The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-12-31
protes, against Reduction OF Pay
NEW YORK.
Aner,ocraiic Gathering.

ner,orratic Gathering.
Nnm vonr lice 3o-At the Manhattan
Club reception last night, Hon. q. ~ IaruoA
OF Massachusetts, denvered pl!el au o.: o.
which was the conciudlng Que vi Ine Gse4 eust
He was there ne saiu, 10 speaA rol .h1 n.so
time in generation the voice Oh tne Oemo
Gratis OF MASSACHUSETTS. gave hiln snea az
pleasure 10 garry tnaS noiIo ,o,ru "o onJ Of tho
great retropons Oh New iorh. he 'uJ 10
ferred to the great polltlcal events WHICH, , ne
said, bore singular promise 1or the puoiic
good.
Among tne iettefS ieau was ou my, III
Hon. L. M. WOOD OF Alabama, III Wnicn he
says:
You are happy to'uay III Gne acliesenneno VI
right IN your sta.e anu oivS, Du.
cate the unalloyed pleasure we feel IN ALABAMA
in the knowledge that, now ana forever, IL Is
established that whlte men maze Aiauama tor
white men, and that Whte men must RUE Aia-
bama.
n. Z. Banks letter Is as lo'lows'
"Without assuming to judge existing admin
istratiOns, it cannot be douDted that they are
susceptible Of improvements. NO route 10 re-
covery from long continued and manifold de-
preston of public and private interests exists
81 direct and certain as the reform OF the local
and general administration of the country. In
tbe work / invoke for them abundant success.
The country wishes it and will reward their
trinmnh with its highest honors. "
The Hon. CDarleS rdQClS AudtilS, luu.S lcI-
ter. saws:
There is much to say at the present time.
If was very honorable to New York that both
candidates for the highest state office should
have been by the Judgment OF all sides, nen
eminenty mt to 40 nonor 10 She sia'e rn ~ ca n
struggle. niieC ~ 10 nuOu ..; .S - ~ IN a.
in success, there is llttle lnor''iica''on III ue-
feat, A., pos,o, post
Col. Charles G. Greene, OF the Boston Fost,
says in his letter.
"The temperate manner observed ny Oollo.
Gratis and Conservatives throughout the country
in manifesting their gratlhcatlon at the result
of the recent elections evinces their just appre-
citation of the moral and political revolution,
1t clearly indicates they do not regard tniS great
uprising as merely partlzan lmpuiSe,1 puC
warning condemnation OF thoSe VINO nays
abused trusts by usurpatlons ana Violateu Tue
constitutional rights OF their constituents, Inc
duty imposed upon ire Democratic party ny
generous confidence gwen IL by lhemoerS VI s'li
parties, IS too PLAIN not TO De cerreftS unuei
stood. 1t Is eVidentiY 10 purify .ae g?se e;nt
inent, 10 pro!note tne se1elai Me,aao ~ :;
ths mon an Impartial itu iustlation VI iam -
oae fn4;.eetlon OF personal lDer,y, 10 restrain u
ul ns powers wiIhin iegai an r.;
Every Ssase securing 10 eaca one oil tne a.ti,
onaoI To- - H. la 70 efy 'no ~ 20
nonntabI;tv from nubo aSents or sh sIIn con.
go .bn,r,' hot H. orc 1osnopsh,o sa 90
W. $780, ~ tbosa thon aro
nd 70 and to hold the General anyern
nont within tboso barriers r.;sed To limit its
anthor;ty and which were scrnnnlonslv reoard-
cd dUrnyn tho most hannv and nrosnarons me-
81 on o,nt,, a"IPP stor,, ~
iiou' VI 'no oouuuy n.'9.
ahe racine NAN .n'essaon
In the racine Mail 1nVestlgatlon to-aay.
John Koundy, accountant or the com ,aPrl ~ :,
identified several entries made by bun, tialne ,a
"A. b. 5. $3.50, 1000; were enfSreu III ene naui9
of Harrott q Noyes. JneckS were iSSueu
under direction Of tne Vce-EL 1 Dut
under the Supeiloi uiIeo.iuu Vi tu0 y
the witness thought IN STUDS. toe ca f a a'
caon oooKs We aeo lals9 ~ po,hS VI laov, sio
enIIy o. Sooouuo 70 n,ar'i Th nuSes was un
Iiaue lor conVenieucs ine WnIeso .nJus,
thls was really raul anu Mo.,u ue
10 nisleau any Slochno'uel WIZ was enuo"T M :
lnS W seC aC Jug s':inuius " NE 'InpJ
atiouIC vi 'neGhe ieeuou " ~ nv d IL.
the WiCueSs as peihS very ialse' VI DeiIoM We .,
the VICE fIeslqent, toiu w,tueSs tuaG ~ " as tne
intention OF MT otockwell 10 pay 1ach tnese
moneys. az tIe 'llhe M.uees ii%u .uo IN
preston tnat Inese honeys suou'o pe eh"iscu
W 1ne person WIZ "a We 1 Ih esnlo ooo l..
Inc witness 'raceu tne pooe'vuo W ia.Lio wv
q Noyes through the DOCKS OF me company up
to the close OF accounts. ne nad no SnoMieaEe
OF the DISTINCTIONS glveu irwIn ny oyochweii ;
nau no hn0Wleuse do W "nao ouio M, Voc W
be paid to Irwin Tor MS services; Inc witness
was asked regarding tne uheXplalneu account AGO
sent from the San FRANCISCO agency IN IoI1 10
the company here, the items OF the account
being for sundry payments Tor the washington
election, etc, but OF TINS ne could 19rhiSh no
information. MT. Irwin never rendered any
account to Stockwell WIN regard 10 these
moneys. The witness ldentlhed an entry IN the
cash book, in his own hand writing, OF X. d.
Irwin, Washington, expenses, SZo,0OU. 30 1ar
as these entries to darrlott q MOVES were con-
cerned,, witness was comndent tney were Or
binary business loans. Inc witness tnen READ
number of entries to Eldrldge q irwip, Har-
riOLt N Moves. and other parties, IN G0C cash
book. 90.
From the 10Th OF January 10 inc loCh OF May
1872, Irwin received Sl40,0O IN ADDITION TO
S750,O00 given the 24th OF May, making To-
tai OF $S90,OOO Ihere was nothing SO lar as
witness knew, in Twins account or the bank
account to show that any portion OF the $l4O,-
600 was returned to the company. Ihe witness
was asked ABOUT a private memorandum Oh
some OF the accounts OF the company made out
by witness and kept by him, which he explain
ed had been for his own use and lnformatlOn,
to keep himself posted as to the standing OF the
various accounts OF parties with the company.
He had no particular reason Tor making out
this memorandum lie ana not make out the
account because he thought there was some
thing unusual In these transactions The
memorandum was only intended as guide to
his memory;
VIM. Ii. BUNKER, secretary OF the brooklyn
trust 20, proauceG thelr DOCKS 1or May, June
and July, loiz. Inefe was an entry OF the
nnIlu - "AU,i 80, A''TOnNi
Bank OF S2I5,0Oo on the 5oth OF May. Ihree
payments by checks on the Marine Bank of
S50,ooO were gwen May zoth' loI2, to John
ocnunacher lnele , M's 10 a It az eh.iy On inc
same daIe 70 tbG creulC VI Sonir ocnuIHaher ol
SiZouoo on tne DOCKS oI Tue IruS5 company;
Inc witness knew ocnuniaker, anu ne RESIDED
IN Brooklyn; know ne was deposIt3r WIN the
Trust company; Know hoihinS TURNER ABOUT
Eln' Inc Wl'ness was asheu 10 MAKE iran
s scr OF tne account Oh ocnun'nef' from may
10th inclusive up 10 tne close OF MS account
with the company ana leaye Win inc commit
tee, which he promised TO no.. ~,
The committee then LOOK recess. Inc
schumacher referred 10 is Congressman from
Brooklyn.