The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-26
Pacific Mail Subsidy.

/ Ways and Means committee OF the
House to-day resumed the investigation
in the Pacific Mail subsidy business.
! Richard B. Irwin was recalled and ques-
toned as to what services his payments
were made for, and substantially repeat
ed his previous description OF
/ the services rendered by Moran,
| Sherrell and lngham, and explained the
! importance of being accurately informed
! of the number of votes that could be
| relied on from time to time, so as u de-
/ eide on the comparative cXpediency oil
various courses OF action; for instance,
it was of prime Importance to determine
whether it would be best to have direct
vote taken in the House on concurring
/ in the Senate amendment granting the
/ subsidy, or to have the question referred
To the committee on conference.
! Cormick bored witness to death, and
I was paid to keep out OF his way
Randalps services were of general
/ character; he kept them informed of
: what was going on, and used his intiu-
cnce with personal and political friends.
Witness employed j. W. Forney by per-
emtorv order Of Stockwell; he was not
employed to render any particular aid,
and witness did no: know what he did.
( Forncy was reluctant to accept employ
ment. and told witness that he did not
| think he (Farney) was needed. w. b.
Shaw was employed by Stockwell at the
instance of Henry Clews; Amos Corwin
was also employed by Stockwell; don't
know of his doing anything for his
money. Ward and Berrett had accu-
ratelv stated the character of their ser
vices, ana witness could give the COM
mite no further information than that
heretofore developed.
The witness testified that he had made
an error regarding the amount paid by
him to Whiting. Although Whiting at
first asked 100000, he afterwards COM
promised on S6j, ,000 witness drew II check
for 100000 but Whiting returned him
$4,000. Witness also swore he was
now satisfied that 5000 sent BY him to
Washington to the Simday HsraLd never
reached il and the small sum paid the
Patriot was for advertising; the rest Of
the 81, 800 mentioned was paid to the
lobby for job printing; witness himself
selected and employed Schumacher; the
amount agreed upon to be paid for his
services was fixed by Schumacher and
was wholly contingent on success and did
not strike the witness as unreasonable;
be himself had several times been offered
sums as large as $4,000 tor smaller servi-
ces and had declined; he considered that
| if he were worth that much, Schumacher
was worth what he asked; witness had
no knowledge of what was
done with the 100000; he
| had no agreement or understanding
/ whatever with Schumacher. looking to It's
| disposition; he, of course, expected that
Schumacher would employ somebody to
help him, and did not expect him to
march through the house as solitary
/ Uhlan. Laughter. Witness
| Members,
! give him correct ideas and report pros
| poets from time to time; neither was
! there anv understanding that Whiting
would pay out or divide any portion Of
the money paid him. Witness said that
Sl5OOOO had passed through his hands in
addition to the S75O.0OO but he had al
ready given the Committee the names Of
all the persons to whom the money was
paid; Schumacher had never given him any
intimation that h. could control any votes;
witness was not aware ofany Congressman
who changed their votes; S25,O 900 were
sent to Schumacher by draft from Califor-
mia; in response to Mr. Woods, that it
was to be hoped witness would make
clear why he paid out such suspiciously
large sums. he said he had known $3.50
600 to be paid out to one man, and he
himself would charge Sj,000000 to work
for another subsidy; large sums were all
contingent, and were not paid until tho
passage of the bill; Mr. Shaw was en-
ployed by Mr.. Stockwell, in pursuance
Of arrangements made by hm, Shaw,
Stockwcll and Clews, in regard to stock
operations; Shaw's employment had
nothing to do with newspaper influence,
or with any newspaper man.
Nr. Kasson requested the witness to
state in the fullest possible manner
whether he had any knowledge Of any
thing whatever that could lead the COM
mittce further on towards the ultimate
resting place Of this money paid by him.
Irwin in reply swore positively that he
had no such knowledge.
AT the suggestion of Mr.. Beck, the
witness agreed to write out brief state
ment covering all the material results of
his seven days examination, and to have
it ready by Wednesday.
Adjourned.
The Louisiana Investigation.
New ORLEANS. January 25.-The
Congressional committee is still lnvest-
eating the action Of the Returning
Board The evidence to-day was about
,!e same as that given before the sub
committee. Whitaker, Arroyo and others
Were cAamined, and the Secretary of
State was required 10 furnish the papers
that We're before the Returning Board.
The MeEneryites had again prepared to
submit the - election to the arbitration
of the Congressional Committee
Speaker Kahn don't believe the Re
publicans, if they had the power would
submit to the plan proposed by the eau
Gus resolutions of the Conservatives that
the Congressional committee now in New
Orleans take the returns and declare who
were elected to the Legislature
Receiver Appointed.
CHICAGO, January 25.-ln the United
States Court this morning, Judge Drum
mond appointed John r. Hllliard, of
Peoria. Receiver for the Peoria and Rock
Island Railroad. Mr.. Hlliard is present
Superintendent of the road, and the APP
pointmcnt Is understood to be satisfactory
to all parties interested.
Plans for Increasing the Revenue.
WAsHlNGToN, January 26.-The Sec
rctary of the Treasury this afternoon sent
to the Ways and Means Committee,
tabulated statements showing the in
creased amounts of revenue that could
be provided by re-enacting the import
duty on tea and coffee; by. repeal