The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-26

l McMahon-That is what 1 com.
plain of.
P HaTFis-What has that to do with
/ the subject? l wish you to make
: your charge, if you have one to
make.
Il McMahon-It was executive in
fluence that wanted this put in the
: bill.
Harris-Then is il the executive
that is connected with the Chiriqui
| Company? Please put it somewhere.
1 McMahon-Is there any executive
but one in the country?
A DemOcrat-Tilden. Naughter9
McMahon-I repeat that the ex-
ecutive influence was slyly cast
around that subcommittee of the
committee on appropriations.
Hiscock-Will the gentleman in
dictate what sly influences were
exercised by the executive over the
committee on appropriations.
McMahon (signifcantly)-Do l
understand that a friend of the
President calls for information?
Hiscock (defiantly)-I call for
information; and if you have any,
give it to the House.
McMahOn-DO understand that
a friend of the President asks it.
HiscOck-No; but a friend of
honesty and fair dealing.
McMahon-All right. The infiu-
ence was sought to be exercised over
the subcommittee by the Presidents
private secretary. Mr.. Rogers. | did
not want to say that, but | was COM
PEELED to. 1t is true, and can prove
1t. | said, in my opening statement,
that a gentleman appeared before
the subcommittee who had a right
TO come there. He did not come in
disguise, but he argued the question
from a national standpoint. | knew
him to be an attorney, but did
not know for whom he was acting. |
asked him, Whom do you repre-
'sent?' His answer was, 81 represent |
a private individual and the Chiri-
.qui Land improvement Company"
Goode-All the information be-
fore the naval committee was
derived from executive documents.
No representative of any private |
jObber has ever, so far as / know,
approached the committee.
McMahon-I have no doubt of it. |
Frye, tauntingly-They only went
to the subcommittee of the COM
mittee on appropriations. They
knew where to go. (Laughter.)
McMahon-If the gentleman can
find job in this bill, or any other
bill, coming from the committee on
appropriations, l will show him, in
the history of his party, ten jobs for
one. 1t was from this gentleman,
who appeared before our sub-cOm-
mittee, that l learned all | have
stated to the House. If | under
stood him correctly the $4,000 is
to be given by government for 100
feet of ground on lagoon or bay
there, just sufficient for a cooling
Hiscock commented on the fact
that neither of the other two men,
hers of the subcommittee of the
committee on appropriations,
BlOunt and Monroe. had said any
thing of the influence referred to by
the gentleman (McMahOn). Did not
the gentleman mean to say that the
President had sent his private sec
rotary TO use sly influences over his
action on this question? l am
satisfied from the character
of the gentleman from Georgia
,BlOunt and the gentleman
from Ohio (Monroe), that moth
ing of the kind would be
attempted on them. daughter
On the republican side) / think the
gentleman was only one who was
slyly approached. l am in favor of
his appropriation. We all under
stand what is contemplated in that
portion of the world. and certainly
his sum should be placed at the dis
loSal of the executive for the pur-
IoSe indicated.
Robson declared himself in favor
II the appropriation. 1t would be
on every executive in
uture to gather at the Isthmus all
he navy strength az command to
epresent the flag and interest of the
dominant government on the Amer
can continent.
Without action on the amenGme >
nd the committee rose, and the o
louise adjourned until tomorrow. Il