The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-04-04

ryNnp~is ~ TESTIMONY IAhrS hx fif srs.
AIK COMMITTEE.
Tie scnai. committee inaulfing infa the
alleged frauds In the lssn elastion, VI Which
senator Wallace IN Chairman. anil heretofore
known a. liz Teller Committee, rernmel shr
taking of Testimony at Washington lasi wnek.
asoite &. a.ihin,, late s.t,e'tiy "l.ho
sena,e, and al~a speteiHfs of tie Ne
publican tnngfnasi,'isi aa'l'paakn .f'nna',ea.
na. the tifst Nlits-s examined III sail tlai
during thu Congressional campaign ri ~
ahsni yIui.tAu MAA rAiSuu faf ls.nti,llean cam.
paign purposes. sNi, ,Nal fram Federal officers
and employees ty voluntary n.,tithniei, aua
tl,e remainder from ffienls 81 shn PARTY not
lDlslng office, Perhaps *s.asu " ss.s1n eanls
from Cuilsre~smen Nuelnsrtl'nsloi,H w.ts ashei
from national hana~. ~ snnh. a canvass
among wealthy friends " ths sau-e IN NV
York city resulted In obtaining about elatDi
There may have been some bankers iJntfils,is-
i,ls,.,s.i s nn contributing. eDf slu,.un. alapnt
s!.,iss was expended for documents, a'tans
9is,uNN was paid employees III the committee,
aud $3.50 for furniture AMI general expenses.
lhis lsfi ssa,. 'ts, nf which vi, ,nb WAS vent -
different S,asss. and y NO was raih g speak.
el.s for expenses. ~ the Ialanee, sa,,uu WAS
Lost hy tho failure ~ ths s,efmail. American
National Bank, anil eAp fetuains oii hand,
Es.Becretary of Tho senate uorham wAs b.
fore tho committee sga,n Oh The second day Of
Tho s,iing, aud produced The books Of sub
seiiptions tn tho departments. end ihs list u
monrya sent 70 different states The NATIONAL
Committee aided nineteen southern C0nsFess.
lona districts with ~ average Of otdi, snd
afty.eig Northern districts With IN average
sra No AID wss siyen 10 ". ils'tirss, The
tni.ty xAs ,n seyAsa iDs in6eY 70 elD*~ ~p.sftlff.
A4sut irSls tssss..at@ III nsisn WhI~ tans h.ipsd
Tho wttnsss thought sl.N subscription y -
Treasury Department might smouns 10 si..poQ
OF si3.N Instead ~ u. OF es,sts', ~ STATED
ti.s day Lsfuls Appus q, ouu ~as subscribed IN
tie Prs.oifee Department Vrly iislo was xos
erol. sh. Interior Department. JaMes ~ kslns,
unitvi n sins MAAnsl fDr thu kAsscrn district
of Fuan~yiyAui icsi.ani thAs no Thought. -
fas q United Stales Supervisors and 0AFehAle
oss conGsrasd, phi.4dsiphia could de Without
diem very veil The exprnssso u Unissd afAfee
enrsryieosa IN ibis su,Jhnisd 70 eH.ssu.
special attention MAs paid " fAndalls dtsi.tes.
b1ean-~ " wAs IN hsd Izts u We ssV, Wosfe
riots frequently oesur.
rmx PHILADELPHIA nMAHril
A subcommittee of the Wallace Teller In-
vesiigssing Committee, consisting ~ ssna'ora
Wallace ~ i, Garland tArk. 1. Mcdonald liad1,
1loar MASS aud Cameron Wis have bean
sssmining Witnesses at rhilAteiphlA j g.
Howcil, Of Tho Eighteenth ward, sessi6ed that
Deputy Marshal Charles OliphAni wAs drunk
on rlorsion day. And ln~allsd every Democrat
thai rasne iii tlu polls II sotn. Ilis fsii.
u.puy was eprfol,oIa,fa d, other Wit.
na.ses, who ai.p testified that ELEPHANT nsed
every incAns III drive away Democratic soters.
John Wsrlar. III The twenty ninth ward. tss-
tliIed lhai IhonsAA Herr, tlin inisad htatcs Aaf-
sLsl III this NArd, had bsd reputation. us
arrout1A 4 man f0r trying Iii vutC. nusWtlh9eA0d~
t,lg Tia. parties WIRE ready III vours, fnr him.
Arthur Vance, Of the tiituenih ward United
states Marshal, wAs also charged with insimi-
dating voters