The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-17

tears of widows aud orphans; and, oy oe ny.
stockholder, creditor, or debtor OF tue
broken banks, had combined WIN o'nei'
to harass the people with suits, DC; ..s,-
1t is utterly false. | was nehnet sto' n
holder. creditor, or debtor OF any panH =,
Virgins. The State courts nelne con.toed
bv the military, foreign creditors e.np,ot ,ha
counsel to enforce their rights as"'ns' 'n'
banks. - tho au;,s
The original counsel Id the first OF Tue su.,s
was q gentleman whose orlgnt nohoi' spGI
less fame, and great abilities have lons p,au as
him the leader OF the Richmond par; II " .ha
employed by bin as ASSOCIATE. anu Hh as IND mo
proceedings were initiated unoer Cu a.,ou ~
tice Chase, and had bis sanction as lia''e' "
law. ,o,,o,t tho
e. ctSolders IN no event could receive any,
IN cnmnrornises equally advantageous TO
creditor and debtor, by which both parties
were benefited by speedy se'''elnen' -
debts. odo n nov
q cont that he did not owe, and that ninety.
nine ont of hundred settled their debts 10 q q
nnanner Greatly to their advantage. NO
g u;dow nor orphan" has ever had cause 10
complain of me professionally VI pe. st ,s
for no one has ever applied 10 ne ,,! .na' "A'
not assisted to the extent OF my ao,l'ty' 8, ,,o
Th;rd in tho Iist of retaiIed SANDERS IS the
st.,ement that I made $4,000 out OF the
State In the case of the Chesapeake ana ONO
Canal Company when si,ooo "ou'u n''e
been sufficient compensation.
senate document. No. xviii, OF the session
n,cbo rpR0r0
fo,sitv Of this. 1t is the report OF JOINT
nnmmittee of both Houses, signed by Lieu
tepant-Governor Fl. W. Thomas, in0mas w.
Popham, and Robert l.. MontaSmp' E:qs.
That report shows that IN i56i ot,e s' s.e
was bound as guarantor on s2oo,Voo VI Tue
bonds of the Chesapeake ana onlo Ca!a'
Company, with over $500. OOO OF accrued ln'
terest. and that the Company ,cas ,nsoItens'
whereby the State was deotor 10 Tue p U,,u
holders for over million Of dollars. Ihat
s I Nod Maid out as interest on these bonds
s3eo o0O. the evidence of which payment
wss lost stolen, or DESTROYED, and which
evidence it was very difficult to supply.
That under these circumstances the Gene
rel Assembly, in February, 1867, passed a
resolu,ion authorizing the Board of Public
works to employ counsel to recover this
claim and relieve the State from this debt :
pror;ded. The compensation of such coun-
sci should be contingent, and to be paid only
ont of proceeds realized from such proceed.
ines. The report further states that in pur-
lsuonce of this law the Board Of Public
Works made contract with myself and
other gentlemen resident in Maryland for
us 70 prosecute this claim ut our own eX.
Dense. and to receive twenty per cent. on
the amount, payable in whatever we might
recover.
That we did prosecute the claim before the
General Assembly of Maryland, the Constl-
tutonal Convention there, and procured tne
necessary legislation to make the canal sol.
vent and sef.sustaning. That we procured
two decisions from the Court of Appeals oil
MARYLAND, establishing the rights of Virginia
in the premises, With the Attorneys enera
and the very flower Of the bar of Maryland
Icontestjpo our claim. That we procured 10
he paid off, or secured to be paid of, all the
bonds and overdue interest on them on
which Virginia was bound; thus relieving
her Of n debt of over million OF dollars, and
reducing the debt Of the State that much.
That we paid into the Treasury 49,, 34I.l 10
with which 1922 900 Of the old Debt was
purchased, and that tt Board assigned to US
as orr com pensation the claims due By The
company to the State, which were 10 he col.
lected by us, and that we never have received
one cent out of the Treasury, all our compen-
sa,ion consisting Of claims to be collected by
NJ, The report further shows that this took
nm six wears of unrcmitting labor, at our
own expense, and finally concludes thus:
"We find 1st. That the contracts made
bv the Board of Public Works with The
counsel we're authorized by law, and were
iudicious and advantageous to the State.
"2d. That they have been executed Will
zeal, enerqy. ability. and success; and
"3d. That the final adjustment and settle
ment was strictly in accordance with the
agreement and contracts made and entered
into"
Aud this report was adopted by the Legis
lature.
LAST in the catalogue of fulseboods is the
statement that / was engaged IN LOBBY
ing - in the railroad war and at the passage
of the funding bill.
Like its predecessors, this is utterly untrue
Ia the contest over the charter OF railroad
from here to Washington, and the purchase
Of the States interest in the Richmond anC
Petersburg railroad, l was employed Il;
counsel, openly, leSlumateiy, ana PROBES
sionallv. lust as every lawyer whom the public
employed, to draw bills, to write and de
liver arguments, and to appear before commit
tees.
No leading lawyer here, nor in Baltimore
PHILADELPHIA. nor New York, but has a
times been thus employed. and always with
great satisfaction 10 himself at least. | have
never known one 10 refuse such employ
ment. Lobbying" - the solicitation o
members Sis different thing and | have
never had, nor ever shall have, anything Il
do with it.
As to The funding bill, never saw it be
fore its passage did not know what its pro
visions were; was absent from the. State
when it passed, aud never saw it until Au
gust. 1S1I-mopths alter it became a law.
This ends the entire chapter.
The public will bear me witness that
have not obtruded myself nor my persona
affairs on then.
NV career here for fifteen years would bt
sufficient answer to all Sian ders, and my cha
rscter is sufficient to protect itself; but wheI
wanton malice inventS ard circulates sucl
attacks as have been published about me, mJ
duty az one Of the standard-bearers of tht
Conservative party to defend its action ant
to Justify its choice requires me to take thi
public notice of it.
BRADLEY T. JOHNSON.
Richmond, September 16, 1915.
The following is the letter relating to
Judge Underwood which is referred to by
me 10 the foregoing card:
RICHMOND, Va, September s, 1869.
Hon. L. II. Chandler, Richmond, Vd,:
Dear Sir,-I understand that Judge Un
derWood's name will be presented for the
vacant circuit judgeship of the United State;
for this district. / began practice in ths
United States courts here on their re0rganiZa