, 1873-01-20

section OF tho Onon taclllt na!Aioae1 soe "
1864. Tho Committee, at midnight, ad1onfheu
till Monday ut 10 o'clock.
poLANDs COMMITTEE.
poYER's EVIDENCE.
I'm NAt i, as Tug sSns'9n aop Of tS;a naf
morning, ii. y. Boyer, ox-Alo1nber of Copgr9aas a
said le had nothing to conceal. He took 70
sharea In hia own nnno, md % as trustee for
as . legitimate stock tranhaction, Dur
ing tho ffme Tint 10 was in Copgross
neither tho Credit Mobilier nor tho Pa
clio nailroad required legislation, al subsia!es
d Co1grospmnu. 1ro invites Il critical exanina-
tton OF lis Congressional record His inyoat-,
ment in tho Cfodit N1ubiiior was connoQuont
upon tho Recommendation Of Afr. Dnrant. Flo
public. "No ono over hintea TINT my aoryices
as Congressman were oxpoctod and certainly no
Huch services wore over rendered." lie only ro-
! grettetl TINT hin Investment was not larger. He
Lad no negotiationn With Amos:
James F. Wilson, OF Iowa, mado ths following
statement:
once bought and pail forton shares OF capital
stock Of tho Credit Mobilier. The par yalue OF
purchase came about in thin way: When oahcs
| Ames was Ho1iciting subscriptions he asked me
to snbacribo for $1,000 worth Of 1t, which de-
clined to do. I heard nothing moro Of this stock
until aomo time in tho ycar 1868 tho cxact tino
May, whom met, in this city, H.. T. MComb,
with whom had henn acquainted several
years, aud against whose character I
had never heard @ any ,, ropeo"cn' ,s',aG MaG
mo it I had my Credit Mobi1ier stock. I told
him that did not that Anes nsked me to sub
Bcribe for $1,000 Of IT, but that had declined.
11Oomb replied that could got that ntock yet !;
| - sf,nd T In fH16 n
know but little about it, and inquired its value.
Ho said TINT would dopond somewhat on crcunl-
| stances, bnt that need not hesitate bceanso Of
that that he thought 10 could got 1t at par /;
that be would take It, furnish tho money to pay
for it, and allow mo tho advanco, Which wonlahavo
| been a liberal compensation for the negotiation.
He then roletod tho circun.stancea unter Which
he Ind anbaoribad for g number Of siaroa; TINT
that the Company rofuHed 70 recognize his sub
scrlption, aud were trying. to cheat him out Of
his rights under It; that he was determined to
haye tho stock; TINT II lo could not got It quiet
law; that he did not want to have or mako any
unnecessary trouble about It, but TINT he would
not bo cheated out Of it; TINT ho wns willing to
do anything for poace short Of surrenae1lng % MS t
sg sgas s ay to ans 6 t9panso t. @ TSa But Sas a
driven to It. Tho Impression which ho mado was
that il he could got tho stock even BY indirec'
ton, he rather do that than reBortfo tho ConitB
and in thia connection ho aaid that there was =
other stock In tho aame position rs that, which
ho said he could BOT, and that, therefore, thore
wab no reasonable oxcuso for tho Company
treating him as they had done. As the result Of
Ames. inquired Of him II thoro wore mol
$4,000 Crodlt bIobiler stock that could hayo
Ho said: "No, you declined to subscribe to-
it, aud 1t has boen disposed Of" I repl1ot
that had been informed that that amount, mi
i | n i rCulu
flfty shares He replied tlst tho stock was dis
posed Of, aud that whoever Ind told mo what ;.
had stated was mistaken. communicated THU
to MCemb who said IT we5 1ast; IKE t1;nnas Aen
everybody else might whistle for their rights
aud Baid' "soo Amos again, and ten him IT. tha
] there is no mi1take about tho matter, and that
(Alcomb) know there is not" dld 900 Ame nc
true, and repeated his former statomonts.
, then asked him it it could NOT be arrange
go that ], could got out tho stock. Il
replied th9t he e. dla not believe aaiNe
New York, and would seo what could DO done
Bono timo aftorward, Amea told mo that ho In
arranged for ton shares for uo at par and Pc
cent e1~prior dividends that that was tho boh
and tho most 1e could lo then, but ho would 90
ii ho could do any moro. 7 took ton sharoa, nm
asked him to arrange for tho rest II no could
and not to do moro than waa arranged To-
| When I suDacqnontly told M'Comb, 10 said
Tint s an9aer Of fa ns.t o f.
, will; TINT he (MComb) wanted stock on th
ground floor, Just as tho roBt Ind had tholsa.
I had talkod 20 much to Amos that conclude
to nwalt his movements; that nnythlln
. further would look too much like In
t portunity but, as I hayo atated l
D mover nrrangod for any more stook. Ton share
, wero on my hands. l held stock until Bo1n
tin,o In the wintor Of 90, whom I sold It,. til
ronson for which will state. good deal Q
contention aa sprung u snong ~ TUG paEtiaa p 7
1 Mob!licr, relative to tho management Of I'll
q offices Of the said Companies, and At, effort VT
: to DO made at meeting Of tho atookhnldors {
n the Union Paelflc Railroad Company, In Marcl
t 1869, to chaugo pnrt Of tho Board Of Director
4 Ny opinion was nsAed for concerning the rigl
a of tho Stockholders In tho Union paei!
'- Railroad Company to voto the shares bold
them, regardogs OF proxy, Which Was said to n
: NTH tho stock under tho tormB OF tho contra
0 pnuy, tho Orodit h[obilier, anil certain parti
!. designated as IruHtoea. In order 10 nnablo n
0 to understand tho question submitted, oopios
k certain papers woro placed in my lland3, sonn
= which llayo nowin my possession, among whit
i wore the CONTRACT OF OakoH Amen OF tho tlr
), part, r. @. Durant, Oliver Anes, John D. Mlo
It 6idnoy Dillon, g. Y. Bushnell, Henry L. III Com
f. and Ben jamn Fl, Bates, OF the second part, u
l. Credit Mobilier Of America Of tho TIL
II part, an agreement Dotwoen tho RtoreBa
10 partics Of tho second part, IN viii
n stock for which they held and should ho
IT proxies, which waa represented to embrace
l, that was isauod or to 10 issued undor tho Oak
1t Amos contract in tho manor provided ln II
q agreement, Holne OF tho other papors not boH
IL ing directly Oh tho question submitted. I Q