Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-04


whatsoever. The Chairman expects to re
Committee will continue its session.
At sitting of the Wilson Committee thi
morning, B. w. Spence, formerly assistan
treasurer of the Union Pacific, produced the
original memorandum of checks for certain
parties for aggregate amount of S126, 900
and their subsequent endorsement by wit
ness, including the name of James r. vii
SOD in connection with $4,000, and Gen. E
NJ. Dodge with $24, 800.
Gen. Socum asked whether witness die
not give the check for SIS, 600 to G. w. Buch
nell instead of James Wilson.
Witness replied In the negative.
Gen. Slocum.--Suppose Buchnell were
to say the check passed into his hands
would you not then say you were mistakeni
Witness replied he would not.
Gen. Slocum remarked that apart from
the evidence, he had heard Bushnell say
the check came into his hands.
Witness said the Gen. Dodge check
for "A, 800 dollors came back to him from
the National Bank Of the State of New
York.
sI2e,OO Bonds 20 q Broker-.E. M.
Dodge, General Engineer, or Legis'
lattOn.
w. Bushnell recalled. Remembered being
at meeting of the Board of Directors OF
the Union Pacific railroad company on the
8th or 9th of March, 1871, when the item
of $126, 200 was under consideration. In
Dec. 1870, after the action Of the Secretary
went almost out of sight and there was not
money enough to pay the interest on the
first mortgage bond due Jan. LIST. Wit
ness then detailed the circumstances of
bis proposition to the company to receive
certain security on which to raise money to
pay the interest due the company. He
went to Philadelphia and saw Col. Thos. A.
Scott and j. Edgar Thompson who
said they would assist in getting
Company out of debt. He then returned
TO Boston and made bis contract with the
company. As soon as be secured his mon-
ey started for Washington. He came here
mainly, almost entirely, to secure legislation
of Congress in order that the Union Pacific
Railroad Company should be authorized to
give mortgage on the bridge between
Omaha and Council Bluffs, 30 as to make
the bond better security. AS was his Gus
tom in such cases, he met an Iowa member,
who would not move, as there was much
Jealousy about the bridge both at Omaha
and Council Bluffs. Witness saw there was
nothing to do but to address Gen. Dodge,
telling him to come in, promising TO pay
him for bis trouble. Witness told Dodge
what he wanted. Dodge at once said he
had borrowed every dollar he could on his
Union Pacific Railroad stock during the
crrr NOvso a fall ~, l.
to carry on his business, and that the damn
ed Boutwell, raid on the Railroad
had ruined him. Witness said: 81 can
not help that, but you go to work to carry
this game through, and will give you all
you lost, your expenses and your time."
Dodge went to work and in less than 10 or
10 days we had bill through Congress Just
as we wanted it, all right. We settled all
the difficulties between Nebraska and Iowa
at that time. Dodge figured up and agreed
to pay him S24, 500, and possibly gave him
something more. Col. Thos. A. Scott hay-
ing loaned several thousand dollars, wanted
SIS, 900 on account. The balance of the
$4,000 | handed to the Secretary of the
company in payment of land grant had
purchased from it.
In answer to a question witness said he
paid Gen. Dodge the money for aiding and
securing the passage of the bill to mort
gage the bridge over the Missouri river.
Question-In what way did the Union
Pacific Railroad Company obtain compen-
sation for this expenditure of money?
Answer-The only compensation was to
enable me to carry out my contract by TAX
ing one half Of their securities at about the
market price.
Question-In other words, they gave you
bonus on $4,000?
AnsWer-It was to pay my expenses, Le-
gates and others.
Chairman-The charge on the books Is
for Especial legal expenses" Was It charged
in that way?
Answer-It was an error. 1t ought to
have read especial and legal"
Question-Was Gen. Dodge Chief En-
gineer of the road at that time.
Answer-I think not, but he wasa Direc-
Tor.
Dix, the Radical Governor of New
York.
Gen. Slocum asked how much stock did
Gen. Dix hold in Union Pacific RAILROAD
Company?
Answer-500 shares. In answer to the
question as how Gen. Dix obtained stock,
witness said the first and second INSTALL
ment was paid for by Durant.
Question-Why did you give him $50, 900
for 500 shares of stock of Union Pacific
Railroad Company?
Answer-There was variety of reasons.
Gen. Dix was represented to us as some
what aggrieved by his having been turned
out of the Presidency of the company, and
said be would rather remain as President
than have the Office of Minister to France.
Question-Did he not write letter to
S. N. Barlow, which was read to your di-
rectors, which induced them to take his
stock at par?
Answer-I saw letter purportIng TO
have been written by Gen. Dix.
Question-Was it Of such character as to
alarm your company, and compelled you
to pay2
Answer-We were led, from the letter
and the remarks of Barlow, to think 1t ad-
visable to buy the stock.
Mr.. Slocum asked whether the letter was
not threatening as to the success of the
bonds in Europe unless his stock was taken
at par, to which witness replied he was not
prepared TO say, but to the best of his re-
collection something like that was in the
letter, or at least Barlow so stated on that
occasion. 1t was not thought advisable or
for the interest of the company to quarrel
with Gen. Dix.
A $4,000 Retainer.
Having been further questioned witness
said he never heard of a retainer of Sl0,0 900
given to candidate for seat in the United
States Senate M. II. Carpenter) on the
ground that he was q friend of the COM
pany.
The Louisiana Election.
Special to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The louisiana
case will be resumed tomorrow, and some
important testimony is expected, among
other things, the fabrication of 1904 afi-
davits by one man, who signed cross marks
and all. 1t is reported that very import
ant man in the councils of the Kellogg
party has become dissatisfied, and tele-
graphed here his readiness to come on and
expose their entire plot to obtain posses
sion of the State Government. AS the eVi-
dence against the carpet-baggers grows
stronger, the committee grow more restive
and impatient. thus showing that they are
after something else than justice.
Credit kObiIIer.
Col. McComb has written a letter to the
Credit Mobilier Committee, stating that he
was not responsible for the publication last
autumn of the letters of Oakes Ames to
him. and asking that Mr., A, M. Gibson, of