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Show llieleiituallllle.luiesllselliin. WAalllNulviv, D. C May 21. The cons jaotUculuvtatlgatlonpiaa resumed today, and J, l ltlcnards,a discharged clerk, testified aalo what heo-uslders mismanagement and waste uf publlo money lu tho wealth, debt, taxation and local government departments, tbu chief of which, T. Campbell Copo-land, Copo-land, gave Instructions lu asceruiii various impractlcablu lhlugs,auch aa au exbausllvu examluatlou of IherJIate laws to ascertain how many ri talis bad laws for the Imprltonmeni uf mothers of baalard children until they revealed the neniu of the child's father. Witness estimated that $.-0,000 to $30,000 was thruVn away lu print-InLf print-InLf worthless ajwrs on the subleet, aa well as fdo,000or JIO,000 expended lu tbo collection of useless school stsll.tl. cal matter. He thought at least $100,. 000 waa wasted In Ihe division. He hsd trouble with Cupelaud rtgardlrig an article which criticised tbe latter as au alleu and Incompetent, ami, witness placed a rard luscilbed ''Protection tu American Industries" on thu platform of tbo oltlco as a protest against Cope-laud, Cope-laud, and witness was assigned tu thu agikultural division. There lie found that when enumerators returned statistics statis-tics slating that fannera produced much sugar the clerks were lold lo alter the sctiedultsand put lusolnucblliolassea, as It must be assumed that they produced pro-duced much molasses. Also, If a farmer farm-er returned molasses, sugar was tu be lusertcd. The testlmuuy of witness showed that bo had considerable trouble lu tbo office, and finally ho was dlsmlasud, AdJourneJ, |
