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B BO3EWATBR EDITOB
NEBRASKA IN THE C aBINET
Stray Leaves from the Re
cord of the Man Who
Aspires to the Shoes
"
. of Carl Schurz.
A Trader in Weat Point Cidet-
ehip Briberjof Legislators
and Corrupt Jobber.
Nebraska would feel highl/
honored by the choice of one of her
leading public men tor a position in
the cbinit o' Getter * ! Garfield.
Nebraska cannot however afford to
dittgrnct ! G riuivil Garfitld and1 the
nation by foisting into such an hon
orable and r sponsible position a
man whose public career h.is been
steeped in corruption and infamy
It is a burning ahrre
aud an eterntl disgrace to the
people of this yaung and growing com
mon wealth that c.ny portion of her
press is ao debused and o low in the
moral scale as tu ( indorse and recom
mend a man who is self-convicted by
his record , aa a trader in cadetships ,
a briber o. * legislatures and a patron
ot forgers and thieves
The disreputable methods resorted
to by his followers to create the im
pression that the , subsidized editors
and political strumpets who are clam
oring for Hitchcock's elevation to a
cabinet position voice the sentiment
of the people of Nebraska , c mpels us
to enter colemn. protest { against this
attempt to crown the man whom the
people of this state repudiated in 1876
for his infamies with laurels in 1880.
Let those who have endorsed Phiu-
eaa W. Hitchcock for Garrjeld'e cab
inet read the following extracts from
the public records :
A SEW CONV1CTKD CADET HIP TRADER.
( Official copy.
HOUSE OF KEPRESENTAIIVES , )
WASHINGTON , January 26,1867. J
lion Kdwin M. StMiton , Secretary of War :
SIB I hereby nominate Thomas M.
Woodruff , of Oiiaha. iu the county of
Donglia , and Territoiy of Nebraska , to
fill the cadetahip vacancy in the congres
sional district of that territory.
His ajje is eighteen years.
Yours very resjiectfully ,
P.v. . HITCHCOCK ,
Del. Congress. Neb.
Will the Secretary i lease cause the ap
pointment to l > e rent to my address.
House of Representatives.
Q4X.HA , Neb. , June 9th , 1867.
Hon.E. M. StMiton , SocrcUry ot W r , Washing
ton , 0. C. :
SIR It appear- that Thomas M. Wood
ruff was nominited the 12th of February
last by the delegate from Nebraska , as a
cadet to the West Point Academy. Hia
father's acceptance Is dt d the loth of the
same month. Aft-rmost _ di'igent inquiry
I am unable to learn that such a party '
ever resided in the. state , or ri.lherl.m
satisfied that he never did reside in Nebras
ka. The father , J. C. Woodruff , is a
major iu the army engineer carps , whose
residence has lozi ! : been in Waj-himrton. It
is to ho presumed that the douiicil of the
son ia t * e same.
* * * * * * *
A * we have many young men n this
state v.ho would be glad of the placa aud j a
who are fully qualified. I feel hound lo ' J
protest against the said Thomas Wood
ruff entering the academy as from this
district. * * *
I will luftke affidavits in support of my
statement.
respectfully ,
( Signel ) , i'our obcdi nt servant ,
JOHX TAJTE , M. C.
( Telegram )
WAR DEPARTMEXT ,
WASHINGTON , June 23 , JS07. f
General Iltclifi. upennltmlciit Military Acad
emy , WosvPomt , .V. Y :
Ascertain .uid report the aciual residence
of Thomas JL Woodruff
, appointed .1 ca
det from Nebraska. It i cjaimed that he
haw never heeu a resident gf.th.it state.
My order of tjie secretary'of war.
( Signed ) , L. 11. PJLOU/T ,
Ab 't. Adjnfciut Generr.l
Time 10 a. TO. .
' Office If. S. Kfilitary Telegraph. / \
( Telegrams received a the Denartaitnt. ) <
[ West 1'oiut. N. Y. , JuuaV7 ( ; i M ,
1ouuitr.il L. II Ttlouze , A . , i. /
J homas M. Woodruff i , the m of an .
officer of the army ; rcMdence has tonally
beeii the statiou . .f hisfaOur : iij * he ha v'
resided .ibout t n ye ra iu Was-Linpton , 8'
wi ich was Ins la > t place of rc-idencv. I p
( Signed ) , TG % PITCH m. i , ,
Sifpermteuilsut , '
WAR DET'T. Owlet or ,
U. S. .MiLiT.ua Atm& \ , June -V T. 1 :
Cose of 'Tlloufas Ji' . JVowlniK. of Oin -
} ia , ' apixiinteu ia7l t irom Nebraska. :
Hon. Mr. 'Calk , M. ( " . 'protect * vain-it
hisapjointme/it > n the tjr.miAl Mint lie i- <
not re-iden * ( if Nnilir ski und never t-ven
has been. ij'holap oibvei # retjuiftf- , the
I > poiiiU tf W A * .ntual resident * ' cf Ihe
. cOnsnwMoual tb'trn.t litis , to. f eprfafjit.
Young \r < . > { tJff htatss hiiii&Uf-io li.v.c
leen a re iS n' if W.isJii
ten yeflpTiir. . Hit li
nated him , cnUe-l him a
br.ft.-V * ,
( Signed ) , . ( fs Ki ) . '
i .
The Secretarjwif War orders tne appninl-
ment to be canceded.
( Signed ) , En. SCHUIVEB.
1 nspeotor. G'-'neraE.
Omiba Bw , September 13th , 3 = 7G
The chari > o uss repeated ! } ' oeen
made in the public prints , thai Phiu-
eaa V. Hitcftco.-k owes husenatorahip
to bribi-ry and fsaud
, und ho haa nev
er de.ued it. Instead of asking f - > r
an nnestigation b > tnu legislature , he .
has u erted his influence to prevent
and sappres * imeiu ation. And no1
whr n v e have renchi-d the crisis t f t .e
senown&l Ciiirawk , when the people
: \rv ubout to nu < > nate ihe repr on'-
nvcs ho'tfultl c Hiicncook'a sic
*
CC * "iV ( | IU t0 JO t- < * ! tv m e < i J ! T
issue by jJoclar.L. . uii UL oharxe are
al'OB. LSIO. t ' .a0u y
require cin-
tradicti-M MH'tdi - rk it , na
among us. iuj we propose to
hun the '
viadication.
\V uow reiUrit * tb *
W. HitchcoBk did aecnre his
on M United States senator bj
bnbary and fttA. We cnrw > thst
ho i > ariKmwJjp-wid thr ngh his friends
lmi - < i MMy aie-nbt-rs of he Jerisla
turti ? by tipay.nent of money
of h j le islury of
1S71 who vcre if 'uctjd tu Vute for
Phineas W. Hitchcock , in considera
tion of a bribe , were the following por-
OUH :
First Henry W. Somerlad , mem-
bur of the house.
SPJCIFICATIONS Somerlad cams to
Omaha caring the fen torial camptitrr.
and im-chased a suit of clothe * of F. L.
Ruf. merchant t-iilnr . .n l he told Kuf
that he waa toreceive700from UitchcfC *
for 'us vote. He a'ked Kuf to show him
II tchcock's residence which he did. S m-
erlad went in an'l soon re timed to Ruf a
toie with J.hunch of CTeennacka. which
Mr. Knfountedfor him , - nd found to 1o
$700. Mr. Ruf ti-ok out the amount due
for his suit of clothing and Somerlad pock-
e'ed the rest. Somerlad confidently in
formed Ruf that in a Mition 10 the ? 70\he )
u a * to hrfve a land office , which promts *
was u > gequently fulfilled.
Mr. Ruf nasrenided in Omaha for _ over
twenty years. He i * a man of unblemished
epntation. He is not a partisan. He has
n-'teven voted during the past sir years.
\id cannot be charged with seeking polit
ical p < trona.e from anybody.
Second D J Quimby ( democrat ) ,
memb r < f th house :
SPICIFICATIOXS Quimby received 8850
for his vote. That sum wa ? paid hi du -
ing the t < enatorialc. < mpaignin HitchcockV
room at the Tichenor houe , Lincoln. He-
brought the money in a bun < h into the
room of Srnator Tenant. ho counted it
for him , und t whom he personally con
fessfd that it was piid aa a bribe ,
Third John Rouse ( democmt ) ,
member of the hust
SrEOlFtCATiois House confessed to a
prom nent bu-inefs man ot Omaha , that
he received $1,000 for his vote He was
openly charged with this act at a dem < > -
crtic convention held ii Plattamouth ,
nii he did not deny it
Fourth J. CHrk , member of the
hnnse.
SprcmcATiO ! < 3 The sum paid fnr
Clark's vote , as reported l > y W. H. Janics.
ex-jjorernor , who confes > ed that he paid it
to Clark , is $1,7 < > 0. Jamei has just re
ceived his reward in an appointment ai
land office receiver in Wa birgton terri
tory.
tory.Fifth
Fifth B. F. Hilton , member of th
senate.
SPECIFICATIONS Hilton was induced to
vote for Hitchcock on th promise of
5LOOO. to be paid to oneKiely , who , after
receiving the amount , decamped to Can-
ad * , Kith the money. This fact we ha\B
di'ect from Mr. Hilton.
W may eventually furnish details
of other brlbid mombera O dem
ocratic member of tha leglclaturo w * > s
rewarded with a surveying contract ,
tor which , without investing a dollar
or taking any risk whatever , he re
ceived 31,000 in money , from a demo
cratic firm , who are also working in
the Hitchcock interest.
THE FLAVNAOAN FORQEKY.
During the Senatorial contest of
1877 Hitchcock procured certain
forged documents charging Alvm
Saunders and Clinton Briggs with
conspiracy to buy up the legislature.
These paper ? were circulated secretly
amony members of the legislature.
The following testimony shows this
infamous transaction.
REPRESENTATIVE HALL , )
LINCOLN , Neb. , Feb. 8 , 77. )
Hon. Bruno Tuchacki Secretory ot t > ute :
The following resolution has been
this day adopted by ihe house of rep
resentatives :
Resolved , That the secretary of
state be instructed to have 1000 copies
of the evidence just submitted , with
'the report , printed in pampblot form ,
a * soon as possible , for the use of the
members of the legislature.
I hereby certify that the above is a
true and correct copy , and also r that
the enuence of the house investigat
ing committee , of which ] Mefsrs
Moore , Anyan , Clark , Fiichpatrick 1
and Gib-ion were members , and which
Je , hereby transmitted.
B , D. SLAUUETER ,
Chief Clerk.
UEPORT.
Ittr. Speaker :
Your committco beg leave to submit
their report , as directed by the foll.-w-
ing resolution , to-wit :
Whnreas , Charges have this day
been made that a certain corporation
or 'purson connected therewith haa
Bunt a written communication offering
to supply money to secure the election
of a United States senator from the
state of Nebraska ; therefore
Kvs'-lvod , That a committee of five
be appointed by the chair to iuveaii
Lj.Ue the above or any charges of cor
ruption by the use of money or other
\Svauiage , by any person or b > .tuy jed
o-d or other-corporation , wnhin
witKpuj , thqfltaej { ftHe herftny coi-
rupt or improper influences have bom
t any time , -T are now being med to
i-'ntrol the election of United States
icnatorj ' _ that the committee have
.loner to semi for persons and "pa -
pers , " would respectfully submit the
'oliowing report'
Your committee > Tould.recoinraen'1 (
hat the evidence which IB'hereto
rached andjrnade a t'art of thtS v
narked exhibit tlA , " be prip
ivould furtlinr submit , firs' '
letter .vhicii ruads fts f'-r
BEAU &rI have to-day seen
\Yni. jltjriuq , aud ha n arranged with
him Forj > ll drafts drvwit 03 * , yourstOf
'
and Messed ' tSaunderson 4 .a't-id
Bnks t" > b < 3 honored We can affl rd
to win thtR'tima. t.Yfiurs truly ,
( Si nei ) C. E. PERKINS.
WM IKVIJ.G.
T M SI. ( rodink )
J. G. T t
1247. ThH refers to thp ficrht
against H. T M. 31. may draw to
.uiy amount necessary.
Wsi IKVIXO
is a fortrory , rorgf-d by J. D. Flant.a-
a' n'th-it ; no such letter was ever writ
tan h O. E Perkins , OF received by
T VI Ma qiititte , or endorsed as
William Irving , or J. G
anrt-t , t no P wir or authocit >
was ever ctven to T. M.
MJurquettB , - > r Afvtn Saunders. < -
Brigj ! * , gr either of them , to
d" f- on the Burlingion * nnd
ri River Railroad company , in
N rrasfc * * ortnoneyf > use in ciieron-
at'-al plecnon , ortf > nw for political
uu'po ea of any kind ; aud the cjffl-
mirr further believe that , c ? proof
hews , ne ? hr Alvjn Sanndera Clin
ton Briggs , norT. 3L Mnrqnettrt na d
any m o y of hn wud mlroad com
p ' -y to &M - way 'nttueiiee the BKUA-
Section. & onnd , c furtter
rhnt the pretended letter ,
uvt-mber 5th , J876 , of which
the fuUo.uu la a copy , to-wit.
xxHinrr"2d. "
B. & M. B R Co. , in NZB.
OMAHA , NIB , Nov 5 , 1876.
J O Taylor , K q. Acting Tr wurer :
DEAR SIB You pleMn honor my
dr fts made on you by T. M. M r-
quelto , or coun'erslgned by him , an
il further Instructions. Note that
ccountfrom the "Omaha Bee" for
$100 per month , and for th "Lin
coln Globe" for 875 per month , may
be passed for six months from Ixt
init 1 want to see you on this mHiter
o-monow. Yours truly ,
( Signed ) WM IKVISO ,
ia a forgery. The proof shows that
no such letter was ever written by
Wm. Irving or receive ! by J. G.
Taylor , ss it purport * , and that no
such authority mas ever given to drr
r use money of the Burlington and
Miss uri railroad company in Nebraska -
braska , as in said letter stated , nor is
there any proof that any of the em
ployees or persons connected with
-aid company , ever u ed money uf
said corporaion for political purposes
or to itifinenca t > > e late senatorial
election. Third , that we furthi-r
believe ihat there is no proof whatever
that any money had bi-en
mid , or that there ever
ira * any agreement to pay nny mnnuy ,
for political purposes , either to the
"Om h < Bee" or "Lincoln Globe , " i s
to any onu connected with vd pnper ; ,
or for any orher than for job work or
for advertising , or other rightful and
legitimata purposei. Nor is there any
proof that said railrond compauyeends
messages over its lines of telegmph
for either of said newspapers , free of
charge , , but the pr * f is , that for all
matter sent over the wires by either
of said companies , they charged the
same as th > i as ocUted press chargei
for like matter. The proof clearly
ahorij thst said ralJror.d company hai
not used any money for political pur
poses , or for any ether than legitimate
purposes ; thst the letters above men
tioned and tat for'h were forged by
one Ji D. Flanagan , who was at the
time a clerk in the princip l office
of the B & M. railroad com
pany in Omaha , Nebraska ; that
and Flanagan , nn or ubout the 13th
day of January lust , Itlso nude i >
affidavit , which is in evidence , thit
the forged letters and plao thu affi
davit were placed in the hands of
Senator P. W. Hitchcock , on or about
the 14th day of January , 1877.
* * * * #
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
S. V. MOORK ,
J. S. Gi'SON ,
WM. A > YAN ,
LOBAK CLARE.
5V.V. . "
Cnmuiitu o.
( Page 35 ) W. C. Griffeth , member
of the legiclature from Lancaster
county , called and sworn , aud examined -
ined in chief by Chairman Moore ,
testified as follows ;
Q. Sta o what you know about the
allegations in this resolution ? A. I
would like to have you aak me what
questions YOU desire. I don't want
to state all I have heard frorn outsiders
for the last two weeks.
Q. State facts.
Mr. Gibson : Tnen wo have no
further use for this witness.
Mr. Anyan : Q. State what oc
curred betwfcen yourself and Hitch
cock and others , I think , the dty be
fore yesterday in the private room of
the governor's cilice , in which you
represented you wore shown eertain
loiters ? A. Our delegation from
Lancaster county went jl there to
CODSUP ouout nutters aiiu i1'3 letter
came up.
By'Mr. Brown : Q Was the en -
tor present ? A. I think he w a art
of the time. He said , ' I nnderUMid
you think I have got a forged le'ter ,
and that 1 am usinij it to insu'e my
election , " or something hk thut . 1
told htm I had heard there was . > let
ter of some character ami I w-ne to
find out whether it was .iu .tcKnowl-
edged letter or genuine Tftrn 1
talk rl about thu signature of Mrv
Mirquette ami told th. . m I was sorac"
what familiar with his wri'iiig ' " /hey
showed mo a let'er and ? Kd mu
about thu initulT M M " [ t ( > \
him I thought the two "M's ' i.nked
Q Were cMi'cn
you n tc5tfy )
to thb < ; eiiuiiit ii - f r , . . , ; gndture ?
° " ' " weilt' "
-
'V ftconsul
. Did , ,
.Q ju [
, ldtha j trr ovcr } |
, , ea , fna dited liurlux'ton , 1 I
huik , and aWre,8ed , , t > lr Mtr-j I
iuuliua Zlildj " \\eha\o w.ulu ir i
allocljrtits by which S < iuuu rand
jnn > jhoiiyllMVO forgotten the nnniC
-cm draw on us at aight " T tint ir
that is the language T don't know
whether the wori "rnoniiyrabkuieh -
iioned or not.
' 0 AVrha wi.s jour conduct . hcii
thu It tt.r was rp d to.yon / A , They
saialilr. M riuetto | had sisur th let-
tur.uii had e > igr > ea his if..ni ( on tats
margin "T. M. M. " 1 said J don't
think that wab his signa'ura , and f.-
Wa/in tli building -iiid Itt him uouui
tKere and deny or Hckitfiwledcu thit
he.yur * is na ne fliere I vtunt d vm
et.iirs aud told Mf Jlinjiie'te tu
com i up. atn when Mr. Mirquette
came up the ' tter nsn not there I
think t ! e papi"-s were inMr. . YosiV
puasesaion Tney h id an tinders and-
ing that they re * * ' * mui-t aomeplacj
laat.ui ht and examine the piptr
with Mr Matquette.
Mr. Anyan : Q. What trau"piroa
when you returned with Mr.
Marqtiettel A 1 told them , T a til
"goii'luinen , liere is Mr M rquftti ; .
he would likd to v UT.- " ' 11Kitr. . "
Mr. Mnre : Q Did Mr. M i-
quotto deny the mi/iiHtur ? A1. No ,
sir ; I think he aaid he vronkl like to
sea 'ho letter but * it was lua there
i he first tlmu , but he tifter ; > 'ardsame
in and I thiijk tbiy agreed to 1 ok at
thn li-ttt-r "oinewhero bat night with
Mr. Msrqtiotto.
Mr. Aujan : Q. Wh-it v ? ' 'he
improasion you received fr m readiiiff
th'a lettfr , if . iiythinu ? A The im
prtidiiou w.is that f'e ! liuriiiigiou , &
MiEscuri 11 vi r Jl.thoM con/p mj
had enp' eretj Governor i-'att dsra
and Jndge Brii gs to draw on rtiem
tor all tne money they ranted. I
ihink the letter said aurne.Iiuiic Ji > ?
ill's : "In this fight we own.afford to
win- "
winQ That don't really nsvfr the
question I intended. I
aak. what imprp 'ions
to bo oiadnpin v n by'the letter
being Bbj > wn toou ? A. The ini-
preision in'endei to be made upon
me waa that it was a genuine letiur.
Page 44. Mr. B U. Admms , prirnto
tecretiryof Senator Hitcheoclr , called ,
sworn and eaamlned , testified u fol
lows :
Mi. Gibson : Q. Have yon In
your poeiosion p p r purporting tj ?
be a latter from Mr Perkins , with
reference to their supplying funds to
be used in thfa e < lutorul election ?
A. N" , iir
Q. Have yon had ? A. Yes , sir.
Q Wnere ts that letter now ? A. I
a w it a short time since in the pos-
cesMon of the sena'e committee.
Q You have delivered it up to their
poi > 8es ! nn ? A Yes , sir.
Q. Will yon state to the committee
u near a you can what the contents
of that letter are ? A. Yea , air.
* * *
Mr. Glbion We can't do it with
out having dlrectiona-from the honse.
We have no evidence there ia a senate
comrni t n ( To th witmas. ) Did you
go to Omaha at the instance of Mr
Hitchcock to meet a party under the
ainnmed name of J > mea Dufiy , to re
ceive from him certain information in
regard to the matter under consider
ation ? A. No , * ir.
Q. You did not ? A. No. air.
Q. Dirt you luve any conversation
with this pinyunler the assumed
name of Jas. Duffy t the St. Charles
hotel , or an ) where ? A. Yes , air.
Q Ou behalf of Mr. Hitchcock ? A
Nu , sir
Q Did you receive there at Omaha
tho-e letter * you * ay you left with the
S -nate committe ? A Yes , air ; I re
ceived sundry papers that are now in
charge < > f the senate committee , from
i man who ays his name is J. D.
Flr.agn.
Q. Have you ary former acquaint
ance with thut gentleman ? A. 5fo ,
air.
air.Q Where did you receive the pa-
pera from him. A. In Omnhi.
Q , Wh. t did yon do with teeno pa-
pora when you received chem ? A
Brought them to Lincoln ?
Q And gave them to Mr. Hitch
cock ? A. No , air
Q. Did you ahovr them to him ? A.
Yoo , sir.
Q. When waj it you received these
papers from Mr. Flanagan , ae near as
y u can remember ? A. It woa lust
Sii'iday , the 14th Instant , I believe.
Q ' Did you aeu tnu letter purport
ing to come from ? man under the aa-
sujiied name of Jumea Dutfy to Mr.
Hitchcock ? A. Yea , sir.
Q You didn't go in response to
that letter to meet this man ? A. No ,
sir.
sir.Q. . Mr Hitchcock didn't direct you
to o ? A. No , sir.
Q Dd you know whore Mr. Flan
agan ia at this time ? A No sir.
By the Chairman : Q. Do you
know where he res des , at all do yon
'anything about his reaidence ?
A. Only in a general way , that he
lives at Omaha.
By Mr. Gibson : Q. What i hia
business ? A. Clerk m the Burling
ton & Missouri River Railroad com
pany.
Q. Do von know what considera
tion he received for these papers ? A.
do.
do.Q. What ? A. Six hundred dol-
lars.
lars.Q. . From whom ? A. From me.
Q Waa that mmiey given you by
any other pirtj ? A. No air.
Q Waa i' your money ? A. No air ;
t wa * money accumulated In the due
coarse of business
Q Was that SCOO simply to pay
him fnr his trouble in getting up there
papers ? A. No air.
Q Whit * * > the con ideration ? A.
Thu con-ider.itlon was the papers.
Q. And the contents ? A. Yes sir ,
cartninly ; the papers and the contents .
of ne papers go iOijeth f.
Q. Thla offer was madd to hlnl be
fore you paid him , was it ? A. No
sir.
< * # * * * * *
Q. This § GOO waa simply to pay
him fur be'rayiny the trifat placed in
him ? A. No sir.
Q. Then what wan the SGOO to be
p.ud fnr ? A. For the papers.
Q What waa in the papuri to make
them worth § 000 ? A. That 'ould be
b" ' T anpwered by tht > production
of the papers.
Q \easir ; provided we got them.
A. I am perfectly willing to state
tliaf t1 o contt nts of the papers were
? tuh .15 * o justify me , in my mind ,
paying the man the price hu asked
for thtm.
Q. In whai way wire ilmy valuable
to V' < u ? A. From their contents.
Q Did the o p tpora contain any-
Using of linnfirt.iuci1 ty yourself ? A.
Yes sir.
Q You mny state an > matter in
thfcisw p-tperk thnt w.iil > f impor ancu
to you ? A I can say , in a ijennral
way , without the papers- , bolero mo ,
that they contained , intoriimtion of a
runs piracy against Mr. Hitchcock ,
wluiic private secretary I ai.i , and in
whnee welfare 1 am of or urso in
terested.
Q. You eaj that the money
that was paid for there ptpcts
accuuiul kted iu a general bustu aH
-way What do yo6 mean by "a gen
eral business way < " A. 1 simply
nn mi to siy if was. Mr Hitchcock'1)
ni'iney that was in my n nda and over
which 1 had control.
0. Then you only piid him SCOO
nnii didn't pay him one thousand ?
A. No Mr.
Or. a-t examination by Mr Whed'jn :
Q. Who wiic presant , Mr Adaina ,
when the mnney fas paid ? A I duii't
know , sir.
Q. Who paid U ? A. 1 don't kii-w ,
sir.
sir.Q Who did \ < n give thp mcrey t- > ?
A I give thi * money to Mr Haacall
to gt\e to Mr Flanagan
Q Where wa Mr Flanagan thsn ,
do you knon ? A" Yea , sir.
Q. Where wm he ? A. In the next
room.
Q Whert- was th t room ? A. In
! ho pos 'pllice bnildliiir t Om&h.a
Q Wbas part ( > f the building w < a
you in ? A In.the h.ill of the second
atorv
Q" W.horew . Mr. Hiacell titon ?
W-a lie there.thi'j ? . A. 'Yes sir.
" ' f-
. -
s * * # t +
s
C | . You dilntsQ the money .nradj
A. No sir
Q. i ) j u get t ie alKiiavit thei I
t\ , , I uiu. . : tf- .
isn-Q. V7-g it _ jSigntid when. * n * it
ht-te .ta Mr. FlaadSaviJ A I
dfllh't
A. Yes jir.
Q Sworn to by him ? -A. Yes , air.
Q. He was sworn by whom ? A. J
AT. Wr.tf.on
Q. Did you read it over bffora it
waa aigned ? A. I believe I did.
Q. Did yon tell him that would do ?
A. No , ill.
* * * * * *
Q. Did Mr. Hitchcock give yon th !
money I A. No , air.
Q You Bay it Ia Mr. Hitchcock's
money ] A. Yes , air.
Q How much waa there ? A. Six
h < ndred dollart.
Q When did it come Into your poi-
le'sion. A. Last week.
Q From whom ? A. 1 have an
awured it came into my poaieraicn in
a general buaines ? way.
SIP-BAP JOBBERY.
In the winter of 1878 congress
poi ed an appropriation bill for
980,000 to Improve the Miuonri river
t Omaha and Council Bluffs. 1'hia
liberal appropriation waa procured bj
the frubraska delegation in congress
in renjionee tn petitions from the
Omaha board of trade aud leading
business men of Omaha The con
tract for furnishing material for thl-
rork waa fraudulently award d to P.
W Hitchcock and W H. B. Stout.
The contract , aaahown by the affida
vit of Micha-1 O'Brien , of La Platte ,
Sarpy county , Nebraska , on file at the
war department , waa surreptitiously
let to the highest bidder under false
protenaei. Thia contract- became a
lource of shameless fraud in the infer
ior ! y of material famished and bogu-i
measurement * . The following ia one
of several affidavits that lubstantiatei
thetact of ayatematic frauda by P. W
Hitchcock as rip-rap contractor :
STATE oy NEBRASKA , )
DOUOLAS COUNTY. J M *
C. . Wheeler being dulys oru da
potee 4iid : ay& thot ha wva a sub-con-
tructor under Hitchcock & Stont
for furnishing uillurra for the MUECUTI
oivar rip-r pa at Oroahn daring the fall
of 1878 and winter of 1879. Thibe
ii i n erul ho furnished waa , in
accordance with tb diractloua
of Phinuau W. Hitchcock , most
ly " 0 brush , trsa topr. and
mall poles. That this material waa
delivered at tha river bank in front of
Ouiaha , and that there waj lyatematic
fraud in the measurement. Deponent
dullverod (165) ( ) one hundrnd aud aix
ty five eorda , government measure
munt , but only received p y 'rom
Hitchcock & Co. for (77) ( ) seventy-
EC ven cords. Deponent fnrtt.er states
that ho iaw the stone delivered by
Hitchcock & Stout for these rip-rvp * ,
which atone waa very inferior In qual
ity , moatly poroua stone of the nature
of soap-stone , and a large percent
age was frozen clay , alao quarry aoal-
inga In small dimensions.
0. E. WHEKLZB.
Subscribed itnd sworn to before me , *
notary public , for and iu Douglas
county , Neb. , thia 13th day of Juno ,
1879. JOHN ROSICKY ,
Notary Public.
MR. WHITE AND OUR SCHOOL ,
SYSTEM.
Mr. BJchtJd Grant White is a
chronic grumbler. For forty yoi.ra
paothe h o been devoting his energies
to the faults and failures of the Eng
lish language , and having to all ap
pearances fully exhausted the subject
he haa now turned his attention to our
public school system , which , as might
be expected , he finds to be worse than
useless , an excroseiice upon the body
politic , a whlted sepulchre filled with
dead men's bones.
In a leading article iu the Decem
bar nnmber of The North American
.Review Mr. Whitehuagiien thureasona
f'lr his views on the gchool question.
Ho declares that "the maaa of our
public school children are unable to
read intelligently , to apoll correctly ,
to write ( legibly , to describe understandingly -
standingly the geography of thsir own
country , or to do anything that rea-
BjiiaJ ) well educated children should
do with ease. " Nay , uiorr , saja Mr.
White , although they can yivo rules
gli-ly and recite frm memory , r.a to
elementary education they are , moat
of tneui , in almoat < tis hulpiefta aud bar
ren a condition ofimcd ( a. * if hey
ne\o' er"we'l the threshold of a school
houdu. Millions of dollars annually
aru expouJed on the 30 called "higher
education' * and" squandered in normal
colleges and hiij'i so1 oois to gKo a
S'nutleiing of UtttKss kuowleJ tj to
chilJrot ! who wil1 never bo able to use
t , v > lule the wnolc ayet--.u ia a. taniant-
ablu frtiiuro fiouuycoiubou. wuh superficiality -
ficiality and usuleas aa an instrument
in building tip the st-ite intellectually
or uior.tlly
Mr. White has douhtltbddjcu good
service in calling popular attention to
the f.ict hat them are def cta aud seri -
ri us defects iu our system .f public
i mtru tujr. Utf hni gi'hored muny
f c a which nwy be profitably studied
by our various boardg of ednc-'tion.
Alt 'ough the public may hnd in Mr
White a prejudiced judge and -i fac
from iuiparthil observer , yet. making
duu allowance for a critic whoso whole
life has been spent in flaw-picking and
fault-finding , and whoae bias of m d
is more townrda espuaiug the evil than
exhibiting the good in mankind and
aociaty , there are some observations
of Mr. White which have their foun
dation in .in actual atBto of affairs
existing in the school avstvm'of the
present day.
Aiuericiiis are justly proud ul their
public aohuols. The're is no Olie of
tot-ir insti'p'fons iti.wnich poprilar
interest i > u re iuarku'1 or p cui r
coulidence i rtee. . And this inte aat
and oonfifleuoe ta not without/
- > "receiving Tfiot-
, ( c-n t-vitlx - , |
i hec ooun- 1
t
< iu tH faUi * . r'
the ekf
There is of > conMry where tltc
ci ? stones from poverty to
are BO esy of aoc nt M io the United
SUiaj. That this tonditioa of ff Iti
is largely doe to on * system of public
instruction , not even Mr. White will
be prepared to deny. What country
on the globe circulates 'aa many
nuwrpap rs among a many readers
na dees our own. What cation prmti
as many b < i ) k > ? Among wh t people
ia illiteracy at a lower ebb , and where
on the face of th whole world can
such instances of mental * nd mater
ial adVHhcenwnt from poverty and
wxnt to high huiur and position be
found u in oar own country. Thoa-
tanda of instances prove the value of
our schools to the country
in planting the first gerius
of an ambition which afterwards ri-
pe-ied to thopolitical advantage of the
nation , and which otherwise would
never have aprung into existence.
Free to all classes aud conditions our
public schnoL ) are a constant witness
tu the social equality taught by thu
'Constitution. Their professed object
is to fit the growing guuor.uion to be
better members of socuetyand morcjca
pablx of bearing their part in the gov
eminent of the people by the people.
Notwithstanding Mr. White's d nl l
of thu adage that "Ignorance ii the
mother f vice , " politic.il economists ,
without exception , are prepared to
uphold it by a mass of facts and fig
Urea which cannot be controverted.
Thoroughly believing in the truth of
thia maxim , our school system endea
vors to diffuse intelligence among thd
grjaioit number , leaving to crime to
excuse for ignorance and offering to
til the opportunity of fitting them
selves /or the highest position ! of
Lone ? and trust in the gift of the peo-
people. Thiaiatbe object of our school
system. That it is a laudable une not
not even Mr. Richard Grant White la
prepared to deny. How well it fi be
ing carried out ia thu point upon which
writera are now diiferi. g.
In the first place it must be ad
mitted by any candid person thit such
widw reaching system of public in-
atruction cjnnot be carried oat with
out inauy defects and muiiy failures
Ita very universality la responMble for
these. Organized to do the greatest
amount of good to thu greatest nnm
ber , there must be many inj'oaces in
which It will fail to accomplish the
precne end for which it waa founded.
But theio defects and failures are at
ieqdant on every system of general
application and by no meanj militate | 1
against the system as a whole. Oare
public schools deal with the most ! *
diverse nationalities and social ele
ments. Minds naturally bright , others
by nature the direct opposite , rich
aud poor , dispositions varjlng in the a
moat widely diverging degrees are to
be dealt with and snpptmbly to bo , .
brought to a common height of mental' '
advancemenl and literary proficiency.
The very universality of thu lysiern '
which fo its greatest cic lenc6 { , bei i
cornea in isolated uistancPa ia yrejiteat
j
defect and. the perplexing problem is j
CoUstantly presented how to adapt I
the system to the deficiencies of the !
I v
few without datr jmg its value- ! } ,
to thti mhiiy Our grided 1
schools against which Mr. Grant White i
hurls his wertpotis have resulted from |
this perplexing problem , aud are i v
d nling , sa wo thuk , hciently with
the question. The great increaoe of
our school populati > n , vrhich sees
hand in hand wit.'i ' the growth of the I t
country , prfsents snot-i-r element In 1 f
the school pr bl m Old muthjda oE
instruction , Miiple when they were in
troduced for the needs of the time , ;
now fail to accomplish the sanvi re- 11
suits. Thousands of tunchara are now r
required whew hundruda were once - ,
sufficient , and g""d tunchera hive al i j
ways been nrc- Efficient school sn [
pp"-inteidtiit3 sh < > uM be poaaesaod of j
as tare qualilicatloiis as a aucrujciul 1
ge-noral , and the i fiuand is gre , tfcr 1
than the supply I-i short , our schi-ol 1
system has been for the last fen years J !
endeavorm ? to adapt itaelf to the ,
needi of tbe times ad to remedy defects - 1
fects which were thu natural "Ut- ,
growth > f system in itstilf well do-
si nyd aJtl ° n' tne whole v/urthy of ,
the ndmirxti'm aud cotamendation ! j
which have been bestowed upon it. I
'
'I'he ualy initter lor aurpris > is t at i
our * " ayjwn f public .nstriiction
whicr urm'iwtcd in Ni-w Eiijlaud u. f J
1627 and hna since b'"e ii extended |
ov r * terntf ry embracing fifty mil- ( -j
lion > t 'nhabitr.nt , hj)8.ar > well aupI I (
t , ] , i 'ht eduuitiona' WIHIIE i/f our ( J ;
nnnnle That d f ct n-u uwn.Jeit ia i ti
for j rpru tr deitK idcncy. i
j
Public atteutiou once c.Jl-'d to them 1
ttiH > will certainly berenmaied. Already - |
ready ' c western schools of Cleveland t
and Peorii have set examples of a more
m nun elemt-ntary education to ICew
tuQiimcy method , ] (
thanin
*
1
u "hrtin for
* - itt
rlt
.
re * h. J Mi |
ie.r s , g cSi of p Hf c tdfa. . f * -
- * 'r ? * ' -
H
SOM : n 'is dm t > > > ; a'
} , L " !
cost of carrying grain between Chi *
ago * nd Now York , a matter depend *
ing on the will of two or three men ,
la equivalent to a tax of 5 5,000,000
apon ths agricultural precincts of the
Tux Pt nn yIv Di railroad com-
pauy two days a c announced thit it
would herea/ter receive no freight to
New York by way of the Baltimore
and Ohio-road , that corporation having
trantftfrred its p-wsenger businpss 1o
another route. The excluded rood
baa cow made other arrangements and
four trunk lines are In operation be *
York and Chicago.
JUDOE JEBK BLACK has written
lettar on the transportation question
to the New York Chamber of Com
merce denouncing railroad monopolies
as public robbers , and Insisting that
lesul itivurertrictions not only on o s-
sengor taridTs but also on freight rates
sretbsolutelyindispeniible. It willnow
be in order for the railroad organs to
dauounco Judge Black s a black
mailer , A cummuriat , and an enemy to
the public welfare.
"GATII" s..ys that U5.000 tierces of
Urd wern naed In New York in Nov
ember in the manufacture of bogus
butter. Nearly that amount of soft
aotp haa been used by Dr. Miller in
plastering the racunt Union Pacific
appointments , "en to apeak. "
IT cost Bill English 827,000 to run
for the vice-presidency. Mr. English's
mortgage mill will have to gr nd out
i his amount during the coming year ,
and icnia one is bound to inffer.
ANTI-ADMINISTKATIO.V paperi are
m.iki. g much of the fact , that Senator
Elaine hasn't rat at dinner at the
White Home for two years. So
ranch the worse for Senator Blaino.
PONCA COAL ,
Heault of Prof. Aughey's Ex
amination Coal , With In
dications of Gold
and Oil.
PoncA Courier , Dec. 2 ,
The ruault of the geological exam *
ination of the coal found a half mile
west of this city , exceeds by far the
expectations of the most sanguine ,
and settlea , for all time to come , the ? \
fuel question in northern Nebraska.
Prof. Aughey pronounces tht vein to
be fonr and a half feel in thickness
and of excellent quality , and Dromia s
that by going not more than 100 foot
further down another and much
larger vein will be found. Ai will be
noticed by the report given below , a i
color of gold waa also discovered at
the depth of 510 feet. Our people
ire , of course , highly elated over thia
iiacoiory , but no more so than the
people in the crowded east , from ,
whom our daily mails 'comr lade a
ivith fttiira ot inquiry , and it hafl
been found necessary to Hsue circu-
hrs in replv.
Prof. Aiighoy also examine-d the ,
wattir In the prospect holtrd dis-
covt-red the presence rf po'roleurn ,
which if proven to exist to any very
ijreat extent will cause a purf-ct whi 1
of biClteiii'jnt.
At a meeting of thp coal company
hat Monday nighr , about 10,000 acres
if lind was leaied , and the ci n tract
for sinking the holr 100 f et < Leper
lot tn Me ra. St' H d & Wplty * ho
will commence open tloi > a at r ct
The following the r su t f th-
examination of borin i 111. e at
T'onca , Neb. , by 1'rof. Snmuei \ . , htj
f the specimens preserved l > y th
Ponca Coal and Alininii tf'-x r' ' Yr
November 27,1880 ; boring < io. . Wi'h
piun'e drill :
. .
- - T.
A.
ttct.
Clue eli > and si lie t
IJlut : . ! . .iami tilij i. . .
TimI I tr ami Hk-.i
hie 11 y iti'l > ilfc . / . . A . . . .
Bht > - c-Uv Hint TircwiitaiHlsioiii -
H.iii'int < jno wf tin ) D.tkota roiiji
San.Iotone of tti Dttkota groi-i' ! r.
.mil red
Kedwh
clay. . . - i ;
Ketliih U 5t < ita I
II'
clftV I'
Iteili-ih Dak"ti gro . no a1
tiny . . . . * . ll
Ke < li h T ) k ta-'grnwp < wtkt.
o lay \sith oraiwic inatltB. . . 1
Darkwh link"
fPPFB
HamUtone iml llwy instier. .
Uoarwr Hrtwlr nMtrrwi , br. wr
. . . . . I'n
D.n I : < li i y tfiliiow matter . . '
D.rkcla > py cilkefrnw matter 'i :
Slnrt . fi
Silicwniithnle i\- \
Sh tlu eoutaiuin : { smftll pitjeeof c ial - " 5
Loute A nil o .k. . . . . 27 >
Fiue nhaley c-'nylomerate.
Silice IIB csilcfniiu xhale
S-lfcats ot I me ,
Fiue xilicatti of Hnu ) . . . . . . .
haley culcen > ii rock..v. . . .
1 rock.
Limestone
D.rk.o ]
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> i iii-
, \ > . .
i n ijtn IIiMw m
z.Ttt r
? lf ! } . & " * * * , r
Urati - ditLert n ' d or
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