Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-27
The Credit MObiIier.

Washington dispatch of the 18th saws
Nearly the whole attention of Washington has
been directed to Judge Poland's committee
room to-day. Ames, after discussion, pro-
viding that no entries, except in regard to
Credit Mobiier, should be made public, pro-
duced his memorandum books for 1867. 1868
and 1869. They were diaries with page
date for each day in the year. On these. in
the proper places, and in entries which all
agree we're made at the time were all the
transactions with members exactly as he has
testified to them heretofore. In addition to
the entries in order of dates there were at the
end of the books a calculation of the amounts
due each member, and of the payment made
to each. Nothing additional was discovered
except an entry In the book for 1869 of a pay
ment to Mr.. Colfax, Jan. %, of S60.75, being
interest on certificates for stock of the Union
Pacific road received by Mr.. Colfax as divi-
dends from the Credit Mobilier. Judge Hale
counsel for Mr.. Colfax. then began cross
examination of Ames, almost the only effect
OF which was to excite the committee very
strongly against Hale and call out several
very pointed and severe reprimands from
Judge Poland for the course Hale at
tempted to pursue. The cross-examnation
did not destroy the force of Ames'
testimony in any material point. Judge Hale
then called Dillon, the book-keeper of Ordway.
who had been called when the 81 200 check
was first produced about two weeks ago. to
testify that he had not paid the check to Mr..
Colfax, and had no remembrance of paying it
TO any one. He testified to-day that his i'm
preston was that he had paid the 81 200 check
to Mr.. Ames. He refused, however, to swear
that he remembered it, but would only say it
was his strong impression. At the evening
session Mr.. Colfax again denied receiving
sl,2OO, and also denied receiving the S6O75
interest on certificates which was entered on
Ames book as paid to him. He then gave an
explanation of the 81 200 bank note deposit
S2OO came from his step-father, Mr.. Matthews
as part of a debt due for piano purchased
Sl.O60 of 1t was in a note of that denomination
received by mail from man named Nesbit in
New York, who wrote to congratulate him on
the nomination to Vice-Presidency and ten
dered him the money as a compliment. He
could not remember the exact date, as the
letter had not been preserved and Mr.. Nesbit
was dead and his executors had not
peen able to find any record : the sum
sent. Mr.. Matthews was sworn, and recol-
iected the $1,000 bill being received in the
mail and exhibited at the breakfast table. No
date could be fixed other than approximately
The object of fixing the exact date was that
the explanation, as given, might have applied
as well to the deposit of about 81, 500 made
three weeks later. After the examination of
Mr. Colfax ended. Ames was examined in re-
gard to Butler asking SO, 600 from the Union
Pacific railroad retaining fee for Nj.
carpenter, of Wisconsin, to help elect him
Senator. Ames said Butler did not solicit this
money, intimating that Carpenter would be
friend, and had tongue in his head Mr..
Burlington, of the House, was sworn, and tes-
titled that before Carpenters election to the
Senate, Butler told him (the witness) that
friends of Carpenter had sent down here to
obtain SO, 600 from the Union Pacific to help
elect Carpenter, but that Alley had objected
Ames testified that ne referred the matter to
the directors, and he felt sure the money had
not been paid.
The testimony taken in Philadelphia before
Hon. jeremiah Wilson. Chairman of Investi-
eating Committee No. 2, exonerates Hon J.
+. Wilson, of Iowa, from all connection with
the $4,000 check, as sworn to by the witness
Spence, and shows that the same was paid to
Thomas A. Scott. and was deposited by Scott
IN the Girard Bank, .of Philadelphia, to his
own credit.
At the sittings of the Wilson committee on
the 18th, 0. j. Diekey, formerly law partner