The Portland daily press., 1873-01-31

telegram:
WASHINGTON, April ), 1872.
TO Horace +. Clark, President of the Union
Pacific Railroad n. Y.
Get very important letter in the morning.
Act on it without delay.
(Signed)
GEORGE B. CowLAN.
Care of Gen. Butler.
Witness answered the telegram as follows:
New YORK, April G.
George b. Cowlan, care of Gen. Butler Wash
The message was received but the letter has
not arrived Had you best not telegraph me in
full to No. 10, East 22d street
(SIGNED) II. F. CLARK"
On the Sth of April the following was re-
WASHINGTON, April, G. 1872
To Horace f. Clark No. 10 East 32d street,
New York
Two very important letters, addressed 'sHor-
ace f, Clark, President of the Union Pacific
Railroad Co, New York. went in last nights
Importance for you to be here tomorrow morn
ing if any way possible. Legislation uinous
to the Union Pacific will be introduced in Con
grress on Monday, unless prevented by telegraph.
Ii you will come tonight, will meet you at
the Arlington in the morning.
(Signed,) GEORGE B. CowLAN.
On the evening of the 9th witness received
the following letter:
WASHINGTON, April 5, 1872.
Wy Dear ST:-Since writing you earlier in
the day have telegraphed you.
On further examination | find the matter to
be worse even than | thought. and the combina-
tion stronger. Unless Immediate action is
taken to head off and defeat this movement it
will result in loss of many millions to the
Union Pacific Railroad. 1t can be headed off,
but to Go 1t, you or some one who can act for
you promptly and fully should be here on Sun
daV morning to meet IT. will ha how
light, but must be short one, and there is not
an hour to lose. You do not know me. am
private secretary of Gen. Butler, of Mass, but
have said nothing to him nor to any one of the
matter, and shall not until see youa
L find the measure has been engineered very
carefully for some time by one of the most indie
fatigable workers in the Honse, and has behind
him money power and influence and in nterest
In the success OF the plot that is more powerful
than any thing else here PROMPT action. how
ever, can defeat, punish and corner them so
they won't want to try it again. L cannot too
much impress on you the Importance of imme-
diate action here
In haste, GEO. B. CowLAN
After the letter was read, witness said he
determined not to call together the directors of
mined not to spend dollar for such purposes
as were suggested in the above communication.
On Sunday, April 9th, he connected the wires
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel with those commu-
nicating with Washington, and sent the follow
ing telegram, which shows how the Railroad
Company have acted in connection with the
matter:
New YORK, April g. 1872.
To Hon. Geo. G. B. Cowlan, care Gen Butler,
Washington, d. G.. tF5F g8E =
Itelegraphed you this afternoon informing
you the letters mentioned in your despatch of
yesterday had not arrived. On reaching nv
house at six o'clock this morning found one
letter from you, dated yesterday, which came
through the carriers delivery at about the houl
OF seven this evening. Your telegram of to-day
was received, in which you inform me that two
important letters, addressed to myself as Pres
ident of the Union Pacific Co., had been placed
in last nights mail. The letter received by me
refers to one addressed to me by you earlier in
the day.. / regret that the first letter has fail
ed to arrive, as presume it must have con-
tanned more specific statement of the impend
ing calamity. My engagements here on Mon
day prevent me from going to Washington.
am not informed of the character of the ruin
Gus legislation, of the introduction of which in
congress on Monday next you advise, nor does
The remainder of this despatch was not re-
ceivcd,
Ihe Louisiana Investigation.
Mr. Southmard testified that as the rule, tax
papers do not recognize the Pinchback govern.
ment and will not pay taxes levied by it. |,
could not have been upheld except by a United
States military force. If the Kellogg govern
ment is upheld by the taxpayers, nine-tenths
of whom are fusionists it will resist the pay
ment Of taxes to the last extremity. Durre
had refused to allow the question of the legal
ity OF the Kellogg government to go to the
Supreme Court, and witness and others mean
to take it there. On the question of taxes,
witness said Durrell took the matter under ad
visement Dec. 9th, and has kept it since with
out decision. Witness had the authority Of
lawyers who were in court for his statement
about Durrclrs refusal
Samuel Armisted, Fusion Secretary of State
testified that he was resident Of Cadnet par
ish Supposed that 800 colored men in that
parish voted for Greeley and MeEnery. Ii
| throughout the north and west of Louisiana
the colored men voted at in Cadnet parish, there
could not have been less than 1000 colored fus
ion votes.
Mr. Morton announced that the Investigation
would be postponed till 10 o'clock Monday and
the Committee would expect to close the case
by Tuesday night