Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-01-20
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WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 19.-Messrs.
Storm, Sypher and S. B. Chitbenden de-
MED Indignantly the truth of the charge
that they had been implicated in the Pa
cific Mail subsidy contract.
Mr.. Dawes said he had an affidavit from
L. Z. Chittenden, of New York, that he
was the person who had received the mon
ey. [Laughter.l
kilograms were also read from D. W.
Voorhees,, Of Indiana, and Boyd Winches-
ter, Of Kentucky, protesting against the al
legations made against them in connection
with the Pacific Mail subsidy, and request
ing to be sIbpenaed.
Mr.. E. r. Hoar offered a resolution for
the appointment of a select committee TO
inquire whether the privileges Of the
House had been violated by the arrest and
detention of Whitelaw Reid at suit of
Alex. z. Shepherd, while Mr.. Reid was
within the District Of Columbia, under
a subpoena from committee of this House.
Mr.. Butler, Of Massachusetts, opposed
the resolution, and Messrs. HOar, Kelley
and Dawes advocated it.
At the close of the discussion, Mr.. But
Ter moved to lay the resolution on the
table. Negatived, 45 to 102.
The resolution was then adopted, yeas
1ST, nays A, and the Speaker announced
as such committee MessTs. Z. II. HOar,
(Rep.) Of Massachusetts; Hale, (Rep.) Of
New York; Orth, (Rep.) of Indiana; ely
mer, Dem.) of Pennsylvania; and Say
Ter, (Dem.) Of Ohio.
Mr.. Dawes then brought before the
House the refusal Of a witness to answer
questions put him before the Committee on
WAYS and Means in the Pacific Mail inves-
tigatiOn. The witness was Chas. A. Wet
more, correspondent of the Alta California
and other California newspapers. lie had
mentioned in his dispatches that there were
strange rumOrs about Mr.. Becks cOnnec-
ton with the subsidy. On his examina-
tiOn be alluded to the rumOr as being one
about the tracing of check from FAINT,
banker, to Mr.. Beck, but he refused to give
the name Of the party who mentioned it to
him; therefore the matter was brought be-
fore the House. After an indignant speech
from Mr.. Beck, resolution was adopted
ordering the witness to be produced at the
bar Of the House.
The House then went into committee Of
the whole, Mr.. Poland in the chair, on the
Indian appropriation bill. \ long discus
SlOu tOOh place Oll the pLOpOolliOu 10 pay
the ChOctavs S2,96l,247, the amount with
interest Of the award made by the Senate
March 9, 1859, under the treaty Of the 22d
Of June, 1855. Without dispOsing of the
question, the committee rose, and the Ser
geant-at-arms presented at the bar of the
House the reCusant witness in the Pacific
Mail investigation, (Chas. A. WetmOTe,)
who had refused to answer a question as to
who had mentioned to him the name Of
Mr.. Beck in connection with a check
said to have been traced TO him.
The witness was asked by the Speaker,
whether he was prepared to answer the
question. He replied that he was not, and
asked time until tomorrow to determine
whether he could rightfully do so without
a breach Of confidence.
Mr.. Dawes offered a resolution declaring
the witness in contempt Of the House.
Mr.. HOughtOn advocated granting the
time asked by the witueSs, and moved to
postpone further consideration Of the matter
until tomorrow.
Mr.. Cobb moved to adjourn, which would
have the same effect upon the witness. The
motion was carried and the House ad-
jOurned.