Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-31

more specl0c statement OF The Impending
calamity. Ny engagements here Monday
prevent me from going to Washington. I
am not informed Of the character of the
Tuinous legislation, of the introduction of
which in Congress on Monday next you
advise me, nor does it occur to
me how it can be headed off, unless by the
purchase or bribery of the interchangeable
worker in the House to whom you refer.
As you don't name him, can't judge Of
his intention, aud should not, if in Wash
ington,try to influence the vagabond to with
hold his ruinous proposition, Whatever it
may be; and if it be that the mere introduc-
ton of a proposition in Cons ress can result,
as you say, in loss of many millions to
the Union Pacific road, it is quite as we'll
the owners of the property should now be
informed Of its precarious condition.
don't believe that the directors of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company would
sanction the expenditure of one single dol
lar to avoid blow of the kind you desig-
nate. You are not, perhaps, aware that in
some of our State Legislatures propositions
of an exceptional character, of dangerous
tendency to the railroad and ether great in
terests, are sometimes introduced on
resolution day to affect the stock
market. False reports are sometimes re
sorted to for the same purpose. Ibave not
supposed that the House of Representa-
tives could be made available for enterpris-
es of this description. But however this
may be, know of no way in which the
mischief resulting from such transactions
can be ayerted, except by securing the cleo
ton ofrespecsable men to representive posi-
tions in Legislative bodies. No property
can be more secure than the character of
the Government to the jurisdiction of which
it is subject viii permit. To attempt to
buy your peace from strikers of this class
is to encourage the very spirit which i'm
pels the attack. A rumor has prevailed in
Wall street this afternoon that some res
olution of fearful import to the Union Pa
cifc railroad company, was to be offered In
the House Monday, and the market price
of the stock has been thereby
considerably depressed. Whether this is or
is not the identical scare to which your at
tention has been cslle1--I cannot deter
mine from the facts before me. If you feel
at liberty TO inform me by telegraph of the
precise nature of the catastrophe to avert
which you are kind enough to offer your
pany shall be informed to the end that they
may consider their duty in the premises.
But without more definite information than
| have already received, We must abide the
result, not unmindful that the authors of
these conspiracies themselves sometimes
become the only victims. An answer to
this telegram addressed to my house will
reach me at any time. If you can fowrard
by 10 morrow's mail copy Of your first
letter or the substance of it if copy was
not retained, shall be glad to receive it.
HORACE +. CLARK.
Witness resumed: Poppleton, the attor-
ney of the company, left New York Sun
day night and came TO Washington, and
undertook TO place the correspondence in
possession of some member Of the House,
so that if such a resolution as had been re-
ferred to had been introduced, the whole
thing would have come o1t. The same
day witness received the following:
Washington, ApriL Z, 1872.-Your long
message just received. l cannot under
stand your f2nure to get my first letter, and
still less the misapprehension and discour-
tesy Of your telegram, bnt as it seems to
me the emergency is very great, if you can
suggest any one here with whom l had bet
ter confer, or if you desire 10 talk over the
wires to-day, / will come to the telegraph
office. l viii write tonight, addressed to
No. 10 East I'D street, but fear letter
will be too late to be Of much account.
GEO. B. CowLAM.
To Cowlam's telegram witness said he
replied as follows:
Ne,g York, AprH 7, 1S72.-To Geo. B.
Cowlam, care Gen. Butler, Washington
Your telegram of this morning received.
l regret that you deem mine of yesterday
1t was net so intended. l
have assumed that your Intervention was
friendly in its character md felt no en-
barrassment in freely expressing my views
relative to legislative stock job Jing trans
ctions. AS the emergency seems to be as
you state, very great, have requested A.
j. Popplaton, of Nebraska, who is friend
and adviser of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company and who has
our entire confidence, and who is now in
this city, to 60 to Washington tonight and
meet you there tomorrow morning. He
will stop at the National Hotel. You are
at liberty to say to Mr.. Poppleton whatever
you would say to myself. He is fully au-
thoriZed to represent the Union Pacific
Railroad Company in the matter referred
to, and will take such a course as under the
circumstances, he shall deem expedient.
Please inform me by telegraph Of the re-
celpt of this, and add any further sugges-
tions which may occur to you.
HORACE T. CLARK.
Witness resumed and said Poppeton
came to Washington that evening. Wit
ness said to Poppleton in talking of this
matter that the Union Pacific Railroad
Company would not give one cent for the
purpose suggested by COwlam.
By Slocum-Was anything done that
Monday?
Poppleton says motion was made in
the House TO suspend the rules, and some
body who had the papers offered to let the
resolution come in if he could be permitted
to produce the correspondence.
APage from the Globe. :
Slocum here referred to the Globe of
April 8, 1872, and read the resolution nov
ed by Negley requiring the payment Of in
terest by the Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Mr.. Brooks on that occasion it appeared
objected and called for the regular order of
business, When Negley moved to suspend
the rules that he might offer the resolution.
Negiey made point as TO the propriety Of
stockholders opposing the Introduction of
the measure. Brooks retOrted by inquiT-
ing if it was proper for Wall street spec
ulator to introduce resolution of this char
acter.
Witness said he had in his hand the pa
pers which were then in the possession Of
Brooks and which have been read to this
committee.
The committee adjourned until tomor
row.
Hew the Union Pacific was s'StOck-
ed.''
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-EdwaTd SIM
mons of this city states that when he was
Superintendent of the rolling stock of the
Union Pacific railroad here from 1885 to
1870, a lot of second hand locomotives were
sold to the company by R. G. Butler, Of
Boston, as frst-class engines, the company
paying sixteen or seventeen thousand dol
lars apiece for them, notwithstanding his
report that the engines were dear at five
thousand dollars, and besides unfit for any
decent road. Other secondhand stock also
was purchased in this way.
Hhe Boston Fire.
Boston, Jan. 30-The city committee
on claims come 10 the conclusion that the
citu is locally liahla for tho desfruc.iOp Of