, 1875-01-19


Tho Ways and Means Committee resumed the
Pacific Mail HLt,sy investigation t,A snornu.
Wiiitohw Reid, of tho Nc" York Tribune, waa
aN0ril.
much Eratled to sca tllo intoreat tic T,'i1nne
takes III this investigation. They Aavo rcad in
yonr paper hints ny to tho best way OF conducts
luE it. They have hcun, particularly. MI intlEna-
t,on that list snE iu ctistetco containing TIN
names of twnntv members Of Gonerops, including
Two members of this COMMITTEE, aail to bn i'm
plcatctl. N"w, will you tell us alf yua know
about this ,nnltarf
1hs wlt.css replied that hc hal M personal
knoslcJ1o Of tho matter: lIo lal heard numbers
Of rutnorH which l.n thought could probably 10
investigated. tilouih ho tltl hot undertake 10
sprcll fur Tho nature Of tho evidence TINT thu
examination of these reports would elicit. AH a
Hainpio Of lie ,r,lnora wlcl, wcre IN mafy meals
months AMI flying about New iok, lle wontl
saio that OIL tic 15ll ,llt Shaka, tlla city editor
Of tho Tribune, handed witneas n,ci1lui andnm
to tito effect that Oakley Hall had tlIat tlay raid
that 1netn1Jora OF tile Wats mud Means commits
ten wero implicated in tic l3u:i'ic Maii transac-
tons. The memorandum nBo Htated that Hall
would probably glye eridencu upon 1t. Witness
communicated this Information 10 q member Of
the Committee.
touching tho uye IT nlunoy for the parHage ut
this hEbtdy thai hrs not already appeared III tho
teptimory before this Committee;
Witness said tl,at, with somc qualification na
abovet ho would very 'Tiilnglystaso shat l.o had
heard. 4. ". Bradbury, '.rotAer nj tia cx-
President Of thu l'a.tic Mai! Company, lad i'll
formed witness Of letter written by es-roHt-
t master William y. King to President Bradbury;
applying for s25, 5,0G0. III which lctter klnS urged
compliance with tho demand. for tho rcnnon.
among othors. that l1o was writing with prison
bars behind lin. DraslD.uy lep';etl that If he
(kingl did not stop writing Buc1l letters Ilo would
soon have tho prlkor bars beforo lin.
Tho wituosu was informed by A. Garter that
1t,jV had nA~fa MI tIy
tllis tlcnnnd Of King, and therefore suggested
| that tho Committee might atlyautHseonsly rail-
picr1ont 1tcid lad repeatedly henrti that p1y-
mcLtg wore Inata to motnbera Of Congrcas with
part Of tho muueY diAbursca by irwin, in 81 HOO
bills and thus tho private account kept by nleul-
bcra nith tho 8ergeant.asA wurll show what
| Congressman had deposited ench bil1g He
could giyo no personal evidence concern1ns theHo
matters. uo had never br!be,t ule1nbern of Cni'-
! Ereas. and was never In tho lobby, bdt thought
| these rulnorB worth investigation.
! Woup And DAWES.
| Elr, Ecil furthor testified tint the members oil
| tho Eommtteo to whom lo lad referred in bis
Paper as being unfit t. Sit y in tue tug ease . were
! knowledge that they wore implicated III tho hib'
| pidy scandal. but Il lad bcen currently rlnorel
on Wall street That they Ind, and lo lad there
| soro given tho story credehce; :; was hot hurt
| Whether ho received tho information frJm City y
Editor ShnnHa or from t,iB Walt-stroat reporters
| Mr.. Wood tllareupon asked witness whetl.crllt
dill not know that hu Nood) had Btrcnuouply ou
posed this subsidy ali through ai'I whether l
would not have been better to examine bis recort
before making aEEcrtiuna which wcro tantalnoun
| to chargeg.
Dir. Aeid rotoincd thai te had noycr mentioned
tho uamcg Of tho ;w1 mc;ubcrA referred to III TIL
COMMON runner, nAl remarked that great iuius
| tico waa dOilo to joutnaGts in snpposng tba
they uauat have personal knowledge Of oyer7
Thing tJloy write, which, III tho nature ~ EtuGs
| il not possible pcrhars ouco III tilousa:" t:!ncs