New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-29
of the witness. had voted and had INSISTED upon

of the witness, nau NOltu anu "eN
answers to their questions. ~ ...ro.
He declared that it would be a foul outrase e,
II Mr. Searles were found gullly vi oaa ~
for declining TO answer without belns Non a re-
advance that the committee INSISTED upi.h tha
ply Mr.. Searles was unable 10 COPE S,ata
DISTINGUISHED men who constituted LIe Or,ant -
connjttee In the olden days in the CIlei. ~ .
80 he ..niiprims coming from afar OH 10 the
high and blazing affairs Frustrated theii' ..iui
The august presence OF this IT,, denied
dated the poor, trembling Wlthess. ~ oct for
him the presence of counsel. Must i ne tba
himself without warning. with MS llpeit9 H. 80.
price OF his correct Judgment! lie oMtu bu,
under the law to answer pertinent qu ~ 80 which
he also owed a duty TO the corporation ot w. g.,
H. vas secretary to guard its secrets IL yin M
nertinent inquiries" He argued 'nat t,iV 20 a.
ton must have been impertinent, peca Soiiars
bad baen ascertained that millions oi u' 10
bad been contributed for local campalsii pu,
noses in New York for instance, ConsLe .;o ond
havs no mower TO enact remedial leslsIa,,o 80
could not raise finger to prevent siliiiia. ~,
cIHiu ms in the future 1t purely matter
for the State TO deal with.
THE Observation-Disclosures REPLY.
Mr.. Johnson finished his argument shortly be-
fore o O'clock. District-Attorney Davis's reply
uos cononaratively brief. Taking up the last
rronosjt,on OF the defence he insisted that one OIL
tho nurnoses Of the Senate investigation was 10
ascertain whether there had been corruption 10
secure control OF State Legislatures 1hoH
strous.. was the word he applied to the plea set
IN bv the counsel for the defence lie sdlu 'i'"'
he regretted that member OF his proIessioii'
"even under a retainer" should advance 'ho
proposition that Congress had no rlsh' W a'Oe
tain whether false political legislative iiaJo'',
had been created That no legislation Was ai'''eu
~ ba insisted was outside the point MI Da' 10
oor+arded that Senator Allen when he asheo 'he
crestion represented the Senate committee III us
official capacity He did not do 1t as an inui'iu
nal but as the representative OF the SENATE "a
tho Tinted States entitled" he added ioA>ihs
at Mr. Johnson. ito the respect Which '0''' ~
sons do not seem to accord him. ,.
"suppose," interrupted Judge braoieS' nc
Mr. Searles had replied that the company nav
nl,ced money in the hands OF a CERTAIN
and that. tracing it through Its various e
ne,s II had found its way into the manu-. "
United States Senator. isn't the Court oouho
to hold the question impertinent unless
ultimate fact appears aiirmativeiy'
mo. sir" replied M Davis VINO proceeaeu
90 ouo4a from the decision in the Chapman
case. The Judge pointed out that IN oa'' a'
,a, seemingly immatarial questions were al
lowed when accompanied by PROMISE "a
oo,,rse, 70 nrove their connection subsequently,
Mr.. Davis, in replying to TINS Suggestion
-, d,a NOT desire to appear critical OF the
Indn
we're TO he applied in such Investigations 'heie
was great risk that they would always come
70 nothing In the case Of an investisatihs
committee, its members were probing ma
could no. know what the developments o,Sou'ad
he They looked for footsteps, ana Iollo".u
then, whittier they led. The analogy, ne al, o.
gued. was not with common law case' 10, 10.
with q chancellor seeking facts. IL there Mas
at the outset an offer to prove certain mia
the Investigation would be waste oL ' Intr-
NJ Davis closed at 8 o'clock. and Ny Johh-
COW closed briefly In recalling Distrlct-Att -,
nev Dayiss statement that If TINS case W as u,o.
nojseed the statute under which the indlctiiielI
was brought might well be stricken from tIs
statute books. Mr. Johnson said that w QUIZ
not he an extraordinary calamity lt had pee, pee1
nnscted In 1851, and not invoked untli looI'
Ar $50 O'CLOCK. without rendering his decISion
| Judge Bradley adjourned the court until
| day ,ao 1ero Will
Owing to the engagements of Judge Jere W ,he
| son. one OF the counsel of john > ShrlVel' ele
! oo.rosnordnrt of ..The New-York Mail and Eek
press" his trial for contempt, whlcn was 81,
| for next Wednesday, has been postponed uh'N
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