The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-02-14
THE CREDIT MOBILIER.

Oh the 3ist ult., in listening to the revelations
OF Thomas G. Durant. He showed how the
election Of the Board Of Directors had been
controlled by fictitious subscriptions and legal
maneuvers under the direction Of Gen. Butler,
and threw additional light upon some Of Cakes
Ames' contracts He said that Gen. Dodge,
the Engineer-in-Chief Of the Union Pacific
railroad, was = member Of Congress, and spent
his time in Washington, where, it was asserted.
he could do more good than elsewhere. He
received salary Of 10000 year, and his wife
held 100 shares Of the Credit Mobler stock.
Alley took the stand, and met Mr.. Dursnt's
that the cry of stop thief" was raised by
thieves themselves.
Considerable evidence was taken by the Will
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 u fee
Of $50, 900, while he was Minister to France
during the johnson Administration, to nego-
tiate a sale OF the Union Pacific bonds. He
failed to sell any bonds, but kept the fee hand
ed him.
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The work of taking evidence has been prac-
tically 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
got from eitlihr Of them Of vital Importance
to the investigation. The committee held
private session this afternoon. and determined
to proceed directly to the work Of preparing
their report. This will take week or ten days,
and in the meantime, Mr.. Colfax will have an
opportunity to present any evidence which he
may obtain, and Mr.. Ames will be expected to
produce his memorandum book. Whether he
will do 80 is al open question, and IT, when he
returns he says he cannot find the papers,
the committee will not press him.
There is much speculation and a wide variety
Of opinion as to the report Of the Poland COM
mittee. II is argued by some Of the ablest
lawyers in Congress that no charges Of bribery
have been proved against Cakes Ames. nor
against the men who took stock from him, and
that il such charges were proved, it would be
out OF the province Of the Forty-second Con-
gress to discipline any members for what was
done during the session of the Fortieth Con-
gress. Nevertheless, Judge Poland has openly
declared that the committee would not white
wash anybody, and they may perhaps declare
Mr.. Cakes Ames unfit to occupy seat in Con-
gress, and indirectly recommend his expulsion.
The feeling against Ames is so great that he
would be expelled i'm q moment il decent
pretext could be found.
Washington telegram of the Sd inst. rays
The sessions OF the Wilson committee are
drawing to close, and it is probable that by
the time the testimony is closed the report will
be ready for presentation to the House. as the
members have kept themselves thoroughly in
formed from day to day Of the importance Of
the testimony. and the bearing of the informa-
ton furnished by one witness on that Of an
other. The Testimony is printed from day to
day, and thus it is before EACH member Of the
committee The Chairman, Judge Wilson, left
for the North tonight, and will take testimony
and examine books in Philadelphia, New York.
and Boston. In the former city the records Of
the courts, where the Credit Mobilier trials oc-
Cured, will be examined, and all the books in
the New York and Boston Offices Of the Union
Pacific road will be gone over. While the
Chairman is absent Mr.. Alley will be examined,
and also Gen. Dodge, If he arrives from Texas
in time.
The Wilson committee had an uninteresting
session on the 4th. John b. Alley was the
only witness, and his testimony related almost
wholly to the dry details of the Union Pacific
railroad, and i'm an effort to show that nothing
has been made ont Of the road that those who
built it look bankruptcy in the face, and all
that. Pending the return OF Cakes Ames, the
committee is engaged in preparing report on
the evidence already in. This report will take
up the case of each Congressman, and make
special reference thereto. The report will be
accompanied by no resolution, but will simply
leave the House to take such action as the
evidence submitted may justify.
The Poland committee reported to the
House the evidence taken with regard to Sem
ators Wilson, Harlan, Patterson, and Vice.
President Colfax, aud it was unanimously GER
tilted to the Senate for its action az the latter
body shall deem proper.
At the Wilson Committee OH the 9Th, +. c.
Hoover appeared M n volunteer witness. and
testified to certain matters OF which lac pro-
fesscs to have knowledge, duplicating Hon.
William d. Kelley. of Pennsylvania, in the
Credit Mobilicr business. The fact was brought
ont that Hoover was arrested last year for
Matchmaking operation and other facts were
proven showing such a notoriously bad charac-
ter that all i'm the committee-room we're satis-
fed that for some purpose or other he was
manufacturing the story, which had no foun-
dation in fact. Howard il not believed to be
sane.
At the sitting Of Judge Poland's committee,
on the 9Th, Congressman james Brooks sub
mttcd q letter from ex-Secretary Browning,
dated March 81, 1865 transmitting commits