The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-02

In Office hours. And It was further dis
closed In the cross. examination that he
was cognizant OF the fact that arrange
ments had been made with Tyler. by
which Tyler, who had charge OF the cards
relnting to franchise tax matteGl ana
therefore had access to our records, show
Ing the maximum capital stock of cor
poratiors in the State, and WAS moro
familiar with that than anybody In the
ofice--that Tyler should write letters to
the corporations OF the character shown
here and filed with Mr.. upshur's report.
suggesting that they reduce their capital
stock, and that Mr.. Tyler was doing that
under n sort OF contingent arrangement;
and that In regard to letters he had
dictated to Newly, Newly was to be paid
by the company. He turned to me In the
course OF the examination. In answer TO
either q question I asked or perhaps mat
Mr.. Stuart asked, and he said: why,
Judge Crlmp knew about this company,
and he knew l got 1t up, and he thought
a company OF this sort would he a good
thing. and would be q benefit and would
help" i said: Eyes, Major Lanler, that Ia
true, but YOU remember that I wnrned
you not to have any official connection
with this company. and not to brinE II
in connection with your work here l
do not recall. of course. the exact words.
Mr.. Hunton:i His work?
Judge Crump: His work as assistant
~clerk-"any more than I would bring 1t
in connection with my work as chair
man" I do not remember the exact
words. but what the matter had reference
to was the work which had just been
disclosed by him that he was doing. That
was the reason of his turning to me.
and the reason Of my explanation to
him, which he excepted as true, and
was said In the presence of all OF us.
Would Do 1t No More.
SO He said that what tic was doing
seemed to him to be a matter that he
could do. that he had no Idea that II
would involve the commission In any
way. I said. Don't you see that your
immediate action for the company, In
connection with your contemporaneous
action as assistant clerk. would excite
outside attention. and almost necessarily
so?" Mr.. Stuart took UP that line with
him at considerable length then
md the ultimate result was that we
had quite a talk on hat subject; and
Mr.. Lanier said that he was very sorry
indeed that the thing had happened, and
q consequence of this sort had never &C.
curred to him. certainly he would never
engage In any such work again.'s' '
We conferred briefly afterwards. and.
as stated by Mr.. Stuart, we all agreed
that the conduct OF all three OF those
employees in the oflce-Lanier being,
In fact. an officer Of the commission. and
the other two employees-in connection
with Mr.. Upshur's report, and the gen.
eral condition there. was such as to
necessitate evidently the retirement of
Lanier and probably OF Newly and Ty-
Ter.
I did not say anything at all In that
investigation, about my having any stock
In the pan AS q matter Of fact,
1 did not have any stock in the COM
pany. I had subscribed to one share.
and there lad been one call made. which
at that time I had not paid.
Not to Evade Anything.
Il do not want to avoid or evade any
thing | did In connection with that one
share of stock. / want to say that the
matter OF least concern to me. or that
occurred to me OF being of no account
in the whole thing. was the fact OF my
up 500 to the company. 1t was
the subject of any conversation that
led to anything. There was no conceal
ment on my part; there was no disclosure
or co~ncealment. OF course 1 do not
what was in my mind, but
was in my mind. as far as I
know. about MY subscription to the stock
1 know alisthsa time, It was only on my
this way: that Il that stock was
ever issued to me. / was perfectly will
Ing to trust on my own Judgment. The
/ had been raised In. the old Va.
school, the standard by which / measure
my conduct. 1 have found in my life
Is high enough for me to Judge myself
by. without asking the advice OF those
whom I know to be of the same sort
of raising that I have been"
That thing was entirely under my con-
troll at any time. II during the course Of
this year. as had in mind. 1t turned
out at any time that this stock was
issued to me. il there was anything at
all Incompatible with my holding stock
In & company of that kind. why, I could
dispose OF 1t in a minute But there was
In the variations or relations at
that time that would necessarily lead
to. or did lead to, anything relating to
this particular matter.
Action Regarding Lanier.
The 9th of April was Friday. 1t
suggested that I convey to Mr.. La
nier the fact hat NE desire his resig-
/ think 1t was (the follow
ing) Monday that Mr.. Fairfax reported
that Mr.. Upshur asked that the whole
be held up: hat he wanted TO
file additional papers. On the 18th
or the latter part of that week. we get
ting the papers on the 9th and 10th
May, We proceeded to take action in
regard to Mr.. Lanier. .*I am pretty
certain that l wrote a little pencile mem
o-andum, and finally 1t was agreed on,
it was taken into tho Typewriter and
,opded off and brought brck; and think
It was on the evening Of the 11tn hat
wrote n lire to Mr.. Lanler-I think I
that In my own handwriting. and
that memorandum 1t was not
IT. order; 1t was simply a memorandum
expressing the wishes OF the commits
;ioners that may have been in the let
Itself. ! enclosed that to him, and
had 1t put on his desk.
Witness here discussed the work re-
garding State banks done by the COM
mission. the rate schedule which had
been prnparad and various matters not