Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-24
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. CLOSING THE HEARING. The Bribery Case Given to
 the Committee. DAVENPORT'S ANSWER TO STRkHAN, Full History of the Mar
 shalship Offer. COnkling in a Personal Quarrel. Refusing to Shake Hands With a
 Senator.
Refusing to Shake Hands With a
 Senator.
NEW YORK.

1 NEW YORK.
 l Tells Ills Story to the COmmittee-An | Explanation of Strahan's Charges | The Marshalship Not Offered a Con- l sideration for his VOte-ConkIfng En- gages in a Personal Quarrel.
 ALBANY, June 23.-In the joint convention to-day two ballots were taken for United States Senators. On the first Conkling bal lot Potter took the place of Jacobs as the Democratic nominee and boiled B votes Wheeler received 50, Conkling 32, Lapham r, there being but three scattering votes. On the first Platt ballot Depew had 56, Ker- nan 53, Platt 27, Cornell and Crowley 8 each, six being scattered. The second Conkling bal lot resulted the same as the first, except that Cornell had no votes and Hoskins had two.
 On the second Platt ballot Depew had 52 votes, Cornell 7, Crowley 6, Lapham 8, Wheeler none and Hoskins 5. The conven- tion then adjourned.
 The investigating committee resumed it's hearing this morning, MT. Bangs, counsel for committee, being on hand. Mir. Tillinghast was first called and his testimony was that of straightforward business man who had nothing to do with the Senatorial contest
 Counsel for the committee in his quest for information went so far as to ask the witness on what part of his person he kept his
 money. and also the exact disposition of it when he reached Buffalo. On his statement that he supplied Buffalo bank with the cur rency the question was asked if he made any profit on the transaction this he declined to answer. The whole drift of his testimony was totally foreign to the bribery investiga- tion. In private conversation afterward MT. Tillinghast said that he wss no politician and had voted only four times in his life, and the last time was for Abraham Lincoln that he always had a large amount of cash ready for business transactions and that he believed he was called in order that some con- nection might in some way be shown between Mr. Vanderbilt and the Senatorial question. Charles P Ingersoll, of Chatauqua, next testi- jed to conversation had with Assemblyman Bradley June 8, in which the latter acknowl- | sdged that he understood the feeling of his constituents was strongly opposed to the re- lection of Conkling and Platt, and that he had got through voting for them and would l now vote for Depew. This conversation he l related to MT. Sessions. Mir. Bangs said he | had no further witnesses to call and as far ! n. John I. Davenport was then allowed to tes- l -ify. His testimony was given so directly | to the point as to leave the impression that the President had nothing to do with MT. | Strahan's proposed nomination except at the 1 suggestion of Messrs. Knox and Davenport, and was really awaiting their action before a | name was sent to the Senate. His offer of | he marshalship to Strahan was detailed as follows: q met Mir. Strahan at the Union League club that night and asked him if l could use his name for the office of marshall l ship; Mir. Strahan said, Do you know wheth- l 1T Conkling and Platt are to be candidates p I
 answered did not he then asked me,
 Where are you in this fght?' I answered, l Tn this issue am with the President ; he | said, I don't know whether either gentleman l will be 8 candidate; don't desire to be embar- ! 'assed , he asked if this offer could be held | over till after the settlement of the United ] states Senatorship: I replied, No. I must ! lave an answer immediately; I told him l
 hat of course he would be expected to vote l against Conkling and Platt he wanted to consult with Judge Gardiner that night and i've me an answer in the morning; I agreed So this, and in the morning he telegraphed hat he would not accept the place; I re- .;eived telegram about o'clock that morn ng from Henry B. Knox, at Washington, .sking me to suggest some name if Mir.
 trahan would not accept. Here the commit ee took recess until o'clock.
 The committee resumed its session at 3 D. m John I. Davenport resumed the stand.
 davenport testified that after receiving a despatch from Knox he went at o'clock in he morning to the house of Assistant Dis
 rict Attorney George W. Lyon and secured ais consent for the use of his name as 8 can- iidate for marshal That morning he tele- graphed to Knox at Washington that Strahan declined and he (Davenport) suggested the appointment of Lyon. Also telegraphed
 iarfield to the same effect. Learned subse-
 AL LI,. L -s. H. on at so late an hour that the President had lrged Knox to accept the place and Knox lad consented. Davenport was cross-exam- med at great length and testified that he had lad communication with the President and secured his permission to state all that had passed between them. All that was said re- ating to the Senatorial contest in his con- versation with the President was the query 0y the President as to whether Conkling and 'latt were going to be candidates or not. He 5old the President that reports were contra ictory and there was some doubt as to whether they would. The President never expressed to him any desire in regard to their 4lection. Davenport testified further
 hat none of his conversations with
 trahan regarding the marshalship were
 oy authority of the President, that he had
 simply acted in accordance with the request of Knox. He understood that if Strahan aid his name might be used in that connec- ion that his name would he presented to the President and believed he would be nomina
 ed Mentioned the fact to the President that Knox and himself had spoken of Stra- han and that Knox thought well of it. The
 President made no reply other than to say good bye and left the room. The President mistook the name of Robert H. Strahan for
 John H. Starin until he (Davenport) ex- plained who Strahan was. Strahan said to
 nim, eff I should accept this office I pre- sume it would be felt that I should vote against Conkling and Platt if it So happened
 that they were candidates" to which Daven- port said, "I presume it would be- under standing his question as referring to the friends who had suggested his name. All the men named in connection with the place were friends of Arthur. It was not suggest ed by Knox or himself whether either of the gentlemen named were friends or opponents of Conkling. Knox was warm friend of
 Arthur Believed his idea was to serve Ar thur good turn and also demonstrate by the selection of friend of Arthur's that the President was not disposed to make war upon the stalwarts. Did not understand from Knox that the President had said so to him. but understood that these were Knoxs views, which he desired to impress upon the
 President Knox had been in Washington 8 week or more in consultation with, Arthur endeavoring to bring about some understand ing between Conk1ing and the President So far as he knew, the marshalship had never been offered Strahan. He had simply been requested to say whether he would accept or