The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-03-08

mere, aud spent sum OF money
the interes. of Mr.. Clarke, and was
that time in the employment OF il
F. Joy, in his railroad busines in Il
State (see the testimony of Geor
A. Reynolds and p. T. Abell) al:
that John Mcdonald, q resident
loo st. Louis, Mo, who had a peculi
interest in Mr.. Clarke's election, W
re- here in Clarke's interest. It al
appears that Adams paid out
ne Clarke's money the entire expens
Q, of the 'soup house," that a part
~ the money paid by Stevens went
iu pay the expenses OF the "soup house
0, and that Caldwell paid two or thr
la hundred dollars as part of the e:
Vi peuses of the first "soup house
70 May it not be that this dissracef
IL 'soup house, is made the ledg
: scape goat of greater sins of the.
rs rs men (See the testimony of Adam
II II Abbell and Reynolds. IL can hard
oi be supposed, even by the most We
"a dant, that Mr.. Adams would issu
"a the paper of the Kansas Valley N
y tional Bank for $4,000, and NJ
le Wheaton offer to pay $4,000 for
Is vote for Mr.. Clarke, without the a,
g thority of Mr.. Clarke.
l. In the case of the certificate fc
u $4,000, the testimony of Mr.. Kin
shows that that transaction, whic
4 was direct attempt to obtain a vot
for Mr.. Clarke by bribery.
THE BRIBE BEING NAH. AGENCY,
or its equivalent (s3,OOO), was wit
: the knowledge and consent of NJ
9 Clarke, if not by his positive direC
! tion. The facts that Wheaton cam
!. here and labored for Mr. Clarke, an
was, st the time he made the offer +
u Mr.. Webb, and had been before tn
strong friend of Mr.. Clarke, leave
= but little doabt, even with the mos
skeptical, that that was an effort di
, rected and assented to hy Mr.. Clark,
to bribe Webb with $4,000. Th,
offer made to Phinney by Clark,
) himself, and to S. C. King, as showl
by Wheeler's testimony, are of th,
same character, except that in The
latter it does not appear that any
money was to be used in connection
with the appointment. (See testi.
mony of Clarke, Wheeler, King, and
Abbell-)
In relation to the matter affecting
Alexander Caldwell, the testimony
shows that Len. T. Smith was his
particular friend,
AND WAS A DEMOCRAT,
and was working earnestly in the IN
terest of Mr.. Caldwell and recognized
as his agent and confidential adviser !;
that James L. Mcdowell was there
and working for, and on confidential
terms with Alexander Caldwell in
consideration of the promise of Mr.
Caldwell to remove Mrs. johnson, a
widow, whose husband was killed
early i'll the war at Morristown, No.,
from the Postoffice at Leavenworth /;
that large lobby of Leavenworth
men were here m the interest of Cald-
well that Thomas Carney was there
upon confidential relations with Cald
well that some kind of written
agreement existed between G ildwell
and Carney in relation to the senate
rial election; that Carney stated but
two weeks ago that he was coming
before the committee to testify, and
sent out q message to the committee |;
that he was notified by telegraph, as
well as by summons, to appear /; that
he was going 10 tell all he knew that
he knew that Caldwell and those in
his interest had purchased the votes
of members of the Legislature to vote
for Caldwell; that a check for seven
thousand dollars, drawn by Len. T.
Smith, in favor of Thomas Carney,
went into the hands of L. J. Ander-
son, which was by Anderson present
ed and cashed at the Kansas n ational
Bank on the 22d day of January,
1871; that another check for five
thousand dollars, drawn by j. W.
Morris, was cashed under
VERY SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
by the Topeka Bank, on the night of
the 22d of January, 1871; that an
other check for s., 200 was drawn by
Robert Crozier and cashed by the
Topeka Bank on the 24th or 25th day
of January, 1871, and the cash de-
liva-ad to Ion III Smith that II on
1fseSS8 i. S@II6 IL bb5frowed h an amonnt @ 20 81
money from Thos. A Osborne to pay
his hotel bill that draft upon the
Treasury of the Kansss Pacific Rail
way Company for $4,000 was pre-
sented by T. j. Anderson and cashed
at the Kansas Valley National Bank,
on the 23d day of January, 1871. 1t
will be borne in mind that the first
vote for Senator in 1871 was upon |
the oath day of January, 1871, and
the Joint convention and final vote on
the next dag, beng the 25th day Of
January. There is now q note for
50, 900 in the Kansas Valley National
Bank made by Anderson and in
dorsed by Caldwell, for transactions
in this canvass, which note is for the
benefit Oft. j. Anderson; that Mr..
Caldwell claims that the Il. 2. Rail |
way Company, by its agents, st or
about the time of the senatorial elec- |
ton of 1871, promised to give him
$4,000 as it's share of the election !
expenses OF that election, or as its
bonus for his influence as U. 5.
Senator that Caldwell demanded OF
and importuned Mr.. Perry, the Pres
ident of II. z. Rsilroad Company, at
Leavenworth, after his election, to
pay to him (CaldwelD the said sum
of $4,000; and that by an arrange |
ment with Mr.. Perry, Mr.. Caldwell
and his faithful friend L. I. Smith
came to Topeka from Leavenworth to
see about and settle up this $4,000
TRANSACTION, and that the agents OF
the company here did not admit the
promise as alleged by Caldwell. and
DID NOT STAND AS SQUARE
on the subject as the President OF the
company wished (see testimony of j.
p. Usher); that l.. L. Smith wanted
to arrange with Jacob Smith, Presi-
dent of the Topeka Bank, 10 cash
checks given in the canvass see testi-
mony of Jacob Smith,; that Len. L.
Smith wished to be informed of any
member of the Legislature who could
be bought (see testimony OF GrenO);
that Len L. Smith said they were
dead broke on the morning of the 23d
or 25th, but as soon as Major Ander
son returned they would have plenty
OF greenbacks again; that he would
be back in few minutes: that An
derson did come back and apparently
had something, and went into Cald
wells private room with Caldwell
(see testimony OF Raymond); that w.
Il. Carson got one thousand dollars OF
corruption fund (see testimony OF
Shannon and Spriggs); thst money
was paid and offered to be paid to
various members of the Legislature
by Caldwell's agents and friends (see
testimony of Spriggs, Hammond,
Greno, Melville, Neal, Osborne, ,Thom-
as, Floyd, Chase, G. W. Wood, Man
ming, F P. Baker, and others); that
George Smi h paid out to members
of the Legislature tor Mr.. Caldwell,
and with an understanding that it
should be returned to him bv Cald-