, 1875-01-16
Tom Scott's Southern Pacific Railway
Scheme Making Roadway.
The Finance Question Not to Bo
Iscopcnctl This session.


ming witness, whatever may Io thought Of tho
manner n which ho conducts 1liB newspaper.
lie showed. by cyileuce that wunlI 10 accepted
in court, tint tho e;5,0ao which lo is charged
with having received from Irwin through Abert
casnc to him a. loan. lie conclusvcly proved,
by the production Of his bant-bools TINT mono
of TINT money went int tao banda OF ConEresH-
1nen. His defiant Ill s.cr may have excused to
some extent the lMpertiucnt inquiries of |
the Committee nto Ills private aifairss
hut llB examination las directed especial attcn-
lion to two facts First, that thcro sceuss to be
a tendency in tho Committee ana Congress to !
permit tho odiuln Of this corruption business TO
rctt uron the lobbyists ani the few vcnaf jour- |
ralists Win have bosn discovered. Second, the
COMMITTEES does not aecul to follow the CLOVIS
which lead into tho halls Of Congress with tho |
eauas zeal with wlith they laSa trncked tho
rn.uey to professional lablyirts. Severe criti-
ciBtn ii na&.u upan tho Cu:mttee for its neg |
lccl to examine |
THE l,DGe or TIE sFR1EAsT-Ar-AHMs
In connection with tho IatEc i!ail inquiry. This
nc:lpn OF tho Culanis.te il osl eriay noticeable
iu view or an astounding, fact III connettioI with
the etcrct iTosfi:aion of tile subject IN tho
tast C0uefcte. sydney niliou thoH hooikeeper
Of lin Sergeant t-at-atiur, H,d Who figured so
prominently i'll tl.e Irrdit Mnber Investigation.
thou testified tha:. about tile tnn tho l'acIilc
Ilai sntasdy pnssn1. collsI!l'rab!e ntitllhr of
members Deposited 5lgDD tiIl+in the olice If the
Sergeant. .at-ArmA. These :l,Ga0 bllls are very
Important link in this chain of cirt,lnss initial
evidence III this corruption business. 1t
1taa RlreadY been proved TINT uf tho s750.n00 OF
ths Irwin fund, ilcar'y .:5tD UtU came to Wasls-
ihE:o aud waB 1lEel hero III the form OF Sl1JH
Hills. Tic Committee Of Ways and Means know
tilis. Sydney ,]lun thought that the co;it,ln'
poranent,s deposit Of sllch largo bills by such
number Of Csnt.rGsH1nen waa ..
VERY EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.
It seemed 70 extraordinary 10 him that ho inado
memorandum of tho lianes Of tho inc'aberH
making thcso deposits; tint me1notan,
dum was presented 70 TIC WaFa and
Means Committee Of tho laHt ConGro1s
in tho secret Investigation Of this cnsc. and was
then agrcad to suppress Dillons evidence. and
lid 1t tloes not h,pcar a. part OF tao tessi-
1nouy Of that secret investigation, which has
her1 published 1t in un1cniabio that D'!lon'p
Of the Eon5:rotsmcn mating thrto deposits are
knoEn to Others than the Coinunttee OF Mays
nuI Means Of tho Fotty.trco'td Congress a'd
tho sprseAnt-at.A Arns. Tho suppressed rearon
ssrEeant Arms which are ac:ofa tho hall
from tia Cotum.ttco-ron1n is that como vi the
members Ut tho Committee, aud especially the
Democratic numbers. have }efHIsted ~ uslng
nuy atttn,,i: 10 make this testtHouy public. They
bA4e their Q: 1cai.ion tho ground tint 1t IL nn
proper to inquire into tie p:i7nte affairs Of
1ae,Ahets, aud :a: tho books d ti. Scfsuaut MT
Arms EhHll n:t to eia2la=a except tpccific
ctarsen sl.n'l he naae aca:net Hc,no 1ns1npsr. Il
Is aaosM thSt tbs llsi pl"ssliei ~ Dlos! TO tue
Committee in tho last Congress contained
HE NAMFH or s1x afrnEEna or THAT coS'iEEss.
Tic Ltr1u.lttte summoned at leaat ptIe, p'rs'tls
n,oro uf tl,esp aix pernonA, s,Al asnta cxplARp-
ttunk. QEo Ut Lilo explanations wnh that tue
1noney VA. won at gambing~ This il tue t,si;:;n
of the s!rty shat the II ,3 biliA "Hte paid o':t
by lr~ins sEe.t oYef tbs poker ta:!o. Iht
ava aud Moons Ctu.tpi;tea in that Cones eEa
did no. have .Ile ll"ss,,J;a that 70 uasuy S 900
Bills wet4 ueni il, Wasdio ;tcu, or tust tho Ir"in
c3rru,,tion fun! WAS f.r .. NOS ,,alt conYoried
into bills Of that deuoy,,laatlou, After ons
or two explanations the tuattos Whs
dropped by tho COMMITTEE Tho Committee
il, tl;a rr1nree3 ilas tho kuoGlet;se concerning
1i,e Il GO) i1l,s which the rp1,pttco in tho last
t;vurrasu l,ad not, lie character Of tho aup-
rrosstl e,i,ssnee Of Ullou IL a!ao known, aslG
ias hssn considered by tin Committee in pr yate
session. All attempts to pccuro au examination
ui As bt,oky Of tho Sergeant Atn.s have beer,
dt{eutel. Tha,o iu uouu reabo,l t., believe thai
tin rhlef Cnr,oti,ion TO tho examination coues
from U.to,crA,i; source,
TuE ut}I,u:,ara uAyE MUCH TO coScrAL
in ttss l'ari,,c Mail buruosg. john e. ssiluna-
Ler in ,ro,al to l,ayo received tic greatest uor-
tuul, nf tl.e coiruptluu fund, besides having
ocrsts ato aso proauemtly repfeseuted in thir
mysterious list or DIlI0u's. Al leant one protu
ueut Democratic namo haa beou carefully pro
tectpd by those via ara nHunlly foremost to do
rnunce frn,1d and cnrruntinp THO list of nano,
pre,ruted by Dillon was about uoua}ly divided
no,itlcaly. ~ nil Hubby ipbs are, Tho Republic
aus are il. tie majority uf iho Wayp a,Id Mean,
Committee. That maturity has CLOVIS Which vii
lad furtler tua, tic low youa! iourpalists wl,t
have been discovered ~ participants i the ren,
uautn Of tho corruption fn,l aud which will teat
within the duoru of tho Ilu,lso of l,epreseuta
tiyos. little of the courage which thB Cou,
mit,ee Las shown iu following, tho CLOVIS wh hcl
uncover !ubkyinta aud unworthy iouruallst
might discover tho persons whom tl.o ,.,vcntirs
1ion upa Bvt on foot to find, Tho ;lK)n bill
should uot ali bo hid in the graves Vi deaf nul,
sY1Iosu CIucuayyASrIAL Ey1pIsrE
jnlcates that Ut leaat six OF tlluse II ,UH0 bill
found .l,ur way iuto lilo ACCOUNTS Ut 1lunbcss Il
syo oSo NC sS LIT te of ts sn
1rutcct them on eyory Lalrl