, 1876-04-26
TIE CoSFEDERATEB AGAIN D1BAppoINTED.
ltkciat Il,fu1tdA 70 Tbt Ch1eGdQ Tribune.

Sxeinl D,gpasoh to The Ch,eaqa Tribune.
WAsn1NoTos, D. G.. April 25.-Ihe Committee
on Expenditures in tL9 Department OF JuBtics
bad before thcm to-day ex-Attor1oy-Gcuolal
Akermau aud no other witness. Moht OF tho
nession was private and WAS unlmportaut, Aker-
man. at lis examination yesterday declined to
betsay Conversations bctweon htmsolf and tho
President on tho subject OF The Society for tho
Prevention OF Fraudulent Votsng. and asked
fort!u1o. lie was given untl this morning, when,
On being again called bofore tic Coiumittee. ho
It'll declined, untosn tho Committee Hhould do
lido BY vote tu compel htn. A rscass Of tho
Uournttoe followed. Another session wau
sal!od, motion mado to compel him to anHwor
forthwith, and n yoto In tho affirmative was de-
s1arod. Aftor all tlis ceremony tho Co1nm!tsee,
hopeful 10 degree almost tnsreliblo. lcarncd
With BORROW that Akcrrpan know nothing, and
hzd
NEVER TALKEp WITH THE PRESIDENT
e is 1s hs MT s aSsnr
having nothing bo!tor 10 do, arc calling him Peck
sniE. Akesman did testify, however that he
kneT very little about the work beng done
nation was By lottor from tho President by tho
hands Of Gen. Porter, in tho summer Of 1871,
the Proslden he.ug thon at Long HrAnch. 1Io
hAd tal4ea III tha President aovaral snos, but
ho coud y remember ANYTHING particular that
the pruh. oSas sud. uo heard Tint great frauds
bad beon co nmitted in New York In the etco-
lion Of CoIstcsasuon aud other o1lceIu. The
President Aad first directed payment Of money
under tho laws. but he assumed the whole
responsibility. ue Lad withdrawn money from
Tho Secret Service fund and converted 1t
10 the pAymont Of Davenport but 1noRt OF
h had passed through Wlit!oy's lands ~ tho
head Of the Secret borvicc Division.
Alderman aaid. in reply to questions, that ho
had neyar issuod instructions to Davenport, nor
had the latter male any report to him IA to how
}ho money mas spent ..-...
to tho Committee; but Alderman explained thst
1t wRs impossible 10 mako toport evory day Or
kHo on Huch caaos. aud. had Ao Atad III the
Cabinet, no doubt ha would have required re-
poIta And issued Instructions at tho ptoper time.
Tho Demoorass acknowledge Tonight that
thay wore completely surprised Rt tho old mans
threN dncas and snoothncaa Of tongue. lie con-
inued 10 tAik, they Boy, for more than two
hours, wArdsng questions AUD talking 30 plausi-
bly that thoy could neither interrupt him nor
ket any information from him. Hc Ia. il possi-
bio, lsas aasisfacsoEy - wisuess than Dayen-
port.
LITTLE JOHNNIE DAVENPORT
Ae1rcctod tomorrow to continue lis aketch Of
!he ranmany frauds, which ha is recitIug to tho
uaulaeld Committee. THO attempts to prove
tnss Davenport ass made large suhia Of money
sns ot big Efforts to suppress the I'm. n
ruth ia that hIa enthusiasm on ths subject was
20 great that TO borrowed largo au.us Of money
% carry out his preventive schome, and now u
personally indebted to tho amount OF e225, 600
% this account. Among other persons who arc
aoH carrying bis paper on account OF thase H.
livtdual loans arc Jackson Il. Schultz and CIln-
toa Wheeler, OF New York.
[Ta III Aseoetated Pr<As.l
WHAT AKEAA1AN HAID.
:, WARRINGTON, D. c., April at.--Ex-Attorney.
ueneral AkeEman to-day asked ths Committee
bn Expenditures In tho Department Of Justice
10 consider NAesher they would demand Of hlu
20 ansser to the questions pzopounded ycster
LAY, whether he conferred with the presidsn
before paying certain moneya to John l. DAyen
port. The full Committee not being present,
feces8 WAS taken till q o'clock.
On rsassembing, the Committee decided to
require the anawor from lit. Akerm4n, who thef
PVT To \ protest, on tho ground that It Wss both
illegal and prohibited by the atatute that suot
nonmun.oAtton NTH tho Executive should b.
made public. He then testified to conversation
similar to those narrated by ox-AtsoInsy-1eu
sfAl Wliliama with the President.
Nj. AkermAn stated that Soma TINA In 1871
whtle the President was 1t Long BrAnch and b
fAksrman) MAS 10 Warrington, he rocciysd
letter written By Qen. Porter in acoordauas will
tes direction et tho Prestdant. stating thAt Lii
Davenport vas engaged In searching out fraud
ssalnsa naturalization snd ts8stratloa Il
Asx 1etk, aud suggsstlns 10 him (AksrmAn