Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
The Credit MObilier.

The Wilson committee had an uninteresting
session on the 4th. John B. Alley was the
only witness. and his testimony related almost
wholly to the dry details of the Union Pacific
railroad, and in an effort to show that nothing
has been made out of the road that those
who built it look bankruptcy in the face, and
all that Pending the return of Cakes Ames
the committee is engaged in preparing a report
on the evidence already in. This report will
take up the case of each Congressman, and
make special reference thereto. The report
will be accompanied by no resolution but will
simply leave the House to take such action as
the evidence submitted may justify.
The Poland committee reported to the
House the evidence taken with regard to SEN
ators Wilson, Harlan, Patterson, and Vice
President Colfax, and it was unanimously GER
titled to the Senate for it's action as the latter
body shall deem proper.
At the Wilson committee, on the 5th, F. c.
Hoover appeared as volunteer witness and
testified to certain matters of which he pro-
fesses to have knowledge, duplicating Hon.
! William D. Kelley, Of Pennsylvania, in the
Credit Mobilier business. The fact was brought
! out that Hoover was arrested last year for a
! Matchmaking operation, and other facts were
! proven showing such VIGOROUSLY bad charac-
| ter that all in the committeeman were salts
fed that for some purpose or other he was
manufacturing the story, which had no founda-
ton in fact. Hoover is not believed to be
sane.
At the sitting of Judge Poland's committee
on the 9th, Congressman James Brooks sub
mitted letter from ex-Secretary Browning
dated March 81, 1868, transmitting a commits
| sion as Government director of the Union
Pacific and stated that it was on the 9th of De-
cember, 1867, that Nelson got his shares from
Durant. Horace F. Clark, President Of the
Union Pacific, was examined by Mr.. Brooks.
| He testified that he never had any interest in
| the Credit Mobiler. The witness examina-
ton as to the construction of the road de-
veloped nothing new. One hundred per cent.
was not regarded as a large profit on construc-
ton. He did not think the capital could be
raised now to build the Union Pacific even
if $40, 900, 900 of profits were guaranteed Hon.
James NJ. Beck, of Kentucky, was sworn and
examined by Mr.. Brooks. The witness was
member of the conference committee inrelation
to the interest question of the Union Pacific
railroad He has been very intimate with
Brooks. and does not remember of Brooks evel
speaking to him in any shape or form whatever
in regard to the Pacific road Hon. DAME
W. Voorhees, was examined by Mr.. Brooks
Witness was member of the Pacific Railroad
Committee during the Forty-frst Congress
and had questions up in which the. Union Pa
cific road was deeply interested. Mr.. Brooks
never spoke to the witness. on the subject o.
the Pacific railroads, and never appeared befort
the Railroad Committee on any measure be
, fore it.
The Wilson committee heard the testimon,
|
of the Land Office, showing that Hoover.
former witness, had questionable character
After hearing the testimony of Hon. VIM. d
Kelley, of Pennsylvania, contradcting Hoover
statements, the committee adjourned.
} A dispatch from Boston of the 9th inst
says: Judge Wilson, Chairman OF the Con
gressional Committee, re-examined Rollins
Treasurer of the Union Pacific road, to-day
: He said the check for $4,000, said to hav
been given to J. F. Wilson, has on it the fol
, lowing Inducements, the initials ct A S.
being in pencil: "Pay E. H. Rollins, Secre
l tary, or order (Signed) " B. W. Spencer.
: (Signed) 'E. H. Rollins, Secretary" $50
delphia. T. A. s." (Signed) w. A. Shella
!. dy, for Cashier" The $4,000 paid Rollins i
December was for services rendered at Wash
: ington. He never received dollar from tn
/; company that he did not earn. The profit o.
: Ames' contract SO far as appeared on tn
books as divided was 500, 854, $50 in stock an
: bonds at par, and that on the Davis contrac
81. 802, 1875 in the same material.
b At the sitting of Judge PolaDds committee
on the 7th inst, John 1. Blair was examine
;, by Representative Stevenson. The witnes
testified that he was an original corporator Q
e the Sioux City and Iowa Falls and Dubuqu
o. railroad. with Pratt Smith, of Dubuque; job
. F. Duncombe. of Fort Dodge, and W. "
Walker, of Cedar Rapids. He detailed the his
: tory of building the road, the legislation b
It Congress renewing the land grant in 1856
the State. and the legislation of the State gi,
:. ing the grant to the road, and testified ths
II not dollar was expended IN procuring sue
J legislation, either before Congress or the Stat
d Legislature. The witness never expended
cent for blaclnail for any one, either as men
Der of Congress or private citizen. There wa
Il not single road across Iowa to-day that wa
n worth the money it cost to build it. The Wi
J. ness referred to the list of subscriptions an