National Republican., 1884-03-03
A orEsr1oN OLE NERACtrY.
Progress OF tine tnvcsugntion Into
Refers Charges Against Boynton.

iGeifer's Charges Against Boynton.
When the Koifcr- Boynton investigating
committee began its session saturday morn
ing, Gen. Boynton presented Mr. w. NJ
Ramsey, attorney Of the Commercial Gazette
company, who, he said would represent him
at the request Of the company, during the
remainder of the investigation.
J. W. Elder was tho first witness, and told
OF n conversation he had with GEN. Boyn tor
in the hall of the house of representatives d
year ago. lie spoke to Boyntun about a sma
bill which he had before congress. Boyntor
declined t. do anything about it on th,
ground that he could not get the speaker tt
aid him in passing the DicGatrahan bill
which was q much larger one. He said Keifei
would leave tho speakers chair without
money or friends.
Tho committee would not allow the defense
TO attempt to prove the bad character OF the
witness by an affidavit made by him in the
divorce case in which he Is u defendant nor by
evidence offered in the Spohord. kellogg in.
ycstigation, in which the witness had been
interested. Tho witness admitted that he
went to Cleveland after the previous witness
Garfield, at the request and expense Of Con.
Refers attorney. Boynton had not told him
that he had made corrupt proposition u
Ecifcr or anything that implied such a
thing.
w. r. Green testified that Boynton had
told him that he had spoken TO Koiier about
the McGarrahan bill This witness was the
last for the prosecution.
EX-Congressuan Dunnell, Of Minnesota
testified that he had asked Gen. Keifer to
recognize him for the purpose of bringing up
the McGarrahan bill. Keifer told him the
bill had no chance OF passage but promised
TO recognize him ii there was time after Ger.
tain other matters were disposed ol.
(1p, DnVntpn thEp fupk tlR stand HE
account of his interviews with Gen. Koifer
concerning the MCtiarTdhHn bill was tho same
MS that given in various interviews published
at the timo when Gen. hciler made his
charges. On the night after the conversation
in the speakers room in which Gen. Keifer
charges Gen. Boynton with making Il corrupt
proposition, Gen. Keiler came TO Gen. Boyn-
toms office, and was there for some time,
engaged i'll amiCable conversation. There
were several persons in the Office at the time.
The relations of the two men were cordial,
until Gen. BOynton sent dispatch to his
paper commenting severely upon the conduct
of the speaker in opening the press galleries
TO the public.
The witness denied positively and directly
having any such conversation with Elder
and Garfield as they swOre to, or any conver-
sation with them at the capitol. lie charac-
terized the testimony of Gen. keifer and Mr.
White regarding a conversation in "a low
lone over lhe hpohkeI thpic III MS RUM, hS
square perjury" He also emphatically de.
MED that he had made the remark about Col
fax and Blaine attributed to him by Gen.
Keifer.
William McGarrahan testified that Gen.
Boynton never had any interest, other than
as q friend of his in the passage of the Nc
Garrahan bill.
r. J. Wynno and Charles A. Boynton con.
frmed the statement of Con. Boynton con-
cerning Gen. Keifer's visit to his Office on the
night Of March 1, 1883, after the alleged con-
versation in the speakers room when, as Gen.
Keifer says, Gen. Boynton tried to bribo him.
and was compelled TO leave the room.
The testimony will be resumed tomorrow
morning