Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-06-01

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TIE KxRR SCANDAL.
The xsi~pris. ysssssday nsraise.
taking IL ~ from The tsasgaphsd
opinions Of the Nsv York Word. Sen.
and other Democratic or so-oallsd Inds-
pendent nsvspspsrs Of The East. -
pousss the easss Of Speaks Ken. and
declares that In Al probability b ID In
nocsnt Of the charge Of bdbstkng
made aeainst him. II b very generous
Of The EAaspris. which hi Rspsb,ieaa
Journal. 70 thus sssk 70 defend . poti-
icai enemy; but the tone Of IL ~srtiels.
whils highly crsditab,s 70 ths courtesy
Of the editor. shows e~onclusivsly thas
the testimony against Ksr has mot been
submitted BY that gsntlsnan 10 The cru
chile Of analytical rsasohins. TIE Nsvs.
too. In the true spirit Of Republican lib
srality. waited for Mr.. Kerr 10 speak b.
fore u made any comments on ths 60
cusaiion. The Speaker Of The House
has spoken. and u eve any man vss
sslf-convictsd Of taking . bdbs. hat
man Il Miehssl O. Kerr.
The story Of The crime b dmply this:
A man named Green wanted . coumis-
sion In the army and va willing 70 pay
for Il. He applied 10 Harvey. Who va
d the time . door-hsspsr Of the HOUSE
Of Representatives. Of which Ken vss .
member. He gave Harnsy $3.50 for
his commission - second lieutenant.
On this point there can b no doubt.
The man Green admits u. and The erss-
turs Harvey oonfsssss L. The commits
sion Of Green ~ secured through the
direct influence Of Kerr. - the records
Of The War Department shov. Kerr
belonged 70 Indiana. and Green 10 New
York. There vas nothing In common
between the two m,n. and Green lad NO
claim upon Ksn's influence. But he
secured II In some way. The question
now arisss, what extraordinary motive
induced Speaker Kerr 10 labor for the
commission Of a man whom he did not
even know BY sight.
Harvey nsvsn this question BY de-
claring that he paid Kerr the $3.50
which he. received. for his influence.
Harney's character In the past has not
been above suspicion. Il 10 true. He II
q New York politician, and hangsr-on OF
portsr.housss. and In this cass had
Speaker Kerr simply denied the charge.
his word woold probably have been sccsp-
ted BY the country y far over.balancine
that Of his scsuser. The mistake made
by Mr.. Kerr VA in denying too much.
He has ovsrstsppsd the bounds Of pru-
dent lying In his attempt to vindieats
himself. He says in his sworn tsst-
mony. referring to Harvey: 81 never
knew this witness In my life.
do not know six door-ksspes about
this house now. never consciously e.
changed . minutes eonvsrsation Be-
tween heaven and earth With that per.
son. I never knew him. and he vas
never at my room. a. he has stated"
These are plain words. and they are
strong and emphatic. u the editor Of the
Eairpri~ must admit.
Now In the light OF this denial. how
doss the case standi Mr.. Harvey Ii
really The only prosecuting witness, and
upon his testimony alone the charge
must stand or fall. Mr.. Green h virtually
= witness for the defense. He says that
he paid the money 10 Harvey. but he
never ~undsrstood. and does NOT believe.
that Kerr received . cent Of Il. Still he
acknowledges that the commission was
procured through Hsrnsy's agency. and
the records shov thai the influence Of
Kerr. and Of Kerr alone. VA used In
securing ID. And In the lace OF all this
the accused Speaker takes an oath b.
fore the Committee that he never spoke
10 Harvey in his life. and never knew
him. In not this. to use . slang. but
remarkably expressive word, ''eauzyf"
Does Speaker Kerr imagine that any
body will believe what he says. when
the proven facts demonstrate his words
TO Be- 90 utterly falssi and does the gem
erosity Of the Eaierpriss 90 ~ far that
its eyes are blurred to the most obvious
facts, Had Mr.. Kerr simply denied
that he eve received the money. the
News would have believed hin. A The
case now stands We are forced to the
conviction that this Democratic Speaker
10 not only = bribs-tAker. bat . dslibsr-
ats perjursr.