, 1876-03-21

bolton, tho GOy0rnInBpt fofn6od 20 tAk6 tba
L. s,onc ot es ova,tcd .ng a
600 on account Of tho purchase: ofoomc said
thor would pay no fec, II they did not succeed
in prosecuting The fpaymsnt OF ths clssm, or, at
Il eyeo .hey S9ad pay him Sa' email III fee
habit to accept the vfeT OF tho dilemma In which
tho firm found themselves and eAcir dosire 70
hlyo Is professional aorvtcos. lio Hatd hc would
argue tue caao bofoto tho coult Of Claims or be"
on lroome agreeing to pnY him tho c1pensoo In
Cured In coming here hnd
A CONFIRMATION or 10 TER CENT
in tho cvont Of tho claim being allowod By Tho
dent solicitor in Washington. formerly = mem.
ber Of CopRrees, and who WAS tie Ar
ditor Of tic Comptroller nndor 1suchan-
an's Administrations. preI'are1 Tho caso: Tho
That briof be prepared his legal argument. Tho
onlY questions raised theta were on point OF
lsw. Mr. Gofortb, Assistant Attorney oy-Gonofat.
mado 10 question an to the facts, which sccmcd
to 30 conclusive. The faots wore that tue hrm
OF them weso on train at tho tImo the Govern
mcnt refused 10 tako them. There WAS. a. .
consequence, . sudden depreciation in tho value
Of the mnies. Tho low pricoH a. which they
were compelled to sell them was incontroversi-
bio, and oTon Chief-Jusstce Dfake. WHO dissent
cd, did 10 only On q question OF law.
There wero involved In tho caBo
TWO INTERESTING QuE3T1oSB or LAW.
sios 755. ihe Secretary beloved then and now
believes that the judgment naa right. Tho caso
vna argued by him In October. 1878. aud tudy-
mont was rendered jan. 6, 1874. The caso had
been referred TO tho Court OF Claims by tlls War
fund undor control OF TINT Department. Tho
Secretary had nothing moro to do with tle cAHo
than to argue Il before tho Court Of Cinima.
Groomo paid him ~ bis fee 910.810. Tho Sccro-
Int
l,e hid procured tho original papers OIL Which tho
payment Was made, which ho read to tho Commit
Toe. Ono OF tho pape1s showed tint Attorney
General Williams Informed the Secretary OF War
mont Of tho Court Of Claims to tho Supreme
Court Tho money VAS paid to John A. Tho1np-
son, Ben D. Groou1e, and otl,ors. Tho Secretary
repoated that ho whB engaged In tho caao only
professionally, for which ho received pay al al
roady stated. What compensation Fuller re-
ceivod be did not know. Tho etatomont thas tho
Secretary received half tho clnn waH unquali-
ited!y false. He repeated that tho claim i'm
pressed lin with It's being n,eriorious and Just.
eetrotsry 1}rlstow, on cross-oxan!naton, re-
pentcd that at tho timo he argued tho caHo ho
had NO CONNECTION WHATEVER WITH THE GOV
EMINENT,
having before that reeignud Lis Office Of 60
llcsol General. lilo did not regard tho fec OF 1G
wae not up to the usual maximum.
1ncouctuHou he insimhtcd 10 would bn very glad
| II tho Committee could uudortaho to ascertain
how such stories as that IN the Herald obsuincd
| circulation. Tho Chairman replied that they
| could not undertake auch work At this tino,
| but thoy would bo happy during this examlna-
tion to have ouch Information disclosed, anc
would DO glad to havo tho Secretary's co
tary Dststow said that since the publication o.
tho lottor in the Herald, be had made Inquiry
| and ahcerthinc1 that Groome, who IL = Htock
raiact and importer OF bloodod stock. Is nov
| abroad.
The Secretary thon rotirod, aud tho Commit
tee took \ recess.
| s0USpH FNoM HONE
Lou1syn1E, Ky., March 20.-r&tticd Ia sh.
city familiar with tho circumstances, pronounce
the mule story about Secretary Bristow n to-
L Rsiufun for belief