The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-20
THE NEW ORLEANS DENooRAT "WEDNESDAY JUNE 20, 1877.

from the parties Interested to effect the egisla-
tore favorably toshe bill,
Mr.. Flanagan grew indignant and asked wheth-
81 he Was to be badgered by suoh insulting ques-
lions.
He Was assured by the interrogstor and the
president that they were In pursuit. Of Informs
ton, and had no desire to insult.
He reiterated his declaration Of his entire igno-
rance Of any such report or testimony.
Mr.. Walker did not have IL with him, but prom
issd 10 pTouurs MIN = copy. lie then asked Dr..
Tebsult II he had not read the testimony OF
Hessrs. Highly and Lacey, and did he mot confirm
the statement OF its purport.
DR.. Tebault said he bad.
Now. Mr. Flanagan, &c you ak for the moral
support Of this people Of the Back Bone Railroad
do Won not know the Legislature OF Louisiana In
1879, and the last Legislature, unanimously OF
nearly unanimously rejected oil claims Of that
favor Il another company. AZ the proper one 70
be recognized i'd the grant BY Congress OF sub
sidy to The Texas Psciac3 ~,
Mr. Flanagan had no knowledge on the subject.
Now, you affirm that the basis OF your oredis,
your whole capital and claim TO congressional
recognition In the Texas Pacific bill. rests upon
your land grant2 Do you not know that the cer-
tifloate OF the land grant, TO which you have re.
ferred, Of over 2ooo, 900 acres, was a erroneous
commissioner 100000 acres, and that Oh further
ibuujry n shraink 10 about 600 acres, and that
the only land included Ia the grant. was poor
piny woods land, oil the low land or alluvisi soil
and the only valuable land, having been long
since donated TO the State Of Lsuisisna2 And
further, had not even this grant lapsed by nom
,isets
MIR. Flanagan denied portion and declared bis
ignorance of the rest OF this interrogstory. He
stuck to the two millions Of acres, but knew
nothing Of the quality or value Of the land AZ
10 the grant lapsing, Congress- had repeatedly
waived such effect, and, ss In the case OF the
Opelousas Railroad, recognised the grant after
d. a. r --:1 &t.l L., T.S.i 81
the amount Of the land he could state, as . fact.
he knew that COL. Scott had offered two millions
for the land grant.
Mr.. walker hen COL Scott made this offer,
did he not make 1t q condition that the grant was
OF the number Of acres specified, and that on
subsequent inquiry ut the Land Office. discover
ing hat the grant Was million OF acres less than
stated In the fret certificate, did he not with
draw his proposal and refuse any further nego-
tiation with the company
MIR. Flanagan indignantly denied that COL
Scott had so Withdrawn or that there was any
error In the original certificate,
Mr.. Walker further asked: Had Mr.. Flanagan
any knowledge Of the deposit In the Union In
mortgage bonds Of the comp any, to be given to
Senators Kellogg and West In a certain event.
MIR. Flanagan was again indignant, and asked
upon what authority such calumnious state
niept had been made.
Mr. walker asked il he (,tr. Flanagan) had not
seen the statement published in the newspapers
on the authority Of Senator Eprague OF Rhode
Island, who refused to negotiate for the purchase
Of ths franchises Of the company, on the condi-
ton Of Che reservation Of the million Of bonds
for the gentlemen named. Had Senator Hprague
ever denied this version Of his statement ss pub
lished in the newspapers, or had any issue ever
been made with him ~ 10 lite TRUTH
Mr.. Flanagan reiterated his denial that single
bond had ever been given to che persons named,
and repeated with eloquent emotion his horror
and contemps of all such attempts to influence
public men.
Several other Undergraduates of like tenor were
propoanded TO Mr.. Flanagan, who al last, In .
deprecatory and indignant manner, begged to re-
tire from the upion-and he accordingly left with
his interiogator and what was done or said
thereafter interested as no more" and may be
found in the official report OF the union.