Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-05-30

the honor TO be, very truly yours,
u. c. KERR.
To this the Acknowledgement repli, d
that Augustus p Green was a first lieu.
tenant in the Fourth artillery, and was
dismissed from service by sentence OF o
couIt-martial March 2S, 1873; he was
[ appointed TO the regular army July 20,
1855; he had previou. y served as an Of.
hcer Of the volunteers.
Adjourned till Wednesday.
The testimony of A 2. Green Ia the
above case, taken in secret session Sat-
urdsy, was given to tie press to-day. It
is lengthy, sad the ssmeetofy is de liIed
ss thst lately published. He testified
that he never had any understanding
with Kerr that he was to pay for his
appointment, nor did he say ANYTHING to
Kerr about his ara, sments with
Hs..uey; he testified that previous to. his
I Introduction to FER, Harvey had
spoken OF other congressman through
whom he had hoped to get witness an
appointment, and had introduced him to
one whose name he had forgotten, but
nothing came OF 1t. He had no associa-
ticn ot acquaintance with Kerr's dis
trict, or in Indiana, that aided him with
reference to this appointment; he stated
that he was not examined by any board
Kerr's Recommendation procured him
an appointment without any additional
| influence.
Witness Icing asked by Robbins how
1t was he left the arfhy, replied he was
Dismissed having made an unfortunate
step and having heen gobbled up like a
! meal-wOrm by q mocking-bird when 1t
is hungry; other men had done the same
thing without being court -martialed.
/ In nTyT 10 f1rse hrvI -rrsk
ness stated that Kerr examined him
very carefully as to his recommends
tiops and general capacity; that witness,
three years after his appointment,
| stopped ct New Albany to pay his re-
spects to Kerr, which he would not have
done II he had believed that Kerr re-
ceived the money which he (witness)
paid to Harney; he did not then believe
and does not now believe that Kerr re-
ceiVed the money.
HARNRY's TESTIMONY DIsCREDITED.
The testimony of Harney before the |
committee on expenditures in the war |
department is the general theme of con- |
versation. Although he swore positive |
~ that he gave Kerr money to procure |
the appointment of Green, the statement |
is generally discredited, not only from |
the pure character which Kerr has al. |
ways sustained, but from the manner of |
the witness. Leading Republican men, |
bers do not hesitate to avow their thor.
ough disbelief of Hsrney's story,
trusting rather in KerI's state. |
ment under oath that he |
never received any money from Har-
ney or any other person for Green's ap.
pointment.
Some OF the friends of Kerr desired,
owing to the precsrlous condition of his
health, that the examination be post
pJned for two weeks, but Representives
Lord and Hereford, two of his principal
advisers, thought it were better that he
should at once meet his accuser. Mr..
Kerr unhesitatingly adopted their ad.
vice, aud, therefore, appeared before the
committee.
Several witnesses from New Yoik have
heen summoned and will thoroughly
contradict Harney in material points.
Harney on returning to the hotel this
evening stated that he had been belors
the commt tee, and on being asked
whether he had been scalped, replid:
"No, but have killed the Democratic
party" Much sympathy Is expressed
Tor Speaker Kerr as being in very feeble
condition of health.
THE BLAINE SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLAR BOND BUsINEss.
The su5judiciary committee met
again to day and continued the investi-
cation into the sixty.fOur thousand dol
lar bond charge against Elk Speaker
Blaine.
Mr.. J. F. Mcguire, OF Washington,
testified that in March, 1875, he was at
the Fifth Avenue hotel, in New York,
with J. F. Wilson and J. E. Harrison.
Wilson went out of the room, and Hsr-
rison said: "Meguire 1 can tell you
something that will make those fellows
the Union Pacific men-kQuirm.
Mr.. Harrison then asked witness if he
had not seen some caricatures in one of
the papers (remsrking, Blaine Is up
tree). Witness said he knew all about
that picture. When Wilson came in
Harrison said: "MeguIre knows all
about Blaine" Wilson said: You
must not ssy anything about that, for it
will ruin Blaine and the Republican
party" Witness said he led them to
believe that he knew all about
it, when he really knew nothing,
only what he had just heard them
say, Witness knew nothing
whatever of his own knowledge about
Blaine's connection with these bonds.
Saw Wilson after he testified, and asked
him to explain what he meant by say
ing to witness in New York that it
would ruin Blaine if this story got out.
Wilson said that he only meant that if
such story was told and talked about
it would become scandal, and ruin
Blaine whether tue or not. Witness
repeated that he had no knowledge
whatever Of any connection Blaine had
with the bonds referred to.
nonobla NJ Novu VoVIz foafiHnd |
that he was q contractor of the Little
Rock and Fort Smith road in 1870; wss
to receive bonds as compensation for his
services, but sold his contract out to
Warren Fisher, who agreed to pay him
in three thousand bonds and one
hundred and eeventy.five thousand dol
lars in stock. Witness sold the bonds,
aud found that the stock was worthless.
He traded some of the bonds for land,
and some he loaned to friend. Wit
ness knows nothing whatever Of seven.
ty.five bonds of that road going
into the Union Pacific company's hands;
never heard of If till he rsad it recently
in the papers, and knows nothing OF
Blaine's connection with them. Wit
ness heard that the bonds were selling
for sixty to seventy cents in 1871, and
tried to sell his for that price, but could
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than thirty to forty cents for them any
time while he owned them.
ROBEsoN's REPLY TO THE NAVAL COM
MITTEE.
Secretary Robson has written q re-
ply to the recent letter of Mr.. Whit
IhorDe, chairman of the house COM
mittee on naval affairs, as follows:
MAY q, 1915.
Hon. W. C. Whitthorne, Chairman OF Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, House Of Repre-
sentatives:
SIR-Your letter of the twenty fourth
instant has been received. In reply
beg to cay that the demand to be heard,
contained in my letter, was founded on
the reasons therein fully and specifically
stated, that said demand was not made
in response to the resolution of your
committee (Which you say was adopted
on the seventeenth instant as mere
formal expression of the purpose enter
tanned by them from the institution of
the investigation, If such q course
should be necessary for the very conclu-
sive reason that that resolution had not
been made public, and was Of course
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