Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-03-23

e valuable parchment he had received fror
8 the Governor and Council for thousand dol
: lars. No, not he! Wallace X. White ha
a seen him before the first of January, ha
talked over the political situation with him
$ but he swears upon the stand that Wallace r
White at that time never mentioned money
never talked of purchasing his vote will
money, and it seems never to have heel
J named or thought of until James o. Whit,
! got down here into the atmosphere Of Angus
Ia. And then Wallace X. White was full o
purchasing propensities. Not when he saw
him before but after he got down here ant
after he met Messrs Swan and Hartman and
the matter had been talked over; then jaime,
q. White discovered that Wallace X. White
was ready and fierce to purchase. Now, then
he saw James D. White the night before
He had his pocket full Of money, and sen,
--ord to have Mr.. Swan go down to the courl
house to talk with him. Mr.. Swan went down
there for the purpose of selling out. and sell.
ing out for the purpose of defeating a quo
rum. Mr.. White. then, went down there for
the purpose of buying him. of course. Mr..
Swan got down there and found Mr.. White
all ready to buy, except he didn't have any
money. That was very prominent factor in
the transaction. He must have the money.
The money must be forthcoming. So to
en"i se .he i'one! up"" so'he"ous eise, so 10
e"arge IL UPON '''e nePuo'iea" party anu 10
snow that anace IL. Wnlte was nor an ihdi-
Viaua. acting ior himsei' ne makes MN go
out of the court house, and go somewhere,
presumably, and the feeble attempt has been
made here to say that he went down to Mr..
| Blaine's, and to draw an inference that he
went there and got the money, and that he
went back and completed the purchase Of
MI, swan.
weii' now, ie' US iook u. the truth OF mat
evidence as appeared uei"re the committee.
| a. .. hlmoaii OF "aterioru, was before the
coi'''oec. "e lss,iueu '"a' "e was a' 'he
a"eusm nouse ,,,a' ne ~en' up 70 '',e s,a'e
no"se AZ aoo.. nan Pas' eiv,en cioeh; .ha'
NC w"s Passms ny MT n'"ines anu sa"
Wallace H. me CUNT ou'' 'na' he spoke
VIII" MN t''''' "I; "nte So' INTO sieigh
anu loue .o~a'us '''e cour' nouse; ne was a.
tie s,s'e iouse SUM" 'e,e iio',' an ,our anu
: nan 70 '~o nous a'" e''ne o'es. nov
., .'". ~. W v,n;. ,"s .s SUI .. N. S"a"
,s ,n.s ul "n.'e 'e. ,ne eou'' n".1 a. acou'
a ,'si' p"s. 80. 81 ... : 80. .,. M ,'.'o oe.J,e,
a'" s.'i,Su ou', saying 'n'' ne was soi"s
W ee' '"e 'no"es' anu .''ne oaeA IL.
sieigh anu go' OUT ana came ih'o the
cour, mouse. VOW. Mr. o~a" "s,i-
ned peiore 'ne con,h'tee .hat ne tnoneht
the person VINO nan oeeh pointeu out 10 MN
a, as ur. ""'. -. L,opy' o"r sne,ni ,, Te.e, was
.ne pers"" WIN ""o' ne saw M,' , ".i'e Anu
,,,"' ~. 'e""' "e m"u ,ooN., Inv "ls YIN
..e w. ,iooy was es'e" "po, .e M ',,.,u "'u 'e
',"eu '''a. ne .ia' "o' 'au N'i' W." INV 4" us
s'eis" wiz" 'i'" ."i> "in.e'' inere was =
" M'ness ~ uPoi, ''e s.anu oy ,''e .ane Vi A,ore
a.. io"nsenu Vi nnehneiu; Hnu "e 'esIineu
'"a, ne 'el' tnc rit.stoil sioe Vi Tue rNe' just
as tne oeIis Were l'hgins lor noon, no, Us tne
sehtien'a" Iro'" Llnco'n reports, as ne sup
Poseu loc "oo" "u' Jus. az u'e oeiIs WIZ .,re
,l.slns ,oi n:o .''"' :1 o"'ne "eI1s. .'e
priuge' 'o's MS ,e"'.' WHICH was '',ae"eu 'nere
ana uro'e u,secuy !" Aususe'i 'na' ne was
somewhere rom sn noCl " an nour anu
quarter 10 a,rV"e Irom Naru'her 10 augusta
.'a'I"e 'eI' ,ne e,. ., ua'o'nel "oou' qaar- as
uI r, pas y,-,. ,'.a' " e"e oPposne III
pia."e WI ~: I: 'n ",o"' ., nc .s-%,.
quan,e" % va. s'"",i"s "pon 'ne
tha' MI h'e sPone ~ ni'" ."a' ne e"'"e
OUT an" '''a' "e so' l'.,o ms ieien; anu '',a'
at tnat "o.hc.. ee".,ensn ea,,c s.,, a'o"s' VINO
spoke 10 Mr. n"e' ,n"' VII. "ni'e wne" ne
got ih'o MS sieleh, toi. nun 'llat ne was iu-
sion county attorney ,ron'one Oh !ne western
couhues, w"'cn o"e ne coulu no. Iecoiiec'i
tnat h''e rue Wy" io"n ns.nu as ,ar as 'hs
"our' "ouse' anu .,,"' ne 20. o,' '"e'o an,
went to"aru '"e Sour' ho"se' an"
=, :. >. =
rNer' anu u.'a' was no,' quar,er "
.wehty minutes pas one clo,n ".en ne 'en'
"mte at 'he oour, mouse, anu 'ha' is the rea-
son why ne Is SO apie 10 'es.is.
Now, witnoIt charging Mr' himpaii win
any intentional misstatemeht, ne went up 70
the o.a'e mouse IN s .ne ioiespn a. =: ciock
OF soon a,'eI me rs""' a 'ne'e un.l' o,e VI
ater' AS "e .esrre. M, anu "ne" sonn"s uo".
ne me, MI "n'e Jus. d, WI os"seha
came aio"e, anu ',,en i. ~. "se"" 'ooA 10.
Mr. nte IN: anu 'nat 'he ',''e ,na' Mr.
himoa'l 'esl'aes I" as oe"e ~ :ne forenoon
when ne wen. up. ! uo no. uesire 70 ch1ree
Mr' Nilnoa' VII. an, misiepleseiua.lo. y,
tne mat.er. put II was !" 'ne a'glnoo" :, lns'eAo
OF OF '.e Iorenoon. 1ecause Mr. lo~nsunu ', YES
uned very eareIuIy ano .ery can"io'y As 10
when ne ieft ra,dineI anu ,he 'i'ne ne was COM
ing mere anu aoo1. ., ,nal 'he.e ga" pc no dis
take. 40" M.. n"e 'ess'hes ''"' ne wa.
NOT AZ Mr Blaine W .he forenoon al mat
tune at aif; that AT tnat ,ime, aiter ne went
to the conrt mouse ana TAXED win M,. swan
ne did NOT 'ease ,ne o1nrt mouse "ntii ne ieIt
10 gd 10 ms ooaro'ns P'ase. ana ne !es'ines
iurtneI una. a''er Mr swan ea',e ,m'o .ne
room tnat ne sc, doWn ahn 'siked WIN NM
anu thar arc. ne mao taiked = wh''e, MI
swan detaieo various conversations, various
ideas ne nad' anu agreeu 'nore ,uos'ah,ia,'y
IN the course Una. shouia ne taken ana tue