The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-02-14
THE CREDIT MOBILIER.

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,oses IN the bebalf Of his client. 10 e.,ablish
,b,, the ;, ooo dcnosi,ed IN the First National
Bank the dav af,er ames gave him A check ON
the Serpeant-at-Arn for that amount, was
ob,aiped from mn entirely different source.
"In the Wilson committee. Joseph d. Stew
art of Washington. who received several hun
dred thousand dollars in connection with the
Legislation nj LAG, on the rnion Pacific rail
road, Was critically examined. He was finally
driven to the point rs TO whether he had paid
any newspaper publishers, when he declined TO
answer on the ground Of the relations OF clients
to attorneys; the fact was reported to the
House, which ordered that SteSnrt be com
PEELED toanswer Tomorrow or stand committed.
Stewart ssyn tonight that lie Will go TO JAIL be-
fore he will answer. He distinctly tesihed
over and over that not a dollaT was ever paid
by him to any congressman or newspaper cor
respondents, but tho committee insist that he
must tell to whom he did pay it.
Horace f. Clark, President Of the Union Pa
ciiic railroad, was examined before the Wilson
on the 30th uit. lie showed that he
had never permitted the expenditure OF a cent
to influence the action OF Congress. He intro
duced in evidence letters and dispatches writ
ten to him by ono OF Gen. Buffers secretaries.
which he considered As an attempt to blaekmail
the company.
Tn Poland committee was devoted princi-
pally to hearing All explanation from Hon. job
Stevenson, as TO his assertion that J. L. Wilson
and Speaker Blaine were connected with the
Dubuque and Sioux City railroad.
The Poland committee was mainly occupied.
on the 3lst nit, in listening to the revelations
Of Thomas G.. Durant. lie bowed how the
election Of the Board of Directors had been
controlled by fictitious subscriptions and legal
maneuyers, under the direction Of Gen. Butler,
and threw additional light upon some OF Oakes
Amcs' contracts. He said that Gen. Dodge,
the Engineer-in-Chief OF tho Union Pacific
railroad, was q member of Congress-, and spent
his time in Washington, where, it was asserted,
he could do more good than elsewhere. He
received a salary Of $40. 600 a year, and his wife
held 100 shares Of the Credit Mobilier stock.
Alley took the stand, and met Mr.. DurAnt's
statements by the somewhat familiar remark
the cry Of "stop thief" WAS raised by
themselves.
Considerable evidence was taken by the VIII
son committee, but none of it was important
except an incidental admission from President
Clark, of the Union Pacific railroad, that Gen.
Dix, now Governor Of New York, received a fee
Of $50, 900, while he was Minister to France
during the johnson Administration, to nego-
tlate a sale OF the Union Pacific bonds. He
failed to sell any bonds, but kept the fee hand
cd him. I'd
A Washington dispatch Of the LIST inst. says:
The work Of taking evidence has been prac-
completed by the Poland committee,
there being no more witnesses to hear except
Ames and Colfax, and the committee have
made up their minds that nothing more can be