Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-02-27

W Lat Mr. stanton says Mr.. Painter Said
What Mr. Walker Sad About what
Mr.. stanton Sad Mr. Painter said
what Mr.. Painter said when Mr..
stanton Said what Nr. Walker Said
ahout what Nr. stanton Said Mf
Painter SAID.
TESTIMONY OF MR.. U, n. PAINTER,
What Mr.. Painter Says He S,td-What
He Says MIR. stanton Said and Didn', I,
say-Was Walker "In 1t 49, Was
stanton "ln lt!'' - MIR. Paiute. In
Quest Of Iaior matio3.
TESTIMONY OF ROB'T W. LATHAM.
What He Says Mr.. Painter Said, Mr..
stanton Said, and Mr. Walker Said
Mr. Latham Seeks Inform tion-He
FINDS There rs Nothing lin ir'-He
Drops IL.
The Committee on Public Expenditures are
prepared to make their repori upou The Ala ska
investigation. The report will state the tessi.
mony developed, and show that there is no
evidence of any money having been used to
corruptly procure the passage of the meas are
through Congress. In the testimony presented
the following is of interest
Mr.. Robert j. Walker, IN his testimony
stated the following In regard to the man
Martin:
"I think q few days before the meeting of
Congress, person whom believe had never
seen before, and who told me his name was
Martin, met me on lith street, opposite vii.
lards', as L was gong TO the COURT House to
argue case, with law book under nv arm
and told me that he had certain important
statements TO maze to me 1 said to MIN 1
could not stop tnen-that had no time; but he
said II would not take him five min utes and
tnat II Was very important. i said / would give
NM IN nrIUn L..
Wlllards' Hotel. He stated that he belle we'd
there was going 10 be an in vestigatiOn ordered
by Congress In relation to this ALASKA business
ano tnat Ne nad certain important facts to COM
municate TO me. told him that, so far as the
inVestgatlon was concernt d, was decidedly
IN favor Of It, and hoped it would take place
He then stated that he was prepared to show
that Mr.. Seward, the Secretary Of State, had
received S25u,GOO OF this Alaska money; General
Banks. S2J0,GS0; that General Butler. OF the
House, had received a large sum, and also that
Mr.. Randall (of PhIladelphia) had received
some of II. told him tb at his Statement 4. were
perfectly absurd; thai there was no truth in
The m AT all: that l did not myself know that
Mr. Randall had even voted tor the appropri-
aton, and that certainly had never spoken to
hlm ON the SUBJECT, and that as to General
Butler Re had been the most able, active and
persistent opponent Of the measure, and had
come very near defeating it upon uuastions
arising ont OF the difference of oplnlon betwaen
the Senate and the House to the power of the
House To withhold the appropriation nece e.sary
10 carry out the treaty. l then told him that
understood the business perfectly; that it
vas only a continu of the blac k mailing
operations which had been commenced before
the bill was passed. He replied that he was
not black mailer, that he was Georgian 1
told him that my experience had satisfied me
that black mailing was not sectional aft air
and That believed that one Of the worst IN :
stances OF legislative corruption, that had ever
occurred In the country, was the celebrate
lazoo act, which one legislature of 0eors,,
hsd passed with great unanlmity and the next
ga iature of that State had considered SO in.
ismons thai they erased II from their In ws and
caused 10 10 be burned. He then proposed TO
show me a paper. l asked him hat 1t was
He said that General Banks had written letter
20 the Secretary of State, from which the in fer
ence was Irresistible that h. Lad been pald a
part of this Alaska money. l told him that II
was most infamous 1aisehood, and enid l.
''shOw me the Paper" He had bundle of pa.
pers IN bis hand, and he fumbled among then.
as II he was going TO pull this paper out, but
finally he declined producing it
Mr. r. r. Stanton stated the following in III
course of his testimony:
While the bill for the appropriation for the
money under the Alaska treaty was pending
IN Ine House OF KepTesentatiyes, Mr Painter, a
correspondent OF the Philadelphia hqoirer, met
me in the Totunda OF the Capitol and asked
what were my relations with Gov. Walker. l
told him We were not partners, as We had
been in the practice of law, but that we were
friends, as we had always been. He then
stated that Gov. Walker was managing the
Alaska bill. and that he supposed he had a good
deal OF money TO distribute. He said that he
could render some service by inf uen cling the
votes OF some members of Congress who were
then opposing the biIi and asked me If would
apply To Gov. Walker. 1 was then engaged as
associate counsel with Gov. Walker, and with
out making known that fact 10 Mr.. Painter,
stated TO him that l would mention his propo.
siton to the Governor. Before i saw Gov.
walker another gentleman came to me stating
that Mr. Painter had requested him 10 make
similar suggestion. l did mention the subject
10 Gov. Walker, and he stated 10 me that he
had no authority to employ Mr.. Painter, and
no money 10 Day MN. and that n he had he
would not be inclined to engage in that kind OF
business"
MIR. u. II. PaInter, Ia his testimony, said
"DurIDg the time that the bill was pending
IN The House, heard from sOIrce or other that
MIR. Walker was edi,Ing the DAILY Ciromicie in
The interest of the Alaska matter. Not belSsy-
ing ewas doing so from patriotic or dIsinter-
ested motives, concluded that he had charge
OF pe matter, epd was trying to run the thing
through. did not pay much attention to II,
however, until some time after wards. when |
met MIR. Stanton, and asked hIm II he was
engaged in working up the Alaska. job /
always spoke Of it in my dispatches, rom the
time II came TO the Senate, as the ALASKA Job
He told me that he was not; that he was attend
ing TO some cotton cases before the Court of
Claims, and had not had time to look into
a partner of Mr.. Waller" He replied that he
was in some things. / then asked him il Mr..
walker was not in 1t He SAID he did not
know. i said gnessed he was and told him
the first tim he met Mr.. Walker TO put II right
TO him, and see II he would not ackno wledge 1t.
thought ~ wss big swindle and that they
were running It through with o bold hand.
met him subsequently and 1 think he told me
that he had asked Mr.. Walker, but ne totally
dlsabused my mind Of the fact that Mr.. Walker
had anything to do with 4; he completely dis.
armed me Of my suspicion BY his apparent
frankness and expltcitness- Q.-What was
your object IN seeking information about itl
A. had attacked 1t from the day the treaty
came TO the Senate as one Of Stewards iobs
when he went over there as was reported to
cell iron. .clads, snd think / said so in some of
my dispatches. ] told several members of
Congress that all this money was not going to
Russia, and j thought II could get at those
WHO were At the bottom Of the affair it would
do some good. U. Why were you so earnest
10 know who were in the business. A. I
beard that 0r. Stanton and Walker were
working the thing up and thsusht 1 would
in it or not. z. And they denied it point
blsnkl A. Stanton did. q. DO you know
whether he was in II or notl A. have
understood from his testimony since
that be was in il for some months. q. Did
you ever make any other efforts to lind out
what was in the matter-whether IN there was
fIaud in it, or not1 A. have spoke to fiftv
people, / suppose, on the subject. u. Can you
nam. any! A. asked Mr.. Latham about it
in the CLAIM business, and is continually flying
backward and forward. i said TO him one day,
"Are you in this Alaska business" He said
no; that he did not know anything about II. L
asked him IL Stanton or Walker were IN il, and
ne replied mat he guessed not. Says !, when