Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-09-22

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efations against me was a member of Il
New Hamsshire legislature and charm,
OF an important committee. I immetlint
y telegraphed Speaker Kerr, asking
the honse had authorized any iuvestie
ton OF my accounts, and received
prompt reply that it had not. 7 the
telegraphed q republican member
c1lover's committee, asking if any test
mony was being taken against me bv III,
committee and received a reply tn.
Glover was aecretly taking testimony b
himself against almost every repubiica
omoi.l, without having any regui,
meetings Of the committee.
Immediately obtained leave of sbsene
from nv legislative duties, went I,
Warrington. saw Captain Blackford an
Others, who said they had been summon
"a beiore Glover without an opportuni
y to see the records Of the serv.ant.at
arms Office and sharply catechised from
memory about matters wh,cl
had occurred nearly .tw
years previous. That they asked 70,
time and that might be sent for t.
bring the records of the Office, but tl,ei
requests were not granted.
One colored man who had worked as
substitute for a'watchman for about hal
the salary. the man for whom lie worked
receiving the balance, made an affidavit
that he was told before he went in t.
testify that he must not state that ht
was substitute but give the impression
that Sergeant-at.arms Ordway withheld
la'portion of his pay. .gs
He also stated in his affidavit that he
was told after he had testified thus false.
~ under duress that if lie came before
the committee aud corrected his testi.
mony he would be arrested and nut IN
Jail. s.
! addressed letter to MIR. Glover
stating that Mr.. Biackiord and Others
whose testimony he had taken after ex.
snn'nlng tue records in my possession
relating to the committees we're satisfied
that their first testimony had given n
wrong impression, as many witnesses
and bills Of the various committees had
been paid directly through the sergeant
alarms office before they as deputies
for messengers took charge Of the com
mlttees and accompanied them on their
various trips, and also after the commit.
tee, had returned to Washington for the
purpose Of completing the investiea-
tions there and made up their
reports. and that 1 demand.
ed that these witnesses
be recalled and that be permitted to
appear with the records and memoranda
kept In the sergeant-at-arms office and
testify in regard to all these transac-
tions.
Mr.. Glover refused this request saying
that he was going away to Missouri to lA
gone several weol.s .nu upon his return
II sho committee thought there was any.
thing rejecting upon my official conduct
I should be heard.
A few wesks later member of the
committee informed me that Glover was
still taking testimony and advised me
10 demand recall Of the witnesses for
cross-examination and correction Of their
testimony and also to give my own testi-
mony. I Immediately left New
Hampshire and upon my arrival in
made another formal re-
quest upon Glover to see the testimony
b. had taken and to put in testimony in
4nswer to it, but received no reply.
I, however, followed the matter ur
and went to the committee room which
he occupied, with my witnesses for ff-
teen successive days Sundays excepted
but during all that fine he refused tc
call or hold a committee meeting or give
me any hearing wbakever.
l then called upon the four othe,
members Of his committee and appealed
to them to hold meeting the next day
that myself and witnesses might b.
heard.
This proposition was unanimously &C
ceded to by the comm ttee and Mr.
Glover was notified by them to be pres
ent the next day at 10 o'clock. At the
hour appointed went to the committee
room with my witnesses. The committee
was present. but Glover refused to re-
main and hear the testimony which was
taken down by the committee steno
grspher and I doubt very much if he
ever ssad the revised testimony of Messrs
Bradshaw and Blackford or my own
which completely explained every ap.
parent discrepancy in the garbled ex.
tracts and figures put forth by Petit
grew, which testimony remains in the
capitol at Washington unless it has been
stolen to prevent its publication; in
which event, however, I think l can
furnish copy for publication if Petit
grew aud those who publish what he ha.
put forth refuse to complete the record
and prefer to stand branded as willfully
Withholding important testimony in q
case they have pretended to state
fairly. F& - Gas
At the close of the hearing, after my
testimony was in, one Of the democratic
members OF the committees stated pub.
licly in the committee room that he
feared when the first witnesses were
called that it was the intention to mis-