, 1875-01-23
gave s150. .001 check to William s. King IN
Philadelphia. rwla then recitcd
.EuSUET .pAThIEETS

/ suNORT PAYMENTS
made Dy him in addition to those mentioned ;
4'm Yesterday: among them was 81, 500 t
John al. Morris, Of the Chronicle from $10, ot
to S15, 900 to Moran, for whiting letters ETC.;
S55 QUO. to. e1-postmas ter General Randall fo
the special purpose OF buying,o off the Washing
ton agents Of a. combustion Of New York Btoo
operators, who were fighting tho Pacific Maj
adverse combustion WIS said to be headed b,
Daniel Drew, who, it IVES also said, BY misrepre
sentations, ETC., iucited Senator Har!an, ant
through him SIX other Senators, to oppose tn
bill The witness to-day remembered 3
LABGEn PAYMENT TO sAMUEL HATCH
than he had stated yesterday. He was pait
about 330,0 900 altogether. Samuel Hatch was III
] relation to Rufus Hatch. He was employed b,
personal direction of Stockwen. Witness swort
that no portion OF the money paid to Hatch or tt
ders,andng that it should te used to Influence
votes or to be expended for olectioneer1ng pur-
| poses in behalf of any person. Wotmore never
! lad any such understanding with any one, and
has no knowledge Of any money being 60 ex>
! pended. As matter Of fact he gave no instruc'
hons to the persons he employed, except to 70
ahead and exert what influence they possessed to
help. pass tho bill. These various employees, ill.,
cludlng Schumacher, reported to him from time to
time as to prospects for increased subsidy, and
the list Of members and Senators were canvassed
and marked as favorable, against, or doubtful in
the doubtful etc.
A H. Wl1tiog was employed on account OF his
supposed ability to
GIVE VALUABLE ASSISTANCE.
He was given S., 600 in cash, and WaB to receive
.$05, 600 il the bill passed. He was relative or
connection OF Senator Cole, whose bro6her-i,l~
Law Was and always had been friendly to the
subsidy measure, but at that time did not feel
particularly friendly to the Company, because
he believed that they had worked against his re-
election as Senator, and that Irwin also had ex~
erted personal interest in California to contribute
to bis defeat. The witness desired to satisfy Cole
that he and the Company had not intcrfered In the
California Senatorial contest, but that wit
ness friendly relations with several Of
Coles opponents were purely personal
He also thought that Cole would be likely to
take a warm and active part in supporting Whit
ployment WIS based upon the above reasons, ard
also, to lesser degree, upon his supposed inau-
ence with other persons.
" KEa IN 1sDrscREEr ADVOCATE.
The witness did not employ William 8. King,
but paid him Sl15000 for services under his en-
gagement by Stockwe1. The witness has no
knowledge Of King having paid out any portion
OF that sum. He considered him = very indis-
Greet advocate, as he talRed indiscriminatefy to
friend and foe. Witness considered Schumaker
to be virtually in caarge. OF the measure in the
House. He Irwin) did not 60 to the House,
hut confined lis attention to the progress of ths
bill in the Senate.
Irwins examination WAS here suspended until
Monday, as he was suffering greatly from i'll
health
OF the New York Tribune, testified that he heard
d conversation at Delmonico's between ex-AIsyor
a. Oakley Hall and Deputy Sheriff Jarvis, in
which Hall said that if he and Jarvis were sun-
moned they could tell great deal about Wood
and the Pacific Mail. The Witness, is now in.
Fn* hat TJ~h utu %Lut rI~o- E,r
Wood" he meant sStockwell."
Irwin testified TINT he handed Schumacher q
check for S275 COO when Schumaker asked, 'Is
this right7" Irwin replied " 1t il, according to
my understanding" schunlaker then saio: II
thought it WAS to be 1900, ,ooo." Being on the
marked: 'tAs you are in hurry, will wait for
the remaining $25, 600 till you reach California"
IWin said since he had seen Schumaker's testi-
mony be remembered the circumstance, leading
him to believe that Schumacher might also have
been retained By Stockwel.
In answer to question whether he delivered
to William s. King
TIE s1i5,ooo At osB TINE,
witness eaid F: II first wrote 4 check for SIS
900, and handing it to King, he said there mas
some slight mistake. said thought there was
I then filled up another check, when K'ng saidit
When filled up the third check, for $115, 900,
King, taking it. said AL right"
Q.-Have you knowledge ofthe employment Of
d Gen. Smith,
A-No.
Q.-One Mr. Smith
A.-Among the noble army OF martyrs there
may have been Smith, but do not 1ecollect
the name in that connection,
Witness further testified that stock combina-
lion WAS formsd IN New York, headed BY Daniel |
Drew. opposed to the subsidy Witness in
formed 6tockweu his information Was |
That Drew had sent telegram to q |
Senator to come to New York, and that |
he Senator said he could control six votes, |
y This" witness said, "we called the Methodist |
oarty." The name Of the Senator MAS HafIap. |
,1r. Randall informed witness that Harlan had |
ecelved such dispatch, and had gone to Nor
FORK, and vas going to have his six Senators
rote against the bill Some Of the SIX did, and
he others did not vote against the bill. Harlan
opposed the bill vigorously, fighting it with mis-
tatements with which he had been furnished.
Adjourned till Monday.