, 1873-01-28
CREDIT haOBlLlER.
THE WILSON COMMITTEE.

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CREDIT MOBlLlER.
THE WILSON COMMITTEE.
| JOHN B. ALLEY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-At the sitting OF ths
Wilson Committee. to-day, the examination Of
no knowledge Of protest having been filed
with the Secretary Of the Interior by the Gov
ernment Directors against tho contract being
| made botween the Union Pacific Railroad Com
being connected with tile Credit Mooilier, and
he mover supposed there was any such protest
contract, and also to the Credit Mo-
. dollar paid to any member Of Congress- or
| Government officer while be was Director Of the
road Or connected with the Credit Mobilicr. Tho
first he heard Of the payment Of such money was
from oskes Ames, who informed him that
Durant personally contributed $4,000 towards
the election OF Harlan, and that Dnrant wanted
the Union Pacific Company to pay it. Witneas
said that this sum WAS never, to his knowledge,
paid out Of tho funds OF the Union Pacific
the ' elos t: MoSer AG ad not know %s rReher H t
was embraced in the suspense account OF
| @s35,000. D11rant said this money he'd beon
spent secretly that the newspaper men got
| good deal Of it as to the latter ho could not
| speak positively. The impression Of the witncss
! was that it WAS never spent ut al. Durant
| said the money had been spent In part
among the members Of Congress, and that
930, ,060 had passed to Thnddous Stevens. Witness
| aud others acting with him didnot believe word
.oi Durant's gta.enlent witness thought in April.
| 1904, resolution was passed by the Board OF
Directors Of tue Union Pacitlo Railroad that d
Committee be authorized to go to Washington
and procure additional legislation, and that such
proper expenses as may be necessary shall bo
borne by the Company. An item Of 2l12, ,000was
| put in account for this purpose. 4 resolution
was afterwards passed. eaactionins what had
otr,fio ~
April, 1864; with. es knew nothing about tho
item Of 9l2 5000 for special legal expenses; as
to the $50, 600 for legal expenses paid at the
time Of tho frat raid. Alr. Fullerton and alr.
witness was opposed to it, Some time afterward
lie learned It had beea paid to coun-
scl on gu order eiSncd Oliver Ames.
When Judge Barnard WEE, impeachod tho
Bushnell stated under oath that the money was
paid to Fisk, who promised to Withdraw tie
suit, but lie did not. He wont back on them.
Recess.
After recess the examination OF Alley was ro-
by Oa3ses Anss-The contract parties partioi-
pattng in the dividends aud ayails eigncd an ir-
rorocablo proxy to yotc si1-tcnths OF the stock
of the Union Pacific Railroad until tho compile
ton Of the contract by the Trustees OF the Credit
nIobilier, tho Trustees thus having control Of
tic Company. Tho profits on the Oakes Ames
contract were ss,ooo,o00 or s., 9,000, 600.
Alley then gave an explanation Of the former
part Of his testimony. He did not mean to con-
yey the idea that Durant told him he had spent
considerable money among the newspaper cor
respondents in Washington, but that he had
spent the money With the press generally in nd
vertising and popularizing the loans, &c.
Was recalled and said that sls, ,ooo Of the sus-
he did not know for what purpose.
Adjourned till tomorrow. |
LOUISIANA
WASHINGTON. Jaa. 27.--In the Louisiana in
yestigation by tho Senate Committee on Priyi-
legeE and Elections, this morning,
B. II. FOREMAN,
Of the Foreman Eaturning Bcard, at the request
turns. Foreman. on his examination, testified
that tho returns were delivered to him by Brag-
don, Secretary Of the previous Board, on the llth
of December. Some of the returns had been
had beon under lock since the canvass didn't
examine the voto for President or Vice Presi-
dent q few polls were thrown out on the EVIL
denco that they were stuffed By the FuslonistB
Michael parishes we're thrown out on account OF
intimidation at the polls; couldn't speak posi-
lively OF the rejected parishes; thought the most
Of them we're Republican.
GOVERNOR wABMoTH
Was SWORN and eaid: Did not rs Governor make
any certificate Of the election Of Electors the
law does not require it; made certificate Of the
result Of the election sent copies Of the certid
Gates to the parties elected; those we're the Gree
lev Electors no canVasB had been made Ly any
Board of Cauvassers. Certificates we're issued
on the report of Woodward, Assistant Secretary
Of State who gave the figures OF the election
be had no authority to count the vote had re-
turns from al parishes but two; these returns
we're opened by himself in the presence Of the
members of the Wharton Board. The returns
were put into the hands Of Bragdon, who was
directed to empty clerks enongh to make the cal
culation of the vote. Tho entire State Board
was then enjoined from counting or can7assing
the tetu1ns and no CANVASS was made. The vote
WAS tabu1ated no votes were thrown out.
soHS LYNCH
testified that whom the votes for electors were
counted, the Board Of Canvassers hsd before it
the returns from the United Statea and State
and afidavits from certain individ-f
ua1s in certain parishes; had returns from the
United States Supervisors from all but two or
three parishes. The evidence before the Board
showed that the Supervisors had been driven
from the polls in many places in New Orleans.
about one-qua1ter Of the vote Of the
State There wern + few parishes from which
The Board had returns from neither State nor |
United State Supervisors. In BONE cases the
Board acted upon information which was not | (
sworn to theae eGidayits were sometimes as to
he reason why no returns we're made, and some I
lines aa to the result OF tie yE:5. II some