Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-06-08

mitted that he had not slept for two nights
and had been sick for nearly month, thert
was very little of his native pugnacity left
Harney said that he had been Republican
ever since the Republican party was started
and had held office since 1853; that he had be-
fore that time been an officer on the Third
avenue railroad, then an employee in the
comptroller's office, New Fork, then in the
New York custom-house, ard finally assist
ant appraiser in the appraisers office; that he
resigned on the 4th day of. this month, his re-
signati;oc To take effect on the 29th of last
month, and that he did not know whether Or
not his resignation had been accepted.
When asked upon what ground he had
been appointed to these several offices he
threw his right hand in the air, struck a stage
attitude and said he was appointed to them
upon his own integrity, and that the offices
had sought him. Several times there was a
disposition shown on the part of Mr.. Elliott
to browbeat the witness, and by the witness to
retaliate upon the questioning lawyer, and
several times the witness said so much that
the questioning lawyer did not want him to
say that he was called to order both by the
lawyer and the committee. 1t was a scene
throughout that was interesting enough to
pale the Marsh testimony in the Belknap case,
cation this year.
The Belknap case, and all others that raised
excitements of one kind or other, have been
no comparison to this, where wild Irshman
of good character upon the witness stand as
sailed the integrity of Scotchman, the Speak
er of the House, and their native antagonisms
were brought to bear at once. There was
time in the course of the investigation when
the question of religion was brought up to
show the motives of the witness, and, to the
surprise of everybody, the witness said he was
an Episcopalian. At the end of the inquiry
tha witness was dismissed until Wednesday,
at o'clock, upon the request of Mr. Elliott,
counsel for Mr.. Kerr, that he be allowed time
to prepare further questions The understand
ing was, as expressed by the counsel, the CON-
mittee and the witness, that Mr.. Harney is
to stay st the Arlington until the committee
gets through with him.
He answered every question put so fully
and so plainly that once in while an Irish
bull was made that was rather laughable than
against the witness. Mr.. Elliott left the CON-
mittee-room feeling quite chagrined at the re-
ception the witness had given them.
MIR. Kerr, who had probably sat in the
committee-room listening and exercising both
mind and body beyond his strength, asks
leave to saw few words. Leave was granted,
and he said that all he wanted to do then, be-
cause he was not strong enough to go into
discussion or details, was to deny in toto every
allegation charged or insinuation that Mr..
Harvey had made, and to say that he did not
Know the witness, and did not believe he had
ever called at his Kerr's) house. Mr.. Kerr
said that although to-day every door-keeper of
the House was supposed to be his political
friend, he did not know six of them; that he
was sure that he had never been paid cent by
Mr.. Harney or by anybody else for the thing
alleged, or for anything else of an illegitimate
character during bis official life.
The direction and evident intention of Mr.
Kerrs statement (and he demanded to be put |
under oath before making it, was to the effect
that everything that Harney had alleged was
false. On Wednesday at 1 o'clock he pro-
posed to be ready to give the details.
Mr.. Crosby, chief clerk of the War Depart
ment, brought down all the original papers in
the case, and left copies. These papers to |
some extent corroborated Mr.. Harney, by |
showing personal letters from.Mr. Kerr in re-
gard to the original appointment made at Mr..
Kerr's request, and also recent letter, of
April 18, 1876, from Mr.. Green's status, &c.
From these letters and records and Harney's
testimony it appears that Green was cashiered
from the army in 1873.
There was an immense amount of discussion
about this thing last night, nobody caring to
believe Harney's testimony until Mr.. Kerr
was heard, because of the experience already
had with such men as Bell, Whitley, Lyon,
Johnson, Ferguson, Seelye and Others but,
then, people who know Harney say that his
integrity cannot be impeached. Some say
lhoe <AoiohA w ohOLAoL, WIZ SdhC hCiC J CotCi-
day morning on the train with Harney, is
working against Mr.. Kerr through the instruc-
ions of District Attorney Bliss and others to
make point for the Republican party. Certain
It is that, while the members of Congress and
Of the committee see what an awful bad case
t is against Mr.. Kerr, they are not disposed
% do as the Democrats have done with Re
and throw them out of every op-
,ortunity TO defend himself.
On the contrary, there is every disposition
IN the part of the Republican members of the
to allow the widest latitude to Mr..
Kerr or any of his friends to bring evidence to
,ear, even to impeach the witness-a thing
llmost unheard of during the present session.
They propose to admit any and every kind of
evidence, in the strong and sincere hope that
Nr. Kerr will be fully and thoroughly acquit-
ed. This is different from the method that
las been adopted in prosecuting Republican
,fficlals, and it is well known by all the New
FORK members of Congress that Lawrence
darney has never been detective, thief,
,erjurer, a blackmailer or a criminal of any
ort, nor an inmate of the penitentiary or one
who deserves to be there, and that he never
vas on the witness stand before.
THOUGH COPS humble children may
both breakfast and dine on bread of ad-
versity and water of affliction they will
be sure to supsweetly and plentifully..
And the believing expectation of the
after might serve to qualify the form
Or, and make them easy under it.
MAN is subject to fate solely In him.
self, not in Others; he soon hardens his
mind against all fear, and prepares it