, 1873-02-03
WASHINGTON.

general anticipation, Judge Poland's Commute
To-day wae uovoid OF epoclhl intoroBt. bloComu
WHO was tho principal wituoss examined; pro
iatteu oa ,,a a.1 a., Dtn' H. n W. III, ~
Aat,ef "''nou'cea 'ao ae1oh1 u tac na'o ~ ~ -
a closo contoat, and then askea Whethet IL al'
not pay to havc friends In CongroaB. Ao alat
spoke In detail Of combination with Amos, ii
3'. ~ -,..,., r,.,1 .o i,roulroort ~
LIT. CoiaAs fn'n'o i4o Wy ''... .N1., ~ :.
'atookf" Judge Poland announced that with tht
cation would oloso. Tlcgo nro Oakcs Atnob
es.so4 '.,' -, "eu1 Se,'..' o ..,., eo w.
win ms oF.s'ns'. men'o'anaan' ooox, na S'c'
President uol!aa' Mlloae aolonco Will not com
t,t,o,a, ,,oss,,. ~, t,,o ,r,t,,o.,o ,o,,., A.,
,,,,,' s'.i "'a w. s,,, uoAo.o Wv
Wilton committee nre tFoupioa Win Ignorance
and forgotfulnesB, tho 0ommittoe are noversho
leea MAKING cons,lcra bio proeroHB in tho iuyca
tigs'icn, but d leading feature Of tito inquiry
that in regard to tIo dishonest dlsburBomont 81
SEQ 900 by Joe Stewart, and OF e120,O00 tc
ptber partiog, Is aa mltcl, conccnlmont as Il
vas til day tho examination Of witnesses DO.
1ishea for certainty tl,at tho Oredit hfobiliot
aud tho Union raeiflo Railroad Company
we're substantially the Same; That Tho 1attor
was so manipulated ttat millions of dollars ro-
se eeF copsn to p a'r a s aaamen 5 e o shi
aud al!ut oi,t compoti'ion; Tint several millions
IF tlollara have disappeared from tho funds In .
very mysterioun n,anllor, and isstil unaecountod
fort that tho Company is substantsaly bat16o a.
rupt and cannot ray IT, daDta TINT NJ 2oo Or so9
by the Government, was again placed under con.
tract at q ratio 20 muoil Aighor that tue cfodlt
Mohi1ier mede thrce millions Of profit that tue
contraots Of Hoxlo, Dsyls ana otilofs "ero nero
fuios by THO oakoa Amos Or Credit Mobilios con
tract TINT Government olheers ioSlou and col
1acted hiaokman tnat rival in5oxesls Mofo
nongt on eant uI,o y, tnn, tat ta ;a
mesa 1' oa'es Eea s oonraot was % for Tic benefit
q % Gonai aiioy 11LUn f.s + Wi}son' and tho othar
n or ne Poea Road a uios Mo-
};or H3Ne ,,nya ~ ~ heen kent in such ranner au 10
VI mud eosen M tho Improper M aotiGpa t a from from
.rwpant o p, md iii the honest stockholdora,
o' AZ, an;Jar fnr t,yn yna11, 0nncrnj Ticket and
r"atyEt Arort. was lilo iirst witness to-day and,
sa,;a thai Re tcstifled to having Cornelius Weu-
ou f,oo q, I'm" onov @ Ills evidence was not impor
10 1snt p'oo" '.'0''
'ans.. RI, .v;oo prau,1ont ~ +ha rrn;on pocfno
1,a;irood To,n DufY ,roa mt nnon tho atauI for
thn +ta''t fraf H' linn TIA II mn Old rontlomau.
~ ~ bantIaomo mni me- annoaranoe. his lair and
~, s.,,, nES9'nI s'aas3 ~ mro zsh;to. hut
~, aan ,.;t,'aau IL wsa of lnE1a acronnt. How
NOV - ~ 5sa ;nic,lrcnco md npparont honesty
could hayo boon 40 long connected with tho
road with high Official position, and DO 80 igno-
rant Of its businosa ia exceedingly strange. He
testified TINT l,o was not in tho Credit Mobilier
when tho large dividend was declared, but he
was shown records iu which his name appears
which roycalH TINT Ao participated In tile AZ aud
co per cent diYidonds with alacrity.
Although. lie was OF the Committee
to audit. the unaccountab1o expenditures
covered by the 9128, 600 extra legal expenses ho
was not In the room when the subject was de-
cided, and know nothing about H., and never
hoard anything nbout 1t. Tho Committee WAS
Scott Dodge Duff, and Wilson. Tho 1attor
refused to act. Tho next was present, and SO
fho on1y ouo. who can show what the Vouchers
we're tl1,on Which the money WIS paid are Tom
Scott and General Dodge. Tho 1attor, It
seems. is on Ills way heye from Tex
es, and NAV arrlyo boforo tho Committee
eni7s. ita work. mud nav not. Dillon,
ona n, fha Directors. and nlso ono OF the
Uaa,tS;oat man II, the C0mpauy. was tho next
w;tnosa Ha nIso is al, old: wiito-haired man,
whose life. lie said, had beon spout in building