, 1876-06-03
The Committee Fail to Shake His Tes.
timony in the Loast.
Discussion In the Senate Of The Legislative
Appropriation ll1ll.
Statement that the President will Veto
the Whole Bill II His Salary Be
Reduced.
I{EI}T2,


n great deal of ground, and embraced questions
wh!cl, had the least possible s1cnr II; upon hin
stan,ling MS witness. lie maintained hts first
statement to the last Meyer Strauss, tx.Dcfn-
ogratc member from Pennsylvania, took the
stand, aud testified that he knew lInrncy well
when he wns Dnorkceprr, and that
lie was much with him; that lie
we'll remembers Tint fIarncy asked his
help II get Green o commission anil said II l,r
got It fur Grcen he cou[,l makr ecycrnE hundred
dollars and Strauss says hn lid help hin. III
fact, tic rurortls Eow tint lie recommended
Green. In other words, fur the purpose, strnuss
testified that he helped Itarncy bleed Grcer.
MIR. Clymcr was to-day given the name ot Wit
ness In this city wu It WIS .lcclurcl woulti tcs-
tIfy that Strauss sold IN army appointment lll,n-
self. ...
TnK TESTIMONY.
10 fae Hfsfsrn As<ociassd {rfss
WAan1saron, ID. c., June 2-rhe cross-ex-
animation Of 1tarney was resumed to-day hu-
fore the Committee on Expenditures In tlle
War Department, II. X. Eillott, counsel for
Speaker Kerr. conducting It. The witness said
lie would like to have Speaker Kerr present.
Mr.. Cly.nc%, tho Chairman, rcplicd TINT Mr..
Kerr was not we'll enough to be here. The Wit
ness then said ttsat the time that lah elapsed
between his t!rst interview with Green, who
WIS seeking for postton In the army, and his
first interview witt. Mr.. Kerr on the subject, was
inside Of month. Within TINT time hr vas
looking a1nong tic TGllbrrs OF Congress tu
find out who lIM sucll nn appointment IN the
army. lie spoke to William \, Darln,g, Henry
member of the Iiousc. from Brooklyn, slnrc
dead. lie did NOT recollcct thu nuues Of my
others, ind nny have applied to u gcntlesnai,
named for tnfornAtion:: Witness repeated
t.3,n$i Ltti t{Ith-
t!on, Including the statement that Kerr ,snil
tlmt Green, hcing Republican,, must hnyu
Democratic Endorsement. lie thought Green
had said Fernando Wood lad recommended
AiHu.
THE MAnEET rn1cE.
Q.-Dfa you nut propose to Green before you
consulted with nny tIcinbtrs VI Congress TINT
you wold procre linn PiacS for ssp or s1
cost, rs dill not know what tho price Of il
member Of Congress wns' e..
Q.-Dld you not ut tllc first Interview rrorasc
specifically to him to pracure the appointment
Tie witness here relatcd the circumstances IF
hts interview with United States Distrirt.At-
torney Bliss. ue safn Bliss sent fnr him. Bliss
was aons IND, rs he entered & us &5o,,, sl'ook !;
anl ndlcd that le looked well, and comI'Il-
1llrntcti him III hts appearance. [1.augi,tcr.]
And then Bliss expressed II desire to knt,w
something ab,nt the t'rccn matter Bliss
%as Ssks9 ths trousst 't:sa coa.ns s; to i
sskcd, adss "pii you you not Interest yoarsy1f
aluut Grccn, and Is there n.y money IN tue
tIIng aiout monyy. lie never eaw Bliss again
On the subject. He nude ITO communicating to
any other gentlemen, nor was he Interviewed by
newspaper correspondents. .
The witness said TIT fRct that ho secured thu
appointment OF Green was
KNOWN TO EyERYHQDY IN NEW TDIkts:
but he snid nothing at1Uut money to anybody.
lie repeated thut It WINS between and in tic
aitcrnnon when Mr. Kerr Sallel him aside at
said, u Will takc the lnoney now." After he
received tsic moncy from Green he kept It IN
Ills pocket Us tic best place, till he give it 10
Mr. Elliott asked the witness about his rccol-
lection Ut thu copy of an anonymous letter sent
to Speaker Kerr, nnd which l!n0 been shown to
him by Mo,,rc.
Mr.. Elliott wanted wltl,css to write down thr
copy Ut the letter, bit witness said he could not
do 10, VI tho only words he saw in thu letter
were "Lawrellcc lInrtscy, $l5o.h Mr.. Elliott
desired thus to test the recollection Of tho Wit
ness. Tho Chairman decided that Elliott hml u
right to make the request will! the view of prov
Ins the witrtaa to httvc been tic writer of An
anonymous letter. The Witness wrott hfs name
III II piece Of paper, I'll TINT Mr. Elliott might
judge Of his handwriting. Mr.. Elliott t1'st.ted
WIS now too nervous to write, but liz might lie
able to do 80 kofne time ttray. Mr. Elliott
then wuiycd his demand for the present. W.T.
l,css worked for Green from motives uf friend
6ltl,. il,lu never expected to make anything Of
II, liz never hui any uthcr dlsihtcrcstcl trahs-
notion Ut that kind. 1ie further testified lc
met Mouru ut the 7'r;tuus building, but sAji
nothuE nors to him t,an to Pass the tmc of
s'dainnett rascals." liz
TRIED TO LIE 4 MORAL MAN,
and thcsefurc never uscu such lnl,guage. After
he had given his testimony On M0ntiuy, hc left
before he was fnntctl ut In the passagewny l,y
men whom ie thought wcra employed In the
foldng-roon,. l1o hurried tlit OF thu Capitol
us,sl returned to Ills llotel lie there saw Wake
nu.l nlso returned to Nrw York with him.
Wakeman told him he ca,,,c To Washington to
atte,l.l to rase tn the Supreme Court.
Wltncss had hurried conversation with the
ness, "What lave You been doing ut the Cup
ttul t.,-ilay, making surl, big row!" he re-.
piled he (thc clerk) would lind out the cn1fe.
tlucncr, aud nude son c .llustun to the DGnu'.
rs he was very much excited ut thu time, in con.
sequence Df The rude Treatment he received ut
the Captol, but su,n after making the rttnurk,
seeing the tmrroprcty Of Il, hr RECALLED IT.
tub ANONYMOUS LKrTEH.
After the reyess Elliott renewed Ills request
nous letter addressed to Speaker Kerr, which
hp did. The letter Is rs follows: 49,.
"a r,l,nor Is circulating fn New York that
one iiarnny now III ths Apprascr,s Depnrt-
rointncnt ot onc Augustus r. Areen, If Nrw
York, a. Second Lieutenant. llarncy may be
Summoned, Does not want tn he. Has not
yet bccn."
Elliott having asked witness at what college
he graduated, liz replied that all tic schooling
he received was between Q a1'd u yrars Of ase,
ut Methodist sciluol. ltclnE asked whether he
could not spell better thun he lust did, witness
replied he had donr tho best Ac could under
Tie present circumstances.
Mr.. Elliutt exhibited tu witness lcttrr, which
be said his Wifi wrote ut the detation Uf Green,
aA1 aligned Ills nan,o tn, 1t.
Tho crt>ss-e1ulNtnati0n here ended.
MEYER bTHAuhS,
OF Pennsylvania, hetng swor,l, tcattietl that lie
waa a member Of Congress trom the scluylkllt
Dstrtct in lbUk lii knew llar1,cy, Assistant
Duofkreper. llurney number 1T Tines askt.i
him to Use his Influence to procure h!s frienl
Green III appointment In the army. Harvey
spoke Ut trecn's character as soldier, au.l wlt-
ness wrotu letter to President Johnson III
favor pf such appointment. Il4rney said to
him, " You huve Influence with the President,