The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-03-17
CLYNER'S COMMITTEE.
The Attempt OF the Majority to Saddle the Respon-
sibilify on the Ainority--PeHdleton and the Ken
tneky Railroad Claim.

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sibiIify on the Ainority---Pendleton and the Ken
| tneky Railroad Claim.
General Boynton telegraphs to the
Cincinnati Gazette that Mr.. Clymer's in
explicable course in permitting Marsh to
escape, is now attributed to his desire to
break down Mr.. Beiknap without being
forced to also break down Mr. Pendle-
ton. Boynton's statement of the case is
as follows:
The record of Pendleton's settlement
of the Kentucky Central Railroad claim
is briefly this: The road, after having
been paid the usual military rates. filed
a claim for difference between these
rates, and 80 per cent. of the usual rates
to private parties. The amount was
S14S, $50. Secretary Stanton referred it
to Quartermaster General Meigs, who
twice reported strongly against it, and
Stanton refused to pay. In the fall of
1870 Mr.. Pendleton wrote Belknap, ask
ing another consideration of the case
1t was again referred TO Meigs, who
recalled and re-stated his former action,
and twice again reported adversely. It
was then referred to General Mckee
Dunn, Assistant Judge Advocate Gener-
al, who decided that Belknap had right
to reopen the case; that the claim was
good one, and that the Third Auditor
should be asked to settle. Belknap
approved, and a requisition warrant was
issued to Mr.. Pendleton, and payment
rushed through the War and Treasury
Departments in one day, and the whole
face of the claim paid to Pendleton on
June IL, 1871.
IN REGARD TO THE COURSE OF MIR. cLY-
MER.
In regard to this matter, the case as
reported by those in a position to know,
is of character which the Democratic
House must take notice OF, or stand fully
condemned before the country. Mr..
Clymer and Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Bowers,
Mrs. Belknap, the Hon. George II. Pen
dleton, and others, made the tour of
Europe, or a good part oft, together
During this trip the whole party became
pretty well acquainted with the main
facts thus far developed, and others of
a similar character. When it became
known to some who were of the party
that Mr.. Clymer had determined to
bring Mr.. Belknap down, he was remind
ed in the most pointed terms that If he
was determined to do this he could not
decline to bring Mr.. Pendleton downto
Mr.. Clymer constantly evaded the re-
sponsibility by saying that he had no
data to reach Mr. Pendleton. He was
pressed with the counter-statementt that
Mrs. Marsh would testify to it, and that
he had reasons to know something con-
cerning the matter, and that the records
of the Departments would throw light
on the case. He, however, refused to go
into the matter, and the result was that
Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh were allowed to go
without an attempt to ascertain whether
they could throw any light upon the
Pendleton case. These facts have caused
belief in some quarters that it was to
save Pendleton that these witnesses were
allowed to leave town, and that Mrs
Marsh, for the same purpose, was ad-
vised to follow her husband to Canada.
For some reason there has been for
three days past noticeable stampede
ON the subject of investigation among
prominent Democrats. The reason was
not apparent, but the fact has attracted
much attention. Speaker Kerr has, for
the past week, been most earnest and
emphatic in his declarations against the
policy of more investigation He has
carried this so far as to threaten refusal
to appoint such committees, il ordered,
and the only explanation credited is
that it has been ascertained that Demo
Gratis of high position are certain tc suffer
if the campaign against corruption goes
on.