Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-02-27
MARLAN's STATEMENT IN FULL.

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state that DR.. T. G. Durant's sugges
ton to me of his desire to contribute
toward the expenses Of the Iowa elcc
tion, of which have before testified
was voluntary on his part, and not tn,
result of any intimation from me, Of
from any one at my instance, and wal
not made in consideration Of any ser
vice performed, or to be performed, b.
me, personally or officially, for him OF
for any other person or any company
In whose business he was Interested
that there was no understanding. ex.
press or implied, that any such service
should be rendered, officially or other.
wise, as q consideration for any such
contribution. have no reason to be.
lieve, aud do not believe, that It wal
offered for the purpose of influencing
my Judgment or my oficial action in
any way whatever.
DuRANr's MOTIVES.
I also state that do not believe, and
have had ne reason to believe, that at
the time the contribution was made, or
before or since, DR.. 7. G. Durant, eth.
er expected or desired any service, Of
eo, the "a 81 -s..n - ..ssss.o 49, :
WITH the - ~ :. Us =. q :,
mari ~ srar ..ra.r,rr ~, otses:,
opinion or service for the said Durant
or any other person or company as q
consideration, III whole or In part, for
said consideration. And no such ser
vice ever was At any time 20 rendered
by me for him, or for any person or
stats ~ m,nrsoror ara - th.A i h.,,v. \.
waa movsi - nrcfy.r snd MI - m.rs s.;S "a
contrihntion splsiv % n,t to- ~ = ,.arson.i - ~. -.
rard for ma s. Triend ana ~ frnm |.
consc;ent;ons he,;er on % NJ - ,sr, % thst T.
Womb he hest Snr' The at.ts vhsrs +.
held ! larrs nrnn.rtv ;rt"re.t sna e.
the nation th.t i ehn,,,d hs rstrrnea - ~ -
tho Senate ,.sthar th.r ss,. ~. - = !,
onnoncnts That th;s cnnt,;h,, -, u.as ~
received ~ mo in rood rs;th cnr ~
nnrnosa nsveS hv ths Sonnr ana :. +
believe. was a. annl,ed II nrec;ss,v n % :
the s.na sn;r;t ana irtsrt ths, = ,,o,,ix
have haen ,ara, II ved "a ana s,,,i;sd Ma y
been proffereli and given bv anv other
pers0nal friand believed nv nra II ia
abundanflv able TO tlo 40. And that so
far a. I WAS concerned ;ts recent;on
and nse had M reference whatevar 10
the donors connection Nth anv nnh,;c
or private enternise. that n was RAJ
ceivcd ana annlied WITH the s.u,e r,o.
tive which has Ied ma ~ tho snoras.
ton Of friends on various occasions to
collect and anylv wh.t wnnld anourt
in the agcrerafe to large snms for the
benefit Of ofher candidates for Office,
state and Nat;onal-.inst a. I aid.d loss
than a wear s;nce n collect cons;dera.
ble sums Of money to he forwariad tn
North Carolina. Pcnnsvlvania Ohio,
Indiana and Nebraska Ia he nsed in
defrayinr the expenses in mart of the
election OF members Of the i.eoisIature
which wonId he rennired Ia elect II. s,
Senator'S. as well A. state of1icars. nrc-
Iiminary to the PresidcntiaI election.
the desire TO secnre fhe reelection az
certain eminent n 8 Senator'S ha;nr
NO ANAL mart of the motive inflnencin1
donations.
nArrs or npAprs.
I, e,..h., ,.,,,,, !, ~. ..w..., aros-
t;ons .'G. IN reaat,nn p' !" ,iatss of aratfs I
state that aitbnno, T am mt vct ahle to
r;vo tho ,cnn,n;ftna 1asn;ts ;nTnrmoo
tinn. after reelection and str;v;nr to
revive INV recnllcction r. ;s nv haS;ef
founded on an ;ndist;nct memorv
Of events that thcv were "a.
ceiyed affer the date of the
Iowa October election; that they were
not both received at the same time !;
that they probably bear different
dates, some distance apart; that neith-
er OF tncm was cashed immediately
after its receipt: that one OF them was
prooaoly deposited ana checked out
aiterward; ana that cashlng one OF
them was probably deferred until late
IN the autumn, possibly IN the wintcr.
ihis belief, in part, grows out Of q
distihct recoiiectlon that the proceeds
were partly anticipated, and other
FUNDS were ased to meet current po-
ilticai demands, and replaced from the
proceeds OF these checks, after they
were casned, ana party from arevlew
OF correspondence, reminding me OF
VISIT TO New YORK late IN the autumn
or IN the winter following the october
eiection OF 1860. IL is, | think, posi-
oie, II NOT proDapie, tnat one OF these
an impression, and feel almost certain,
mat one OF tnem was held some time
aiier lts receipt, before It was convert
e1. Ana II may nave been the one
u err.h.r -.r,v = -. a....;.. :.
n whon, ,hase fgyrs .a ~" as5s asss5os ~ ~
son. snr rsa a., eo,sna,Saa ou ~ "
hat havo nj 80 " sa"nS rms:s.e - Sc
asts - ,,aIa cn,,,ia.. h;h;.
- saar ~ sha,, % 10. ~ ah,. - AlIo a. anu Hnl
Nc rsssnn som A. ~, sUS .n,. :" W ~, 'ui
40 ns a~nansas w ~. ;n",..od @ "Iy IIs- .h;a @
,;on So NJ .n;uh a ~ ms Wis e'eo.
smoh ,ra,aon.nas @ a.a a. o,o -. aI0 a sny
sonara.s sa"o"r. ~ w 49, ~. Inu any
Tbau nss.aJ ~ e fs.. = ~ hr 0su su.,o;n..;s- ss-
srow t;ms @ ~ ts,na ;nto y az hsIa. ihpa.ioI ~
nr;anS. 80 - wars 'a, ann,;aS I -. uus ~ u
o;,har - ra;n,hurse % .rnansa. ppsa ,.; ~ .ns.n'
~ ;ncrrraJ ~ - a., p,,nsss pUnSos p.us.ous.
a. wh;eh -, ..onmt a,.a. uelanus ..:no :
hv ma wsJe no oGnr. s ~ ~ sdIDa ,sIu.tIeu
tHe smo,,rs % "f shsss @ 0S soners, - m.'"os snnsa a
+ cannot con..auer.,,, .s ..s.a s..Ls, h.nn. H'.u
the arsc, synnnnt os s;.har ~ sba~, wne.ne.
into tha hsmS. os.nr .,.n0. n..a - sSeH wen'