The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-16
Was Dick Thompson Ever " showed ,''


That downright and artless old mariner.
DICK THOMPSON Of the Navy Department,
does not shun investigation On the con-
trary, he courts It. When Mr. WILLIS,
Chairman of the House Committee on Naval
Expenditures, waited on DICK THOMPSON
and informed him that he proposed u begin
work under the GLOVER resolution, the An
cient Mariner opened his bosom and his
Office simultaneously, and swore by the tar
riest OF toplights that WILLIS should have
n room next To his own at the department
and dozen clerks. II necessary. to help
hunt through the archives for damaging
facts.
This refreshing frankness almost disarms
investigation. 1t makes it seem like an inn
pcrtinence to ask if there has ever been
anything crooked in the management OF the
craft which honest DICK THOMPSON COM
mands To go further and inquire whether
there is anything in the record Of his pri
vate life which may not be proclaimed to
his credit from the masthead, seems like
striking brutal blow at breast volun-
tarily barred.
We have at hand an interesting document
that has never been made publc-the conf
Dental statement OF stock cash liabilities.
and land titles issued by the old Leaven-
worth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Com
pany to various parties for services in I" Sc
curing the ratification of the Delaware and
Pottawatamie treaties and the passage of
the Pacific Railway bill 1t may be as
sumed that the statement was no more in
tended to he published to the world than
were the entries in CAKES AMES's little
memorandum book. In plain English, the
confidential statement would be called q
corruption list.
The manner in which the schedule hap
pened to be put in formal shape needs ex-
PLANTATION. The Leavenworth Pawnee and
Western was the original organization that,
after the passage Of the Pacific Railway
act Of July /, 1862, came in for a share Of the
subsidy as the Eastern Division of the Union
Pacific. Afterward, when the Union Pacific
| was in bad odor, the Leavenworth, Pawnee
| and Western changed its name to the Kan
sas Pacific, by which style it is best known
| to the taxpayers OF the United States. In
1868, n controlling share of the stock was
owned by THOMAS EWING. Jr, J. c. STONE Of
Leavenworth, A. J. IsAAcs, and j. ii. Nc
| DowELL. This Ring was about to sell out
It's interest 10 Gen FREMONT ana SAM HAL
LETT In the negotiations preliminary To
| the transfer Of the III, 400 shares, full cx-
hbit of the financial condition OF the com
pany was drawn up and an important part
Of this was the schedule of shares lands,
ana cash bonuses promise" ny EWING ana
STONE III return ior Underground SERVICES
| in securing the subsidy.
| 10 cnccV us pis h"ui "h 'hc re"sury' Inc
company Agents STONE ana LON E"lN"
ia hau lssucu stoch' er"ttc" MINUS anu
pronilseu cash WIN great Ip'raiity 10 al
sort9 Oh people HehatorS' Representatives
prominent lobbyists ana obscure lobbyists
people with ihiluohllll relallV's ana people
VINO MIC" P'oi'' WIN "''"'hO'"l rrl"'N"S
pecaIiie l"sSosS"fs VI s'i"rcs III 'he Lo"Noh
"oltn' ra"noe anu "'9"Iu' vi were prom
l9'o st"oh, H.n' or c''sh III return ior 'ho''
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