National Republican., 1873-01-30

testified by himself that he was acting IN several
4 capacities. What was the question asked: "ro
i state TO whom he delivered the bonds received
House % 70 what what he @ considered q precedsnt-the
ease Of wooley, who refused TO testify, on the
Y ground that he was an attorney for others.
4 there Was delivered by The Union Pacific Rail.
road Company some ta50, 900 TO stewart, as their
| agent or attorney, and the question is, having
4 got H. TO whom aid you deliver III His reply IA,
.some Of those 10 whom delivered are my
clients, for some was an arbiter, some Of them
were agents OF the company And, therefore,
about % any y Of them. He did not pretend that ali
| Of them or most Of them were clients. -.
The witness was not asked what his client said
or what he said 70 his client, bot who his client
shown By the authority quoted.
\ Mr.. Eldridge, Of wis, eaid he would be very
watchful OF the violation Of confidence between
attorney and client, But suppose a murderer
should carry the body Of his victim to his attor.
ney, could the l~ter refuse to tell what he did
S sS1 SOd or sns ios nSn
poses, could he refuse to answer what ho DID
with that money! lie did not suppose any
and % CLIENT 1Vo would save awe hS s from % ssssfynS Vi
hr. Shelabarger, In answer 70 the suggestion
Of Mr.. Maynard, said that
TuB LAW WAS WE'LL sHT1LsD
that In an Investigation before q committee Of
Congress witnesses must answer even though
the evidence should crimlnate the witness, be-
NNuht uuutF tne hthtute hQCn tNlutnCh Nduuul uc
used against the person testifyinE.
Mr.. Potter argued that the rule Of secrecy be-
tween attorney and client did not apply In case
VeSiiSatiSS lin Syr fraud s9sInst that SoTernment,
There was no public policy that would shield
this man In his refusal to answer on the ground
Mr.. Parnsworth said his only anxiety was that
the House should do no wrong In this matter,
and should not deliberately oVerturn the we'll
established rulo regarding tho relation OF attor-
and QlloQt IL N n
TO be member Of the bar 10 OCCUPY the relation
Of attorney or agent. An attorney cannot be
compelled 20 make disclosure until he obtains
Mr. Poland said it had been suggested that Mr..
stewart might refuse TO answer because his an-
Wsr nht @ Srmps.e 1, nhsse n., %. 1890 ne dla no, n
tina ground. II was wise provision Of law that
con ununicAt Ations between attorney and client
shog "a BE- 81 cred but man who merely stand, @
ioy m V privilege. Tue witness was not asked
70 tell what his client told him, but only TO state
what hei DID with certain funds for the dIseurso-
Mr.. Bh Ngham thought tho question raised By
the rooory presented By the committee was un-
IKE any tpsstion that ma had % ever 1 been 6rosgh, TO
said that gave none OF this money to Gov
eminent otiScial, and the question then arises
whether, after such an answer, the oomlhittes
rms crTI2a = HAS GuARANTEnB RIGHr
and II the quoa lion as propoundod by the cont
mlttee may be an Worol, conspiracy might be
suggested, In oonol lson, that the resolution be
moIined 90 as 20 bh ng the wknoss to the bar Of
the House, and TO 81 oW cause why 10 should not
in custody unIii ne ii . an opportunity TO show
cause. iIo was am lous about the precedent
that would he establish cd here.
but he faIlod 10 obsvrva the distinction Mr. Bling
ham made between ants and othss cases Of oon.
tempt. He saw no uistfuetion In this case and
saultIna Mr. Porter, If VA, and the Woods reso-
luton was Ike the 70 ,olut'on reported from the
committee.
luton because IL was A. commitment without a
hearing, and he did not. believe the House had o
right 10 make the ordeii.
was OF so much nnpo stanoe that the House
should not throw an I'm pediment In the way Of
the committee getting at the whole truth. The
House would do griovo os wrong II the witness
was not compelled 20 tell the truth.
STEWART 10 BH BnoU0HT TO TIE EAR.
The question was then aken on MI, Blnghams
the bar Of The House 70 show cause. -
The amendment was Sdoptcd-yess i'e, nays
Tho resolution was thin agreed to without
MT. Lynch, Of Me-, offered q resolution that the
evidence In relation to the failure Of the hor-
chants' National bank of Washington, taken be-
fore the Committee on BE.1klng and Currency, In
the Thirty-nlnth Congreat y be Withdrawn from
the files OF the House, and referred TO the inves-
tlRatlnR committee of whldh Mr.. Wilson Ia chair
man, and that 10 be Afterwards printed for the
use Of the House.
Mr.. Lynch said that 10 was shown before the
former committee that there were some sS0, 900
OF these bonds 10 tho hands OF the bnnk, and ho
thought the present committee would be able to
ind from that evidence whore pornon OF these
bonds went to.
The resolution was adopted.
The Speaker announced as members of a con-
ference committee on the Indian appropriation
bill Messrs. Sargent Of Cal, shanks Of Ind, ana
Marshall OF III.
the House then. at 4:i5 p. m., adjourned.