The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-13

The Barnums-Corruption In Connections.
1t will not soon be forgotten that the great
republican par THAT marvel Of political
purity and high purpose, of moral ideas and
tremendous taxes-once ran Woolly Horse
candidate for Congress on platform sustained
at DIM rent corners by Joyce Heth, the fat
Circassian girl, the Whatis-it and the Fejee
Mermaid. Neither will 1t be forgotten that
this candidate was repudiated by the decent
men Of the "land Of steady habits" and that Q
worthy citizen In tie iron trade was chosen to
represent the district by handsome majority.
Il has since occurred to the WoOlly Horse can
didats that he might get tho seat, notwith-
standing The votes were against him, lor his
party has good majority in Congress, and if
As could Only Get before Congressional COM
mittee . tOlerable hash Of testimony, we'll
filled with extravagant charges Of bribery
against bis oppoasnt and give Congress any
tolerable excuse to vote on his claim, party
division would be sure to settle it in his favor.
Hence Congressional investigation into the
Connecticut election, part Of the testimony in
which we gave yesterday. First came the evi-
dence Of . cashier, who testified that about the
first Of April his bank paid large number OF
checks for various sums, all drawn by the Iron
Man. Here it will be seen that the case Is inn
mensely in favor Of the Woolly Horse at the
very uEset; for what circumstance could be
more suspicious than thiss Indeed, the eye oil
fancy at once takes in its little picture Of pro-
cession Of happy Connecticut lubbers filing out
Of the bank door wi h bundles Of hundred dol
lar bills under their arms, which they have re.
spectively been paid for such priceless pieces Of
property as their votes. But, presto at the
next iestlon this cashier declares that the
first OF April was one OF the Iron Mans regular
pay days that the number Of checks was mo-
unusual-not more th IN he might have drawn
on any common first of April-on any routine
candidate at al. Here it is evident that THU
cashier is sort Of COW with crumpled hoi
an unhappy loot AMI an impossible temper, who
scarcely gives pail of milk before she kicks i
over. And this was one Of the Woolly Horse
candidates. own witnesses. Another of thu
Woolly Horses witnesses swore to q terrible
fact, namely-that he was not brlbed to vote
for the Iron Ma3! How can the Iron Man gel
over that There is great deal more testi
mony Of this sort but in all the testimony
thus taken there is only one man who specif,
cally alleges that he paid to certain persons
money for their votes. He paid one hundred
dollars to man named Han, he paid money 10
q man named Woodin, and he bought in this
way the votes of four or FIVE others. And the
money thus paid was not the Iron Mans money
but the other mans and the votes thus
bought were not bought for the Iron Man, bu
for the Woolly Horse candidate. All the wit
nesses thus far examined are the Woolly Horse
witnesses, and all the corruption proved /!
proved on the wrong sid. II the Woolly
Horses own witnesses prove SO much agains
him, what will the Iron Mans witnesses prove
If it is not impertinent, we would like to know
the Congressional committees opinion of thi:
investigation, and how the members like it, as
far as they've got!