The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-04-26

From he Gin .au,-i Come, rcia.
Testimony o. aossa GfoGd agce:
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Forei ani Deicyes have been before the House
Printing lnqu.si'ion, aid made .tory display oI
tA@'s'-.'ive~- lorsi ts, ,i tl.t vlle n,
dltii" for Printer, H. promised 10 take care OF
the woArde'." he II de u-c cl this h,Ify iortn .!
ite~7i"a 10 ali Who approaches! hiul on tnc
s'hye,t Ina conversation with juiin ID. De'recs,
Ford had agreed that he 'aonll help him 10
distant aIll0UIit-sO iuciI, not in money, bat so
much" i ord a.So said. Iii was supposed that
would be called rp0n to contribute Ia the Fra
it Was bard for him IL say whether lie a.rccd u
contribute 10 oni>de papers. 's5OIie of those per-
sons" he had 'promsei 10 help m; ght be editors
of newspapers, Here is choice extract from the
tcstiinon,0f Thomas:
promised to t.ke c.re OF another nan. little
guess he has no parer-iluran OF P.iiIdeiphis
O. what paper il he connected With
A. lie i not coiineqt u 'ilh any, ths, know Of
have said nothing tolli,n about any amount
VAS - give him.
z. You ipld him before your election that you
would lake care of him.
A. AMI -.ilce nv election | have srid IN hin,
tlia; thought he wou likely make as GOOD a ding
o. oi it a would. agreed 10 taise ere of P.np
ho-', of Aassachus IT, aa., believe lie has a pa
per. the A'iAs AMI Rec. believe h. is one ofthe
edi;ors. re- ,r,cFs, 60 sometiiin.
q. ou a-reed 10 take Of him?
4 Yes. sir.
q Were there any other sufferers YOU promised
to provide for?
a. have named Detrces, Moran and Pangborn
Wei, don0t know Of any except a uiln by the
name of Wiis0a, who had been here I'll winter
had intended 70 help hima little. home at least. if
| ever 10 any money. That / consider entirely
Sra.uitous.
q. Were there any other persons you promised
to take care of
A. do not think OF anybody; there was a man
by the name of DTuner, from Indiana. DO not
think promised to take care % lin; but if he had
sLaid here would.
Deirees had drawn mp the contract between Ford
and L-reoinbe 4 Engli h. printers. The practical
printers agreed 10 give the official printer twenty
per cent. "on the gross aggregate amount of the
printing - bc executed" We give an extract from
the testimony of Mr.. Deirees:
Y. In what establishment, or where do Iarcombe
English do the work! A. As understand it
they are the bosses of Wendel's establishment
from the trustee.
z. What is the extent of ycur interest, a. II
Is contingent and not definite interest 1t is "A
per cent. and contingent
U. That IS upon the amount Of the profits
rcaiized' A, Yes, sir.
| z. How much per cent, ist7 A. The amount i.
not liked. The per cent | receive is not agreed
upon 1T has been left open.
As 10 the proposition to fork over to the Repub-
lican Executive Committee:
Tn the night OF the Republican conference, did
authorize "A member Of Congress from NV State 10
say TO the conf renee that would am not cor
tam whether stated the amount hut think it was
one-hal the profits, or that would be liberal in
my contributions for the purpose of distributing
political documents in the four doubtful States OF
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Indiana;
distinctly limited my contributions to distributors
of political documents.
Question by the Charman-Wo ould YOU have
been elected If Mr. Adam, voted for yonl
Answer Yes. sir. Mr.. Adams, the son ofJohn
Quincy Adams, IN whose support | first wrote
AGAINST General Jackson, refused to vote for me
when on three ballots his vote would have elected
me-.
| Mr.. kilgere, Of indiana, was the member who
submitted 10 the Republican caucus the proposition
10 pay portion OF the profits of the printing 10 the
republican Committee TO circulate documents
penn 'xani'ned on this point. Mr.. Kilgore "admit
tea the iact and justified the object AS bejn.r equal
~ proper with the distribution of trlcts nrona ,b.
heather. They and the Democrats bost aeeded
! light" '''' "eeaeo
a. evident from the foregoing testimony tbs,
Detees and Ford shnh they have a good th,g II
the prbhe printing Wendell 10 really bens6t,ed