Show RICHARDS RICHARDS SAYS HE HAS HAS I NO FEA OF THE RESULT I Omaha March 29 W A Richards the commissioner of the general land office e passed through Omaha today en route to Wyoming W to visit his daugh daughters daughters d ugh Respecting the report from Washington that his office was to be investigated with regard to promotions of clerks he said he had no knowledge of anything of the tho kind but would have no objection to it During his ad administration admInistration administration ministration of the land office promo promotions promotions promotions had been made solely on merit in iii accordance with the requirements of the civil service Some clerks had been reduced because of their inability to earn the salaries which they were re receiving receIving receiving and sonic some of these were probably probably ably abl responsible for the time false report of an at investigation |