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Mobilier Investigating Committee me
this morning at ten o'clock, all the mem
bers present excepting Mr.. Banks.
The cross examination Of Jobu B
All, was resumed. He said tha' "
TO December, 1866, the Credit Mobihel
shares had no market value. He knew
shares were sold at IS and some were
offered at IS, but late in December
1867, after Ames agreed on the basis
the stock raised in value, bringing
l4O. and in Ja nuary 200, and later 225
The Chairman having askei q
question relative to 100 shares
standing in the name OF Mr.. Nelhon,
son-in-lsw of Hon. James Brooks, the
witness said he had no personal knowl-
edye as to who was the original owner
OF them or who paid for them. l: ap>
pesred on the books that Nelson was
the owner and entitled to fifty shares.
There was no conversation between the
witness aud Brooks in regard to these
aty shares OF Nelson's. He presumed
that Nelson paid Tor the shares.
Mr.. McCrarg asked the witness
whether he knew how many shares OF
Credit Mobilier were disposed OF to
members OF Congress.
Answer-Ames' subscription believe
~ss on the books and Hoppers, Grimes
and nv own. Senator Wilson agreed
10 take 20 shs es, and Dawes 10 lsres.
/ took 500 shares, hut they were not all
for myself. After January l9, 1868, |
do not know that any were sold to any
members o. Congress at. par. :, l
did not know that the success
or failure OF the road would depend on
friendly or uutriendly legislation. II
did not occur to me that any further
legislation would be required and make
rs 10 the primary matters et the com.
pany. II the iulles; investigation could
be made into this subject the public
would have been better satisfied, espe.
cially after the McComb suit was in
slrtuied, which gave rise to 90 much
misapprehension. The removal Of
the office Of the Union Pacific railroad
90 Boston was matter Of lite and
death to the company, TO keep 1t out OF
the clutches OF Judge Barnard and
Fisk. Fisk wanted witness 10 settle
With him tor 100000 bat witness said
he would never be wiling for the COM
pany TO pay him single cent, saying
70 Fisk, "all your interest is only two
hundred aud forty dollars" Fisk
then replied that it was a mat
ter of dollars, and that if the com
psny would not give him $l50,0OO he
would damage it to the extent Of
$lODO,e00. and Fisk did damage TO the
smount Of several millions by his raids
Witness was asked whether he did not
get and have under HE control SliW,WW
% cause an amendment OF the Stcre-
tsrv OF the Treasury = ruling a. to the
interest on the Union Pacific Govern
ment bonds, to which the witness an
ssered that, 80 tar as he was concerned,
he challenged investigation; he never
had any money. not dollar, to use,
directly or indirectly, tor such a pur-
pose, nor did he believe Ames had the
slightest idea OF influencing the gsls-
,ion OF Congress by allowing his friend
70 have stock. The witness said ne sold
his stock at 300 in January 1868 His
impression was that it included all the
dividends Of stock thus sold. He sold
this stock to Peter Butler, OF Boston,
who he understood bought it TOR MI
Bsrduell Of that city.
Ouestion-Do YOU know how much
money Mr.. Ames put into the Credit
Mobllier stock ?
Answer-I do not. The books show
that do not know Of my own personal
knowledge that he paid 800 share
Tor every share OF sto'k l ISSUED to
him.
Question-D:d you not say YESTERDAY
,hs! he put in S5,ooo0J0 or So 1000
only. >.
Ames-No sir. | did saw his indi-
yidusl interest on s41 100000 con.
tract was between FIVE and six million
OF dollars and nv own iodiuidual IN
terest less than half million.
Adjourned till Tomorrow at 10" CLOCK
4. N.
CONGREGATIONAL Matters.
The House Civil Service Committee
u their meeting today, took up hr
Conger's bill providing for the reorgan'
i.stion o. the Treasury Department. but
were unable to finish it. The commit
Zee, al the next meeting, will resume the
confederation O. the bill, aid probably
eome to some conclusion thereon.
The House to day pased the bill ofter-
ed by Mr.. Mccormick, OF Arizona, reg
ulsting the salsries OF all the territorial
officers iucluiiug the members OF the
Legislature. The bill, IN some cases
causes an increase in the amount o.
compessation now paid.
William B. Duncan, OF the banking
Arm OF Duncan. Sherman 4 Co. o.
New York, and Mr.. Joseph Patterson
the senior member Of tue banking firm
ot Patterson l. Co, OF Philadrlphis,
sppesred before the Conmittes on
Ways and Means this morning, ir re-
spouse to an invitation by that commit
tee, and expressed their views on the
subiect OF refundiug the s per cent into
per cent bonds. The chairman. Mr.
Dawes intimsted that the committee
desired to have the views OF the gentle
men eminent in financial matters 10
the large cities, who were not at all
identified with the operation Of the 90
called syndicate. The whole sub
ject was gone into at considerable
length, the substance OF the opinion
given being that the effect OF op'
era,ions though the syndicate was te
,.k. IN. Tinted States bonds out Of tbt