The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-02-24

ue1eaC the Dill In the senate. witness
consulted with Democrats. They would
pay no money, they said, forGlegisla-
ton. Action on the bill was suspend
ed until witness told Beers and Pinch
back that no money would be paid to
defeat the measure. Immediately after
the bill was taken up and passed.
The city of New Orleans gave to a
corporation the privilege of erecting
the Sugar Sheds, which now occupy
the site of the old Sugar Platform.
Soon after a committee was raised in
the House, with the pretence of MAX
ing some investigations in regard to the
affair. The committee consisted, wit
ness thinks, of three members-Carr,
Morey (now member of Congress from
the Ouachita District) and cO1ored
man whom witness did not know.
Morey and Carr demanded and receiv-
ed $4,000 of the stock of the company
for making a favorable report, which
they did Immediately after receiving
the stock. Witness knows this through
Mr.. Thomas Fisher, then reputed
Democrat, who showed witness two
one for Carr and one for Morey, as he
was going to deliver the certificates to
those members. Both Houses were
divided into srings," each of whom
had a chief to negotiate. For aught
witness knew, there We're so-called
Democrats as well as radicals in the
ssrings." Often, to amuse himself, wit
ness would ask members if they
would vote for this bill or that bill, if
it were introduced, and the reply was
invariably another question: els there
any money in it?'
Witness came to the Chattanooga
Railroad business. J. b. Williamson
was the agent of the company for clog
rolling" Witness has seen him in both
houses with great rolls of curren-
cy distributing it. Williamson told
witness the Governor was all right.
Williamson asked witness to speak to
Senator Ogden, and authorized witness
to offer him $1,000 more than had been
offered already. Witness did not de-
ing that it would be very offensive to
him.
Congressman Morey, witness also re-
garded as n carpet-bagger. He came
here with the Freedman's Bureau.
The Legislature docs not and has not
for years represented the people. Its
depravity was owing to the fact that
high officers Of the State government
must have such material as compose it,
to enable them to use it for their own
purposes.
There are putative Democrats as well
as Radicals engaged in the corruption
going on. These Democrats would sell
their votes as we'll as the Radicals. The
colored people are less corrupt than the
whites. Witness said there is no diff
ficulty in buying such Democrats as
Tom Green DAVIDSON and Fontelieu.
AS another evidence of corruption
witness said he was asked by Ango-
mar to become the t'stakeholder'' of
the bride for Senators, to procure the
passage of the bill to pay his claim.
[This is the case in regard to which
Senator Braughn, who became the
"stakcholdor," gave the evidence be-
fore the Eighth District Court last sum-
mer, which was published in the Bee
at the time.-REP1
Witness heard Mr.. Gaines, Presi-
dent of the Citizens Bank, highly spo-
ken of until his course in regard to the
We'll claim became public.
Q.-Their object is plumber:
A.-Plunder, sir. So Infamous has
our government become and so wide
spread is knowledge of it's corruption
that there are persons here now from
New York to buy the passage of an
other lottery scheme, and there are par
ties here from Chicago to procure the
passage of another plundering scheme.
Sands of Gold.
The best lessons Il man ever has are