Show MLCOTTS irOnIC The EzSeractontittr5ttn Vndrr imlnnllon WASHINGTON Dec GToony Lcedoms examination W1S confined con-fined titan Investigation of the manner man-ner In which business was transacted trans-acted in bin office In its various ramifications with the Treasury National banks and BeprcseuUiU J W Whclfley Assistant Vaiteil States Treasurer testified t to the mode In which the drafts of the sergeantalarms of the House arc presented and paid at the department depart-ment After hearing Whellleys statement Uie committee made an investigation the legal acpeet of tho case with a result most unsatisfactory unsatis-factory to the members whose salaries sal-aries are Inarrcar Although tho matter is still an opeu question It npiwnn as n result of the Inquiry thus far that the responsibility for the loss cannot be located Having ixhau Uil the knowledge of the Treasury oniccrs the committee commit-tee went to the oftlco of tie bcrgc antatArms anti Ugan an exanil iintionof formidable array of books and account KxCongrosmau Paige of Ohio bondsman for Ieedom croiiliaUcnlly denied the statement which had gained some currency that fie vns indebted to Jjllcott lie enye ho owes Hilcott no money whatever Keprescntatlve Adams chairman tho Investigation committee rays the story that Silcott had gone to Xev York to collect money for Paige Is doubtlcs cjno of Sllcotts lies Invented to gain time TIIBIKKSIUENT President Harrison ana party left Washington this nfterncon for Chicago Chi-cago via Indianapolis At tho last decided not moment 5Ir Harrison to accomptny the President owing to the serious Illness of her sister Mr Scott lord |