The weekly clarion., 1873-04-03

J., for the issuance of warrants in the cas-
j stated amounted to loan or pledge OF th
| credit of the State. We freely interchange
r | views c0nversationally or this subject an
afterwards. the Attorney General pfesente
me a volume of reports to read an opinio
: Of the Supreme Court of one of the North
western States. the principle Of which i
denial of the right of the Leg stature
treat railroads as other then priE ate enter
prises upon which I suggested he incon
sistency of that position, with the adJudlea
tions of our own High Court OF Errors ant
Appeals, which affirmed the right To con
domn private property for the use OF rail-
: roads. which could only be Justiiled on TN
t grounds of the condemnation OF prlVat'
property for public uses. We conytrset
freely on this subject. and the Attorney
General told me he was anxious TO get al
the light he could on the subject, and IthInh
| told me that he had invited Hon. Geotge L.
/ Potter, to call at his house TO confer With
him on the subject under consideration. As
to the character of opinion entertained by
the Attorney General during cur conVersa-
ton on the subject, it seemed to me th9f MS
mind was not fully made up, but that ne
was possessed of doubts as to the conSItu-
tionality of the law, and seemed desirAs TO
hear all that could be said on the subject.
with a view to forming correct opinion
about it.
O. Did you confer or consult with Cobnel
Brougher. as a lawyer, in regard 20 the
matter?
A. / had some conversation about the
matter with him of general character.
Do not remember the particulars. Fund
him in the AttoI ney Generals office. Ouf
conversation was general one.
Q. Did you know that he was empoyed
by Col. Falkner?
A. don't think did at the time.
To Mr.. Hill:
Q, Did you consult or converse with my
i. talked with Wiley P. Harris as to
| the legal question.
@. What opinion did he express?
a. He expressed his concurrence with ny
view, that the law was constitutional.
Col. w. Co FaIkner's Te-GimOry.
WITNESS " EXPENDED CONSIDERABLE SIN
OF MONEY TO GET HIS WARRANTS.
| Questions to be answered on oath by Col.
| w. c. Falkner, of Ripley, Tippah coumy,
/ Mississippi, which were propounued 0y
| the Attorney General, and which wre5
| not submitted to the Committee TO eros q
Q. Are you the President of the Ripey
Railroad Company?
A. | am the President of the Ripley Rail-
road Company now and have been since he
first Monday of September, 1871.
.. Did you apply for Subsidy warrants at
Jackson, Miss, in September last for sid
| Company?
L
Q. Did you at that time, or ever pay or
cause any person to pay, promise or ofer
any money or warrants, or anything els to-
}. ;. Morris, Esq. the Attorney Genera off
Mississippi, to influence his official opinion |
or action in respect to the Subsidy questin |
\. did NOT.
q. Do you know OF any fee or reWar OF i
amy kind whatever, ever having been pid !
promised offered to J. 5. Morris. $50.
the present Attorney General, TO intluace I
= ntt al 0af nY ffIfi1 iTfD
the question OF Subsidy warrants in fNor |
of your road?
A. / did not
z. Did said Morris ever ask for, or hin, or +
intimate, that he wanted, or would accept I
any Zee or reward from you or from any
body in respect to said Subsidy?
A. He did not.
q. Did on. at about the time Of our
application Tor Subsidy warrants, ex end |
any money or other values in order ttob- /
what persons, how much to each, ana for
what particular services such eXpenseWas
incurred.
A. | did eXpend considerable sum OF /
money. | paid Judge Campbell, of Cmt}n.
one thousand dollars;
PAID CHARLES A. BRoUGHER TWO THOU
SAND DOLLARS,
and also placed funds in the hands Of Col.
L. :. Hardee, (exact amount not remen bey-
ed), which was disbursed by Col. Harde4
Do not know what kind of services was
rendered by the attorneys employed. The
Attorney General said there wers grave /
doubts on his mind as to the constitution
ality of the Subsidy Act. The attorneys
were employed to present legal opinions
and arguments in order to remove those
doubts. l saw the attorneys frequ9tly in
the Attorney Generafs office. Don' know
whether they performed the services n not.
| agreed TO pay when the
WARRANTS WERE ISSUED
and did so. directed Col. Hardee en-
ploy attorneys; | saw other attorneys 90 /
and come from the office of the Attorney |
General; understood that they had furnish |
ed opinions and arguments; don't kIow OF /
my own knowledge that any service were /
rendered by the parties employed.
q. If you know of said Morris being |
bribed or corrupted by any means il favor |
your Subsidy, please state all you know
about 't?
A. do not know of anything of th kind |
Q. If yOu know anything else which |
would either vindi cate said Morris, orcrim-
mate him in his action respecting tle issu- |
ance of warrants for your road, pleas state |
it fully?
A. do not know of anything that would |
criminate or vindicate the Attorney Gen |
eral further than / haze stated.
z. State your occupation or profession be- |
fore engaging in the railroad bushes. and |
how long you pursued it?
A | was practicing law before | went |
into the railroad business; have pretised |
law about twenty years.
Q. Have you ever said or intimaed to /
any person that any officer at jackson was |
bribed or corrupted by you, or by auyOther /
person with your means. or at YOUR intiga- |
tion, in respect to the Ripley Railroad Sub |
sidy warrants? Ii so, state all about (.
j. 5. Morris.
A If | did, do not now remember il; |
don't think | ever did.
And further this deponent saith not
w. e. EALKER.
Sworn to and subscribed to betor. me
this, the 18th day of February, 1873.
A. Z, RULKER.
Clerk Chancery Court Of
Tippah county, Miss.
SOMETHING MORE TO THE POINT
FROM THE SAME WITNESS.
WHY He PAID JUDGE CAMPBELL ONLY SDO0
AND THE LAW PARTNER $1,000.
I" DID NOT EMPLOY MR.. BRoUGHER ON aC-
COUNT OF HIS LEGAL ABILITY, BUT BE-
CAUSE 1 THOUGHT HE WOULD HAvE
INFLUENCE WITH THE ATToR-
NEY GENERAL"
1T COST ME ABOUT SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS
TO GET THE WARRANTS ISSUED"
Interrogatories to be propounded to Cd. w.
c. Falkner, OF Ripley, Mississippi. by the
Committee:
Int. |. In your answer to certain sHes-
tions propounded to you by Attorn. y GEN
cral Morris. bearing date February Is, 1873,
you say that YOU applied for Subsidy war
raSts AT Jackson, Mississippi in September
| last, for the railroad company of which you
| are President. Please state what official, ii
any, objected to their issuance, aud if you
know. what the objection was?
A. Gen. J. S. Morris objected to the ssu-
ance of the warrants, on the ground that he
had