The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-03-04

and / now present his affidavit GOV.
ering the entire ground of this inia.
nous charge, and ask that it may be |
read by the Clerk, and request the
attention of members to it.
The Clerk read as follows
United States Of America,
District Of Columbia, Washington
County, SIS.
|, John l. Blair, of Blairstown, New
Jersey, on my oath do state that lam
president of the Sioux City and Pa
clfic Railroad Company, and have
been director and the president of
said company from the date of its
organization to the present time; that
l have read carefully the letter OF a
correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
zette published in the issue Of said
newspaper of the 10th instant, and
purporting to have been written from
Dubuque, Iowa, Of date February 5,
1869, wherein it is charged that three
members of the House Of Representa-
tivcs from Iowa, namely, the men,
bers from the first, third, and sixth
districts of said State, procured GER
tain legislation in Congress, partici.
pated in tho organization Of said
company, and dovlated the line of
the road thereof from that intended
oy the legislation of Congress, and
that each of said members received
the sum Of $4,000. and ! on oath
further say that l have stree the or
ganization Of said company been its
financial manager and agent that |
personally supervised tho stock sub
scriptions to SAID company and pro-
cured the subscribers to the same /;
that their names arc disclosed in a
report on file in the office Of tho Sec.
rotary Of the Interior that Hon.
James F. Wilson has ten shares, or
81 900 of said stock; Hon. William B.
Allison has fifty shares, or $4,000 OF
said stock, and Hon. A. W. Hubbard
has none; to my knowledge, and that
neither Of said parties have directly
or indirectly any more that assess.
ments have been regularly called for
on said stock, paid by the holders in
cash, and actually carried into the
construction of said road and used fol
no other purpose whatever that the
whole subscribed capital ofsaid com
pany amounts to "a 100000, and that
neither of said parties have now, o,
to my knowledge ever have had 9
greater interest than that hereinbe
fore stated, and do further state or
my solemn oath that neither of sale
parties named has ever had any pc
cuniary interest in said company
past, present, or future. mediate, i'm
) mediate, or remote, direct or indirect
certain orcontingent, other than tina
above stated; that neither of sale
persons have ever received from sale
company any money, property, prom
Use, past, present or future, or any
other thing of value of any kind o
character whatsoever, except tina
represented by their respective shares
T of stock, as hereinbefore stated an(
| / do further state on oath that / hav'
dlsbursed esviy dollar of money tina
has been paid out on account OF tn
construction otsaid road, and that ev
cry portion ofthe funds assessed upol
the stockholders has been expended
in said construction; that no part Q
said funds or any other funds of sal
company has been Or will be paid t
either Of said persons above nance
or to any person for them or eithe
of them, beyond that represented b
their several shares OF stock as here
inbefore stated; ard l do furtherstat
e fRe Sr The
] ton of the engineers of said comp,
ny, acting under instructions to a.
, certain the nearest and most pract
cable route for said road, as require
' by law, and of which said partie
above named had no knowledge O
participation in; and that said lin
was, upon due consideration, acce,
ted by the Government without th
interpcsition or influence OF the sal
parties or either of them and l d
further declare that the charge tina
. either of said parties has received O
D is in any manner to receive from sal
. company or from any one acting fo
it $4,000, or any other sum tina
that represented by their respectiv
subscriptions to the stock thereof, a
r hereinbeforo stated, is utterly tails
{. and void Of any truthful foundatio
whatever.
]. 1. BLAIR.
Subscribed ard sworn to befor
me, this 23d day OF February, 1856.
Il. 81 as witness my hand and not:
rial seal.
JAMES II. MCKINNEY.
Notary Public
Washington County, D. G.
Mr.. Wilson. Mr.. Speaker, wit
this statement Of the case leave
with my fellow members, and send
to the country, but not without tina
keen pang which ever accompanies
challenge Of personal integrity.
great wrong has been done me.
: give you the truth, but it does no
heal the wound which has been in
fiicted on me. Still ! feel that wit
; safety my good name may be left il
the keeping of my fellow.member
of this House.
j; The Citizen, Of Oskaloosa, has 60
a crumb Of comfort, a sugar-teat, owe