, 1873-02-21

tutcd ny persons who have abAurdly taken TO
thomoo1ves tho titlo Of "Ia1y-abfdora."
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JUDGE SHERIDAN.
Tho statement mado by Judge Sherman to tho
Committee Of Ways and Means completes tho
case against him, md presents tho spectacle Of
q United statos Judge before the brokers Of Now
York competing with q professional lobbyist for
a foo of 10000. for influencing Legislation. Tho
facts IN their order nre: Last winter, h1r. Olin-
ton Colgate, who had agrood for tho sum Of
$4,000 yoar to manage al1 10 tax and claim
bualncss OF tho Now York ST., ,ck Exchange bo-
foro Congress, ca1no to Washington to procure
tho repeal Of tho tux OF ono~twonty-fourth Of
por cont month on borroysod capital, which WAS
very burdonsomo to tho brokers Of Now York.
uo made his first movement upon Mr. Dawos and
failed altogether. Tho Committee ro-
ported tho Internal Royonuo bill Of 1aat
year without any repoal Of tho obnoxious tax.
nlr. Colgate thon changed his point Of attack,
and his plan of operations aa well, and got tho
Senate Finance Committee, Of which Senator
Sherman is Chairman, to inaert q few significant
lines in tho informal Royonuo bill ropoaling tho
tux in accordance with his wishes. In this shape
tho bill passed Congroas. Whom Mr.. Colgate
returned to his employers claiming the solo
credit for this victory, lo was mot BY the stato-
mont TINT Judge Sherman, Of Ohio, had ron
dorod q bill OF $4,000 for sorvicoa in tho
samo matter. h1r. Colgate stsonuoualy denied
that anything had been done by my one
another should lave attempted to divido tho
credit and tho profit Of tho operation. To hs
disgust 1t is TINT tho country owes tho disclosure
Of tho part taken by United States Judge in
procuring for money legislation from Congress-.
Colgate lived in great style in Washington, md
npont, ns lis report TO- tho Stock Exchange
shows, q laEge amount Of money there. Tho
Now York Times having intimatod that some Of
this money had found its way into tho Com
mittoo Of Ways and Bloans, the Sonato Finance
Committee, and Congroas, Alr. Dawcs promptly
summoned Colgate to tostify on this point.
Colgate deniod tho ntatomonts OF the Times and
ayorred that ho had nogor used money to got
legislation from Congress-. Ho said, however,
significantly, TINT "1egislason lad ta1kon plaoo.
and TINT tlero was then domand mado to tho
Stock Exchange Of $4,000 for it." When
rroBaod to DO moro doflnito. he assorted that
Judge Sherman had written tho President Of tho
Stock Exchange, claiming $4,000 for preparing
an argument, and using ha influence with his
MI
caso against Judge Sherman is to bo found in
tho testimony Of President King, Of the Stock
Exchango, and luis own statomout, which,
taken a1one, convicts him Of conduct at
variance with tho proprioties OF his position as
United States Judge, and Of allowing hinlself
to bo used as go-betwoen, under cloak, for
tho benefit Of parties who were spending largo
sums Of money to procure legislation, which waa
ut last obtained through his brother. President
King acknowledged tho existence Of shormun's
lotter, of which Colgate had spoken, and promised
to produce it when it waB found. He showed tho
Committee tho report of the Sub-C Committee OF
tue Stock Exchange, to which sherman's bill Of
$4,000 had beon referred, and which had decided
in oolgato'a favor that Judge shormnn's claim
had no valid basis. &o also brought forth q lot
tor dntcd Cleveland, March 27, 1879, from
JudgoSherman to Logrand Lockwood, Jr stating
that, In pursuance Of al agroemont with his
father, Lo had o1erted Ills o1rorts and influence
successfully for the repeal Of tho tax, and asking
If tho Stock Exchnnge would recognize tho con-
tract and reimburse him for his services. Judge
BhormanB atatomont contradicts mono Of tho
Testimony Of tho othcr witneBsoe. When asked
to represent tho Stock Exchange in person be-
fore Congress-, he declined, but did represent
thom 30 fur as to procure them counsel, who did
tho work. Ho continued this modiatory relation
by charging tho Stock Exchange in person for the
services performed, intending, ho saya, when tho
money was paid, to hand 1t over to tho counnel
no employed. In short, instead of declining to
have anything to do with tho matter, he acted
throughout and in double relation. To tho
counsel retained ho was employer, as tho ngont
Of tho Stock Exchange; to tho Stock Exchange,
lo waa tho representative Of tho counsel. Thero
is no break in tho connection. Tho Stock Ex-
change *offora lin $4,000 to attend to their
intorosta. IIo docs 30 by procuring counsel,
whom Ao calls his "frionds," 10 do tho work.
It il done, and lle presonta the bill in hia own
nanlo, thus from first to last continuing
and acknowledging his relations with
tho brokers. lie says lie presented
tho ),ill In hin own nnmo because
hls lawyors wero unknown to tho Exchange, and
because Mr. Lockwood, with whom the original
correspondence was hold, had died. Ono would
think such ablo lawyers could l1ayo boon trusted
With tho collection OF thoir own bills. They
haa been chosen by Judge Sherman to advocate
boforo hia brother, sonator Sherman, tho I'LL
terostB OF tho Now York Etoo1l Exchange, aud
yot woro not conndorol nblo to presont thcr
own olalms before tho Stock Exchange. 10
sayo tho trouble OF explanations, Judge
Sherman rendered q bill III hia own
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