The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-15
THE ALASKA FRAUDS.
The Revelations That Are to be Made
who Fell Heirs to the Extra 81 100000.

The yesterdays Washington correspo ndence
ot The N. Y. Herdd says:-1 stated IN one OF
my dispatches te" days ago that MIR. Marsn,
who processes to know all about toe Alaska
bribery business, was i'll this city, and prepared
10 give bis testimony. lrepeat the statement
low. He If here, and II the Committee on
Public Expenditures desire to pump him, there
Is no obstruction TO the qualification OF their
desire. Martin boasts that he has some very
damaging information that he can furnish the
committee, and declares that he derived his
knowledge OF the business from certain gentle
man formerly connected with the State Dc
partment, whose duties sometimes required
him TO translate documents from foreign lano
| guages into English. This gentleman, 1t is al
| legged, had opportunities OF perusing records
and papers in the department not accessible to
| every body, and being an observing man, capa'
| BILE of putting stray facts in jnXtaposltion and
finding results, his suspicious were awakened
| in relation 10 the Alaska job, and his curiosity
| led him to a private investigation. The chain
| of evidence he thus formed he considers highly
| satisfactory, and when he had what he con
| sldered uEdoubted evidence OF the transactions
referred to he called on the Secretary OF State
| and warned HIM of the consequences OF an
| exposure ard had his information pooh
| poohed by that illnstrous diplomat. Not long
! after, however, the gentleman was offered
| secret mission to MEXICO to ascertain tor cur
| Government what kind of q government the
| people of Mexico desired. | give the above and
What follows without pretending to state that 1t
is even probably true. but simply as the state
! ment of a man who represents that he Knows
| investigating committee to work uUon. Ac
| cordIug to Martins statement, which Is at least
! worthy of being sfIed, while the Alaska treaty
was beng negotiated, Seward expressed to
| Barren Stoeckl doubts as to tie chances of
| getting the matter through Congress-, aud
advised the latter TO do something TO oil the
| wheels of legislative machinery. In arranging
| the price TO be paid Tor the Territory the
| means were provided where with TO furnish tue
| oil, Thad, Stevens was the man selected to pat
the matter through, and it is alleged the impe'
| rial agent visited lbe Great Commoner, and IN
| his blapdest manner laid the matter open,
| assuring him that half million OF dollars
! would be regarded as mere bagatelle If hls
| influence could be secured. The good old man
| refused any recompense, but put his shoulder to
the wheel with will. A distinguished Eastern
member was found 10 take charge of the matter,
| and q bill was prep tred. At this stage OF the
| game another Eastern member, who has q
| reputation for smelling good things, scented the
| came. He had a sDall claim on the Russian
| Government that he was prosecuting for an
Eastern firm who furnished the Russian bear
with fire arms amounting to $800,O00. He at
| once saw the first Eastern member and let him
know that he was fully posted. Numbers Que
and two then put their heads together and
| settled that number two should in roduce a
resolution to make the deduction from the
Alaska purchase money in favor OF his clients,
but should subside when number Que raised a
certain point of order. Well the appro prlation
was finally made and the following are repre-
sented as some the items of expenditure: To
an ex.public printer, $4,000; TO near relative oil
the Great COmmoner, $40 GOO; to an eX-Com.
missioner Of Pensions, $4,000; to the Washing
ion correspondent of New York radical
morning paper. $4,000: to a Washington
conespondent who is on the list as belonging to
the Herald, but who is known to be attached
to G rcinnatl paper, $4,000; to a conservative
morning paper IN Baltimore, $200G0 to the
Washington special correspondent of the same
paper, $1,000; 10 Chicago Democratic morning
paper, $4,000; to representative OF the Jones
family. $40 coo; 10 an Eastern Senator who ha
influence with prominent journal $40 900; and
the Eastern member before alluded 10 as No l.
| $3.50, 600: to Eastern member No. 2 $3.50 900
| Tue diplomatic chief fell heir to 5000 OOO and
| the great king OF the New York LOBBY, who had
the general management OF the Job, received
| The modest little sum OF $500,0O0. Martin
preteuds that there is evidence ready for the
| committee TO show tbat an acquaintance who
| chanced 10 call ou Baron S.oecKl soon after the
| appropliation was made saw living on the
Ministers desk draft for S5,000,000, which the
Baron handed him 10 look at. The gentleman
| A. Red what it was for, and was told that ii wa
| the payment for Alaska. but this" SAID he
sis only Tor $5, O0O, ,090. / thought tue UuiteC
States were TO pay 81 100000" The Baror
answered, No, sir; that's all we asked for tn.
Territory. You Yankees got all the rest
There Is also proof that Mr. Seward receive
from Boston, abont the 4th OF October, letter
of which the folio wing is copy;-
NV Dear sIr:-It 90 aearR that some one connectet
With the Rnsslao Legation has been Ie1l 1aJes ou