Daily national Democrat., 1861-04-24
Fallp 9latlOnal Qtmufrat,
a;ta legislative Corruption Charge.

.h. wing testimony, ken in the course
8 .h uvestigations. The result OF the
..ooeeo ,s was stated in our Sacramento
dispatch of yesterday;
rrla first witness was T. d Hartman, Rep.
...oantutive from Placer, who testified to the
,nr.ctness of The statement made by him in
.La Honse-reported in the Uniun at the
..;',o---und added that he knew of nothing
'ts;de of this case that Implicated the Com
.,,;,tee or any member OF it, and nothing cor
rnhorating his statement except the action OF
o,1oo members of the Committee, on Monday
;.ht when the Committee was adjourned in
S5at seemed hurried manner
WIZ" Tnhn + McCauley was the next witness
r,;D ia the material portion of his testimony :
~ n' Tuesday morning came here. | had
~ U;, o,,im which is pending, before the Com
:.,oo N'iY on Claims, to be examined and |
to Mr.. Walden, the chairman, and ask
In If he would have the Committee come
.',,stber. look into my claim. and report it.
e w, said he would and told me when to come;
Ia that the Committee would meet here
ti,at evening att o'clock. That was Tuesday
oyoning. | think. After dinner as | was sit
,;rg ont on the sidewalk at the st. George,
,bis German, Wittgenstein, came to me, took
me away to the corner where those pillars
stand and asked me if | wurted ii favorable
teport on my claim and to have it reported
in the morning. | told him | would like it
yerv well. He asked me what wo,ld give
I said Nothing that it was IL just and right
claim which | would get another year, if |
could not this | would give nothing He
ead II was sent to see you 10y the Chairman
nf the Committee Walden, to tell you that if
vou would pay he would have the Commit
fee report it favorably in the mnrning" |
told him would not give cent he kept at
me and at last asked him what he oval
den\ would take said |, "How much does lac
want?" He said. -Four hundred, four hun
dred and fifty, or five hundred dollars or
something like that. Said |, "Is that the
least he will take? He sid, Yes" | told
him it was too much : aughingl-just in
this way "W ell, now" said |, Did lie send
you here to see me about this?' He said,
7Yes" "And four hundred is the least he
VII take ?" He said "Yes" Wont he take
it contingent; won't he wait aud see p No.
Wittgensten said, that is paysd out credit
is PLAYED out; he don't do business in that
way" Well, | laughed at him when he said
Credit is played out | then said, Nv hat
do you get 10y it2' Said he, "lle (Wnldeu)
pays me as his broker If get it. get II
certain per cent" lie did not tell me no '
much | said to him, at is good business "
lie said "Wuldtn is a id Rascal he reports
q Till without reading it; don't see it; don't
want to see it." Well, thought that was
pretty strong Wittgenstein then said to me,
Come and take dram" | told him no |
did not want II dram. "W Yell, said he, 81
have two black ponies here, and will take
YOU out on drive" so he took me out II
piece But am running on too fast. He
said walden is a id rascal, and has IN de
from seven 60 ten thousand dollars this Win
ter He made so much ON the Senatorial
fight. and SO much out of other matters If
you pay, you will get your claim through,
sure" 1 refused. He then invited me t.
ride, ard | went. We rode o't, came back
put our horses up, and returned to the st
George. Then he a ked me what should he
tell him (Walden} Said |, "Not one ID
cent" Those are Just the words. "W ell, -
said he, "he will not report. lie will ad-
iourn the Committee, and not r5p 1T uu the
bin" | told him did not care N. Said
he, Il will 90 down and meet him and see
him SO he went down to the Orleans. |
said WAS coming up to the Committee room;
that he (Walden) had promised to have the
Committee meet, came up; went into the
Committee room and sat down. several gen
Uemen were there, and | sat there some little
time. One gentleman came in and one weut
out. The gentleman from Calaveras. Mr
Lppincott, came into aud went out of the
room. Directly in came Mr. Wald |; enter
ed the doo and said, This Committee stands
adjourned said |, by the Lord Walden,
want to see you. | want you to report my
bill back tomorrow morning, without re-
commendaton don't want it to he slnoth-
cred here any longer" | was just as mad as
i could be TO see him come in aud adjourn
the Committee without saying "A word So |
got up and said | wanted him to report the
Till in the morning without recommendation
He said he would and ont he went con-
nuded to follow him. followed him me
block, overhauled him aud asked him what
he meant-if he thought | was ID TOOL.
and if he expected to blackm,il me in THIS
way "You are either d--d fool, or must
think am" said l. did not care. ob ac-
count of his sending that kind of message to
me what said to him. lie turned around
to Inc and said NO." in a very humbl4 way
cursed him Billy Williamson came along
just after he turned. and let him 90 aud
came right up here and told the gentlemen
here how it was | told Bolts and sev,ial
other gentlemen who were here, that | did
not think that did not mean to uor ifv any
gentleman. but he (Waldrn) had mortified
me, and did not know what said to BIN.
l was so Id
The witness added. in answer to questions,
that he had spoken to no other member in re-
gard to the bill and that no other member of
the Committee had asked him for dnllnL.
or made any such advances to him. and tn II
Wittgenstein had since told him he wa, very
sorry. and was afraid this matter would in .
lure him II good deal
Samuel Wiltgensten testifed in regard to
his conversation with McCauley at the ST.
George, as follows: spoke to him about
his claim, and said "if you want to get n
report on that claim you had better 90 and
palm Walden" What | meant was fee
him. Said |, "if you don't you won't gat
any report" Said he, How much will he
toke| said four hundred, or five hundred
/ thought would would get him good re-
port. That will facilitate mitters. said |,
that is, it would hurry him (Walden) Me-
Cauley kept On talking. This part of the
conversation was serious. Then he commenc
ed laughing about it, and said he could not
stand it. Said |, "You will have TO pnlm
nm (Walden) to get report" | nnally
told him | thought two hundred and fifty
would do it. Nothing more of any c"nsr-
4uence. that ] remember, passed bet tween
hlEn and me, This was the tenor of the con
Wersation.
" Did you say anything to him about
w alden being in the habit of making charges
OF that kind? A. told him, as near us |
can remember, that Walden made seven or
eM,sHt thousand dollars that way; that is,
D'IC"nley has told me that | said SO
" Never mind what McCauley told you
9s"Ie what you said to him and what he said
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