National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-03
WHO GOT THAT MONEY!
witnesses in the whisky Cases sim Re-
fuse to Tell.

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The examination of Mr.. Anterior was resumed
yesterday morning before the Window investigGt-
lug committee. Witness was asked If had given
any further thought to the question which he de-
clined yesterday to answer, and replied that he
had and must still decline to answer. He had
some feeling the subject, and did not care to
drag an innocent man before the committee simply
to give him an opportunity to prove his innocense.
Buttwo parties approached him and they were both
lawyers; one offered his services as an attorney,
and the other asked If we were going 10 employ any
one. Neither of them mentioned the names Of
any Senator or member of Congress, or claimed
that he could influence them. In the conversa-
tion--whch was incorrectly reported in the Louis
y willie s sTc Of xpr 3S Ky ei %
was publlshed he did not know any one con-
nected with, the Herald. .witnest had no under
standing with any other interest to cooperate In
the effort to secure legislation.
MR.. STAGE, OF ST. LOUIS, WAS NEXT EXAMINED.
Witness is member of commission house in
that city, which handled all brands OF WHISTLES
and also Is president of a company In Louisville,
KY, which owns and operates two distilleries
He came to Washington on his own, account and
at his own expense on the 23d Of February last to
| looking the ground over he determined to ndyo-
| cate both reduction of the tax and an extension
| penses; never contributed to the expenses of any
one else and knew Of no fund to be used to infiu-
encc legislation. Witness had also been APP
preached by two attorneys, who sought to be re-
| tanned to present the claims of the dlstillers to
| Congress- he declined, however, to give their
names. Neither ofthese attorneys offered 10 Sc:
cure the influence ofany Senator or member, and
| no proposition was made by either of them that
| would not be considered perfectly Legitimate.
| Witness had never seen the time when he consld-
| sidered 1t
NECESSARY TO SPEND ANY MONEY
| to secure influence with Congress. The diStillers
| had never asked for any measure that they had
| not been able to convince the committees and
| Congress We're perfectly just and reasonable, and
since 1865 there had not been single amendment
| h. ha nHlpplinu
distillers Interests that had not been sugges,ed
and carried through by the dstillng interests at
| their own expense. Witness added: 1--WE have
never asked but what is right and heretofore have
| always gotten 1t. Witness was examined at some
length rs to The effect upon the trade Of previous
| sion of the bonded period now asked by the dis.
tillers would not lead to sill greater overprOduc
| the bonded peritd should be infinitely extended
| 1t would probably increase the stock IN bond to
| 10O,0OO0O0 gallons, not more than that, which
would not be above the wants of the trade. The
consumption would probably be about 10000 900
gallons per a4num, which would in future be the
| never before In so good condition rs now They
HAD SOLD THEIR WHISKY
| and got their money. OF course they would max G
1t SO long they could sell it. but with lOOO000oO
gallons in bond the demand would neces arily
fix the amount of yearly manufacture Mt the figure
| of consumption. Witness had never heard that
any person whatever was employed by the distil !,
| Moulton MS their paid attorneys. Colonel Whar-
| ton, of Louisville, was next examined Witness
| was employed by the Kentucky distilers as their
| paid attorney. His compensation was fixed ut
5000, out Of which he paid all Of his expenses,
| With the exception OF $50 for speeches which they
| had distributed, and SSj for printing brief he
knew of no other expenditures by the association.
| He had been approached by two attorneys, but
sd Declined 20 engage e dnS as Sd
| lied to engage them in fact, he thought he had
plain sailing nntll their bill reached the Senate,
| and the cry of fraud and
CORRUPT INFLUENCES WAS RAISED.
Witness declined 10 give the names Of the attorneys
who had approachedhim. Hewould dislike 10 have
| 1t known that he sought TO lie employed aud was
refused, and therefore desired 10 respect the feel
| ings of these gentlemen, although, perhaps, they
| had not been over modest in their estimate of the
| value of the services they could render. The Inn
| preston they produced upon him was that they
proposed to use their legal talents in securing the
passages Of the bill, but he had never anticipated
any trouble In scouting its passage. He had talked
| with Members and explained the features of the
bill. Had always told them he was the Inid Mt.
tOrney Of the dlstilleTs, and had never found one
who did not admit that the bill was Just lie mr..
| gucd 1t before the Ways and Means Committee OF
the House, but had not approached any Senator IN
to DO so with The investigation pending. Witness
had never been
APPROACHED ny ANY JOURNALIST
or cor cspondent for any other purpose than tc
obtain Information in resald t. the proposed leg.
| isiWiion, they had ALWAYS becn extremely cOurtc.
Gus and had shown great Intelligence III thor.
| oughly treating the subject. No intimation Of
| any kind or threas had ever come to him tina
any newspaper man Muull use his influence
against the bill II he was not feed He knew o.
| no member of Congress or Senator who had eye
| been promised or had ever asked any considers
ton whatever for inyoring the bill. Witness added
emphatically; "Gentlemon never presented {
case in court with cleaner hands than have pre-
sented this one before Congress" The committed
| adjourned 10 1880 O'Clock Monday morning.
| -S
FLORENCE NJ. CoRNYN was playmate of Gem
eral Philip Sheridan when they were boys. The!
used to drive carts together when the Erie Cana
was being built. Though surgeon for Franz
Bair's regiment during the battle Of wilson
Greek, Cornyn seizld a muskel and waded in. A
Shiloh lie fought with a rlmrod against cold stee
and saved battery. His gallantry at wilson
creek Shiloh, corinhI Tuscumbia, and luki
caused Grant to promote him from colonelcy lC
a brgadier-genoralship, but he was killed a few
hours before the commission reached his camp