Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-01-13
WASHINGTON.
The Drill Sargeants of the Sem
ate Inspect Grants
Message.
Banker FAINT Acknowledges the
Corn.
A Precious Array of Subsidy
Grabbers.
Forthcoming Report on the Lou
isiana Investigation.

Forthcoming Report on the Lou
isiana Investigation.
The Drill sargeuts Of the senate In.
sPect Grants Message.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. I2.-The Cabinet
met at noon to-day. Previous to the meet
! ing, Senators Edmunds, Sargent, Freling-
huysen, Carpenter, Morton, COnkling, Logan
and Howe had long consultation with the
| President on Louisiana matters, and were
shown that portion Of the Presidents mes
sage which has been written.
! LATER.-The Presidents message on
Louisiana affairs not having been eOmplet-
| ed until a late hour, it will be transmitted
to Congress tomorrow.
Banker FAINT Owns Up 90 His Part
Don PIatt Explains.
Hamilton G. FAINT testified before the
| Ways and Means Committee that he did
| all he could to secure the subsidy for the
Pacific Mail Company. he advocated it
| in his intercourse with members, and
sometimes he would send others TO see
members. He sent George W. Wiley, of
New York, to see Representative Beck, but
that amounted to nothing. Irwin agreed
to give him $4,000 for advocating the sub
sidy. Witness used all the means he could
to secure the subsidy. 1t appeared, during
the examination, that Wiley did not see
Beck, but Beck not only made speeches,
but voted against the subsidy.
Don Piatt testified that he received So
600, as stated By Col. Albert, but it was in
| the shape Of loan from Irwin, and the
| money was paid back to him. This trans
/ action had nothing whatever to dowith the
/ subsidy, as he had opposed it from the be-
| ginning TO the end. In his newspaper and
| otherwise he did all he could to defeat il.
| The money was from Twins private funds,
! and certainly it was not used to corrupt
members. The note he gave to Irwin came
/ back to him endorsed BY r. B. Irwin as
/ paid July 2, 1872. Witness declined TO
/ say who paid the money for him, as this
| involved an exposure of private transaction
which had nothing whatever to do with the
subsidy.
The room was cleared and the committee
decided that Piatt shall answer the qRes-
tion, and have given him until Friday to
| tell.
Hints From the subcommittee Re.
port on Louisiana.
Special TO the Cincinnati Commercial.
The subcommittee Just returned from
New Orleans are quite disposed to talk.
| II is possible that their report will be made
public on Wednesday, but it may be still
| further DELAYED. Some members of the
| full committee who did not 90 10 New Or
leans are firmly Of the opinion that they
know more of the actual state of affairs
than those who did 90, and this may delay
matters materially. The subcommittee
will not al least as a whole, attempt any
criticism Of the course adopted by General
Sheridan or the dispatches sent by him 70
Washington. They do not feel it to be
within the line of their duty to do so, but
they do not in private conversation attempt
10 Justify his course in characterizing
the people Of New Orleans and
Louisiana. The feeling was aptly
expressed tonight by a Republican
member Ofthe committee in the remark that
he believed that peace could be as well
maintained in New Orleans by six United
States soldiers as by 5000. As has been
stated, the acts Of the Returning Board will
receive the severest censure. There may
be instances in which they acted honestly,
but the few examinations permitted in the
time at the disposal Of the committee leave
grave doubt as to all Of their proceedings.
They did the fraudulent work unblushingly
and boldly, like men who felt secure from
any danger of punishment. They Will show
that the kellogg government is despised by
such Of the Republicans Of the State, white
and colOred, who are intelligent enough to
understand it, and who are not holders Of
State or Federal Offices. Il has no friends
save in those whose personal interests are
concerned IN its peTpetuatiOn.
They cannot avoid showing, by the evil
dence, that United States troops were, at
the request Of Marshal Packard and his
deputies, scattered over the State, stationed
near pOlling-places, and engaged Ostenta-
tiOusly in making arrests, and threatening,
IN the vicinity Of pOlling-places, 70 make
arrests on election day, ami that there we're
some who were thereby inundated and
deferred from voting. Il is really 4 ques-
ton whether the KellOggites did not use
more intimidation than the Democrats.
The evidence also shows that many col
Ored men voted the Democratic ticket
freely and from choice. These were gen
orally Of the more intelligent class, who
avOwed that they were nationally Repub-
licans, but that because Of local cOnsidera-
tons they were Democrats.
The report will not by any means COM
mend or approve Of the White League, al
though the evidence does not show that 1t
is secret, reasonable organization that il
has been represented and considered at the
North. The organization does not appear
to have for its object particularly the OPP
preston or intimidation Of the negroes.
If the report contains a recommendation
Of any nature, it will doubtless be either
for a provisional government or new
election. The latter proposition is strong
ly opposed by many Of the best Republic
cans in Louisiana. The Democrats say
they will be satisfied with anything that
will give them responsible government.
Points AbOut the Fellows Who Got
the ssSugar."
The sensation Of the day, which really
OvershadOwed the great speech Of SchurZ,
were the disclosures Of the Pacific Mail In
vestigatiOn. The special feature was the
discovery that some Washington journalists
received large sums of money from Irwin,
for alleged services in behalf of the Pacific
Nail Subsidy. These Journalists, and the
sums they received, were: Joseph McFar-
land, So, 900; VIM. B. Shaw, $4,000; Dom
Piatt, 5000. Mcfarland represents the
Philadelphia Press and Boston Globe;
Shaw the Boston Transcript, and Dom
Piatt his own paper, The Capital. The
evidence was as much a surprise to the pro
fession here as it seems to have been a
source of qualification TO some Congress
men. It is fair to these gentlemen and
Just to the profession that their explana-
lions should be known. Mcfarland, who
was and is in the employ Of Col. John w.
Forney, positively sweaTs that his only
knowledge Of the matter is this: He was
requested by his employer, Col. John W.
FOney. to go to Twins house and get
some money that Irwin had for him (FOr-
new, Mcfarland did so; the $4,000 was
paid by Albert, at the direction Of Irwin.
This sum Mcfarland directly took TO the
house Of Col. FOrney and delivered 10 HIM,
receiving for himself no benefit or advan-
tage. The professional friends Of McFar-
land generally credit this statement, but
regret that he is so unfortunate as to be in
the employ of a gentleman who has seen mt
to prostitute his profession for mercenary
purposes.
The respectable leading Washington cor
respondents have for years understood that
without their own knowledge lobbyNtrikers
have endeavOred TO make merchandise of
fharT1 Mrsfarior1e minors frnuunDflV are