Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-06


and Mr.. Days services with the letter writers
were secured by the parties interested inoppos-
ing the patent extension Nh. Days account ot
the interview with Mr.. Dickcr-unis rs follows:
after few preliminary remarks he asked
what was Ia be done, | said Ia him the very FIRST
step the very first thing e. he done, tras n Sc
cure the sernices Of huif II dozen " the best and
most Influential correspondents IA u ashiagtoh
uifb contingent fee efat least $4,000 each
which he must paw | stated knew some strong
men who were against him on the eStcnsions,and
semc ut them were my slst friends ANA without
first securing their services. and making imme
date provision it would in my Judgment, be use
less to attempt to go farther with their oPpo-
sition nothing could be accomplished. lie said
that could all be arranged be said he could give
his own paper, and if necessary other security.
| told him II did not concern ne how that Wac ar
ranged 50 it should be satisfactory to them
Mr. Day subsequently stated that the letter
writers TO whom he alluded were Mr.. Simonton
of the n. \. Times, Mr.. kngnan of the Jouruul
ofCommerce, Charleston Courier, licayune, DC,
and Aessrs. MclRae and Hartman, well known
correspondents at Washington and adds:
My idea was, that the first step, To give any
reasonable chance of success at that period of
time, was 10 begin 10 turn public sentiment mt
once; and if influential letter writers were en-
ployed we could not expect to employ them short
Of $500 piece. think | suggested 10 him
retainer of 500 III cash to each man-thats my
impression: That's what said substantially, In
no other way than that have | demanded ii him
$4,000, | did not suggest that any portion
should come TOT Whether itshou.d be paid
directly to the parties or through me, don't re-
member. Ny impression is that suggested he
could negotiate directly through Them, but ! am
not positive about it, now recoll ct he Spoke
Of Mr.. Kingman as being on their side Us an old
friend Of Mr.. Colt. If an arrangement was made
II II. H.. GA. L
arrange with MIR. Kingman. He offered me the
sun of -l0000, contingent upon the passage of
the bill. think that Is the eNact sum. | am
sure it was us much Us 10000; might have been
$4,000
Mr. Diekerson testified that an application had
been made 10 him by third party for II loan Of
800 for Hon b. llenn, of lowa accompanied
by the assurance that if the loan nude the
member alluded to would aid directly or Indirect
" in the passage Of the Colt bill. lie states
that he Indignantly declined the proposition.
Mr.. Hem, on being called, denied all knowledge
of the matter The Hon. Lewis &. Levin, cX-
member from Philadelphia, had also sought pay
To exercise his influence in favor Of the bill.
The Hon. c. j. Faulkner relates IA conversation
with citizen of Maryland, whose name is not
given, who asked his support for the Wisconsin
Railroad Bill, stating that he was to receive n fee
OF $1,000 in the event of its passage. On the
occasion of n vote being taken on this bill, Mr.
Glingman states that he received note from
some ladies in the gallery requesting his prescn-
cr,-thHt he waited on them, and they urged him
not to vote against the bill, and acknowledged
that they had sent for him to secure his absence
from the floor when the vote taken. The
influence of the Indies seems to have been strong
~ depended ON by Mr.. Dickcrsonas will be seen
Iy the following extract from the testimony of
Mr.. d. A. Wright
II WAS in the Hon. Gilbert Deans room one
night, toward midnight, II o'clock perhaps; MIR.
Dean excuse himself, saying he had TO go down
10 one of Dlekerson suppers. He asked me to
stay there and amuse myself until his return and
| did So. When he did return, lac told me "A
dead set had been made at him 10 go for the re-
ncwal of Colt patent, and he told me the par-
ticulars. lie said lady who sat next to him at
the table had pressed Colts cause with a great
deal of zeal, and when he came 10 find out the
reason of her championship, she said Colt had
sent her two boxes Of lid gloves from Paris. |
asked Dean how he was going to vote on the bill,
aud he said against it.
The report of the Committee is quite Yolumin-
Gus, and indicates "A system of corruption and
bribery that gives "A clue to the declaration made
by meluber Of Congress some time since that
"he had made $1,000 during one term, and fire.
elected he could make much more" The whole
matter was laid over to the next session, and we
hope the investigation will result in putting an
end To the infamous system. The matter, how
ever, is more directly in the hands Of the people,
who should be careful that their representatives
| should be men of character and standing, wl q
will guard the national Treasury, rather than sell
| their influence to those who are cndeayoring TO
| rob it Bah. american.