Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-30
WASHINGTON.
The Progress of Investigation.
Sharp Passage Between Warmoth
and Pinchbaek.
The Credit Mobilier Cess.PoOl.

The Credit Mobilier Cess-POOl
? WASHINGTON, Jan. 2D.-The Louisians
Investigation was resumed this morning
Gov. Pinchback was recalled and re-exam.
ined. There was one count of the vote
made during the extra session. Didn't
know why it was counted second time.
Pinchbsnk said that the Governor and his
friends laid great stress upon the precedent
OF the voorhees, case In Louisiana in 1866
as controlling the matter of an ex officio
Lieutenant Governors tenure of office.
That precedent occurred under the old
Constitution of the State. There was anoth-
er noted precedent in the Missouri case to
which he would call attention, aud which
took the contrary ground.
MIR. Trumbuli-Does the old Constitu-
ton differ from the new in that particular?
Pinchback-I don't know that it does.
Gov. Wsrmoth-It does not.
Ray desired to question Warmoth and
others to prove that Warmoth tried TO bribe
Pinchba:k TO organize the extra session of
the Legislature according to luis wishes.
Warmoth had no objections to going into
hat question, but wanted to summon wit
esses from New Orleans to disprove the
ntatement, and said he could establish the
fact that Pinchback was not in the habit of
resisting temptation of that sort.
Pinchback remarked excitedly-f you
can prove anything of that kind, Governor,
think you ought to DO it.
Warmoth replied-If the committee
wants to take that latitude I've nc objec.
ton.
| After consultation the question was ruled
out. a-T
Lynch was recalled and examined at
length as to the details of the election. The
vote of Natchitoches parish was thrown
out on sworn evidence that Republica MS
had no opportunity to vote. In one parish
in Cages district the same registration pa
pers were voted on at two polls and one
hundred votes we're thrown out. In Rapdes
parish colored men were not allowed to re-
| gisters Lynch claimed that in all the &C
tons of the returning board, throwing out
polls, counting affidavits IS votes, etc, the
board acted on what it considered sufficient
evidence of fraud, intimidation or unfair
ness. This evidence was now on the Wsy
from New Orleans.
Mr.. Bovee testified that the evidence Of
fraud before his committee came from 21
parishes. In bis parish only 800 out of 500
Republican voters were able to register.
Some voters had to travel two to ten miles
and spend two to five days to register.
Here was an evident intention to prevent |
the registration of Republicans. The Chair |
man Of the Democratic Comm ttee seemed |
to have the whole thing in his command. |
There was some evidence Of false registrs- |
tion and of double voting in some parishes. |
Mr.. Foreman was recalled and testified |
concerning election returns in the disputed |
districts.
Gov. Warmoth produced q letter from |
Gen. Herren to John Sinnot in favor of the |
election of Greeley and McEnery.
Mr.. Lynch was recalled and in answer to |
Trumbull stated that all the members of |
his board except himself were appointed to
lucrative offices by Pinchbsck.
Adjourned till tomorrow.
Credit MObilier-Jas. Brooks.
At the sitting of Poland's Committee this
morning, Jas. Brooks appeared and desired
to make record of the fact that in the |
printed exhibit Of the Supreme Court of |
Pennsy sylyania, Jan. 6, iu the suit of Nc
Comb against the Credit Mobilier, was filed /
and sworn list of Credit Mobrier stock
holders, dated Dec. II, 1867. In that list
is Charles II. Nelson one hundred shares
and fifty shares; that they refer to nearly
three months before Brooks became mem
Der or government director. Ii was a mat.
ter of notoriety in the highest court of PENN
sylvania that Nelson owned one hundred
and fifty shares in his own name. Brooks
also desired to record the names of all the /
government directors when he was one
such names as George Ashman, of Msssa-
chusetts; James S. Rollins, of Missouri;
Jesse L. Wilson, Of Indiana; Benj. Wade,
of oEI ov,l a. ~, e. |
cord in the Union Pacific Railroad books
that these directors generally, fnot always,
were in accord with him (Brooks) as TO
their duties; that during that time John. A.
Dix, Governor of New York, was Presi-
dent Of the road and the late Senator Nor
gan, Of New York, one of the trustees of
the Company.
How COIfaX Cannot s'Eest HIS Csse.''
Representative Robert S. Hale, of
New York, appeared before the Committee
and stated that he was present as the friend
and counsel of Vice President Colfax; that
be was now engaged in making thorough
examination Of all his papers and letters,
and upon C concluding such examination he
would appear before the Committee to tes-
ify in his own behalf and he would ask |
that some witnesses be examined. Colfax |
had requested the Speaker to say that as to |
the s., 200 check deposited to his credit, as |
appears by the books of the First National
Bank, he would show that that was derived
from another source. Hale desired to put
question to Swain, and b. would then ask
.he indulgence Of the Committee until Col
AK should complete the examination of his |
papers. -
Swain was then recalled and examined
Jy Hale. He testified that the saSle day
JOlfaX deposited $1,000, he checked $1,000
Knd purchased draft on New York, which
ne endorsed over to A. II. Conner, of It.
ianspolis. The draft was subsequently,
1aid in New York.
Ames and His BOOks-Patterson. :
Judge Poland then asded Ames If the
'OOks and papers be expected had arrived. !
Ames replied they had not. The mails
we're behind, but he expected them. r
Judge Poland then read the following
heck: !,
Washington, Jan. %, 1S6S.-Sergeant-
farms United States House Of Represen-
atives: Pay to j. w. Patterson 81 800 an
barge to my account. a
81, 800. OAKEs AMEs. {
Endorsed: j. W. Patterson. \
Question-For what was this S1,S00 4
aid? l
Answer-Dividends on thirty shares of o
credit Mobilier. a
Question-Have you any other receipt !
rom Patterson? u
Answer-I have. Witness produced the q
blowing: L
Washington, Feb. IA, 196S.-Received of t.
)akes kmes 1929 for three bonds of Union n
'aciac Railroad Co. sold for me, being a q
iyidend of per cent ia funds or stock of &
'redit MObilier Of America held by him as 81
-ustee on my account. n
J. w. PATTERSON. p
To this was appended the following: "
400 bonds at 81. $2,368 interest paid. to
lO5 paid. Cash $2,223. CT
Witness testified that the figures were sa
lade at the time the receipt was given, but v;
3 did not remember whether they were pl
lsde by Patterson or himself. The re- pl
,ipt itself was written by Patterson. III
Ames was then examined at length in re- bl
lrd to some checks given by him on the 10
9rgeant-at-Arms. One for 5000, marked m
O., and dated June p, 1868, was to pay In
eOfield, The memorandum of witness | OF