The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-24
McGARRAlIAN'S BIG CLAIM.
AN 1TTEMPT no sMIRCH JHE CHIRIC-
TER or JUDGE BLICk.
Onerine n Despatch to Prove that he had been
BrIbed while Attorney -Generai Judge
Black Denouncing II ms nm Infamous Lie.


Oser,nr Despatch to Prove that he had been
Bribed while Attorney y-Generai Judge
Black Dencuncina II ms nm Ipfi'mou. Lie.
WASHINGTON. March 23-The Mctiarrahnn
- So .,,r,o, ,,o, bo,,ro ,bo Son,,e
chso was rc7"inou V-u"' oo'o'V Wv 'o"'"o ~
Committee on Public Lands, and flvo hours
wero consumed by the claimant and his attnr-
W. n,, . ,i..,., ,,,.o ,,i,,a,o, h,ox
Congressman Eldredgo. the ex-champion Of the
Ripg frauds in this District who made an ex.
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plah"Ion' h's NUN" "ppo"is "n'""E ."osoo VI
other Congressman who arc certified to have
,ho ponooha Crando MInIne cnn,nonv rho
'ho rahocne "rahuo mining .on,p"nS' i"o
virtuous Eldrcdge declared that he had never
bad my of the stock or ANYTHING else from
No., o., ,.~,,,,I ,,, his s,a,,,,on, h,,
Meoarrahah ana wouhu up MS su'c'nen' U,
declaring that he always had and always would
bclieve tim, McGnrrnhan's cldi m vss "A good one 4
r,' '' ''.'' , ,. ~ I,r,a 'hoo,ad 20
The counsel Tor the New ldrla objected TO
oora,a hi,,,..lf 10 bia ,arsnn,l vindirntion
Ii,,Ia shaw ,horeunon s,ruck an attitude. and
delivered "A speech in which he insisted that
tho counsel for ,he Now L1ria had attempted to
'i'o 'V""9' 'oi Wv ''" ''''' - ,
smirch NrtuOus congressman the u'ah hs wei
az the living by putting in a list OF stockholders
"n'V" was "'' e,""''V' i"'9 "" 'V," ,,,. ,"-
other side rrtort ana an uhseemly Sluapo'o
was started which the Committee quictcd by
,,lIir,, shaw ,o ~, lo,vn and cnnnne himselfto
.,'''"- ~" " ' 80
'hy M lnroau a.on ,h ., ms sv'sCne@ - 1n
thsn culle1 ar1 a.kcd To nroducc IN, hooks and
''e" 0"'''v "',' "7N'u y, ',, W.
! Cloppcr has been over forty yenrs in tho De-
pariment .of Justice H. was appointed under
nnnaiv r.i frru, ia - h',n,li. nositinn Of mes.
e.rSe,t IN tb" r,snnnsi ihle "msto3v 81 th" Denart-
mei1t of Archivrs Un urnlucSd he doekris Of
ihc a,,nrnr Gsncrai apd Tho corrcsnond"nce
sun sw"rn NM NJ ~ w'inss whi,h was done lie then
A N...g Htf
Il" hnd' nrnvinusly offered to prove hy the
rconris 'Wr Clnrnor nrotestcd and said that
| he kn"w nntLiu., nb,ut nny enirrs in tho rec
"rds H. was -i,mrly ths custodian nf thom.
SnI knew W. m''I NOR" ore n4ou, what they contained
| than thr child unborn The committee very
much tn Sinw's DISGUST decided that he must
"onnne hims"lftothc records,
Th"n SLnw began his supreme effort to prove
that Judge Back. while Attorney -ticncrai had
rnrrurtlv refused Ia dn som, thing thnt Mo
show thnt Julrc Black had dismissed the ap-
ppni i'm The II '1i.rrnhen casc. II is to ir noted
In this connection that if an Attorney q neral
states Is n pariy his action Is final the Judgment
OF the court below is confirmed and nothing
can un,io II hut If the Supreme Court lis misses
an npieal il can. ON good and sum cion. reasons
being shown. reconsider It's action in the prom
lr'r. II" Ertht p',nl,'i "" " 'NaII"i p,o-
| miss the nrunal and that ne did actually do IT,
They had brought tho influence Of Dan. sicklcs
ma Thns Frnncis Mcagher 10 bear upon him 10
effect this hui although he wns an Nous to obi ige
these two men. who were then his personal
The apneel shaw wanted 10 show that he
had dismissed the appeal on his docket and
snlsenuentiv went into the Supreme Court and
moved to have the action Of the court recon-
! si,l.re1 Thr docket however showed that
out of twenty California land cases that had
been appealed at that time Julgr Black hal dis
missed 'th~ atneai in only one ease nnI thnt
was not the MtGarrahan claim. Shaw asserted
| the nnpenl refused 10 do So berau-r hn " :
Ioue it with a pritc and 10 prove tGi- he pro-
4 hn