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A sTRAH BIDDERS $40. 600,
And the withdrawing Of Gen. John A. J.
CresweIl.
WASHINGTON. March 2l.-It ha. been

WASHINGTON, March H.-It ha. been
claimed that the testimony of Bradley Barlow
and Col 10. McKibben completely exonerates
the majority of the Committee ON Post Ofhces
and Post Roads In the Forty second Congress
from the charge that they had been impro perly
Influenced TO make n whitewashinq report. The
facts, as developed 10y the examination Of the
two.w,tncsscs above named. do not prove posi-.
lively that any OF the Republican members Of
that committee were corrupted, but thew do
most clearly prove that corrurt means were pro-
vided for that Iurpuse. Barlow sweaTs that he
paid to Col. W. II. Farrar $4,000 to STOP the in.
vestieation, and that he did not inquire what
means were to be resor ed to to accomplish
that result He simply paid the money and did
not ask what Farrar was going to do with II.
he did not want to know any Of the details, and
II he ever heard any lie tried to FORGET them.
The Reuuhlicane on the present committee
called CoI MEX ihnen' In the homes Of showine
that he received a portion Of this money. In
asmuch as he was the lie ding spirit IT, the party
promoting the tnvestigatton Mr.. Mckihben
swegrs most positively that ne never received
one cent OF the $4,000 paid to Farrar and that
he never heard OF any money being paid To him.
ne moreover swears that there Was ample PROOF
before the committee to establish everything
.nat ne nan ever charReu W regard 10 straw tiu
dug and the letting ot tue routes In the SOUTH
west and Northwest. He WIS particularly
interested ia the Southwestern lettings, and
the fact that he had not been fairy dealt
with by the Post Once Department III
regard to his bids on routes In that sec
tion induced him to take part In the 1ght
against the Ring. The most overwhelming
proof was produced to show that the grossost
frauds had been practised on the Government
In the letting of the routes in the Southwest. a.
well ~ In tile Northwest. nut shortly after the
to be removed 10 Providence Hes rital When
be got well he reformed to the work of showing
up the frauds. but the majority Of the commit
tee would no longer permit him to he present
and conduct the investigation. He continued.
however. To aid n every wa he could until the
committee resolved to stop. and then he gave
the minority all the assistance he could In the
prep ttiOn ~ their report.
Between the time Of Mckibbens attack and
his convalescence "a change was wrought On the
minds of the members Of the majority. l. was
shortly after Mex iOben went to the hospital
that the $4,000 VAS paid to Farrar to stop the
plshedi Mckibben swears tnat there was tes-
timOnv enough In to convict, and that plenty
more could ave been furnished. but that whom
he recovered they would not let him In the COM
suggestions IN regard TO certain documentary
evidence were not reg rned, ana the inquiry
came TO 81 nd, not because Of a lack
of witnesses aud evidence, but because
the mai ltity arb rarily determined to stoD and
make "A whitewashiug report. There were only
three parties interested In the nght against tue
Ring, tickiuhen. Farrar and LUckw OOd. The
forty tuOustni dollars was paid 10 Farrar 10
stop the Investigation. lie did not nay anything
to MckiDteu. DId he DIVIDE with Lockwood
IhIt cannot he discovered now, for both IRE
dead hut II Il not likely tnst shrewd fell
low as Barlow paid forty thousand dollars to
ANY oil two Of the combination and leave tue
STRONGEST man Of the party still nghting. II ~
much more reasonable to suppose that Farrir
put at least n part Of the forty thousand dollars
whcrr II would do the most good with the RV-
publican members OF the committee. The re-
sui. ahe- that presumption seem very natural
any rate.