The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-03
WASHINGTON.


The Credis Mobilier.
WASHINGTON, February l.-H. 8
McComb, recalled and examined b,
Judge Poland: .
At the time Of your former examina
ton you stated you might have som.
further papers to throw light on the
subject We have under eonsldsrstion.
A. have made search, and found
some of the papers. but some 1 did not
| The witness here produced . number
Of letters which passed between himself
and Mr.. Amss, but a. only one RELAXED
to matters under investigation, they
were not put in as evidences. The one
referred to was dated December l7th,
1868, and was from General C. N.
Dodge, then q Member Of Congress, to
Mr.. McComb, and contained q
postscript saying. 1--WE beat the late
resolution to-day-6l to ia closs
vote" /,
Witness testified that he had re-
ceived another letter from Ames in Feb
ruary, 1868, but was unable to find it
now. 10. that letter Mr.. Ames made
use OF such remark as Ibid not the
stock transferred to Colfsx pay wit
ness Did not remember what was
referred to.
Question by Mr.. Nye to Niblack-l
Have you any knowledge of money
being expended to influence legislation1 |
A. l have no knowledge myself per-
sonally OF dollar being expended for |
any purpose in Washington. 1 was on
q comm ttee to examine the accounts
of Mr.. Durant for some four or five
hundred dollars expenses. Took
minutes of all vouchers. together with
Mr.. Bardwell, and found all right.
Upon reporting to Mr.. Alley that Mr..
Durants accounts were all right, Mr..
Alley replied that if they were all right
they must not let the people know it,
as Mr.. Dursnt must not be relieved
from the odium cast upon him BY those
accounts. l.
By Mr.. Alley-Witness did swear in J
Philadelphia that Mr.. Alley refused to ,
sign the report and gave as his reason
that Dursnt was dishonest man, and
that testimony now, that Mr..
Alley was the third man OF the com.
mittee and that he refused to sign. |
Mr.. w. B. Allison, oil Iowa, was re.
called and examined by Hon. Job Ste
venson. Witness had been q stock
holder in the Iowa Falls and Sioux
City railroad, but bad sold his stock
some time ago; Mr.. Hooper, Mr..
Ames, Speaker Blaine and others were
in the road; it was char
tered by Iowa, and not by Congress.
Mr. Alley desired to reply to Mr..
McComb. i
Judge Poland notified him that any
reply must be short. as this was not the
place to settle the difficulty between
McComb and Alley. ,-H - !
Mr.. ALLEY then denied that he had
%ads Ee de 8 s!a!smsnt Z. to MsC CeWbi in Ise.ld
interests in the Union Pacific on the
Oakes Ames contract was liz shares
and his interest in the Credit Mobilier
290 shares. T.
Mr., H.C. Crane was recalled, and
testified as to being notified by McComb.
while Durant was in Europe, that he
(Crane) had better keep his own coun-
sci, as Mr.. Brooks had sold out to the
other party.
The committee went into secret ses-
sion.
In the Wilson committee, this morn
ing, Webster Snyder was examined,
The witness corroborated the tact that
Cornelius Wendell, Government Com
missioner, received $25 900 for making
a favorable report. The witness him.
sell paid the money when Mr.. WeLdell
demanded il. in consideration OF max
ing q iavoral report. Oliver Ames al
terward censured the witness tor paying
the money, but, as he was not charged
with it, he supposed the company qul-
elly AGO uiesced in it. Charles Z. van
Slant, of Rhode Island, testified that
he was employed as counsel by the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company 70
prosecute Mr.. Durant ip the Rhode
Island courts the company alleged MI.
Duranr had appropriated large sums o.
money belonging to the company, ano
the suits were to recover 1t. There was
no absolute charge Of corruption, but
of mism msnagemeut. Hon. s. A: Jenckes
was associated with the witness as
counsel. .
John Duff testified as to bis connec'
ton with the Union Pacific railroad
and his profits from the Credit Mooi-
lier. He was appointed in Marcn,
1871, in the interest OF the company oS 70
adjust and pay the account Of $izo'Wo
for special legal expenses, but lie oe>
clined to serve because be knew NOM
in, about them. Witness was interro-
gated as to the amount OF iniormation
he could give as to the subject IN In
vettigation.