, 1873-01-19
Ex-Governor Garney's Testimony
Convicts the Kansas
-" Senator.
Proceedings in the Credit hEobiEier
Investigation.
Important Revelations from
oakes Ames' Bookkeep-
er, Kennedy. -

Rottenness, Corruption. and Whole
sale Stealing.
speefM Dsspatch to Tie Chicago TRIBUNE
TIE CALDWELL BRIBERY CASE
WASHINGTON Jan. 18.-The testimony el1clteo
today before tho Senate Committee On f1as-
;,ocos and Elections in the Caldwell bribery case
was of tho most important character. Emu h1oto
DAMAGING to Caldwell than any brought o:s'
Tx-Gorernor Carney, Of Kansas, was before the
f,omnittco for about three hours. He teat1hea
TINT An arrangement was made between hi1nsen
and Caldwell, whereby he (Carnoy) WAS to re-
ce;re 15. 600 Is consideration for withdrawing
his name cs q candidate Tor senator:
He was paid with O. note Of L.. =. em!tn,
CaldweI1s business partner for Slo, ,oou, as tml,J
days, and d1o-hn by the ssae Pe11Hy xxx 1otes
waTo afterwards paid by Caldwell, tho SloooV
one At maturity, aud tho osher not a. ~ ata lass
gprinc Carney spoke to hun apout ssas Ivy
some time before it was pad, anu "aS .no1 ~ tea
Kausas Pacific Railroad he'd pronlhea MN ta4u-
uell1 money. and he would SEQ to i thae they
iii not cct any friendly Legislation TIL they PAID
Il. In reference to the. 81 ,Np3~ drawn 1tsau
fha K6NESE fa11eY 'bhOaS b1
check indorsed by Governor Carney, the taLset
testified that the money was not receleed y H:ta,
INIT Was taken by Anderson into IN ADJOINING
room, md left on the table. In enoft .l11e ".
terwards Anderson came back anu ara;. ~
f mss about it til after the election ,
A. later stage Of the proeeedngs, Col9ne1 9ae
Anthony es RECALLED III and Nsr senstor en from
Ooniphau County, received tho 81 ,9oo ':or mo
votes Of the delegation from that coone5 1of
Gnse1nor Carney further testified that during
.,,o ,,rocreaa ~ lie canyasE, Mr. Caldwell be-
camo alarmed ut the large amount Or money a.
ready expended, being about $40 900, when Len
Smith stated to him, in CArney's presence, u az
would nut in SAC. GOO moro no Wou1d oeaI n1 uall
thn expense if Caldwell was not elected. carney
testifad to several cases Of direct bribery OF
Tnenbers Of the Legislature by Caldwell: among
the members directly bribed we're Wllnhms, OF
johnson County Bayers, OF Ellsworth 'ames
+, Legate, OF Leayenworth County, ano nan.
ming, of Cowley. Governor Chrnoy WILL DC
cross-examined on Monday
CREDIT s1oBILIEn.
Oakes Arues intimates that it is not just e1-
act1y Tie right thing that he shouia Dc a;naaa
John B. Alley, who is playing Meph,stopnMeles M IN IN
this affair, is also extremely disgustcd+ he says
that whatever Ames has done has been from the
unrest of motives, and that he has really neen
ynn6A80 =
oTass,nen. In this martyTlike connection, and
Reiieyino that he alone is being made the VICTIM
OF this entire transaction, Ames no " anoicaIes
that he will tell straightforward story, ana tna'
it will contradict many OF the etaeemeats
which have already been put on record by vnllont
honorable gentlemen OF both the HOUSE nv
Senate. Diagusted with the Developments madt
to-day BIZ his bookkeeper, GEO. W: hennedy
tinony was: contradictory, il not false, Amel
said to Judge Merrick, member OF the lhvessl y;
cation Committee, that he would cofIoootate ~
PREVIOUS evidence, even il it was At the expense'
a make tbs Committee, and the world generally Y
believe that they we're saints. of In
four witnesses examined to-dar Ames
bookkecper WAS the most 1mPortant
BY his admission that Apss ssnsdra seps and membe
~ congress to WHOM stock had been sold. Th
Corau,lftee were given clue OF confirmation Il
the statement heretofore made By MComb, tha
Anes did not make these entries On the genera
orandun book Of his own, from which he 1ea'
to him the List OF names as xecelVlnl
stock, which has boen heretofore pub
lished. In his recollection Of the name aa,
bookkoeper, also corroboEates the prerlousi
publighed list This testimony will necessitat
lie recall Of Ames, for the purpose Of re-e1
animation as to bis original statement.
ANOTHER SYNDICATE.
NrT Yonn. jan, ,1s.-Washington adviceB thi
afternoon cay that Messrs. Morton, Bhss q 20
WITH their London house, and Barring Bros:
Co. on one hand, and Messrs Jay Cooke q GO ?
with Rothschild l. Son, on the other, have snt
rnittcd to Secretary Boutwell, proposition. 8.
.fuud the remaining new per cents. IL
understood that one Or other o. thase ao on
tons will be accepted Tor Sle0, ,oVv,oQep. III IL
terms proposed arc understood to be the san
as made with the syndicate last year, Of whic
Jay Cooke IVES the head.
fIb the Associated I'Tcss.j
TIE GOAT ISLAND NATTER.
wAsurSoToS, J8n. 18.-Tho Senate Mllltal
Committee, this evening, heard p1esloent ota'
ford, Of the Central Pacific Railroad, IN favor
the bill relinqniehing part Of Goat Island TO u
Oompany, and D. G.. McRuer, Of San francasc
in oppoBition. Senators Cole, Casserly, s:e"ai
and Representative Sargent participated IN II
discussion.
TIE LAST STRAW. L.
. Tho District Attorney Of the DISTRICT v
probably proceed against Susan B. Anthon
President Of the Woman'a Suffrage AsRoc1atio
for giving An exhibition without license, t!
: Suffrage Association meeting being 60 cous1
cred. - :.
CREDIT MOBlLtER.
''': THE WILSON COMMITTEE.
BARNES TESTIMONY
WAsu1Saros, Jan. 18.-Tho Wilson 1nvos
eating Committee met this morning. Oliver
Barnes, Secretary Of tho Credit Mohi1ier fro
1868 10 1870, testified, giving history of =
Credit Mobilier, by which it appears that tt
. charter was originally sold IN pAladelph1n M
George F1ancis Train, for about s3o. GOO, and
(Ba1nes) signed n t1anefer paper NOT over
OF 3 per cent had been paid In OF tho oz7glr
shares.