, 1876-05-16

nFhll& III hHC pHluu lAalENail Company
and that there must bc tUn1e corruption about It..
lls abandoned Tho investigation before the l.oatl
q Dlrec.ors. aud soportdd to Thu Congressional
Mr. Ri,dnc-Dnt did sou do 20 orlelaily,,
r. 1Iarrsoh-1 etEneh mo nhn1c 10 tho telegram
60 oGTsFamsns % D'Foetos OF tho un'oa fac'i9
NJ iiafTson e - ansve1 e a question 81 By MI
oynf n..ae il not connected with theto bonds"
Mr ySa HY fsG,on ten 70 oos'o TINT
Mr. Ilarrison-only from what Rollins stated 10
son,eth'ns me- that waald blow Bhino ssy:hish when;
Mr. Mafrison-1 only repeated what Rollins told
Mir. Diatne---Yon did not speak Of having dyna!
mite Tint wonld blow mo nri
s.,,sso1x ,at se vi" ;o ssno b, put written # M. e a' nat
should have told you In reply that tbs books Of tho
ns'ne @ II eonnse.on vlt1 ttho + 6ona, q ii any
camo from iol,ins, who said M investigation
woula ruin you and dcfcat your election to Com
sir. nlalne-Whcn Ind been elected two dnyg
':.'i NJ. aarr,,onerha.. whs. Rollins told me. j
NJ blaine, Addressing llnrton, ta!d !I,, that a q.
na9e, the l,1eeea!nsB had been conducted Ms II ha
Nc, Hunter rsid lint willie It was trnc Tint
| Dlaiuc's nan,o was not mentioned In the rcso1n.
@ "t SFe he IN n9 wa % @
nna 30 n!ans mist andcrstnnd II after Ills eonYer:
saMon M n,a Min a; ". ,o- ~. .opr,,x, ,,
knaness opening ths aoos % IL s s sa.gnn s a
| md snd that On Col sco.t.a testimony this cnso
eo ra espn Fl fell oy s ali sas he A. aeS t sp
reference to himself hut everything about tho my.
enty .tiyG bonds 1s vas correct . and ,,p; n,rops;t
an sg, caes o .ir, Ic eHnest @ ,nthi ne 10
col SCOTT /
| was sworn, and, on beng examined by Hnnton,
s. ha 10 Wae thoss To,t s
| and four months previously 10 hfs scli.
Company. tic bought them from lacob Caldwell
who WA negotiating tho bonds 1t tlat Company.
Caldwell belonged to i|os.on, Aut ho didn't know
| where ho vas row, II uniofsfood, however, TINT
Caldwell, during. tho panic of 1874 went 10 ,Eu-
2ls as: fs 6s and s s' ass Sss
for tho bonds Tha purchase was matle In 1870,
Mhsn a, 10 haa noihng ir 70 40 %h on o
CD Tor Tia Ionia md soii thnn1 10 ti,o Onion r.
cidc 1iaiiroad through Morton, BIips d Co. for
n mn ~ ytics n Isn rresfnnt IL of the ampany u tia
sncse m. inw sio,yn nnl eS"Tvth,nn connrctci,
pe Waa nGt m m Gn H. ln.n aa;r 1nfo
lad believed ti.o Committee woujd rlyo lin lib.
crai comnensatioH 1nr ,,fs sorYees 1ie wss nrcsse
for money, which be wanted mare than tho nero
,nfttsn shnn}d Inv 'ttns1 sgvcnty.nyn bom,Is
''' Of The 'A'"I ii.tle ' t,ori k & T rort IT. smi,h ]
| Railroad Company. liz waa to hayo., the
option OF buying. them back. Tho Executive Com.
nllttec agreed t0 bny tho bouds at thu price liked
tLrongh Morton, l,lfss y c., and the bonds vent
to the Union Pacific Railroad Company in this d.
rect way and in no other. llh years sa1ary hat
never bepn .patl. Tint wond be 81, 900 with In
| teEest. II this Arkansas lsoad had been COM
plctcd lho bonds would l,asc. been worth from
10 TO 100 cents on tho dollar. lio had rendered
thu union Pacific RA!lroas Company. q service for
/ which there YVES market value. lie was AAtis
fed that II the Little R0ck g. Fort Smith lailsua1
had been built, tts bonds wond 1avt bcen az good
ns thoso OF tho Union Pacific hro to-day. 1ie rG'
Vcateh that this purchase Of tho seventy 1.-Two bonds
| by the Company was In consideration uf vhlunhla
services rendered by him. Tho inseAtnent In these
| honda WINS bccausc thu Company wanted 10 do m
! equitable thing for lin. Tho Company did not
n ~ tat ~ M" VI
Ell nn,1orat,,nd vnn IL sav f,s Erccu+trc rorn.
,riftoo ~ ,SbIrh vn1, urrr Hr.oi11cTo ~ u,on,imr
boualt thesn teytnty.Gye Gonls 10 oillEe Yo,.
A.eFa,tfaijY to ollvS me aud nIao in cunsifrra.
ton of valuable sorslc.a. "' '''0 >~''''"'@
| Col. scott Tcueatcd that tho bon14 belonged To
him, and were snld to tNe com,ary wien ho want