, 1881-03-16

rntca on thns, or tho Commissioners, md corr
Formed tu them. Special rntrs drn allowed ntw.
hut they hro ol'1t to NIL rersohs on like cnNtl-
tipns. Ifar,lfng will ntl.nlt TINT ho cnri,ut Tx
nny rasc against tho ron'l slncn that time. -
Harding enld Tint III n,nHy rlncts tho ruatl wns
vtolutlrx tho rntcs, ftuu Mnsrht[nc nn1 Gen.
cse snco Jun1 Inst tho rnbntcs anil npcclhl ratea
last Junu tito road
had NOT LIVED rTD THE COMMISSIONERS
SCHEDULES.
Ecnntor Callnn sll ttlut. Is tfnr,ling Ind stat
1ur f,irshor ,Eisu,isst,s,. iie w,iii. thefelorc.
n,ovo Tint sss'p,rna Issue fvr sa1o. an,l T wa,
III ~ sos as,e @ynG ,s IT, to CONT ont
tnin witnesses bud ocen summoned and they had
fn!tcd to nttcntt.
Hoped TINT tho Co,ntntttro wotld report tholr
EXCUSES. Riddle sAu he would como OF II tUo-
rio Choir stated TINT lie hnti rt sclye.l lottor
from Riddle stating TINT he would 10 81.
Wnikcr, nf Fulton, understood TINT Hldllo did
not knuw anything, md tlioro wns no uso In ha
coming.
l1ar,ilne sal,1 be would rnthor aavo Sage hero
i.annins wanted to know If lsdao would cor
Withrow sni.l nillo would positively conc on
recrpi 1T n tctcHrnn,.
nlt}nLE uOEs NOT KNOW ANYTHING.
sanforh ts tho General 'Frnrlc Manager, and
Needles wanted 10 know ir WfthroW woull
br!nE saKe: ,,
sulIhr1,a lsc Issued.
t,lsllpa's motion wns ngrce.l to, and tho ;bus:
ness Of tho inycsttantton-tho examination Of
Joseph +. Tuckrr-wha resumed. fucker snli
the passenger rntts on tho Illinois CDntral were
io.r cents 4 me ls;9 an.i Typ; a!th2.,xll
ecnts. Witness would produce his freisht 'nriiI
for 1870 md lssO. tntcs ,wcro rl1ni,grtl from
time to time. Witness said his roaa eharxc!. IN
some cnscs, more for tho short than tho long
hlul In tue eUtEC direction,
liarilin9 wanted IL know how tho rcbnte nc
WIthruw oIJucicd, mud tedious argument
Condoc Fatl he did not understand tho q,,cs-
tioil an1 tho Chair sald tho easne thing nap
Tho wttnrss did not know anything about tho
books.
lie KNEW REBATES wlltE MADE.
HORACE Tucker could tell something about tLC
relaics md tho record Ut thom.
Harding. thought tho wrong man had boon
Tho wltrless continued, aud said special rates
were tnnue.
Itarl!ue wanted to know how many kinds of
Another objection was madc, followed by tho
usuul argument.
Witness sall special contarcts, were mat'o in
order 3i spsclni rates, and apply to alt parties
WMikcr, Ut Fulton, wanted to know tho cir.
cnnstat'ccs nader which spccfaa rates were
inMdG. - ...
lowed.
moro connection win llar.lrgs freight I'LL, l,-
trnluCed In tho Senate Tew iAys Aru, than
with tho investigation. 1t tho prosecution
wanted specific evidence, 1t must nuke specific
Witness answered tho question by stating that
spes Ss wes' n srsatsa o VI
manufacturing establishments.
SPECIAL RATES WEltE GIVEN.
Harding wtitted to know how tho rebates were
l';f. rho question was obloctcl 10. Another argu-
Cnilon lnado speech nRal.ist tho distractions
eot'nsel e. Tor tho rsroads iic id not propose
thnt. the investigation shoul!l Ge The lal'Ehlnx-
Stuck Ut tho country, nnd for tbls reason ln
TIC Connittco wsatet H. know tic road to
what they were after. and !le forone proposed TT
a Ss bc f as ot'eo 9f ts nsEr nes
tiona IN tho dirk. Tho knowledge uf Tho r.til-
roads wus lacked up Elke tho !cnrning Of tho
w,ls told that Qua tnun Ind tho ksy, hut when
they come to look tnr tho mnn objection WIS
entered, Tho Speaker waa tired Of these frtv-
WItllr0w sa!I he woutd ask tho Committee to
conduct the Investigation
ACCORDING To LEGAL HuLEs AND PIlSCr-
l,1.Ea.
The witness CONTINUED that tho apcclai rebates
wcro kept tnf1fo special tnsc book.
tardlug wanted 10 KNOW how many special
re%es 11 sey9ra eHu ho
't1seu ao 'esr i, ag Ws so obias}eito 'p'''p"e'a
l1nrdl1x Wanted to know II 5000 special cou-
tr,.cts were nude III lo1D.
Another obtrctl0n wns entered.
Tho witness answered. by suyinR be could not
say how tnany there wcro In isio or in 1881. ;,
car.Innds of vouchers in 1850.
Objected to. ,.. ,..-.,..
trncts2
Objected to. ....'