New-York tribune., 1875-01-26

ton with the Pacific Mail Steamship company y.
time you had large snoant o. money a,ni, we're IN my
hands, and some money; portion OF 'neui H"o "''
O Did your understanding with stockwell include
stock Operaiionst A. Stockwell offered, BEFORE We
made the arrangement, To carry Tor me io eee
stock and guaranteed not less than tlo snse.
Witness told him he had not time nor lncnaa.oo W
watch The sotk market; he was not cognlint OF shy
stock operations affecting the subject OF the suOrioy-
not T" hs own k1oSsag s9[ S [e r. ths s total
amount dIsbursed by you A. 1t Is not. cannot say
what Is the total AMOUNT til see the original canceisa
checks assume that the additional amount OF $4,000
Is correct presented the account VI the money 10
stockwell made up statement and account i3r nne
in July and which assumed should 'ep account
Oi SS05O00 IN tins The gross amount was tosIoo1
Tns Is the euuro amount which mas passed through NY
hands
q. Was any moro money expended Q, know that
Parsons received sl3,5oO from sIockweiL
Q. Have you am more iIfornstion This pontf A.
OGiy from hear-ay. IO further testimony Tue witness
smoke OF Siockweh's statement win the PLclnc Mail
Company, receiving iull discharge ON tue payment Oi
lOOoO shares ot tue Compalys socK' ins inc.uueu '
5Neryth thing Witness ba 50 far ~ he could roooI
lect stated the names OF every man to whom money was
given.
BY Mr. Nblack-Hersey, an assistant doorkeeper. re-
celved Sll,OO1 IL Is represented 10 mo that Hrrsey
claimed could control three memb,rs o Congress-
and t90O Of that given To- him for that pur
pOse. member OF the House ,old me this. A.
never heard OF before. IL this were so presume tue
Mr.. FOsLeT-What did Mr.. 6chu.naker represent he
cou,d dOl A. He made no representation h ALL had
known nlm as memoer OF Congress. He was reiuc-
ta1t To come Int0 this business, Out employed scnu-
maker because lie could tue canvass VI tue whole
House, aL the best man 10 take hold Or our Dusi-
hcss. Aud TO show exactly how II stood.
q How was his memory at the time A. relied on
bIs prophetic power aud not ON hs rrcOectOn
Iu reply to Mr Wood. the witness sad lie never en-
gaged In lobby scDnes In CAnornla never LnvDg Deen
AT sacramy mynto ue cOneluered hiBself virtually Ia
charge II subsidy about tue LIST VI February that
was bofOre he aiu OF tho bl Ia the House, whicn
Was On me 2lst OF March. -
q Did yod give tue amount stated to Mr.. Whiting
fol hilseh not 10 be divided Win anybooy else A.
dld uOt understand the money WAS 10 De divided my
Oph1h Is ne Kept IL all he Was strong irlenu VI oeh
ator Co g OF Csn.OrDia.
U Iod gave hun tie money because he was o strong
fienu or thdt Scnaort A. Because Oeing friend VI
MI CUe, lie wodd DC 8Oe 10 get the earnest support
0I 5eator COe ~ tho measure l knew that Mr.. Cole
would active part friends were Interested,
put would no. II his euenes oiiy were Interested MI
COls regarded the Pacific Mail Boamship Company AS
opposed " Ilm, ana Ma C0ie knew Air. waiting 10 DO
bis iriend
q. Mnat was the effect OF the arrangement with Mr..
Cvlc A. Wnen the bill came up iu tue Ssnae, found
MI Cole took ledal1g part iu the matter, and was
sasIsned Mr. Whiting had made satisfactory arrange
meut
q, You don't know of any members who changed
thor votes after the subsidy back from
tac Senaef A. The first vote III Tie House was M Com
nil,tee, where were Yeas Nays. Tue Yeas
ana Nay wero taken the LIST tune, wheA the number IA
iEe negative was aUOut the same US before.
q. Notwithstanding there were 10 Yeas and Nays in
the 1gs INSTANCE, tnuk prObloc 80 ne gcntlemen
sed their votes A heard 1t ~ said bal do not
KuON.
q. Was IL not Indicated 10 you that some members
wUuld cnangn tnelr vOiesi A. NJ. could not have
us eurd to such representations
Y. We're there 10 members OF the House who could
hal applied 10 III Ike manner Win Senator Cole
A. There we4e no men III tue House wno had real VI
lanced wrongs TO resent.
q It was 10 convert Cole from o lake to au
tive advocate OF the subsidy. nope you will eudeavOr
10 make Gear tue real and why tnese
algcd large sums oi money ihe witness IN
S"er ~ Sit Beck said ne knew b. C. WnIiug, ne Knew
Mrs Cole aud Mrs b. Waiting he yer knew the
Two Writings have MAI RED Two sIsers; he did not
know A. IL. Whiting To be 6rOtlclln-aw VI Mrs Cole
but To nau neald that A. H. WnItng "a brother or
cousin OF b. c. Whiting. AZ the Instance OF Mr.. Beck
witness said Ae would make up condensed state-
OF all the amounts expeuaed Dy hm auj TO whom.
BY MIR. Rrgk-Wus MI. SuaW To keep hll the $4,000
gwen MIN himself. A Shaw was employed W
stocxwel. Iyielded to his uIrecuous. reported tue
amount ne was to DC paid. Let everybody SKIN
sxunK. understood GndJ Snaw hal iIIormdton from
Mr. Ciews he was TO De employed, aud stOekweil
BY Mr. WScd@Dii samuel A. Hatch. s,humsker, or
Whiting furnish you witn Isis vi memoers or the
HOuse whom iuey could ibhieuce y Mr Hatch Was
only ouy one wno showed a list of an, kiud c4n'
lauinx the names OF members he could ibnucnce. lie
wanted 10 sL0w VINO his acquainiances were Ii Was
uauusept list or rullcai There were about ~ marked
Danes q Tnlt Is NV impression
O. Wuo we're theyi A. cannot recall them two or
three w,re Missouri, ami several from tue LJusl
ana delegation, whom lac knew PERSONALLY dd not give
linn mUuey 10 luhutncc tlen.
@ Diu any O agens report 10 you that they had
pail 10 any members or ofhces of the House
a. No, exrept TO the doOrkeeper- Boyd aud Jersey
BY Mr.. KAssOuAn iDpressIun seems 10 eAIst that tue
testimony before ths Committee would hHsct some
m,IuUcrs Of Congress. Do you know of any possible
link evidence tAat would lead u, to trace any mem
Der officer or the Hodse Dirtakng O any pIrt vi tue
subsidy II so, AK you 10 state IL. A. know Of
none. have endeavored to state every iact tnluk
Ibave pumped my meInJry pretty dry.
Tie witness stated during mis- examination that b. II.
Cheeycr was employed ny Stock"eIi On Eews's rccOm
urndatOu. Cicw3 wfOIo nuInD:r VI Letters from
Washington to NcwYJrk pending tDc subsidy question.
lie asked SIOcKwel 10 stop tnis letter-wriung, aud
called CueeVer into SlockwelPs room aud gave hn IA
cueck $500. he tnen told Cheever to Ro and wait
fluent talked with members. Jonn Roach Was uot
ploycd work iOr tne subsidy bu IL was promised Oy
oil, II the subsidy voted, That Roach Should
build the ships OF the Company.
Mr. Dawes closely lnterOgdted tue witness asking
tim reason he had iOr keeping coIccalSu the
naues Ul those lie had employed " obLn the subsidy
H. as The witness had said there were arranKc
buL wnat were honOrLble rne witness answered, be-
cause thus employed sensitive, and because
au ian pre- prevailed that men wno received
their services we're dong something wrong.
q. Was tarre any arrdngement tnat tueIr namcs
slTdld lie kept secret "A A.'Nu.
O. Tnen way snoud you nave concealed their names
A. 4 regarded it as confidential employ Inent.
oi tuat you could hOnoraUIy disclose theIr
Way dd you say 50 A. could not reveal their names
because ft would have subjected them " scandal aud
torture.
q. 1t they employed for legitimate and honor
aDe purposes how cOuld 1t have been disDOnoraDe
disclose namesf A IL has always been considered
disnouurdOle ~ disclose tao names VI persons
plJyed.
@. Did they understand t was dshonoriblef A. It
was inherent IN nature OF engagements = dis
closure OF would subject them 10 rigorous
XanInatiOn; their mOGlves would be suspec
ana seems me would be violating confidence to
give thelr names for any purpose
Tne further examination OF The witness was postponed
unlu Wednesday.