The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-02-17

laEof OF reform; winch or you are to b'
believed:
GOVERNOR am to be believed. Al
these things were COTTON up under tn.
excuse that l was using my Office fol
personal and pccuniary purposes. Th,
object was to get Carter into the Cover
nor's chair, after which everything
would have been dropped.
Regarding the Wilde claims, Gov
I WarmOth stated that Auditor Graham
and Mr.. Gaines paid the $l3O,O0O. He
had nothing to do with it; it was paid
against his consent and will, and with,
out his connivance.
Mr.. Speer-Anu you We're RESPONSE
bic as a member Of the Board of Lii
quidatOls.
Gov. W.-"Well, partially So" He
then proceeded to say that in his Opin-
ion the sum would have had to be paid
some time. He would not have had it
paid, however, until adjudication by
the courts. The Governor then stated
that he had funded seventeen thousand
dollars of his own warrants with the
bonds. He had presented these war
rants before the funding bill was signed,
as he thought he had a right to do. He
had signed the bill before the Speaker
of the House had. There was no rule
for singing bills except for the Cover
nor.
Gov. Warnoth was then questioned
in the matter Of his speculation in lcvee
siNes, by which he said he had made
$4,000. 1t WAS purely a business trans
action. He has not been in the habit
of dealing in securities and Joining rings
in the Legislature to affect their price.
He had bought them when they were
low and waited for his opportunity to
make money.
Mr.. Specr-Iavc You not said to
Judge Alexander Walker that you
were the chief of the white mans party
in this State:
About the printing bill: He had
signed the printing contract Oh the part
of the State rs Governor, and Mr.. Carr
had signed it as Speaker. Lieut.. Gov.
Dunn, one Of the Commission, refused
to sign it. He was then Il stockholdcr
in tho Republican and was before he
became Governor.
About this time Gov. Warmoth
made the statement that stO the victor
belongs the spoils.' He had learned
that maxim when he was Il Democrat,
and had brought it over with him into
the Republican party.
Mr.. Spccr-Did. you not tell Judge
Walker that you made 800, 600 during
he first year you were Governor?
Gov. Warmotll--I made 4 great deal
more than a hundred thousand dollars.
The Governor was questioned in the
matter oftilc Nicholson Pavement Conn
pany. He had appointed Mr.. j. A.
Walsh to the position in the Council.
Mr.. Walsh had told him that he (Mr.
Walsh) was authorized to offer the Gov
$50, 900 to sign the bill. Mr.. Walsh
had made the statement in cOnvcrs:l-
tional way, and apOlogiZcd to the Gov
crnor when the latter had answered him,
Mr.. Walsh saying that he had no in
tcntiOn to offer L bribc to the Governor.
To Mr.. Smith - Lieut.. Gov. Dunn
was very popular with some of the cOl-
Orcd people, and with others he was
not. He was not the most popular of
the coIOrcd men. lie was II schcming
and ambitious man. lie was informed
that Dunn ran for L. $. Senator in the
caucus of the cOlorcd Republicans. 1Ic
was a pure man, he thought. Pincf.-
back defeated him in the caucus, but
Pinchback WAS not elected by the AS
Scmbly. Dunn was not in favor of the
modification Of the laws; he advised in
the beginning of last year against the
notifications. He thought Dunn had
had a distrust Of his, the Governors,
however, to trust him with the admin
istratiOn of these laws. Although Dunn
was antagonistic to him, he did not
know that Dunn ever wished Il change
Of the election or registration laws.
Dunn never had his respect.
Mr.. Spccr cndcaVOrcd to ascertain
how many officers there were in the
State whose places the Governor was
authorized to fill in cases of vacancy.
Tho Governor answered that by law
he was empowered to fill all vacancies
occasioncd by death or resignation, but
he did not kTow the number of offices
in the State.
Mr.. Archer wished to know if the
Governors patronage would not secure
him 4 reelection.
Gov. Warnoth agreed that If would
exert Il great influence.
The question of the propositions Of
Gen. Simms to compromise arose once
moro. Gov. NarmOth again repeated
that he had been told by Gen. SimmS
that he had never made the PROPOSE
tiOnS he WAS alleged to have made.
Mr.. Archer produced Il letter written