National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-31
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manner. An IL saoss q ths oppositioa
TO prove ~ slightsst irTssuhsity upoA Id
part have utterly hiled The reoord standi
that whsn oontzncsor soaght outside IN.
hueace 70 ohtain work the 0ovsrnor 70.
buksd him n he strongest and most IN
mistskable tsrma Here = the evidences
fcm the mouth Of McNamara. one Of the
witnesses for the memorialists: {
A. believe in about three days after.
ward. The Governor wrote ma . note to
come, believe, 70 his ol1ce, and won't to
the ONCE. and he asyS Peter, / did not
think you lad any money to loan out"
says: "Neither ! have" He ays
Haven't you loaned Mr.. Barney some
money!, Gays: 81 don't think have. |"
I will state that tie money I did loan him
was In yellow envelope. and It was stated
on the envelope, " Nh. Barney. win lend
you this for sixty dayaD That was ststed.
In writing, on the envelope. I saw the
Governor was pulling that envelope out of
his pocket and then knew he knew al
about Il i saw the envelope with tho
writing on Il, and then I asked him where
he got Is He ays: 81 got It from Mr..
Barney" You dfdt" says ]. "Yes, "
says he az did. Now. Peter says lie,
~ vsr Z find toN again giving Or lending
money to any sN0ine6r er any one IN thl
employ Of tie Board of Public Works,
soia cancel sssry contract yoW haas.
And again: - % /.
Mr.. -Merrick. Who was the Governor
thenf A. Oh, mean Mr.. Shepherd, and /
should have said the vice president Of the
Board of Public Works. went to the
vice president myself There were fifty OF
sixty persons in the Office the same day /
went there. It was Q very delicate ques-
ton to approach the vice president about.
waited until the biggest portion of them
had got done there, and then I walked over
to his desk to him, and said to him: "Mr.
President has Joe Carroll been here to
talk to you against mel" He says. :" No
Peter, he has not. Why do you think
sol" '<Well, do not know, says !, Il
thought maybe he was" "Well, he says
again, "what is the reason you think
sof' Well, I thought I would get away
then as quick as I could. '"That is all
there is about II, says I. "Well, suppose
he did come here to speak against you,
what effect would that have. II have
known you longer than have known Car
roll" ssWell, that Is all I want to say
about it. Mr.. President" says I. I then
went toward the door, and he called me
back; he says, ''Peter, want to see you
one moment" He took me outside Of one
of the windows on the porch, so THAT the
clerks could not hear, suppose, and he
says to me, "Has there been any money
passed between you and Carroll for the
contract on Pennsylvania avenueY' says,
'Mr. President don't care about answer
ing that question" "Well," says he. in q
very emphatic manner, eff you do not an
swer me I will cancel the contract before
night" then told him. t.Now," says
he, ''they were Of no benefit to you. You
90 and got your money back from CarroH.
and If eDer I find out that yon gius him, or
any other man, q dollar, I soiU never, az
long as I am president Of the board. gire
you another psees of soork, and piU do all
in my posoer to keep you from getting any,"