Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-19

who did you vote Tor Tor BenatorT
az voted for Goode on the first five bal
lots. and for General Lee on the sixth.
How did you regard the proposition
when made TO your
II looked upon Il somewhat as n bid.
but was free, white, and three times
seven, and would vote for whom chose"
That, ne continued, was one OF the rea-
CONS why he voted for General Lee. but
the prime reason was that the masses
Of his constituents were In favor OF Lee.
what became of the letter from DR..
Priddy?'
II am pretty sure that destroyed II.
I didn't pay much attention TO II"
CONVERSATION WITH SHEPHERD.
Here Captain shepperd submitted a
memorandum as TO the conversation
which took place between himself and
Mr.. Thompson at the Exchange Hotel IN
regard 10 the leaving OF the money In
Patrick county By the friends of Mr. Mar
tin TO carry on Mr.. Thompson's campaign.
Tho piece OF paper was read by the wit
ness, who said he was sure that Mr..
Shepperi was mistaken as TO the Ian
guage alleged TO have been used by him
| Crhompson) as to the money being sent
with the positive and expressed under
standing that he Crhompson) should sup
port Martin for senator.
AN INDIRECT BID.
Mr. Boykin: Then. Mr.. Thompson, when
you accepted that money for your cam
paign fund IL was as an Indirect DID Tor
/ your vote for senator?
Not at that time. sir"
"But you became OF that impression
later?"
Eyes, sir, somewhat So"
"when did you change your mind?'
81 could not tell you"
was 1t before or after you came TO
| RichmondT'
1.-THE matter gradually settled Itself
upon my mind. In fact, / had II sug-
gested that the approach was in the ma
ture OF an indirect bid"
"Who was the friend 10 whom Cou have
referred as having come TO see you frstT
Or Martin. of Stuart"
The witness declared that none OF the
I money was paid to him directly; that
II all come through the county chairman
| without any assurance on his part tnat
| he would vote for Mr.. Martin.
MR.. swANSoNs LETTER.
The witness said, however. that his
! first letter upon the senatorshi9 matter
was from Hon. Claude a. Swanson, men,
| Der of Congress from his district Dir.
Swanson spoke. the witness went on 10
say, In highest terms OF Mr.. Martin
| but said nothing about any money ex-
| cept that as a member Of the state Cen
! trail Committee he thought he could get
| some funds for his Thompson'9 county.
Mr. Mushbach Was the reference to
| finances in the same letter that the
senatorship matter was?
1T was, sir" ~
CAPTAIN SHEPHERD. AGAIN.
When Mr. Thompson concluded Captain
| Shepherd was recalled. lie said that
! about two days before the caucus there
was some talk about the senatorial mat
| ter and the withdrawal Of Mr. Hunton.
| for whom Mr.. Thompson said he would
vote.
81 then told Mr.. Thompson that he
was q young man, Il being his first term
| as member of the House OF Delegates.
] told him that l had heard, and that
! it could be proved, that money had peeh
sent to his county that he should vote
for Mr. Martin. Air. Thompson sall that
he would tell me, and then said that
the money was left with his county chalr-
man with the positive and expressed I'M
derstandng that he would vote Tor Mar
tin. | wanted 10 see the letter from Dr'
Priddy. but he said he had destroyed H.
! then asked him II he would not write
out for me what he had told me, anu
he replied that he would prefer not 10
do so. Then | requested nm 10 aho"
me TO call in a friend and have MN 70
repeat what he had said to me IN MS
presence. This he said he did not care 10
do. He was afraid IL would in'olNe tne
name of a prominent gentleman In his
county. Mr.. Thompson told me, however
that he would do this much: Indt he
would not vote for Mr.. Martin.
This was about all that Captain Shep-
nerd knew about the matter, and ne re-
tired. Just as he was leaving the stahd
Mr. Thompson asked permission 10 sIate
that he was positive that Mr.. Shepperd
10 na
alleged 10 have been used by him. lie
denied having been more positive IN taiH-
ing TO Mr.. Shepperd than he had been
in his evidence.
General Lees Statement.
General Fitz Lee. who was telegraphed
for on Saturday, having been hoticeu III
the chamber few minutes BEFORE Chalr-
man Nicol asked that he be called 10
the stand II he was still present Inc
Ex-Governor came in from the committee
room, where he was chatting Some
friends. and made his way through tle
crowd TO the witness chair. lie suu' III
reply TO questions from Mr.. Nicol, that
he had read the resolution under whlch
tho Investigation was being conducted,
and thought he understood the scope OF
the inquiry. lie was then asked the
regular question as 10 the use OF uhuue
influences bearing upon the recent sehd-
II.
! tering upon his evidence he desired 10
make q personal statement bearing upon
n remark alleged to have been made by
| Mr.. Nushbach to the effect that ne U-ee)
had collected funds for campaign pur-
| poses. He also desired TO nouce some ol
| Mr.. Barbour Thompsons testimony
with reference to campaign contributors
from the railroads. and how they were
| used ., ,
MT. Nicol said he might proceed, ana
II he went beyond the prescribed limit
| some member Of the committee might
raise objection, and the question coui1
then be decided as to whether he shouIu
be allowed to continue. ,.,.
| Mr.. Boykin again defined his poslloh
| as he had done on SATURDAY WIN re-
| ference TO accepting testimony or gem
eral character about the source from
which campaign funds were received. lie
was willing for General Lee 10 make u
personal statement. but thought all testi-
mony should be confined TO cases "heIe
money was alleged to have been I'm,
properly used. In such instances anu
these alone. should witnesses be per-
mitted 10 discuss the matter Oh "heie
campaign funds came from.
General Lee repeated that the state
nent which he desired TO make had re-
ference to what Mr.. Mushbach ana MI
Thompson were reported in the news
papers to have said before the commit
tee on Saturday.
HELPED TO SECURE FUNDS.
Ex-Governor Lee then read the follow
ing: -,
"Haying determined to become candl-
date before the Legislature for United
states Senate, and having heard that IN
the campaign Of 1891 that money con-
trlbuted by certain Of the railroads IN
Virginia was not intrusted to the chair
man OF the State Committee, but was
nut at the disposal of and distributed py
Mr.. Barbour Thompson and Mr.. THOMAS
Martin. ] endeavored to prevent similar
distribution In the late campaign Iirsl
wrote to Mr.. Ingalls,. president Oh inc
Chesapeake and Ohio railway, ana stated
that while l did not ask for any assist
ance or support from his road, would
ask that he would see that any funds
contributed by his company should go
into the hands of the State chairman ana
not into the hands Of any one else, ana
had from him the positive assurance tnat
such should be the course pursued as 10
any funds contributed by his road.
Later In the summer went North with
Mr.. Ellyson, at his request TO solicit
campaign funds. While there / saw Mr.
Spencer. OF the firm Of Drexel, Morgan ~
| Co. and one OF the receivers OF the