The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-30
THE WILSON COMMITTEE.

Joseph Il. Stewart Recalled and Ex-
amined-What was DOno with the
$25O,OOO :-Mr. Stewart Refuses to
Answer the Questions Put to Him-No
Newspaper Correspondents Bribed-
Horace f. Clark on the Prospects of the
WASHINGTON, JAM 20, 1873.
The Wilson Committee met at hafpast eleven
O'Clock, when Joseph b. Stewart was recalled.
The chairman reminded him Of his former testimony;
'Sa
SsaI 3 mai
Of this amount was IL Union Pacific bonds,
49, r es witness w e s sssa to Rass the
Of those to whom he paid them Or any part
two bs of s and %
The Chairman your former testimony you said that
eaoe a l S in boS Si"'' 'A'u "'O"'
A. Instead Of paid you should say received stated
CO %o and &
Duran and nailet; that received the money bonds
81 % aay see Ur and a
sna
and that had reference and had not by me been APP
e and
formed by me as counsel do not mean TO state to this
The Chairman ask yon to state whom you paid the
proceeds therefor
a. Twill not speak OF dealings with my clients
You h refuse then e state 10 whom you paid or dc,
thereof A. repeat and now state VIII make no state
O. Do you refuse to the committee to whom you
delivered The bonds state what you did with hems A.
To do would place me in position in which do not
o. / viii give you another opportunity to answer DO
you refuse to answer. A. have answered as mean to
Alter further cooquy Mr. Hoar moved that Mr.. Stew.
art be informed by the Chairman that in the opinion of
sous to whom he delivered the bonds or money not pro-
tee ted by the legal privilege of counsel and client.
Mr.
mittee having had this matter under consideration, il is
a right to wihhe!d 4 presume have the same
here in my as mad mad in me schaTss
answer The question would be dissatisfaction
tween them have right TO inquire into subjects
The witness having been asked to what kind of
bonds Mr. Hay received said 70 the best OF his Judgment
the wines had dr. received ''''
ton ySo s se w be TO ne
strife between your eentsf A. am satisfied such would
9 Did YOU deliver the bonds to any newspaper cor;
Tor the credit OF heSe gentlemen say did not '"'
q oid you deliver them TO NEWSPAPER proprietors'
Q Where do they live A. lha: Is hnmatcrial to the
| Q. Do they live in Washington A. decline to
In reply to remarks by Mr.. shcllabarger the witness
fad he ie TO be his Gu,y TO his clients to refuse To
q. Then, you adhere to your position A. cannot use
James = Wilson here said lie had telcgraphed toJ, NJ
tcs,ed that Williams told Spence 70 give wilson Cheek
for $1,000, March y 1871, and asked ams "Did you
do II AT that tune or any other: To which telegraph
you any portion the Sls6U DO believe you had
anything to do with it, NY recollection is that Dodgc,
chairman oil the committee, had the whole direction
OF it.n
The committee then requested the gentlemen retire
as they wished to hold private consultation evidently
with reference 10 the rclu al OF Mr. Stewart to
the questions propounded.
HoeAcE ~ CLARK EXAMINED
After the adjournment OF the House the committee re-
sned its session. ana examined Horace f. Clark, the
President OF the Union Pacific Railroad Company. he
testified he had held the Office since March o. 1872
never connected with Credit Mobhcr made report
prepared ut the Office OF the company in Boston;
what appeared on its hooks, and believing II to be sub
lie was then examined with regard To the items which
make the total indebtedness of the COMPANY. Tho
floating debt was about s20J,OuO IN notes, held wholly
by the present directors Tor different amounts; he
had heard of single note given by the company TO the
Credit Mobicr for s2,O0OJ0 but as the condition on
which II given has been discharged he felt satisfied
90 omit from bills payable, 1t being part of the
debtcdncss OF the company.
The witness was asked by the Chairman what would
be the effect railroad company If the support
the persons who have been lending 1t money should
withdraw from IL and the government exact the payment
House day ago The witness replied that the
company in such would not be Immediately able
to meet Its obligations
rms PROSPECTS or THE UNION PACIFIC ROAD.
lie was asked number OF questions involving conjcc
tuia opinions as to the future prospects OF the road lie
believed that with the constant increase of in
Utah, Montana Colorado and other sections there would
necessarily be large increase III the traffic OF the road
Mr. Hoar asked the witness whether II the directors of
built the 66 miles built under the Ames contract chea
than II was by Oakcs Amcs, who was paid with the
thought that the widest contract ever made by
| civilized man.
| AT this point the committee adjourned until ten
O'Clock tomorrow.