, 1876-06-28
Senator TOT f1vn months. Kcycs Ind once ,nttnat'
cd 10 CUnki,n that

by getting thc pacet hui nevoI .s!h nngt',!nR ot
waa sppontct,, hut t'onklIn denied receiving nny
rxcept t"t potfca' pnrp"ses Conkiim ne*ns ssq" ~
tu,,- ntate! i"r hotel e1ptnres ul cigar. Gohk"
l1 .hll the only money that hc tece!yr from my.
tari,enter knew. waa FIR .be following purroscs;
frsH TIM 81, 100 fnr hutp aud miscellaneous cs.
nsr tne actuH! IL ksyss III
mrnt; thlr'!. n,oncy expended by Conkln oi trip
TT CIR CERTAIN LETTERS Fo.t CARPENTER.
4, 10 gu lhe'e ,ghyhent'. s;ouk'n rworr That
ansniy f"r thu payment This was particularly
while On a private commission for Conkl'n to
Washington. laacenFs tho removal Of Hlrd aa,l The
apront,n"nt n t:onklm bim.elf. AZ this print
tunk ln rave Ills definition of the language ''For
icsslon upon which bis immunity waa accurc,i.
THIS bgrsHirloN
may bc u,eful when t:onklIn shall hereafter bo
conkIn said TINT hn cInphatcalIy considered that
lS pnic,s snss son. Sfys i oy oSest R;s
;sns IL neenrc Conklina ps!sonai appointment N'
ssts "a ss sna, 5 h. esahsan Hes bly,
hencs he charged the expenses ~ :" ,expeaatsfe
fur potIcai panose ana co'1cetsd It, from With,
which Conkn's expense 10 Now Urlcan. u Get
letters tF ss5pGnt:' IT., pa,a w.. sm attained
such MI A1srssincn. having bcen 1nade: bEt
as bolh thrse dIrtfllcrs lad offered 10 hr'p
the% s s "nsy. s e eo%sssnF hst Ii. n ns.oa
To New ORLEANS waa political. conk!!u not
entirely eHGsstcnt in his statements for at one
,cAKrEn1En MUST HAVE KNOWN
that tlsc muncY t"r ~ SeT Orleans ttlp came from
mi Ina htn fn1 In
raiac u'oncy from whisky men for political .pnF-
tho M ,n for .'e !s13sc Of tt
half Of Carpenter. cnnkiEn learned TINT t!lc op.
talon VI thu .seatfntl IL Carpenters election cou
f. II ~ I'll. !: and ni
Il. KeYca likewise objected. Conklin undertook
viii viii liz lie d,tilcrs Wirth Snnns,nachcr % pur.
c!iase Thomson's and o:!cr stock IN the naperta
sIfrd: Goukl,a went vent Iask % Madison
fascd i'' 10 have ' anything ID s' d. Wilt viii i,
md the bargain wis not completed. Tt.e nrsotla.
ton "ns eoi,tnctrd BY Coilki!n through 1hntnaoua
former rAitpr II the Sentinel Carpenter, upan
the cfoss.exnmfnatlun,
TntRp 70 MAXI IT ArrEan
That hc had HI knowledge TINT thtse payments
calae from wtFsky 1ncn. Conklin HAd. however.
that t'afpenter. otec, when they were conserrins
n
anythinS about nv money cotuius ron, Hnu such
aui,scnn.' Carrentcr suGscGnyntiy stated Tint lie
did mi want 10 be- plpctrd if any ,.iouey lad to Gu
mhrd for thc nurchaee Of yoten.
Curnrnter-no vol hultcyr from what you know
Of nj II, lIlat 1liyaes Tint II had known t|at YOU
were min. to cullrct TINT lnuncy Of Nuuuemnchcr
md u}ndskvpf would have psrmittc, ynn 10 10
III Al In mt knnw what yom would liayc puiI
If mentioned the names, / yaye yuW to un,cr.
stnn,I that could be Reimbursed fra tt,liuncy for
p0licai purposes. Some af tic mast artlrut snp-
;ortcss YOU lad were wLpky uten, at, tley did 1,pt
:nre csnt nl,ntt ,uousy II yuu coulI Iu rlctra in
hit y WY. w. ' '''>' S~"'N ~ ~'~~''~ -
Earrm,icr then pruccecpa to olta!n from Conk.
lin MI ntlmsspn thut tl,u money naih by Mlwam.
Lrs WHISKY men. tic Nan,lel lnntller C5uwt wa.
rnisrt, r. rlpct ifin,ak,unf Ia EOnrr,rs ~ inm,
crai nnl wrnt rita tht tudinripn fupt INK.
IL, III, mi knuw this: sni,pgnr3 It went tntu III.
nrnerai fund. conkl,n admitted ;hat H. told car.
pcntrr tint
ur vou,.p COMMIT sr,o,nn
t,cf,rc In xan,,1 =" tn ths rcn1tentiary ue re.
"ta ~ w. ~ ~ s viti' a,a,,n -, m
aosu nf tuS '''uas WILL u al
M H. h. t"sTmnnv ~ fon,,n 4, 10 fhc cnu.c. which
dmoi t ~ " - =, fausn nj, fntarvtcv with finy
ru"'t ttHrrs tt,nr r. NM, lin icttnr. 10 ,,rrs,nn in
tia .sun ,,ur of tr unrt I,t.rrstn, IN ~
~ liz "sfi1,nnv Tunk1 inrfsti thut he Wcr ri, r.,
Canada ut ,lIr instu,cr uf Enepurtcr nM} Eryes.
| nnI when he went he did not lniuui 10 rtti,rn
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