The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-06-01
THE SCANDAL MILL.

Still Grinding the Blaine Grist.
Washington. May 31.-The sub
judiciary committee investigating the
$4,000 bord charge against Ex-
Speaker Blaine to-day examined War
rem Fisher, Jr., of Boston. He testified
that he was contractor for building
portion of the Fort Smith & Little
Rock railroad and sold out his contract
to Josiah Caldwell. Witness was to
have received from him SIS, 1000, but
actually received only $25, 900; he was
to be paid by the company in bonds
and stock, and thus received probably
about $780, 900 or S40O, 900. which he
sold or traded off from time to time.
Witness further testified that he never
said he gave Blaine $4,000 in bonds
of the L. r. & Fort Smith railway
without consideration, nor had he
ever said anything of this nature, nor
had he, as a matter of fact, ever given
Blaine Sl30,000 in bonds without a
consideration. He never sold any
bonds to Tom Scott aud never saw
him but once in his life, and that was
in 1861. Witness never sold any bonds
to Blaine, but sold him stock. He
understood that Blaine owned some
bonds, and thinks Blaine himself told
him so; does not know what he did
with them, and don't know that any
of them found their way to the U. +.
company.
Hunter read to witness report in
the papers that he said he gave Blaine
$3.50, 900 in bonds without a consider
alton, and asked if he said SO. Wit
ness replied that he never said that
nor anything like it. Witness never
was connected with the U. P. Co. do
not know Morton, Bliss q Co., and
never had any transaction with them
The bonds spoken of by witness as
being owned by Blaine, he understood
were bought by Blaine for other par
ties.
E. Atkins, of Boston, testified that
he had been director of the U. P.
Co. since 1869, and had been a MEM
ber of the executive committee. He
first knew about the Fort Smith g.
order came to the treasurer to pay
draft of Morton, Bliss & Co. for S64, 900
for 75 of them, owned by Tom Scott;
he understood it was in lieu of paying
o large salary to Scott; Scott was of
immense value to the road and in
creased the market value of its securi-
ties; he always supposed that Scott
took hold of the U. P. in order to make
= connection to the Pacific coast for
the Pennsylvania Central road; wit
ness knew that some inquiry was
made in the board about the purchase
of these bonds and satisfactory ex-
planaticn given. He never heard that
an investigation would involve Blaine.
The Ha,caiian G,'ist.
The committee of ways and means
this morning continued their inquiry
as to whether improper influences
were employed to procure the passage
by the House of the bill to carry the
Hawaiian treaty into effect. DIR. Me-
haffy, of Washington, was examined
and testified that ne knew nothing
whatever on the subject except by ru-
NOR.
Chief Justice Allen, of Hawaii, diplo-
matte representative OF the Sandwich
Islands in connection with the recip-
rocity treaty, then voluntarily appear
ed and made statement under oath to
the effect that not a dollar of money
had been spent by Hawaiians to se-
cure the passage of the bin except
about $50 for printing, nor had he any
knowledge whatever of any lobby ex-