Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-27
THE SILVER POOL.
Testimony Before the Committee Yester-
day-senstor Cameron's Statement

Testimony Before the Committee Yester-
day-senator Cameron's Statement.
At the opening OF the silver pool investiga-
tion yesterday. letter read from j. III.
Owensby to Mr.. W. =. Stevens in which he
said:
In reply TO your inquiry, have to say that
am willing to appear and testify without re-
serve provided / have reasonable assurances
that the investigation is made in good faith,
that have satisfactory guarantee that shall
be allowed TO summon and compel the attend
ance Of persons and papers in confirmation of
my testimony. and provided, also. that it is
thoroughly understood that if I 60 into the
matter at all shall have the right TO take ii
into court, where / could have fair play and
punish the perjuries which am sure will follow
nv disclosures. / am ready and willing to
make GOOD all have told you. but desire such
guarantees of protection as will be acceptable
10 nv attorneys. There is one error regarding
Mr.. Parsons.
SENATOR CANERoS's TESTIMONY.
Senator Cameron testified. He said that the
testimony of Nj. Littler was substantially cor
rect. He bought silver just like he would buy
gnY other commodity. lie had purchased it
without much thought. He had bought through
Mr.. Litter early in June about 100000 ounces
on a margin, for which he put up $1,000. be-
fore the bill passed the Senate, and gave an
order to him to sell il in ten days or two weeks.
He kept no memorandum OF the transaction.
SO far as he recollected, the silver was disposed
of in June. His profits were about 81 100. lie
had no knowledge of any other Senator or Rep
resentative or government official having any
interest IN the purchase of silver. He made no
concealment of having purchased the silver.
That was the only interest he had in silver
during the year. He never knew Owenby and
knew nothing about the existence of the silver
pool and did not believe any one else did He
said there had been no talk between him and
other Senators about the organization of a sill
yer pool, and that no member of the House or
Senate had ever asked him TO exert his influence
to prevent the present investigation. or to get
Mr.. Dockery to withhold his resolution asking
for il. Senator Vest. he said. was mistaken In
his testimony when lie said thar he Cameron
bought the silver after the bill had passed the
Senate
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS TESTIFY.
Il. d. Bosart. correspondent of the Chicago
EreHiaJ Post. was questioned relative to state
ments made by him in dispatches to his paper
intimating that there were persons who would
not object to the present investigation being
dropped and that Representative Flower of
New York was IN the silver pool, &c In regard
10 the first he said he was reporting what was
commonly said among Chicago correspondents,
and some other statements were intended as
mere pleasantries- Regarding statement
that Mr.. Flower had bought silver at 30 cents.
witness said that his impression was that he
had heard it from one Edward Curtis, who was
employee of the st. Louis silver committee.
He hal no personal knowledge Of the matter.
L G.. Dunnell, correspondent OF the New
York Times, was asked concerning dispatch,
the purport of which was that n gentleman had
overheard a conversation between Messrs.
Payne ard Dingley to the effect that if they had
known that the revelations with regard to Sen
ator Cameron would be made. they would have
been reluctant TO enter into this investigation.