Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-02-20
The Credit Mobilier Investigation

Before the Poland Committee, on the
Tth, John / Blair detailed the history of the
building of the Sioux City. Iowa Falls and
Dubuque Railroad, the legislation by Con-
gress renewing the land grant In 1856 to the
State, and the legislation OF the State giving
the grant to the road, and testified that not q
dollar was expended in procuring such legis-
lation, either before Congress or the State
Legislature. The witness never ex
pended q cent for blackmail for any one,
either a member of Congress or puvate citi-
zen; never had any correspondence with Mr..
Blaine about taking stock. The members of
Congress who hold stock bought and paid
for It, and none was given for corrupt pur-
poses.
Hon. James G. Blaine was recalled and ex-
amined by Mr.. Stevenson. The witness reit-
Grated his former statement regarding the
stock which he had procured Of the Messrs.
Coburn.
0akes Ames appeared before the Poland
Committee on the 11th, and produced q
memorandum amounting in effect to what
had already been testified to by him before
the Committee, and also clsiming to show
an additional payment to Mr.. Colfax OF
s60.75 on account of Credit MobiIier divi-
dends. Witness had not yet been able to
find any receipt signed by Mr.. Colfax, al
though he had searched carefully; he did no
remember OF having got any receipt from
Colfax and never said so to anv person; he
81 200. Witness further stated that Mr.. Col
fax never notified him that he would give up
the stock. At first witness wanted to get all
these men of as easy as possible, and
rather stated their view of the case, not rely
ing on his own memory.
Sidney Dillon, clerk in the office of the
Sergeant-at-Arms, was recalled, and testified
that Il was his impression that he paid
q, 200 check marked 'S. c." to Oakes Ames.
he thought he paid him in two $500 bills. IN
talking with Ames during the last thirty
hours witness had asked him IL he did not
pay the check to him, and Ames said he
thought il WAS very likely. The witness
could not swear he paid the check to Ames.
Mr.. Colfax read q letter from Mr.. Barclay,
Journal Clerk of the House OF Representa-
tives, saying: 81 have examined all your
rulings as Speaker on every proposition
made during the entire session by Hon. E.
B. Washburnc and Hon. c. G. Washburne in
relation to the Union Pacific Railroad, and
find no ruling made by you that was not, In
my judgment, commanded and justified by
parliamentary law"
Mr. Colfax then proceeded to give q de-
tailed statement Of his private financial af-
fairs, and again denied receiving 81 900, and
also denied receiving the geo 75 interest on
certificates which was entered on Ames'
hook as paid TO him. He then gave an ex-
5000 came from his step-fsther, Mr..
Matthews, as part Of debt due
for piano purchased; $1,000 of
1t was in q note of that denomi
nation received by mail from q man named
NesbIt in New York, who wrote to copgratu-
late him on the nomination to the Vice
Presidency and rendered him the money as q
compliment. he could not remember the
exact date, as the letter had not been pre-
served and Mr.. Nesbit was dead and his
executors had not been able to find
any record OF the sum sent.
Mr.. Matthews was sworn, and recollected
the 81 600 bill being received in the mail and
exhibited at the breakfast table. No date
could be fixed other than approximately.
Mrs. Caroline Hollisrer, half sister of Mr..
Colfax, was sworn. She remembered that
Mr.. Colfsx received q 81, ,OnO bill while at the
breakfast table in June, 1868; it was eDelos-
ed in a letter congratulAting him on his
nomination; the letter came from Mr.. Nes-