The sun., 1873-02-01
THE MOBILIER BUSINESS.
DIR. DURLNT RBFUTINa ILLEI's
TEsTIMONY BY TINE RECORD,

| TEsTIMONY BY TINE RECORD,
| And Showing ths, Neither Alley nor Ame.
Deserve Monument for his Unseidsb ness
-Hornce y. Clark Before the Wilson
| Committee-Finy Tbousand Dollars Each
to Gen. Dix and John > Cisco.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.-There was nothing
| lively shout the proceedings Of Judge Poland's
committee to-day. The greater portion Of the
| two hours and half session was taken up with
the reading Of a long statement by DIR. Duraut
in reply to the charges so freely INDUCED In
| against him by John u. Alley. There was
nothing in this statement pertinent TO the in
| quiry which the committee was constituted to
make. but IL nevertheless contains some mighty
| interesting reading The only object which Or.
Durant had In making this statement was to
controvert and expose certain mistatements
made by Alley In regard TO the doctor and Col.
Henry &. NcComb. This 1t does most com
pletely, and places the Mephistopheles Alley In
an unenviable situation. There is not single
statement In Durant's answer which Is not sub
stantiated by reference 90 and quotations from
the records Of the Credit Mobilier and Union
| Pacific Railroad Company.
| AMEs EoT WORTHY or MONUMENT.
Alley, II will be remembered, claimed that .
greatful public ought to erect a monument to
| Oakes Ames and his set for their unparalleled
energy aud wonderful perseverance, In carrying
| forward the great national work OF uniting the
two oceans with an Iron roadway. The prepos-
pressed by purant. as %ss also also the other asser
lion made by Alloy that Durant and McComb
n desred S S eke se Ps Gn the Ss a
| supported by the Official records OF the COM
pany, demonstrated that whatever honor Is due
| for the initial movement, and the subsequent
| carrying forward OF the Pacific Railroad enter
prise, belongs, Of right, TO Dr. Durant. Mr.. Ames,
| MIR. Alley, aud their friends were not original
| subscribers In the Union Pacific, and only be-
came connected with 1t as contractors or stock
had become Interested in that way their sale
purpose from that time forward, until the last
| rail was laid, was, az Durant shows,
TO MAKE ALL THE MONEY THEY COULD
out Of the contracts for building the road. The
very first thing the Boston set did after becom-
ing interested IN the direction OF the affairs Of
directors nesting autScrisins the Credit Mob
B%ni nat snG fs Ss MT .nS. Ss pro.S APs .si .ni
the Ames and Alley crowd from paying
make ns Contract with Williams S' TO bSa por
ton of the road, commencing at the Tooth mere
well as an additional number Of miles already
built and this was only prevented 6y an inJunc-
patriots. and saints claim that Durant, McComb,
| and their party wanted TO make everything out
tells how some OF the vast sum Of money which
was required to build the road was expended.
HOW THE MONEY WAS EXPENDED.
One of their plans was the payment OF large
company. or for procuring such loans. Loco
motives which had been purchased at Govern
and fPeed @pc@ tRe oF osEe s
| Ames. They also gave contract Tor 5000 Tor
which thoy knew had been built at a cost of
| less than t20u0 per mile. They also paid $t50OO
| per mile for nfty miles more that was built for
After he had concluded Alley obtained leave
| 70 say a. few words In reply, but he began such
| trade OF abuse, unsupported by any proofs, that
| the committee felt compelled to choke him OF.
| AN EXPLANATION REQUIRED FROM GEN. DIX.
| The Wilson committee consumed the most OF
y ne day u the further sxamlnation OK Horace ,;
| deal In the course OF his examination. He
created decided sensation by telling what he
A. Dix being paid $4,000 for an unsuccessful at
tempt to negotiate the bonds OF the company in
| Europe while he was Minister 10 France. This
/ will revulre an explanation from Gen. Dix, and
Il is understood that he has been requested to
| appear before the committee 20 testify TO this
| and other transactions Of a suspicious character
| about which he is supposed TO know a good
deal.
| BLAINr AND THE GREAT LOBBYIST.
| There is much comment TODAY on the extra
ordinary course of certain Representatives yes
| terday, when the great lobbyist, Stewart, was at
ing to tell what he did with the sg,SO.OoO which
were placed In his hand for corruption pur-
poses. In the nrst place 1t is asserted by those
| who ought 10 know that this was the first in
stance where aperson brought before the House
Persons In contenlpt have heretofore been
s.iised 70 conhne themselves to simple state
e snS %alSa
TO them by a committee. s,ewsrt aads ebun-
| Speaker resisted all attempt 20 choke him on.
| and by rulings that are freely criticised to-day
luton by Mr.. Kerr Of Indiana, which would un-
doubtedly have passed and consigned Stewart
70 @ prison m min instead Of the very comfortable quar-
am sorry TO say, some
USPLEAsANT STORIES
circulating to-day about the intimate relations
which existed between Mr.. Blaine and stewart
about the time the latter was adjusting the dit
| Ierences between the Leayenworth and Pawnee
arts ONCE tells circumstsntia story about
visit certain gentleman paid to Stewards once
bonds OF the Kansas Pacific road passed from
stewards hands to the certain gentleman afore-
House could not sfrord to run the risR Of having
stewart squeezed too hard, lest his bombastlc
boast that the secrets connded to him by his
bosom was thrust into foul dungeon" would
not last when his digestive powers were tested
on prison fare.
THE OLD Woody QUARTERS
| in which Stewart is confined are by no means
| luxurious or palatia, neither can they be said 10
| be uncomfortable. The room is dismal, and at
high noon gas has to be used to afford the con-
| tumacious LOBBYIST sufficient hight TO read his
| yellow covered literature, with which he is well
afford to pay for and II he really holds secrets Of
great Importance on his mighty bosom he
WIN not idch lpe uehus 70 oDlhln al
| the delicacies Downing can supply as well as a
| few outside luxuTies, which have no doubt the
accommodating Capitol police will undertake to
! pass In To him. So on the whole, IL is pretty
| certain that Stewart will quietly pass his time
where he IL until the 4th Of March, when he will
go free, and the world will be no wiser than IL is
now Of his transaction with Congressman.
| Interesting Proceedings Before Judge Po-
lands Committee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.-Judge Poland's
morning, and Charles II. Nelson was rec called.
He testined.