, 1879-04-11
'R[DAY. APRIL II, 1S7O---TWELVE PAGES

IL to nc n a rnul,cr Of friendship to him that
would not prcss the bill furthcr.-nt,l bclng I
uraona,ly satisfied tl,at the cnortnous profits .
hut had been alleged against the Company
zero not realized hy thcm,-thts, perhaps.
acxcd TN by tic pc,sonal nppcal Of my tflti'a
crc, did not materially desaug to The aasctse
cport IN tint bill. An ndverao report was
tloptet, anl the bill was reported hack In form.
MD on the taAtc, and lica there SILL"
What fnsts
"Nhat facts did you hare before you, OF
,Atn, from which you drew this btllt "hat
yns tho occaston-what wcro tug ciEcun-
prompted you to draw Ut "hat
scrc t4ae gs!evancesr'
"Onc ut the na!1 facts was tint It cost mo
81 q trip evcry time rafne down TO spflne'e'.
md every time went back. thought IL
pretty e.tort!onatc. Others made the same
complaint
TtiEr wEnE c1tAnotNo TOO MUCH
for The use Of ttetr tcrths. When the CoFn-
.nIttcc If 1nvcattgntion was askcdt-a sab-s'o'n'
nllttce,-1 opposed ou this ground. 1t WASN'T
matter tic Committee could properly inquire
into. It was sotnethtug was willing to leave
to the Railroad aud Warehouse Commission
crs-to turn over to thctn-wetler the tosn-
pauy vera charging too much"
"You say you thought they we're charging
you too much. You allego TINT as ono IL the
causes, charging me and everybody else VINO
patrontxcd them, other mcmbefs Of tho House.
n,,d other people not mcmnera Of the House.
You Say tic charges were cxtortiouate--"
"No, Dos'T."
"Too muchl"
~ said they wcro too 1nucl.'
''Charged too 1nuchi"
ayes"
"lIow were tle charges in reference to rail"
road iarcf''
"Thc railroad charged me nothing for passing
over their roat, ,-ilad in annual pass over tic
Chicago g. Alton Road.'
"1'hcn you nakc It that you were oppressed
by boint, Obliged to pay g for getting FROM
Chicago to springneldf"
"Ihc Palace car Company charge 81 for ne-
cupyin, bvrth from Chicago to Springfield"
''Would you call TINT oppresstont''
II would say no such thing. I sait} It wns loo
high, but was willing to Leave lilo 1ucstio1' of
oppression to tho Railroad n.,u Warehouse Com
mtssluners foe them to tl:tcrinine."
HYou stated that you were induced to move
IN reducing this rate, bccause they were charg-
Ing you too muchf"
"lu part for that, aaid."
"You said you had TO pay ss9"
ayes, SIR"
"And that WIS too nucl I"
~ considered they weso charging more than
thcr reasonably ought to Charge for accotnmo'
| t1a,ions alIcrc."
"Do you consider that members Of the IeEfs-
laturc should bring tl,eir 81 grievances III tile
st,apo Of Hills I"
II mean TINT members should bring in aucll
| bills os tile public Interests require them to
/ bring In"
"Were your people Interested in the snbjcctf'
| "My people pcrhupa were interested III tlis--
TINT they wouldn't want mt to pay-wuuadn't
waut poor rnnn to pny moro TINA fair price,
"DLd your pconlu complaint"
II don't know. ! never heard my com'
pIn{nt.'
"Ncver heard any from your dssrict1'.
"No, SIR"
Tho witness, in renly "a Joslsn, again statct
that he meyer received any money, etc.
Afessrs. B.shcc, Robin,out Of Fulton, Crookcr
Afarston, and other members testified flint the!
never knew Of any bribery ia connection viii
Granger's bills anu this terminated thu investi
gntiol.
THE COMMITTEE IL 4 DANDY.
It fs ruInoreu touix.t that tlr Comm!ttc
will report tomorrow cxonerattse Granger, an'
recommending TINT NcyIna bu discharged fron
jail and expelled from the 1loor Of tic House.
.,,-,7,,,.
. M>Cle. 49, ,.
ACCOUNT or THE nLAcRMA1tS0 N 70 w1,E VI -. rnk
1npHp w. t'tA "
!, su<cta, pi,pa,ch to 7as TRIBUNE.
srn,yorir1p. H., APRIL 10.-Tr,e Scnat
+. Committee uta Miscellany resumed its ipvcstig'
lion of tho alcLrca charges this evening. i
lin, witnesses ot, behalf Ut tic prosecution Wei
k ,,..,1 t,,o t,,,,Irv su,rcrrd M drfny In Ill,
o ,,nr,,e,,,ar A smnli audience, outside Of ",
ass". ",,a nor,ra ,,ireciy tnterestc.l. ]lsteue
t ,,,e,' ao1~1 a,tnnt,on whilo d rcurrscntat,ou
J. ., ,,rrsa wns nrcsct,t and dtsolayeA tAu usu
9 trt,ras, "u in s,,ci, matters The grst wituc
Il '",,os n.,,as ..os ~
l sAMuE,, !. MEplI1,
y vim testteed tlut l,o was managing cslttor
i ,rmr C,ucAoo TRIBUNE. lie knuw Mr. VI
: cTca. intt not intimately. lie had a couycrs
In, ~ lin ,d,}ro Of t,Iv Witness. McCrcn "a
il, ,y,str, II, spo me wtneys' brother, and tn.
~ ,,"s,,, I'm, mil, bp n7rse.t n. ,1e ,n.s.yc,
&c .ea"'aee ' ~ '.,,,.,,t,tJou ~ thn snnrn
u ,'n, [rI,,o,, lin ,ud tnnulre5 If
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