Show j I j I R J i Oc GBBSfiHAix BHLTEHOOTER has i i 1 published in the Congressional j j JJeeord a number of letters which i f I show that the officers of the signal J I a a service under General Hazen were r t I sent out last winter on a lobbying J i scheme to secure the passage of a 1 bill for the establishment of the bureau j r I bu-reau on a permanent foundation in 1 connection u ith the army Lieutenant ito I I Lieu-tenant Powell of the signal corps he 1 was instructed to wake up our < tl l Pln1 i th f n 1qlIo cities i i Uy n BO our Phi ad hand STevr York Boston Philadelphia f + f and Baltimore and seems to have i j j been very successful in obtaining J oj obtain-ing the passage of cutanddried L I1 i resolutions by chambers of com d I t morce and other commercial bodies 1 l i 0 and the insertion of editorials in a II J number of newspapers Writing j iI II from Philadelphia he says The i W delegation leaving here today will 4 f make a personal appeal to senators I I 1 and representatives for passage of 0 i 1m I I I bill and certain particular friends t f i i 1 of Randall will do him I tell I B JOB Story a bottle of wine and a r I F Ii j j dinner go a long way sometimes i i Following close upon the unsavory i ° i Howgate disclosures this story will I J 1 j r set tend to strengthen public belief a r is tile expediency of the proposed i I eeeme and it is a poor defense of < I t > tae means taken to bring about the t t Ii rlntngu fsrCteaeral Hazen to be able e i i 10 say nothing in return but that 0 f r j t F ties letters WeN stolen from his of < > r Tt0g J i i 11 < G |