New-York tribune., 1873-01-08
CROss.EXANnNATIoN OF OAKEs AMEs.

CROSS-ENAMlNAIlON OF OAhEo AMEo.
I'M @lorlg I'D not GPPsar in Ae First Ld'fo" Of ys'dey'
TKiBUSEl
o. And the same with Mr. Allisoni 4. am not GER
tain about Mr AsOn nave not so distinct recouee-
O. He received the 10 shares Of stocki A. Oh, yes he
received 10 shares OF stock, and paid for II.
@. What was the arrangement made with them by
which they TO become stockholders A Inat was
before the time that the stock awarded to me for
distribution they both said that they were promised 50
shares each but could only give them 10; MI wilson
said that he promised so shares OF the stock and
o. And they have continued to be Of that stock
unless thcv have disposed OF II 10 somebody else A.
Yes. s1T Mr. Wilson disposed OF his some time ago.
The Speaker. in connection with the question about
Messrs Wilson and Allison remarked 10 the committee
that in the XLIst Congress there investigation in
regard TO the alleged sale Of cadetships which had
led 10 serious proceedings in the House, and
that tho sCommlttee Military Affairs, which
had the Investigation in charge acted on It's own
Judgment, which it was afterward, in some FORM
decided by the House had power TO do and which
1t out OF the pale OF propriety for It TO investigate
who had returned 70 civil life. He merely wanted to
make suggestion to the Committee all the proceed
ings before that Committee in the XLlst Congress
touching any member Of the prior Congress had been
erased from the record and no report OF 1t made To the
The Chalrman-It Is very clear that cannot deal
with Mr.. Wilson and Mr. Allison in any way butt per-
haps, we may with Mr. Ames.
Mr.. McCrary-If on with the inquiry in regard to
those exmembers, OF course they must have hearing
The Chairman. TO the witness-o As to Senator Conb
that there any negotiations between him
youi A. No. SIR he never had any stock and
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| to my knowledge
HE EXPLAINS HIS LETTERS TO M'CoMD.
The Chairman handed to the witness tho letters pro-
duced the other day by Mr.. McComb, and the witness
| identified them as ig his own handwriting.
G. were those letters written at the various dates they
| bear A, Probably; unless I made mistake in tho
| date they were intended to be correct
@ In the letter Of the earliest date, jan 5 1885, you
Sy scge nat from M al
l. Delaware; Tennessee; and /. as 1t to have
psdh S1sfa Mpo PSoS YoS were S Whiting sppose IN
reference to the stock Of the Credit Mobieri A. Yes
Sir.
q. What did you intend by saying that you had
assigned as far as you had gone do these figures refer
O. They had reference to the amount OF stock but
to the number OF persons in each satef A. That is it,
O. You say, Ihaye assigned as far as have gone TO
four from Massachusetts now, who were the four Mas
sachusetts persons TO whom you referredf A. meant
@ You say that you have assigned as far as you have
signed" was that was my intention; for instance
said that | had assigned one to Delaware whereas,
had intended It too to Senator Foweler OF Ten
them; this letter drawn out from me by letter
from Mr. McComb wanting mo to give $1,000 In stock 10
senator Bayard CT Delaware and 5000 to Senator
Fowler OF Tennessee This stock was given 10 me to dis
tribute 1T, and was intending to give TO
Senator Bayard and Senator Fowler; that give
intended place the stock, but had not placed It,
Then Che real meaning Of the letter T. thai that is
decided to do IL gas IN snswsr % . to letter from Mr.
think that Mr. Wilson Of Iowa was one whom he men
toned
old stock 1 want for distribution here ~ A. The old
stock the % shares that got afterward my recol
lection Is ths That the IS shares were the number un
per cent; did not get but " shares while should
have got 1885 that is my recollection OF it.
been herei" A. That refers TO another matter alto
NJ Meconh ,v.s correct In savino that thar has M