, 1873-02-02
Increase Of $406,2i3 in the Debt
Statement During January.
Further Details Of the Credit Mobilier
Investigation. 81
Review of the Facts Devel-
oped by the Wilson
Committee.
HoW The Credit hobilier Wa1ed Rich By
ReconstructiRg a Constructed Bead.

Swindling Contracts Performed
by Dummy Contractors.
Special Despotch to The Chicago Tribune.
CREDIT MoEMIER.
WAsHHaTos, d. c., Feb. LIN spite Of the
general anticipation, Judge Poland's COMMITTEES
to-day Was devoid OF special interest. McComb,
,1ho was the principal Witness examined, pro-
duced letter from General Dodge, in which the
2atter-anuounced the defeat Of tho Rate bill BY
T. close contest, aud then asked whether it did
not pay to have friends in Congress. He also
epoke in detail Of combination with Ames, IN
which tho latter had triumphantly said: p" Has
1Ir. Colfax's ruling paid the investment Of
ftock?' Judge Poland announced that with tha
examination of two more Witnesses the inyest1-
cation would close. Theeo are Oakes Arnes,
with his original memorandum book, ard Vice
President Colta1, whose defence will not COM
5Qence until after Ames' roturn-
{ h1though nearly all the witnesses before the
WILSON, Committee are troubled with Ignorance
and forget esulnoss, the Committee are neyerthe-
less making coasld cradle progress in tho inves-
t;cation; but 1eeding feature Of the inquiry,
that in regard to the j iehoneRt disbursement OF
S250.00O by Joe 6teTart, and OF S126,o0o to
other parties, is as much 4 concea1ment as it
was the day the examination of Witnesses be-
gan. The Committee however, have estab-
Gsh cd for certainty that the Credit Mobiller
aud the Union Pacifc Railroad Company
we're substantially the same; that the latter
Fas 20 manipulated that millions Of dolla1s re-
rerted to tho former; that they monopolized the
entire construction and equipment OF the road
and shut out competition; that several millions
Of dollars have i5om 11e fnas ~
Tor; that tho Company is substantially bank-
rupt and cannot pay its debts; that 200 or 500
miles of road, after being finished and accepted
ty tho Government, Wis again placed under con-
3fact ut q rate 80 much higher that the Credit
Mobilier made three millions Of profit; that the
contracts Of Ho1ie, Davis, and others we're mere
pretences, their persons being put in as dunn
mics by the .Oakes Ames or Credit lIobilier con-
tract; that Government officers levied and col
iectoi = -:black1nail; That rival interests were
bo7ght off; that conflicting roads had immense
aums OF money 1ayishcd on them; that the i'm
1nenso Oskes Ames contract Was Tor the bonent
Of Collar, Brooks, Garfield, Patterson, bingham,
stockholders, or the Credit Mobilier; that the
books Of the Union Pacific Road aud Credit Mo-
6ilier have been kept in such manner as to
cover up aud conceal the improper actions from
the puDuC+ RnQ al LElH tD Lu6 Injury Va Lua 0uf@
uernment and the honest Stockholders. =
Mr. Euider for two years General Ticket and
Freight Agent, was the first witness to-day: and,
save that he testified to paying Corneius Wen
dali, at that time Government Director, ?25,ooo
as blood roney, his evidence Vas not impor-
The Vice President Of the Union Pacific
Railroad, John Duff, was put upon the stand for
the frat TING. He is an old gentleman,
OF handsome appearance his hair and
<nu beard being of pure white; ~ bat
es witness he was Of little account. How q
man Of his intelligence and apparent honesty
could have been so long connected with the
road withthigh official position, and be 80 igno-
rant of its business is exceedingly strange. He
testified that he was not in the Credit Mobilier
when the large dividend Was dec1ared, but he
was sluwu records in which bis name appears
pss cereals eons hf 9sha9 atb E hs e
No Daasai aasait tie he unaccountable @ expenditures
Ecovered by the s126, ,0e0 extra legal expenses be
= was not IN tho room when the subject was de-
eided, and knew nothing about it, and never
heard anything about it. The Committee was
Scott, Dodge, Duff, and Wilson. Tho latter
refused to act. The next Was present. and 80
s1s eSs s UPON s WHICH he monsy was mid are Tom
Scott End General Dodge: The. latter, it
tseems. is on his way here from Tex
as, and may arrive before the Committee
end ends =, S s TSr and and ny also not one = tSs
wea1thiest men in Che Company, VAS the next
xitnese He also Ia an oil, Whise-haired man,
whose life, be said, had been spent in building
railroads. He lacks the education and culture
pf the other rich men III tho Company, but has
much practical knowledge. He was examined as
an expert, but wns ignorant and forgetful on i'm.
iportant points, and nothing new was obtained
from him. DR.. Durant waB again called, and he
tion, with the composure and craftineas
of man having complete control of his mind
and manners. He said, what should be first
mentioned here, THAI he had never given any
money or bonds to Thaddeus Stevens, nor had
eny to his knowledge ever been giTen Stevens.
Ho, however, advised the managers Of tho Union
Facihc neilroad to reconcile the differences be-
tween them and the LcavenWorth d Pawnee
Road, End this was done at rather smart cost,
probably. As to witness' dealings, he abGo-
futo1y knew nothing, Jet he gave him, to be-
expanded as Stewart pleased, nearly .
million Of dollars without voucher OF receipt.
..'stawnrt might have kept three-tonrths Of it
foz aught 5ad t nafant oor oqrant vs. rs
made, however. one very important statement
to this effect: He never paid for the influence Of
member of Congress, although during that
time member approaehed nm, Tvs as i;a 1;elng ga u
that at one timo four members came
to him, representing themselves as a
Committee controlling either twenty1four
Or forty votes, and sranted to negotiate
added gnmly that his memory pas bad as to
names, sometimes but not at Others He made
this statement, yet not single member Of tho
Committee pressed for an answer They a1d,
however, press Stewart strongly, the other
day, when it was auggested that some newspaper
men wero involved. A resolution has been :
paseed by the Committee. and permission will
be obtained OF the House, to allow the Chairmnn'
to visit New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, to
take testimony On important points, which can-'
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