, 1873-01-14

! creased number OF n1lls tnus puilt has nad
tendency to keel, the price Of paper at . los
figure but, IL these manufacturers who have
been producing straw paper since tue expiration
Of this patent are obi ged to pay tho Wood Pane
Company such royalty as they may fix as Al
| Infringement Of thof patent tor the past pvt
produced By them, it will drive many O.
these manafacturerB out OF business
| besides consuming all they hare accumu
latod from tho profits Of their business, to pa,
Company for Infringement on said patont. Il
members Of Congress- were made aware Of thess
facts it does not seem possible they would vote
for the passage OF any such measure. II this
huge monopoly carry their point many INNOCENT
their just rights by being obliged to pay tax
on printing paper, equivalent to tax on knowl.
edge.
I THE CALDWELL INVESTIGATION.
Morton's Committee On Privileges and Elcc-
bribery investigation, to-day, and got at some
evidence that looks moro ugly than any before
given. Tho first and most important wi.noes Was
General 7. Smith, Of Leavenworth,. caldwe1l'a
man who =. is admitted BY all parties
to have conducted Caldwcll's Senate
| rial cauvass. Smiths testimony, taken not
/ in the order in which It was given, but In the
order in which the oyouts testified to occurred,
| was As followB: = ."
Smith said that he Was always opposed to
having Caldwell appear as candidate, and told
him that his health was bad, and, IT he came to
| the Senate, hc wouldn't live two years, but it
,xas Fa desmed necessary to .h hare the Senator a
! been deprived of that honor by q division in
! the party. Finally number Of citizens held q
| meeting and signed a petition to Caldwell that
! le would allow his name to be used in connec-
! sented before going to Topeka to mako
after Caldwell '0 had w been s'''' ennounced s
rs candidate, Governor Carney wroto
! to the witness, asking for an Interview. Whom
they met Carney was vesy much grioved that
Caldwell intended to run. and 6aid that he, Car
uey, lad been candidate for long time and
that he thought to hnve the place. Smith re-
piled that he knew that he had been candidate
ever since Lane was elected tho last ti1no; that
tho Leavenworth delegation Ind been
divided, and for that reason had
been unable to elect their man. At that cleo
ton they intended to succeed. Carney COM
plainad that he had, in all these years, beon to
great deal Of expouss. Smith replied that so far
as that was concerned, ho would rather gee him
paid than that he should bc 4 candidate. Carney
named the sum Of SIS, ,000.: Smith replied:
Governor, that is a largo amount, but we are
all interested in tue city, and must do what nc
can" At their next meeting, which occurred
ono eyoning soon after, at the First National
Bank, D1r. Scott, the President Of the bank, and
Caldwell, himself, were present. Smith was in
favor Of paying tho anount. Governor Carney
to ply It, though the witness advised
him to do so. Soon after Smith went to Tope-
ka, aud thero, after receiving note from Scott,
he called on Carney. The latter said that he
Was going to be candidate, and make trouble,
replied that he should have to SEQ Caldwell.
E5 lid so, and told him that it
would be necessary to pay the money IN
order to succeed, aud Caldwon finally consented
h..
ment from Carney when tho final arrangement
was .1nade setting forth that he would not ho q
candidate at that election. Ten thousand dol
lars wna paid at OF about the time Of the elec-
ton, and note was given to Carney
on Smith for the remaining $5, GOO. This note
'Wns put into~tho hands OF = Leavonworth law
yer to collect but Smith told him that Caldwell
was to pay it. It had since been paid by. Cald-
well. Governor Carney said when the bargain
was made that he would take himself out Of the
ka and work for Caldwell, as was thought
best. Smith advised him to go to Topeka. He
did 30, and engaged d number Of rooEs and
had number Of men with him. In considers
Ills, own money ST., 900. He did not know wletl-
or Carney had paid out that amount, but the
money was understood to have been paid to
cover his expenses.
Smiths testimony In regard to Ca1dwclfs
knowledge Of tho payment Of this 81 600 was .
little mixed. At one point he said that ho did
not believe Caldwell knew anything about it at
another, he testified that he supposed that Cald-
well WAS informed OF it. Smith denied, posi-
lively, that he was engaged in the purchase OF
on Saturday, aud that he knew OF the use Of any
other money in the canvass, though he had =!
heard that Clarke was buying votes.
The only other witness whose testimony !
dark subject was .. r: Anthony: editor Of the |
Leavenworth Times. lie testified to having had !
i conversation with Caldwell last summer, in |
which the latter said tho election cost him about
$50 600. ne also gaye some Rarticu1ars
lent to Burke, tho proprietor Of . paper in |
for services during the CANVASS, !
and for which he had taken Burke's notes. An
thony desired to purchase the papers, and de- !
sired to got the notos: Caldwell refused to gire
them up. saying that he never intended to col |
[ect them.
On crosB-e1Amination, it WAS proved that ]
Caldwell had sued on ono OF these notes for
72, ,000. Burke told the witness that he give the /
ike subsidizing the press. The witness further
said that, in conversation with Caldwell, he
.old him that ho {witness) had been the means
If making one OF the members Of the LcgiRla~
:ure, Dyers. cost him more than he
would. Dyers came to the witness,
md said he hhd been offered more than $4,000,
Which Caldwell vas to pay for his VOTE The
1itnesB told him that he WAS fool, for he could
,et more. Byers afterward said that he had got
a5, 900. Caldwell disputed this and said that be
Feu offered witness the Governorship OF Wash
ngton Territory, il he would stop his opposition
Witness replied that he did not sec how Cald-
ren could give him that, as ho had already
lot have it Knlloch would Here tho witness
ave a long explanation Of the local fight in the
Republican party in LeavenWorth, growing out
t the railrood operations OF Lon Smith and