National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-01-18


terminated, and that he was not personally pres
ent at the Senatorial election in Iowa to which
reference IA made"
On the following day Thursday, the 10th
instant) Mr.. Durant was again upon the
stand, and testified that
che gave two checks Of 5000 each 10 Mr.. IIar-
Ian, payable to that gcntlemans order. MIR.
Harlan had said to him, Are you not going to
help us7' when witness said, when you are
very hard up I will do what can The money
was sent TO Harlan, the witness supposng Ilar-
Ian knew how to appropriate II. lie did not
know whether Harlan was at that time Secretary
Of the Interior or not, and did not know whether
he was at that time candidate for the United
States Senate or not.
1.-THE Chairman. Did You not understand that
the money was to aid in the election OF Mr.. Har-
lan7 A. I had no such understanding, but was
In hopes that Harlan would be elected"
The above evidence was given at night.
Mr. Harlan'spapor, In ignorance Of the damag-
ing revelations made against him, declared
next morning.
at was not until some time after the al
legged expenditure for his bonent that Mr.. liar.
ian heard OF It. lie made inquiry Of Dr. Durant
by letter as to the facts, and received an as
surance that what he had spent he had spent ~
A friend; that II was his own money and he sup
posed that he had right to 10 rs he pleased with
his own means. Let II be remembered
that there is no pretence that Mr.. Harlan had the
handling or the use Of this money, or even
touched q dollar Of II. Let II be remembered
that he was not in the state at the time Of the
election, but here attending to his duties as Sec
retary Of the Interior
Now, here Is plain and palpablc contra
diction. Mr.. Harlan, in his paper says he
did not receive the money personality that he
did not know how II was expended. Mr..
Durant swears tllat Mr.. Harlan asked him for
the moncy-askcd him. "Arc you not going
to help usi" We leave the two to settle the
matter between them.
Yesterday Mr.. Durant was again upon the
stand, and reiterated that he paid the money
to Mr.. Harlan direct; that he wanted him
elected to the Senate; that he had large
interest in Iowa, and thOy were crowdng us"
Cthe Pacific road.) The remainder Of the
testimony Is extremely pertinent It ia as
follows!
q. Iowa was pretty strong Republican State7
\. Yes.
Mr. Wilson; Then you hal no particular motive
to carry II for the Republcans7
A. l aided the local elections In two towns In
Iowa, one for the Republicans and one for the
Democrats. The towns were not far apart, and
wanted the best men In once.
q. Can you tell me what your main object was
In sending the $1,000 TO Mr.. Harlan7
A. desired to see him elected, as he was q
personal friend.
O. You gave this money out Of your private
funds, and never asked to have 1t refunded7
A. No, sir. Did present a claim to the Union
Pacific railroad for expenses, and II was allowed.
one claim was for three or four hundred thou
sand dollars. J. b. stewart and some other
gentlemen were employed by the road In q
professional capacity, they being lawyers, but
they were never authorized to use one dollar In
money to influence legislation In Congress.
Thought Mr.. stewart got tlOO,OOo.
Here Mr.. Durant substantially tostifos that
he did not care u button about tho Rcpubli-
can party in Iowa. All that hc wanted was
to see Mr. Harlan in the Senate, and that to
that end he supported, In one place, Demo-
crut Us against a Republican, because, the
presumption Is, tho Democrat would vote for
Mr.. Harlan for the Senate. And Durant tcs-
tines, further, that he Jumped the ten thou
sand dollars given 10 Harlan with other ex-
peDsos and had the entire amount paid In one
claim Of three or four hundred thousand dol
lars. So that, practically, the Union Pacific
railroad paid ten thousand dollars toward the
securing for Mr. Harlan Of his present seat
In the Senate Of the United States. That, ac-
cordlng to the testimony thus far disclosed, Is
the long and the short Of II. He Is there be-
cause the credit mobllier company placed
him there. He Is there to do Its bidding, rs
Brooks contracted to do Its bidding In the
House. We have no feeling whatever In this
matter, but 1t Is high time that the demOral-
lzatiOn and the corruption which seem to
have set In should come to an end. As the
New York Times said the day before ycster-
day, the Senate Of the United States Is dc
generating" and men are creeping into 1t as
the mere agents and servants Of corrupt
and selfish corporations, whose only OBJ
jcct Is to rob and plundcr the people.
The great duty before the country
and before the Republican party Is to
drive those unscrupulous men out, and punish
them us they should be punished. When our
Legislatures become as corrupt as were the
Parliaments of the English Jamcses, when
men are bought and sold day after day, 1t Is
time to sink party names and party fealty
and unite for the common good. The thieves
and plundercrs must be lashed out Of the
Capitol, and made to understand that they
cannot shield themselves under the cry Of
either Republlcanism or of Democracy.
That Is the great duty uf the hour; let the
blow fall where II may.