Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-02
GOLLADAY AND DEVICES.

Great surprise was expressed at tele-
graphic announcement that the Hon. J. S.
Golladay, of Kentucky, had resigned his
seat in Congress, the result, no doubt, of
the annoyances to which be had been sub
iected in connection with the charge that
he had sold a cadetship. No proof has
been adduced that he received any COM
pensation directly or indirectly for making
the appointment he did, but his sensitive
nature shrunk from the sort of contest
into which this affair was degenerating.
The Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Courier writes, Feb. 28:
''The House was considerably surprised
to-day when the Speaker had read the
designations of two members, Jacob S.
Golladay, a Democratic Representative of
the Third Kentucky District, and John T.
Devices, Republican Representative of
the Fourth District of North Carolina
Mr.. Devices, learning that the evidence
implicated him in The sale of cadetship,
and that the committee would probably
report to-day or tomorrow for his expul-
sion, sent his resignation TO the Governor
of his State on Friday last and TO the
Speaker to-day. This member, it is
understood, received five hundred
dollars for appointing cadet from the
District of Columbia, but had Offered
some time since TO return the money. The
case Of Mr.. Golladay is quite different.
The committee had come to no conclusion
whatever regarding his case, and the evil
dence, SO far as taken, did not, members
of both parties on the committee say, i'm
plicate him directly as being governed by
improper motives or in receiving money.
Mr.. Golladay has simply appeared in the
attitude of cOnfessing judgment. He
was in the House to-day for an hour, and
wrote his resignation at his desk, appar-
emily on the impulse of the moment,
though he informed his counsel this morn
ing that he intended to resign. The lat
ter contends that no evidence duplicating
his client had been submitted, beyond the
fact that the cadet, when appointed, was
not a resident of Golladay's district. The
father of the cadet, Haldine by name,
testified that his son was appointed by Mr..
Golladay at his request in 1868, and dur
ing the last Congress after personal ac-
quaintance, and that he never offered or
agreed to pay TO MIR. Golladay, directly
or indirectly, a cent for the appointment +;
that none of his family agreed to pay
anything and that no consideration of
any kind had passed between them before
or since the appointment. The witness
said that this boy, in jesting, might have
said that $4,000 was paid, but it was
not true, for no amount was ever paid nor
had he ever told the boy that his nomina- |
ton was purchased. The witness swore
to this over and over again, and the cadet,
who was examined this afternoon, was
unable to testify that money had been
paid The slight acquaintance which |
existed between Golladay and Haldine,
the admission that the cadet was appoint |
ed out of the District and Golladay's
resignation are the only circumstances
against the latter"
The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette writes that the evil
dence shows that Devices made a direct
bargain with boy in that city for the
naval cadetship, for five hundred dollars;
that the money was paid into his hands,
and the boy has been in the academy for
the last year. The mother Of the boy ap-
peared before the committee on Saturday, |
and swore the appointment had been of |
no pecuniary advantage to Devices, but |
in a cross-examination she broke down,
and the fact came out that the money had |
been paid back by him since the investi-
CATION began. 1t was this direct testi-
mony which determined the committee to
report resolution for the expulsion of
Dev-ces