which had been received by the city gov
eminent, and ordered placed ON file. He
asked Miss Wyman if the Office was open.
She replied: "Mr. Chapamn, you I'M
derstand how matters are here" Wit
ness replied; eyes, know that at other
places am treated with respect, and
records are readily shown. But it doesn't
seem to be SO here
Later inssMarch witness called to see the
annual report of the clerk and treasurer
but was told that it had been sent to
the printer, and the manuscript was not
IN such situation as to be readily got
ten at. Witness then asked for the copy
Of the report of the finance committee
on the city treasurer's report. The CITY
charter requires such a report from ths
finance committee, but the record doe
not show that 1t was made.
Witness next asked for the record OF
Licenses for base ball gamos. The city
clerk replied that he had no record of
such, the receipts being kept in the gen.
eral cash account.
Witness said that when the City Clerk
was present the record asked for was
passedfout. As editor of the Deering
News witness had written to the City
Clerk letter expressing the opinion
that that woman had an Illegal standing
in the office SO far as the transaction OF
business won't"
Then the witness told how he tried to
get at the report of City Marshal St.
John, wherein the latter recommended
the raising Of $1,000 for police force,
and was proceeding to relate CONVERSE
tions tending to show that witness was
being juggled out OF seeing the report.
But these conversations were ruled out
as inadmissable. E&ss
About the 18th of May, of this year,
witness asked to see the journal of the
oity government meeting, and 1t was
handed out. There witness found record
showing that the annual Appropriation
order was lying on the table for its SEQ
ond reading. The City Clerk refused to
show this order, on the ground that II
was unfinished business. Witness
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troduoed as stated in the record. The
daily papers also had no report of the
order in their accounts of the meeting.
When the cross examination began,
Judge Peabody asked what paper was
asked for on the Goth of February, 1895.
The witness could not remem Der.
Ibid Miss Wyman ever deny you access
to record book?" was asked.
Witness said she had denied him ao-
cess to papers, but could not say as to a
record book. Also he could not say but
what 1t might have been voucher OF
original paper which he asked for.
In answer to questions put by
Judge Peaobdy Mr.. Chapman said:
cannot say whether read the city
charter to Mr.. Jones or read to him from
the Revised Statutes, ur threatened him
with what I would do. I cannot say
whether it was after this I asked Miss
Wymap for any book or paper. asked
her for book or paper, and she said,
"You know how it is here" and said,
Eyes, elsewhere I get courte GUS treat,
ment. :" Mr.. Chaunoey Berry did not
reprove me for speaking as I did to Miss
Wyman. Mr.. Berry ever reproved me
for abusive Language to Miss Wyman.
Not one word of rebuke came from him
or anyone else. + swear that unequiy-
ocally. didn't see the manuscript rec
ords of the treasurer's report. Jones
said 1t wasn't tn ere. Have never seen
the treasurer report. There are lots OF
violations that should be brought to
| light In the affairs OF the office. 1t isn't
this one thing I complain of so much as
that this is only one in a chain of occur
renoes. should have mentioned some
of these occurrences, but / wanted to
make my petition brief. 1t is for the
counsel for Jones to find out what any of
those occurrences were when I was de-
MED access to the documents. l can
say there was Mr.. Crocker's bill, brok-
en- policeman. that wanted to see. and
Mr.. Jones declared he couldn't get 1t,
and yet in his monthly expenditures be
entered. paid Mr.. Croker 49," can't
say whether that bill had been passed
and allowed by the city government.
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out. asked to see vouchers of money
spent at one time, and hs refused to show
them; said he hadn't them. Later he
showed the vouchers. admit e snid at
| the time asked for the vouchers that
he had got to go right off to Portland.
admit could not expect him to stop
the public business to show me the
vouchers at the very moment demanded.
He never was accommodating but once.
and that was just before election, when
he WAS little more pliable than usual,
when he asked me if there was any thing
more ! wanted to see. At that time !
got the book / wanted. I have been to
the office to look at books and papers in
answer to correspondence from Europe
as we'll as from my position as editor OF
the Deering News. I have oriticized Mr..
Jones's conduct of his office pretty free
~. and may have said 1 believed in
throwing little mud to make a paper
sell.