The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22
KNOWN AS LITTAUER'S MAN.
SELLERS cor A CONTRACT WITH
NO CONGRESSMAN" CLAUSE.
Printed Blanks at Indian OfItce Here Em-
body That Clause Printed Blank on
which This Glove Contract Was signed
Appears to Disregard the statute.


which This Glove Contract Was signed
Appears to Disregard the statute e..
WASHINGTON, July 2l.--Inquiry at the
office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
to-day developed the fact that year ago
persons connected with the Indian Bureau
had reason TO suspect that Charles b. Sell
IRIS, who on June last obtained Govern
.sent contract for gloves for the Indians,
was Interested in some way in the firm OF
Littauer Bros. of IT'S Broadway, New York
city, of which Represe ntatiye Littauer is
senior partner. Information then given TO
Some one connected with the Indian Bureau
was that Sellers was either a foreman or
manager for Littauer Bros. This informa-
ton followed the failure of Sellers to re-
ceive the contract in 1902. He was about
one cent higher in his bid for the same
class of goods than Marshall Field 4 Co.
Sellers was not satisfied with the award
to Marshall Field II Co., and before
the contract had been entered into he
raised an objection that resulted in an in
quiry as to the quality Of the sample
submitted
1t was learned here to-day that when
by Marshall Field & Co., he found hat they
had bid one cent lower on identically the
same kind of gloves which he offered. It
was then said that both samples were the
product of Littauer Bros. factory, at
Glovcrsvile, and IN the course Of CONVEX
sation AT the conferences, II was remarked
hat Sellers was q foreman or manager
for Littnucr Bros This remark became
known to the, officials, Lut 10 steE : were
,alcon TO invest gate.
!nd!un Commissioner ". \. Jones do
clirrd to-day Ia discuss the disclosures
in correction with tie Sellers contract
Fe offered to produce the contract, bids
and any other papers, Diit SAID tha' Fo1d
that he could not talk about the latter.
An ryarpitntiua o" tie sellers COT tract
eru'~ t'Ht Oscar J.. Rr' ards, lhttauHr'S
brother u-aw il one of the bondslnen.
Richards a.. liis,N, leo o. u. TIE bO' u~-
leg or Lyon in the contracts made with
the Quart ,rmdsters Department OF me
army 'or gloves and gatrticts. Commits
-oner Jones remarked tat he Mas ac-
uua!atcd with Mr., Lt'auer and replying
TO n Quest ION said that he Was not sur"
they had never talked about gloves. the
Commissioner assured The Sun reroritr
however, that Mr. L.it'aurr lad lever TO His
knowledge hreu H. tire office"
Will '',il'i'7'',' ~ ~ =! It Il
copy OF sellers b!G ahN IN" ctnlia'i u
was at once seen that H." meas had
neglected TO comply with Section 31il of
the Revised Statutes, ar amended in 1877
which provides;
In every sHnn '2nf,'F or aH t,rd4'M ,. 10 ,
be made or "n","a mtg or 2,,Grnt'o nH or
on pet9il OIL l'r nue." ~, W. ', ',"'' n,
hsertIa an cypress ,o.'l'l"l lIH'{ u" ImiI,i
OF or u'iSH r 20 e't,' y" or
agreement, or to any benefit 10 arise there
Commissioner Jones' attention WIS
called to the omission of this clause. which
the statute saws must he inserted. II"
replied that it seemed to bc Missing, but
that he had no doubt the contractor knew