Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-11-17

and regrets that he ever came here.
He is unable to live on the salary of
the Office. His business suffers at
home. and he thinks the honors Of the
office are but a small compensation
for sacrifices lie has made.
The Kasson.RegIsfer Libel Case.
Dies MONIES, Nov. 1.-THE Kasson.
Register libel trial was continued to-
day in the District Court. The plain
tifl's deposition was first read in evil
dence. He testified, among other
things, that no did not receive money
or other consideration for his note or
influence in Congress or in the I.egis-
lature, in regard TO tho Dee Moincs
Valley r.. r.. bill.
kasson testified he had no recollec.
ton of preparing or procuring TO be
prepared or passed an amendment TO
the bill in these words: "The non at.
.cep;ance by the ID. v. Railroad Co. of
this act, shall not prevent all prosecu-
tions thereof from having the same
effect as if the same had been accepted
by the Company" ] don't recollect
OF offering any amendment to the
part of the bill as reported to the
House by committee; he did not
know who prepared the clause above
quoted that he was Influenced by no
other motive in the support of this
amendment than a desire to aid the
road that nc never knew of any agent
of the railroad company being pres
ent with money 10 influence legisia-
ton never received money or offer Of
money, or other consideration for his
aid. No consideration was given or
offered for my influence or vote on the
Chicago. Rock Island q Pacific Rail-
road bill. He supported the Tracy
party against the Chicago IL North
western. b. H. Allen paid me $500
April 10Th, 1868, to act for the Compa.
ny against the Chicago 81 Northwest
ern interest, which was bitterly OPP
posing the Chicago, Rock Isiand &
Pacific Railroad IL was after the adj
journment Of the Legislature.
The plaintiff rested the case De
PENDANTS introduced the deposition of
Henry Strong, General Solicitor of the
d. V. Railway. He swore he was in
Des Moincs in 1868 to aid in defeating
unfriendly railroad legislation as to
The ID. y. Railroad. kasson was
Chairman of the House Railroad
Committee. II. Il. Reid and | in
duced kasson to report the bill with
the clause that practically nulliiicd
the Doud amendment, but did not re-
member whether The clause was his an
vention or kasson's. Gen. Reid was
the financial agent at Des MoiLes; do
not know what arguments he used
with plaintiff to induce him to help
the company.
Several other witnesses were intro
duced to show that Mr.. Kasson wrote
the clause.
Mr.. Kasson is yet absent, and his
counsel stated in Court that he would
not come during the trial.
DIES MONIES. Nov. l5.-To-day was
the fifth day OF the libel suit of John
a. kasson against the State Register.
kassoD is still absent. Only an after
noon session was held. Hon. J. ID.
Grinnell, member of Congress with
kasson. at the time of the Kansas Pa
cific or smokey Hill subsidy bill
passed. was on the stand for the de-
Tense for three hours. He testified
that Kasson's vote for the Kansas
road caused great surprise TO the
Iowa delegation. he having been
counted up TO that time. an ardent
advocate OF the Omaha route. Kas-
sons sudden change on this measure,
Grinnell termed az mysterious sum-
mersault which he was never able to
understand.
Grinnell further testified that it was
generally understood al the time the
bill was passed that money was be-
ing used TO induce IFS passage, and
that il was said there were ten mil
lion dollars for somebody; that he
was told that he could have taken
$4,000 worth of stock for his vote ::
that the plan of approaching and Sc
curing the members of Congress was
to sell them stock in the road or
scheme at a merely nominal price. l
considered that the vote Of Kasson
was directly against the interests of
Iowa. and it was generally felt that
the success of one of the Pacific roads
was the defeat of the other; that the
success of the Kansas and Smoky Hill
Line would have defeated the con-
siruction of the Omaha and u. p.
Line. in which the people of Iowa,
and kasson's constituents were who'll
ly interested, and which the Legisla-
tnre Of Iowa had instructed all of its
members Of Congress to support.
Hon. Galusha Parsons, former men,
Der of the Legislature. corroborated
the Testimony of Hon. Samuel Recs,
concerning the fraudulent and sue
cessful interlineation of the bin re-
granting lands TO the Dcs Moincs
Valley Railroad.
The dispositions Of Hon. Hiram
Price and Hon Jas. Il. Wilson. MEM
Der of Congress at the same time, tcs-
tily that Kasson's sudden change on
the Smoky Hill bin was most SUR
prising and unaccountablc. MIR. Price
says the Smoky Hill scheme was one
of those pieces of iniquity which he
could not then, and cannot now, nm
dcrstand. Price and Wilson testify
that they kncW of no money being
paid or used.
The dispositions of Il. L. Allen and
John j.. Tracy, the late President of
the Rock Island Railroad. concerning
the alleged bribin9 Of kasson by that
road when he was Il member of the
Legislature, were very lengthy. Al
len sworc that he paid Kasson $500:
that Kasson would moi take il except
as retainer; that he finally paid il
10 him as q retainer.
Tracy deposcs that he ordered Al
len to pay money: that he knew Kas-
son was not praeticing law; that he
never expected him to render any
legal services, aud that he never did.
and that lie paid him money for his
influence while q member OF the Leg
islatnre.
Judge Reese being called. said that
fraudulent interlIneaiion in the Des
Moincs Valley bin was seen IN Kas-