Year: 1875

| Special 10 the Appeal


NASHVILLE, March I'm. c. Gallo
way testified as follows before the legis-
lative committee to-day:


O.-WheTe do you reside, and what is
your occupation?


Al live in Memphis, and am chief
editor OF the Memphis APPEAL and
president of the APPEAL publishing
company.


Q-Have you any knowledge, infor-
nation or belief that any money or other
consideration was used, or sought to be
used, with any members of the last gen.
eral assembly to secure the passage of
the funding or any other bill, or to serrs-~
the election or defeat Of sny Persoh LOT
the Office of comptroller OF any other
Office.


Al never knew Of dollar having
BEEN used for the purposes referred to in
the above interrOgatOries.


Q.-DO you know of any funds or
money being used with any person
whomsoever to secure his support OF
the funding bill, or to secure the election
Of any person, or have you any inform
alton or knowledge that bonds were put
upon the market for the benefit of any
person who would support said funding
bill?


Al never was approached myself
by any person to secure my support Of
the funding bill. / never was ap-
preached by any bondhOlder on that
subject; l don't know bOndhOldeT in
the United States. l did support the
funding bill, because Governor Brown,
the nominee of the Democratic party in
1872 commenced the canvass by sup
porting funding policy. There being
no objection to his speeches on that
question, presumed it was the policy
Of the Democratic party, and hence the
APPEAL supported his position. When
the legislature convened Governor
Brown recommended the policy he had
advocated during his canvass, and
there being still no objection, still pre-
sumed that to be the policy Of the party,
and the APPEAL sustained his message
on. that question.


Q.-SOmething has been said before
this committee about certain papers
which were found at the Maxwell
house; papers containing some state
ment. II you desire making any state
ment about them, you can do so?


A.-There were papers found, but they
related to private business, which did
not amount to a row of pins, and which
ended with the correspondence.


Q-Were there any bonds put up on
margin for the benefit OF the APPEAL
in connection with the funding bill?


A-There never was a word Of any
thing of that sort. There never was
bond put up for the benefit Of the AP-
PEAL company.


Q-Some testimony before the COM
mittee will render it proper to ask this
question MIR. Heating is associate edi-
tor OF the APPEAIS?


A--Yes, sir.


Q-DO you know whether bonds were
put up for his benefit in that cOnnec-
tion?


because any negotiations of that sort
could not be carried on except through
me, as chief editor and president of the
APPEAL publishing company.


LEGISLATIVE.


The senate was occupied all day in
the further discussion of Mr.. Ragland's
treasury bill. Big speeches in Opposi-
ton to the bill, and in favor Of paying
the entire State Indebtedness, were made
by Messrs. Marye and Quarles.


In the house, the house bill to allow
counties to vote whether to do away
with fences was rejected on third read
ing. The comptroller hes issued his war
rant in favor of B. J. Hill for three thou
sand and eighty-six dollars, on account
of the receiveTship of the M'Minnville
and Manchester railroad. The senate
bill taking from the State treasurer the
right to borrow money passed third read
ing. The committee appointed to inves-
tigate the charges against the Shelby
delegation have telegraphed to the edit
or Of the New Orleans Times to produce
his proof Of the charge.