The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-26
FER CASE SCANDALS
! ~ " Atlantic Contracting Com
" 10 Obtain Payment
E,upplATloN OF THE VOUCHERS
80, scandal Impending.
|-.,ion Likely to Result i'm
s..rtIins Revelations.
- York World.

"a New York Worid.
.n Iuly 2l.-The Atlantic con-
Y. .Suoauy Of New York has made
s.uc declarations that 1t dealt
IN II the government in all the Sa-
a,hsr harbor work done by 1t
I, a,rsctlon Of Captain oberlin M.
M has been sentenced by
.aa, for conspiracy to de-
government. Notwithsand-
- declarations, the compa-
W us,' 4 charged with having been
~, with Captain Carter, has TAX
!, ~ soyerpment officials claim is a
ssrhaud method to secure the
!, vouchers amounting to S5oO,-
N il by Captain Carter uhuer the
,.s contract system.
X claims Of this company against
s y we're recently thrown into
-, ~ claims for adjustment. In
amer the company expects to Sc
money, a result which Otherwise
M An impossibiity.
.o,tIne channel for the Atlantic
sIug company to obtain the amount
j would be to make application to
Gillett, now in charge of the work
blajn Carter's successor. rms was
dome by the company.
M was sent to General John NJ.
chief Of engineers, by the company
I'M settlement. General Wilson
mai application should be made
Ain Glllett. The company gave no
ibis communication. but presented
buchers OF Captain Carter at the
\ department and demanded the
It was refused, with the state
khal the treasury had no authority
IA funds in question. The matter
len sent to the court of claims.
IBIS the Atlantic Contracting COM
Expects to secure payment through
delay. Owing to the condition of
|lsndar OF this court 1t will be five
| years before the case is reached.
be hope OF the company that by this
BE Carter case will have been for
and many of the government wit
before the court martial dead. The
be taken by the court martial is not
'able In a civil court. The Atlantic
)ctng company will then seek to
| Ito case by the submission of the
kn Of Captain Carter, stating that
brk was done according to spaciiica-
ID the amount named was properly
Ing the last session of congress q
len was Introduced by Am Cum
to Investigate the case, but the
Ion was pigeon-holed by the COM
% military affairs and nothing
Pee been heard of it. The assertion
, that fund of more than s25 900
expended by the lobby for Captain
and his friends to prevent a fav T.
port on this resolution. Represen-
|hull Of Iowa, chairman Of the COM
q military affairs, is warm per-
Fflend ofrhe convicted captain.
ine sentence Of the court martial
fcyed BY the president and carried
Of 70 the assembling of Congress a
Fon VIII be Introduced providing
Investigation,
Z resolution is agreed to develop.
|flll SHOW It Isl said, that the cor
q the lower house in the Carter
wen greater than was that of the
% The sugar scandal.
lenllal members OF congress have
xlln all their might to prevent
Enksal Of Captain Carter, alleging
might have been mistaken in his
/ eal was not actually dishonest.
n ~ psfn the case he had ample OPP
~ % demonstrate it. He practj-
|srly. 0ne Tue "orh
|aa when Captain Gillett, his sue
.llYea that the mattresses for
!. ! paia VI each and which were :
1 Y ~. es worth only Is cents, had not
|.r y as he had a right 10 expect
" safr, the Judge advocate In the
-.saal demonstrated that Captain
~ a. aware Of the fact that these
N ", we're not Sanding up" yet he
y 'ne use Of them.