Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-24
His Agent Had Bought a Small
Amount OF silver. Only
800, 900 Worth.
SYMPATHY VITA rHE PrRsEcUrro
RUSSIAN Jews.
The Pope Acknowledges the Services
OF the Kaiser IN the Battle
for Civilization.
nv Telegraph TO tho news.
TIM SILVER roof COMMITTEE.
senator Cameron HAT spccais,ed -
Little In Silver.

WAsuNGTUN, Jan. %. David I.
Littler Of Illinois, who was mentioned
"a the agent OF Senator Cameron In the
purchase Of silver bulllon. appeared be-
fore the Silver Pool Investigating
COMMITTEE today. After relating how
he had bought aud sold between forty
aud any thousand dollars' worth u
silver early In the summer, before any
legislation In the matter was had,
Llttlcr was asked II Inc had purchased
Tor Senator Cameron. He replied:
Yes, ! bought "A small amount Of
silver Tor Cameron. | do not remcm.
Der the exact amount, about hundred
thousand dollars' worth. Tina. was
some two or three weeks after | made
the purchases on my own account, and
u was pending the silver legislation.
II was before Congress had icgi.lated
on II. No, do not remember the
exact date, but Il was before final ac-
tion.n
"Did you buy for any other Senator,
Representative or Government Of.
ncials?v
al did not offer 10 do NO. want 10
state about Cameron that he met me
one day. | had been talking with
dlyen members, senators aud Others. |
did not seek 10 disguise the fact that
had bought some silver, feeling that I
had u right 10 do IL, and gave ~ my
opinion, when asked, that silver was a
good purchase aud that there wa.
money In H. Cameron knew had
purchased some, aud when he met me
one day lac said. u want you 10 buy
some silver for me- think he opened
the subject, although 10 not rcmcm.
Der about It,"
bittlcr said he bought forty Il fifty
thousand dollars' worth Of silver for
himself and few weeks later hun.
dred thousand dollars'wotth for Senator
Cameron. Both transactions were
prior 10 final action ON the silver legls.
latlon. I.lttler said he wished r.
characterize In the most uncquivocal
terms the general statement that h,
had been connected with q silver pool
looking to the influencing OF legisla
tion NJ an unqualified lie.
When asked about the. rep utation vi
Owenby, who has been mentioned n
connection with the alleged silvei
pool, be said Owcnby seemed n clever
fellow, hut he would think better OF
him when he got back some OF In,
money ho had loaned Owenby.
sfhht't Nafh VI
any silver pool. He never asked amy
one In Congress TO vote for silver lcgls.
lation, aud he went Into the specnla.
ton without the solicitation Of any
one. AS near ms he could remember,
he made less than eight aud more than
six hundred dollars In the Transaction.
Cameron made between n thousand
and fifteen hundred. No representa-.
tive, Senator or other government OIL.
cor ever told witness that he was Inter.
osted In silver.
The attention Of witness being IL.
rected 10 the testimony OF Vest, he
said he had talked with Vest, Us with
Cameron and others. Being asked for
the names Of the "Otherr," witnes.
could not remember aud, turning TO.
ward Representative Rowell, said,
"Perhsps with Captain Rowell, ~
we'll ~ with my Illinois fricnds.n lie
did not mean that he recalled talking
with fowell, and used the name only
because that was n likely n talking
with any one else.
Iittlcr further said that he never
offered any monetary inducements
whatever, except 10 express an opinion
that there would DO an advance In
silver.