Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-03-23
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d court house and into side room and payin1
out money to them by the thousands OF dol.
i lars, when there was nothing to do it for.
5 when the opposition were hopelessly in the
o minority and without quorum; when there
E was no nccessitys when Mr.. Sproul had
e washed his hands Of the whole proceeding.
: and when Messrs. Voter and Snow had re-
I fused their certificates. which LEFT the num-
, Der of 15, and still Wallace II. White rs an
, agent of the Republican party with his pock-
, cts full Of thousands of dollars going out and
purchasing men at random on the street |.
; Now, Mr.. Swan and Mr.. Hartman both ties.
! titled on the stand under oath, and Mr.. Swan
says, g l told Mr.. White didn't believe in
the coant-ont business. told Mr.. White l
agreed with him in every point" Mr.. Swan
says he agreed with Mr.. White upon talking the
matter over. And he vas doing il for whAty
For the purpose Of leading Mr.. White into =
trap. for the purpose of getting money ont Of
him
Now the theory of the majority of this
committee Is that. at that time, aftcr the de-
cision Of the Supreme Court and after the
tide was running more against them, that in
the words of Mr.. Swan, "thcrc must be some
political thunder manufactured" and I" some
deviltry cut up for the purpose Of retrieving
the fortunes thatwcrc failing. And now on the
heels of this session we behold the spectacle
of feeble. dying. unsuccessful attempt 10
stand up and hold up the very last prop that
there is in the whole temple of fraud aud
conspiracy thatha been erected. Applause
bringing tbis J;srussion be,nrc Oh. yrn,,.n ~,
dav I tai. !, Is % matn s,n,, n.,s;,., ;e
| no.s;b,c out of ,b;s on, voaL ,nd c.ai.i.
r.sc af,er tho rennr, ,h., w. ,;s,.nos ~ ~.
n;,h, ,h;oh ,.aI a., ..s. -. u, su W ias'
| side, and ore side onlv
/ Now whom yon como ,o .ors;,ou .,,
r;gbt On re- mort. ,n,, ,avn .i,a - "r
Thomas n swan aga;ns, ,ha, az NJ WIT"
He saws White and hc w"ro nras'
ont in that ;urv roon a.a No a,h's.
person WAS therc Mr. Uarr;mar s.v.
he was nrcscnt with Mr. white anil nn o,S,.,
4 person was there. Mr.. White tes,,f;es tho, M.
stepped into this room and sat down 70 tall
the matter over: that the doors were no, f...
tened, that the outside door stood omen the,
| the inner door was simnlv closed ,bat ,h.r.
was nothing 10 prevent any person from com.
ing in. And in the aftcrnoon whom U.rr;w,r
was in that room, and when Uarr;m.m wn,,iS
have Won belieye that he was engaged In ~
| ing bought and that Wallace n Whit. ,~a.
there with money and maid h nm, he s,.,a.
unon the stand that some nn. c.n,n :" a.
door. Now who was ~ NJ WHIT" s..'s
| that when he was sitting tbero ,aiL,nn ,-;,,,
him that afternoon. Mfr. Sewall. the snnsr;n.
tendent of the building there came 70 m.
door. which was not locked. Mr.. White
went 10 the door and asked him to como In
and he told him that he would NOT ston thor
Mr. ScwaIl was unon tho stand anJ ,a..;aa.i
that he went 10 The door in Tho aNarrn,,,
that the outer door stood omen and a chat
against it 1: that the inner door was sbut TINT
he went to the door: that somc ncrsor wss
sitting there: that Mr.. White came to m.
door that Mr.. White asked him 10 come IN
and that he told him he would not ston.
Now. If Wallace r.. White wa, IN sbcrc e.,
the purpose Of purchasing men. IL he ~.
purchasing Moses Hartman. II he was deal
ing out to him money in that iury room.
would he invite Mr.. SewalI or any other pcr,
son to come in to witness the proceeding, or
would he be in there locked up and preventing
the admission Of any and Of all personsf
Was there any thing at that time that WAL
lace X. White was afraid To have seen and
known Of all men. except that he sat down
and discussed the question and talked IL over
as he has related that he did?
Now, against the testimony which was brought
here and against these specific charges, Mr..
White appeared In his own behalf. lie testified
on the stand. He testified squarsly and in
straightforward manner. His testimony TO
large extent agreed in the various talks they
testified they had with him. And the gem
tleman from Lincoln argues from that that he
must be false. lie did have talks With them.
He did have interviews He did talk thia
matte, over. Ihere no question about tt
ne aunnls IL; nc 'aised with Mr." swan
,epea'euy. ne went eowh 10 the Court
nouse anu 'alkeu WIN him' nut ne testifes
tnat as Ior money, ne never paid Thomas b.
swan or Moses hartman one single dollar,
ana was not talked OF nor spoken Of;
tna, all ne money he had in his
pooH.t on, was 30 wnen ne came here, and
Szo Mr. capen paid MN after he came int
tne city OF Augusta and that nc had about
800 IN ms POCKET and not another single dol
iar. ne had no money to pay and no inten-
uon OF paying money.
Mr.. James o. White in his testimony Sta
ted that the last time he remembered Of see.
ing Wallace X. White was on Thursdsy.
James o. White had a team and went out 10
Winthrop to Wallace X. Whites house ON
the following Sunday. Wallace X. White
testified TO that fact. There Is no question
that he was there. Wallace X. White testi-
fies that he was ont to his house, and he
talked the matter over and told him that e
was put up job to counteract the steal.
The answer made to ii Is by j. q. White In