The Portland daily press., 1875-01-12
WASHINGTON.
Pacific Mail Investigation.
Albert Tells 10 Whom He Paid the Money
Doc Piatt ana ,. &. Bennett 9mpii.
Gated.

Albert Tells 10 Whom He Paid the Money
Doc Piatt ana ,. G.. Bennett 1mpii-
Gated.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Ways aud
Means Committee continued the Pacific Mail
Investigation to day.
John b. Storm, member OF Congress from
Pennsy lvauia testified that Congressman
Randall was mistaken in understanding him to
say he had been approached to influence his
vote on the subsidy question. What he (Storm)
told him two years ago was IN general terms
that he knew of a member having been so
approached. The facts were these:-Witness
was told about two years ago by Congressman
Parker of New Hampshire that while the vote
was being taken on the subsidy amendment,
and he was coming down stairs in the Capitol,
total stranger offered him 81 900 if he wou'd
go back to the gallery and not vote. Parker
remarked that be ought to have Knocked the
scUundrel down stairs. -.-
Witness voted against the subsidy
Lyman Gilmore of Brooklyn testified that he
is an attorney, and that he is in Washington
about half of each year, attending to business
before the departments for railroad companies
and other clients. Never did any business for
the Pacific Mail Co.; was never employed or
received dollar from them. Never advocated
the Pacific Mail subsidy or any other Witness
then, in response to questions, described his
CONNECTIONS with the payment of $50, 600 IN his
office by Schumacher to Gen Smith Witness,
while in Washington, in May, 1872, was intro
remember to Gen. Smith, and met the latter
occasionally, so that he had merely casual
acquaintance with him. Que day Smith
stopped him on the street, aud asked him If he
knew the New York attorney of the Pacific
Mail Company. Witness replied that he cid
not know who was the company's New York
attorney but he knew almost ali the lawyers in
New York. Smith SAID, They are going to
pay me some money; will you identify me.'
Witness passed on and thought no more of the
m Afterwards.
when John G. Schumacher called at his office
aud said he had check for 900 which the
Pacific Mail Company had directed him to hand
10 Gilmore, or to some one Gilmore would lndi-
cate. Witness replied he must be mistaken,
but thea remembered and told Schumacher that
this Gen. Smith had said four days previously,
whereupon Schumacher said that was the man,
and exhibited the 800, 900 check. Witness re-
marked, ''You are not going to make payment
in check, are you?' and Schumacher then
went out to get it cashed. Soon after General
Smith came in and asked permission to wait in
the office till Schumacher should appear, which
he did in about two hours, whereupon Gilmore
said to Schumacher, This is the General Smith
who says you are to pay him some money.
Schumacher then handed to Gen. Smith a roll
of bills and left the office. Witness remarked
jocularly to Gen. Smith, isn't that too much
for one man to carry off ?" and Gen. Smith re-
piled in the same vein, 81 can't divide; L have
to pay this OUT Witness learned nothing
more about the transaction, ard left Washing
ton soon after. Witness was subsequently H.
troduced to Gen. M. L. Smith, but although he
(witness) heard he was in the lobby, and a.
though be thought he looked like the man who
received the money from Schumacher, still on
reference being made to the present investiga-
ton, Smith seemed surprised and said he
(Smith) could tell all he knew on the subject
in a few minutes.
H. w. Parker, Congressman from New
Hampshire being sworn. testified that he never
was approached by anybody on the subsidy
question; did not remember exactly what he
had said to Congressman Storm, but the lat
ter must have misunderstood him. Witness
had an indistinc5 recollection that when COM
ing down the steps from the ladies' gallery
when the vote was being taken Oil the subsidy;
be overheard some men talking at the foot of
the stairway saying something to the effect
that congressman who Gid not want t. vote for
the subsidy, need not vote at all
Mr.. Beck-'Don's you think those men
were talking at you?"
Answer-"Well, that may be; 1 don't
know"
Witness was certain he had never been APP
preached by any one in regard to his vote, and
as matter of fact he was recorded as voting
against the subsidy every time and all the way
through.
Charles Albert re-appeared and informed the
committee that he still deciLed to answer un-
til compelled to by the order of the House
Adjourned.
The Committee on Ways and Means met
this afternoon directly after the order of the
House aud examined Charles Albert The
chairman asked ITO whom did you distribute
$106, 500 belonging to the Pacific Mail S. S. Co.
according to directions of Irwin, Albert made
a preliminary statement explanatory of
his position, saying he found no reasons to per-
vent him from answering as he was an agent
or steward and acted according to TWINS di-
rection. ...
Albert then gave list of the persons to whom
he gave money, including to Mcfarland 49,
600, w. B. Shaw $4,000, A. w. Randall So
600, A. B. Corwin $500, j. NJ. Morris $500,
J. G. Bennett $1,000 III. S. Faut $9O00 Don
Piatt $4,000. Other amounts were paid
Delegate Cnnnon's Case.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Committee on
Elections to-day directed he chairman to pre-
pare report in favor of the exclusion of Dele
gate Cannon from the House on the ground of
being a polygamist. The committee was not
full, and the question will come up again on
the report.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury balances for
o-day:-Currency, $11, TAG, 322; special deposit
of legal tenders for redemption of certificates OF
deposit, S42 625 600; coin, 73072 257, including
coin certificates, 1927, 739,500; outstanding legal
tenders, 1892 100000
The Russian Mission.
The President sent the following nomination
to the Senate to-day:-GeO. HI. Boxer of Penn
sylvania, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to Russia.