The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-05-06
WASHINGTON.


Davenport Continue. his Defense oi
:rnne 18Th III sne E'ectio", sases ae.sis;
~ an emd-As Is also General
Seisenk's with Darling Little Emma.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-Thc Committee
on Exdcndlturcs In the department. oil
justice to-day continued the examination
of John !. Davenport. The witllcss was
personally acquainted with every person
who signed the vouchers. and hhew aii
to be genuine knew every man on the
pay-rolls received pay for services ac,uai-
~ rendered; every paper produced was q
bona tde voucher covering niohe! ac,uai'
crs he was now able to furnish, ana thcy
youched for all the money hc had re-
ccived and expended except some very
small sums of no considerable amount.
In reply to Mr.. Conger, the witness
said the result of this expenditure. had
been to suppress and prevent fraudulent
voting. The fraudulent voting was de-
creased greater in the Democrats party
than in the Republican party. ms work
was so completely done hat 1t could now
be carried on at very little expense.
BY Mr.. Conger--llas yonr eXpendi.
tlire of this money consuLimated the OBJECT
which you supposed 1t would. aud wiiich
the president had rca.on TO believe III
would when he authorized the money 10
he paid over to you for this purpose:
Answer--It has.
Several question Of like import
were asked by Mr.. Conscr, 10 which MI.
Caultield strcnuousIy objected.
Mr., Cougcr insisted that II was inipor-
tant to .hov whether the President was
satisfied In ordering The expenditure oil
this sum ot money. After some time was
sp.nt i'm discussion Mr.. CauliIcld OBJ
iccted TO question, being answered unless
The committee de>ided it by vote. \ vote
showed four in the affirmative and three
in the negative.
this thing will lead to now. ,
I'm answer to questions by Mr.. Chanu-
Ter. the witnes, said the entire cost of ms
work had been So 600 the difference be-
tween that sum and s3i, 600 coming from
another fund for which vouchers were IN
the treasury departments: that he charged
the Government for the labor on the
hook. and for the books themselves;
that the government owned some of the
books. but he himself owned others.
which he had copyrighted. Adjourned.
BRIsTow's CASE CLOSED.
The Committee on Expenditures in the
treasury department this morning closed
the investigation Of the charges against
Secretary Bristow in connection with the
release OF the bark Mary Merritt by eN-
animation Of Feland and Irice OF counsel
for owners OF The vessel. They
witnesses tcstifying that
General Bristow's connection with
the case was mere matter Of friend
ship; that he never received any lee or
compensation of any kind, and that his
entire record throughout the affair was
in no manner improbable.
THE sCHENCK TROUBLE.
General Schenck, before the foreign
as an unmitigated ialschoOd. false in
length. breadth and circumference, the
statement made by II. 4. johnson yester.
DAY that he lSchenck) was in a London
brokers' Office during the extreme ex.
element in the Emma Mine shares.
In regard to the statement made yester.
them made out vi whole cloth.
The investigation has been declared
closed.
GENERAL CUSTER ORDERED TO EEJoI>
HIS COMMAND.
Order. have been issued from the Wa
Department directing General Custer Il
resume his command. The Indian cXpe
ditioD. under General Ferry. has alrcad,
started.
HOW THE SILVER GOES.
About s2.OOO.OvO in silver have bccl
paid out at the treasury and -ub-treasu
ries since April 10.