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CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS.
The Ingalls fnvestigation.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 10.
The following Is a summary of evidence OF
fered before the Senate Committee on Pr1V-
ileges and Elections in the case of Senator In
gals: A
the memorialists stated that they intended 70
4 prove by this witness that member OF tne
Legislature named McClintock had tolu Gov.
Anthony he had been offered money Dy IN
galls's friends to vote for Ingalls,. and that ne
had kept the moneg over night. but suHerhlS
from remorse he had returned II next day and
voted against Ingalls, Gov. Anthony's evl-
dence on this point was ruled inadinisslDle oy
the committee majority OF whom held SUP.
stantiallv that the charge of bribery against
Senator ingalls, cOnld not be sustained by
hearsay evidence of this sort. Gov Anthony
further testified thar about the time OF the
election he was approached by II. g. Dawes,
who SAID he had been sent by senator lngauS
to interview Anthony, and that if anthony
would withdraw his name, and retire IRON
the contest for the. SenatoTship, he would
place tire resignation of the Postmaster AT
Leayenwcrth in Antbony's hands, and that
Senator Ingalls, would use his influence 70 Sc
cure the appointment of any person anthony
might choose to nominate tor the posi-
tion. This proposition, Governor Anthony
said, he rejected then and there At the con-
clusiou of his examination Gov. Anthony WHO
was i'll contempt before the Senatefor refusing
TO testify before the Senate sub committee AT
Topeka, explained tosthe committee his rea-|
son for this REFUSAL. Il was, he said. SIMPLY
because he had been a competitor III the Kan
sas Legislature for the position now held by
Senator ingalls,, and he did not bcheVe II a
fair or honorable thing to do. to come forward
and testify in the case, until he was compelled
to do so by order of the Senate. This expla-
nation seemed to be entirely satisfactory to
the committee. --..-. .-. $40
President Purcell, of the Manhattan Bank,
I of Manhattan, Has, cOntradicted the test-
| mony given by D. X. Wagstaf and Byron
Roberts He stated he had received s. 900 from
the President of the Topeka Bank, january
25, and sent iC on the same day BY his private
clerk TO his bank at Manhattan, and that no
part of il had been retained or used by him in
the Senatorial contest. Purcell also stated he
had ne yer paid nor offered Wait, a member OF
the Legislature, any sum whatever TO In
At the request of Col. Everest counsel fo1
Senator ingalls,, the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections ordered TO be printed
and made part of the record in the ingalls,
case four papers filed with the Subreommittee
in Kansas, but not then Incorporated in the
record, which we're signed by counsel for the
menOrialiSts entirely eNonerating from
charges or imputations of corruption 50 of the
Sc members of the Kansas Legislature who
voted for Ingalls,, thus narrowing the charges
down to four members.
ti. WASHINGTON Jan. %.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections resumed consideration OF the In
gals case to day. T..f .ltf. l-.-i ~
u. v. Admire testified in substance: He was
unfriendly to Ingalls, at the commencement of
/ the Senatorial contest, but afterward, in view
of party interests, he gave him lukewarm
support Admire also testified he told Ray
ben, a member of the Kansas Legislature, that
he (RaybeIl) could get money for his vote for
Senator, but on cross. examination denied any
personal knowledge of the payment of any
/ moneys by Ingalls, or any of his friends for
corrupt purposes. -HF -t
j. j. Barker testified he was at Topeka DUR
ing the Senatorial contest that he was Dem
Ocrat, and that in an interview With senator
Ingalls, the Senator told him be wanted some
Democratic votes, and wanted him (BarSer)
to talk to five Democratic members, whose
| names were mentioned, and that hesaw these
members and told them that money was be-
ing used in the Senatorial election,
and That they could get money
| for their votes. He was shown two let
tiers written by himself to parties in Kansas
! in which he stated that ingalls, had offered
him money with which to buy Democratic
votes, and was asked whether InSitlis had
given to him or placed under his control any
money to be used in securing bis re election
as senator. This question Baker DEFINED 10
answer, but afterwards in his cross cN3tnlina-
ton the same question was asked by Hstallss
| counsel and he then answered " no."