Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-04-27
LATE T.ELEeRAMs.
The Fsrs saith ..d Lissis aseh
lAllrNAA Honda.

CINCINNATI, April 26.-The Ga,ets to-
morrow morning will publish an inter-
With John @. Harrison OF India
Mr.. Harrison makes the fol-
statement:
At the September (ls72) meeting Of
he Board Of Directors Of the Union Pa
riho railroad. at which I was present,
he President Of the Board. Horace +.
called the attention OF the Dirsc-
tors TO q letter from the President OF the
Fort Smith and Little Rock railroad
With reference 10 some bonds OF that
road held by the Union Pacific Com
pany. Desiring to know somsthing
more about these bonds. ! made q mo-
ton TO appoint q committee OF three to
and report. before the ad-
journment Of the Board. as 10 how they
came into its possession and all the mat.
tsrs connected herewith. Thsreupon
Z. p. Rollins took me IN one side and
told me I must withdraw my motion,
for an investigation OF the bond question
would involve Blaine. He said the Fall
elections were near at hand and Blaine
was a candidate for reelection TO Con-
sr... In Maine. and an Of the
inst At that time would DO
mr.. ~ dsfeat him. With that I with.
arsv INV motion. Subsequently / took
j. III. Nillard of Omaha, who was and
still remains q Government Director. to
Rollins and In his presence asked Ilol.
lins N I understood him correctly in re-
49, ), ia hond t-r,nsaction involving
p,.sr. III .sid,h.tI did: that AN inyes,
tis.tion vouId be sure to kill OF Blaine
nj ths approacbinp election. Afterwards,
when tho investigating committee, Of
Jeremiah NJ. Wilson was Chair
man, was in session and L. ii. Rollins
va. ON tbs stnnd. I telepraphed Wilson
m n.k witness certain questions concern
the Fort Smith and Little Rock
bonds. lint ON noticing the iaily reports
of Inc committee / saw no such qses.
lions vrre asked. On the 81 OF Feb.
ruary. 1873, I wrote to Wilson, Chair.
man of the committee, moro fully about
,hs matter. relating these facts without
n,cnt;o.inc Bl.ine's name. and stated
lat Ia t,en,action implicated a prom
;n.nt member Of the Republican party.
i never received any reply to the letter
10 Wilson. but Just twsnty.thres days
later Delano, Secretary OF the Interior,
w.o.s ie'.sr S..m.S h.., ~
m"A sa'.ns a,n,.n. ;, sh,rna
nc pai. ~ y, n;,..,as. -, AZ
Union Pacific Railroad, and that ho
therefore proposed 70 appoint NOME one
from Indiana In place OF Harrison. las
proposition met with sneh strong op-
position that u was abandoned. We
were engaged at that time IN making an
active night against the wyoming Coa
Company, which MAS Swindiing the
United States OUT OF my or sixty tnou'
sand dollars o year. II tho committee
wants the letter of Dslano's they can
find q copy OF IL In the Interior Depart
ment. Bear in mind that this action
ON my part as Government Di-
aud tho correspondence Ia
which l have referred, and the effort on
the pant of Delano to have me removed
from the Board Of Directors occurred IN
1872 aud early in 1919, just about the
time Of the reelection Of President
Grant, and when neither Mr.. blaine nor
any other man was spoken Of in connec.
ton with the Presidency In 1876. II Is.
therefore. unreasonable 10 suppose that
anybody at that stage OF the proceedings
was interested In defeating Blaine's Pres
--. ---.-- fls. Hal. D.-l.