Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-08
58TH CONGRESS.
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| worth. At that time MI. Wadsworth
WAS not a member of Congress. When
the Office became second elias, a lease
was made. At this time Mr.. Wads-
worth was Il member of Congress
The building was improved TO comrlv
with the requirements of the depart
mont for second-class Office. The an
nual rental was fixed at 500. includ-
| ms equipment, heat and light The
proposal was made by w. l.. ;. Oln-
stead, who is said to be the agent
Of Mr.. Wordsworth. 1t does not appear
from information secured By the de-
partnnnt that the rental is excessive
OF that the allowance is in any way
more than Should have been made
Lawrence, Kan, the post office prem
IScs at this place were leased from
j. ID. BoWersocli many years prior to
hit election as Il lnember Of Congress
in 1878, ut an annual rental of l,JGo
That leaS" expired April /, 1900. On
December IL. 1898. Nh Bowcrsock sub
nitted Il proposal to renew the lease
for term of five years at the same
annual rental but withdrew his pro-
i'''t's 'Iit' litIil Ills
tcr. Mrs. IiortcnH Il. Hill, and the
lease WAS executed in her name Gil
tho same terms. The record shows the
title to premises in question was vest
cd in Mr.. BoWcrsCck.
Station \. Winstcd, Conn: The post
office premises at this point are owned
by George l.. Lilly, NJ. {. Original lease,
which Was made before Mr. Lilly was
elected to Congress, expired. April /,
1902. The block in which the office is
located WIS then leased by Mr.. Lilly to
Charles :. NeWcomb and the lease to
The post Office department was made i'll
his; name. though the title to the block
before mentioned appears to remain in
Mr.. Lilly. The rent is practically the
same as under the former lease.
~ none of the above cases does it ap-
pear that the government has paid an
excessive rental. | referred to these
cases in my report. not because there
was any fraud indicated in the bust
ness transactions, but solely because
such contracts appeared to be i'll vio'a
ton of the statute above mentioned.
The history Of ISL eases is given III tn"
report wherein a melIOrr OF Congress
figures i'll getting c;erk hire in excess
of the amount the Office in question was
entitled to. according to the secret
method employed by the department to
determine the merits of the case. Many
OF these increases were only Temporal
r. and have been discontinued. a tab
ulatcd statement shows that i'll 81 in
stances where reductions have been
made since April, 1903, $l5,SS0 was being
paid annually in excess of the amounts
these offices were entitled to. As Illus
tratiOns Of the nature of the long list
Of cases. four instances from Il single
page are quoted and another on the fol-
lowing page i'll which Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow appears; as
the, ''iuilu"ntc.'' These We're i'll the
cases of the post offices ut Nora. Ind.
I;orh port, Ind. Oakland City, Ind, Sa-
LEM, Ind. ana Erie, Kan.
Persons whose Influence" seemed
good with the post office department for
Il time at least, embraced III the history
Of these cases included: q. ID. Nickel
john, Representatives Russell Sporty
ANA Hill of ConnectiCut: Senator Clay
and Representative G;riggs OF Georgia;
Senator cu.iom; ex-senator Mason and
Representatives George W. Smith. iio
Senator Bevcridge and Representatives.
Lands. Crumpackcr, Watson, Hemcn-
way. Overstrcet and Former Speaker
Henderson and Representatives cnus-
ms and W. /. Smith of Iowa; Repre-
Sentativcs Miller, BowcoCk and Calder
head of Kansas; Representatives. Pugh
and John W. Langley Of the census Of
flee for Kentucky: Senator Mcc"maS
and Representative rcarcc ana jack
son OF Maryland.
Four allowances in Michigan wer"
secured by Representative ~. &. Smith.
| Representative Gardner was success
| f,Il in one instance and John y. Mer-
rift in another. II. a. Castle, Former
Representative Fletcher and Represent
! tativc MCClcary are the names men
toned III the Minnesota list. Il. 6.
| lkccrinS, Webster Davis. John Daughter
secured increases which afterwards
were revoked for Missouri. Thomas II.
Carter appears in the list from Mon
| tana. Former Senator Thursday and
| Representative Burkett are down for
NcbzrasEa. Representative Gardner
and Jordan secured increases in New
| JcrScy. New York is represented in tn"
| list by Governor Odcl. Representatives.
| Serene +. Payne. Sherman, Alexander
| Ectcham and Nreeiand and cx-itcprc.-
| sCntatiVcs lay and Tomlkins. For
| mcr Senator PritcharI secured al ill.,
crease FOR clerk hire for GrCcnvllc. n
g. from $40 to $50 per tnnum. which
on Dec. 1865 WIS discontinued alto
EctlIrr. lie also secured III increase
| fror so to $50 for Wakcforcst, y. e.,
which Was reduced tothc former
Hmcurt oct. !. 1905. Senator Hans
hrouch appears in the list for North
| Dakota.
| Besides seven otter instances in
which II. a. Lybraud. W. $. Brown"
and W. T.. Mooney figured. these two
instances are given in the record:
| jefferson, Ohio, in tha recommended
ton OF Charles Dick, the allowance for
separating clerk hire at this office was
increased.
south Bloortincton. Ohio. Frh. H..
| 1@0O.-l' pom the recommendation of e.
| II. Gr0sv"nor. til" allowance for snpa-
rating clerk mir" 1T this uHicc VAS fixoI
at $50 per aEnum from April |. 1900 :
The clerk hire in Pennsylvania was
looked after bV Senators Dr,oy .i,,,I