, 1874-12-22

panY IN THU matter wero made by and uudor the
olders n''l authority Of tho Board.
Witness testified thnt tho whole OF tho $75o, 900
was put into llls hantls for tho purpose Of pay
inE tt'o subsidy and for no o1llor purpose anil
tnas II mas all 90 used. It waB drawn from tho
american Exchange llank, two daya utter being
Gepositod by him. Tho originul os.try on tho
Comp9uy,;a booka waa to Allon j.. stockwcll
lndiyitlallyi but tho cl1eoks wcro subsequently
eaansoa , an9 mayo payablo to tho order OF w.t.
thla was done bccauno Stoclnell was going out
| OF tho city and thought Irwin would ,l0o1 tlo
tho bnnkors 1Iarratt Il Noyes.
Witncss further tcstiflcl TINT tho $3.50, ,0OD wan
drawn from tho American Exchango Bauk on
and 100000 of tho money waa drawn
all returned to witness. who destroyed thom il,
August. 1S73. Lad no stubs or records to show
to whom they woro given. Irwin, upon boing
"bo "1ta;n,nr wl0 ha le ,rs;p siapoysda to 'ssat III
giving aovoral reasona for l,iu rof1laal. liz
t!oniod tho Jurisdiction OF tic Committee, md
said no did not employ in this connection any
senator, or niambor OF Congress-, or any officer
| Of tho prcaene Congress- WHO ,yas member Or
officer Of the Forty-socond Congress-.
! Tho graycst and controlling reasnn for dccIin-
| Ing to lncot tho wiehes OF tho Committee was,
tlat ho had no right aB an honorable man, to
ascloeo tno PARTICULARS Of any confidential rela-
person wliateyor, and especially in relation to a.
Btlojcct not within tho iurlRdtcton Of the House
| Of Representatives..
Queation.-l1ow many pcraons did sou omploy
| H1dY bill
Al think would nnswcr that question II
could rccollect tho number. b'lt I really don't
| remember tho number. Quito largo number.
| niouh' say, oA'hand, III many aa twenty Or
| .Q.-Do you mean to say TINT your engagement
OF liersonh to aid you In procuring; tho passage
| of tug subsidy thronGh ConErosH tor tho raciiio
and confidential: character TINT you caunot
| honosably disclose It?
A1r. oLapmau-I object 1t this stage of tho pro-
cccdings and instruct tho wltuosB mol to atl-
diction under which this inquiry was directed,
| Tho witnesa.-t decline to atlewor that nucs-
tion upon tho ground that it ia beyond the iuria-
| diption Of tho Committee unlor tho resolution
by which this inquiry. wRa ordered andnpon other
Tho Committee adjourned until Monday.
Tlo Chairman assured him thathe should hare
that privilege, and the Committee then won't into
Boorct ecsson.
THE CASE or 1nw1N IN TIE HOUSE.
In the House. Dir. Dawes, Chairman of tho
Committee on Why's md Means, mndo report
OF the refusal Of Richard 3. Irwin to anawer eer-
tain! questions put to him Respecting tho dstri-
button BY htm Of tlc s750. QUO received from tho
procuring of additional subsidy for tho China mail
service. The atcnographio rernrt Of Irwin's OK
animation having boon read, 1lr. Dawes moved
tho adoption Of IN ordor that tho Speaker issue
hlH warrant to tho BerEeant-at-ArnB, command
ing him to talo into custody Richard u. Irwin,
snd bring him to tho bar OF tho House, to show
cause why ho should not bo punished Tor con-
tempt.
iii. DAwEs' REMARKS.
. ILL., Dawes went on to cay: This witness rcad-
lily aud almost cheorfu!ly statos to tho Commit
too and to tito country thet, for tho purpose ct
procuring private legislation by Congress, be has
taken 57d0,o and brought It to tslo very doors
Of Congress; mud then because he did not enter
these llnlls with his money bngs In his Anra
and walk up and down those miles distributing
1t. but put tho remainder of hA work In tho
hands Of third parties llo fancics TINT o can put
stop to th!s investigation ; and tho question
Tor thiA House to determine ls Whether, having
had rolled on ltH shoulders au Inference whchiti il
Impossible oLlorNiBo to ropcI, tto House BlIali
let that intoronce reulan that that subsidy was
procured hV mn expenditure OF this Bu.n Of
money. There ID no nci1lbor whose nanln Btnnds
rerordetl FOR TINT measure. or who omitted to
Toto against 1t, who has not tue charge lntd at
his door, and all such members call on
this House to ropcl that inference, which tlia
to desire to lay down upon then. But il It
touched the character OF no member OF tho
1lo,lso, it touches tl!o methods Of legislation
and means Of legislation at tho hnnds OF Con-
Grcss,, aud CongFesu cannot omit to Investigate
1t 70 tho bottom and to understand ita length
and breadth. If thiH money reached corrupty
no member Of this House, it WAS, however, ox-
pendea to procure tho passage OF tho bill, aud
whether 1t was by private ontertun-
ments. or by any other process whatever,
then Congross must know in what rnannor
Legislation is procured hero. or Congress must
ccAso 20 hape regard Hot only to the personal
chnracsor OF its 1ncn!boss but to tho respect Of
tho pooplo for what s dono in Congrcgs. There
is no nslcGt IL Which this witness proycnts tho
case that Congress- can retreat from. am my
soil, 'orY well convinced OF tho motive which
slas brought him from Europe to tompt tho Conf
mltteo OF Ways aud S1oans to bring him here,