The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-05-02
The Pnrlty Of the RepuSlicans.

The IPnrity Of the Republicans
TEL riMoFY OF TOM FORD AND JOHN pEfREEs.
Ford and Deftees have been before the House
printing IInquisition, and made 3 sorry display:
81 themselves Ford testified chat when he
vas ca1didate for Printer, he promised to stake
care ef the wounded" He madeSnse Of this
happy form of expression to all who approach
ed him on thesubject. Ia a conversation with
John D.. Defrees, Ford had agreed that he
aw5uid- help him TO a=dfstinct amounts
much, notsin money, but so much" Ford also
said, at was supposed that I would be called
upou to contribate to the Era" It was hard
for him to sag whether he agreed to contribute
to outside papers. "Some of those persons
he had promised to help" might be editors Of
newspapers. Here is a choice extract from the
testimony of Thomas: 1 etol aH ssa ~.
promised to take care of another man, a
littie-I guess he has no paper-Moran of
Philadelphia. =
O. What paper is he connected withi
A. He is not connected with any, that /
know of. 1 have said nothing to him since
about any amount i was to give him. ~ M
20. You told him before your election that
You would take care of him 25tos4a is.auhf "a
A. And since my election I have said to
him that I thought he would make as good a
thing out of it rs I would. I agreed to take
care Of Panborn, of Massachusetts,, and / be-
lieve he has a paper, the Atlas & Bee. / be-
lieve he is one of the editors, reporters, or
something. s''s 2ea '2g7t@
q. You agreed to take care of him
Yes, sir. s-s.. .ets,ss- rf
@. Were there any other sufferers you prom
ised to provide for? 80 1 he'ti
A. 1 have named Defrces, Moran and Pang-
born. Well, 1 do not know of any except a
man by the name of Wilson, who had been
here all winter. 4 had intended to help him
u little, home at least, if Lever got any money
That 1 considered entirely gratuitous. =
O.. Were there any other persons you prom
ised to take care of? 10 ~
A I do not think of any body; there was a
man by The name of Do.rmer, from In
diana. 1 do not think I promised to take care
of him, but If he had staid here, L would.
Defrees had drawn up the contract between
Ford and Larcombe and English, printers
The practical printers agreed to give the official
printer twenty per cent. ''oR the gross aggre-
gate amount of the printing to be executed"
Mr.. Ford was not to have any trouble, but to
perform the duty of pocketing his twenty per
cent. We give an extract from the testimony
of Mr.. Defrees:
@. In what establishment, or where do Lar
tcombe & English do work A. As I under
stand it they are the bosses of Wendell's es-
Enlistment from the trustee. .at,s :
O. " hat is the extent of your interest? A.
1t is a contingent and not a definite interest.
1t is a per cent. and contingent. 5
@. That is upon the amount of the profits
realized. A. Yes. sir. -
@. How much per cent is it? A. The
amount is not fixed 1t has been left open.
As to the proposition to fork over to the
Republican Executive Committee:
t.On the night of the Republican confer
ence, / did authorize a member of Congress
from my State to say to the conference, that l
would-I am not certain whether l stated the
amount, but L think 1t was one half of the
profits, or that I would be liberal in my con-
tributions for the purpose of distributing po-
ftical in the four doubtful States of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Indi,
ana; 1 distinctly limited my contribution to
the distribution of political documents r
Question by the Chairman-WouId you have
been elected if Mr.. Adams had voted for you.
i A. Yes, SIR. Mr.. Adams the son of John
Quincy Adams, in whose support / first wrote
against General - ackson, refused to vote Tor
me, when on three ballots his vote would have
elected me. b.ss .{sIg4 egsB Ha1kEas is1 I
Mr.. Kiigore, of Indiana, was the member
who submitted to the Republican caucus the
proposition to pay q portion Of the profits of
the printing to the Republican Committee to
:~irculite~ documents. Being examined on this
point, Mr.. Kilgore ''admitted the fact and jus.
titled the object as being equally proper with
rho ,itatril,1rInu ,.f fraefrs man tina hoathpn
They and the Democrats both needed light