Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 9, 1876, Page 4

4 @ Teibwne, TERMS O SUBSCRIPTION, PATABLE IN ADVANCE~UNSTAGR PREPAID AT THIS OF atpaid, e Dty Filton, pestol 1 scar. Matted 10 A0y addrest fimy wiekn for, Lo Bunday ¥ Wion: Literary and Itellgious Toniio a Elieet... X Tri-Weel G * Turia of yéar o WEEKLY EDITION, POSTIAID. One enfy, per year, of 1y POFCORY. Cluhof tweiity, per cop, The postage ta 15 cenia n year, which specinien coples sent frec, To present delay and mistakes, be sureand eive Poste Ofice address o fal, inciti tate and Cannty. Hemtutatces way bemnde clther by diaft, express, Tost-Oflice order, or In registered leler, atour saix, TERMS O CITY ~EDCRINLRS, Dafly, delf rered, Bunday execpted, 25 cents per week, Dally, deifvered, Sunday Incladed, 30 conta per week Addrese THE TRINUNE COMPANY, Cotaer Madiron anu Dearborneats., Chtcagu, 1L ey TAMUSEMENTS, Houley's Theatre, i treet, between Glark and LaSalle, En. et il Thowe Fytiake. T ftoea Allchei New Chicaro Theatre. Cinrk atpeet, between Lake and Randolph, Hooley's mstrets. Wood'w Musemn, Monroe strect. betsween State and Dearhorn, Af- ternoon, "fild‘&rn and.™ vening, Henefit o7 Robe vt Mewade, ———————ere SOCIETY MEETINGS. ENTAL LODGE NO. 31 A F. AND A, WORHENTAL L RORER L Niccli emambntctiun tis ay) evenlng at 7§ o'clovk for work on the £ Ihgrer, Vit Wrethiren cardially tnvited to attend. ;. ¢ ¢ Maxter. Srumger oI N. TUCKEIL, Eeeretars. 1. 0, B. B.~The hrethren of the Oed o peromble af the late resfdence of U Vurzm NoT WeItR a2 10 ‘W the pirpuse of tking port In cn uf QU I5(C IOLieT et ok, Pr. of Ramah Lodge, e requested LY . Friday, 8ti fut. the funcral ceremor speetnl L Corlnttdan Hall, 187 Thied Degree,, \iaithing bret) waer of the W WASHING 43, Ing it 2ecial emnvog Fiiay iarworlcun e Toral’ arah e, Viing wuluny coratuily Ivite arderof the M. " R Y OB R TN FRIDAY, JUNE Y, 1876, Greenbacks nt tho Now York Gold Ex- shange closed nt 887, we the meteorologienl conditions laid down ‘or this region to-day. A bogns dispstch reccived yesterdny on the Bonrd of 'f'rade in thix city, to the effect that 3ervia had declared her independence of Purkish nuthority, and would imwedintely make n very belligerent defense, caused re- markablo excitouent in thet turbulent con- gregation of commoreinl men. ‘The real news was pncificatory in character, sud dnmpened the hopes of the majority of the soltish and unthinking. R A e—— At Springtield, 1iL., yesterday the cnses of twenty-twa persons eharged with eriutes ngainst the rovenue laws were called for trial, and not n single ono of the accused varties was present. It is gratifying to note that their bonds were forfeited in encl in- stance, and it must have o benoficiul offect it theso forfeitures aro sternly maintained. One Inwyer telegraphed consideratoly that everything was ull right, and that his eliont would come back from Omaba somo time in tho week, A meeting of tho Lepublicon Reform OClnb of Chienge ie calfed for to-morrow evening ot the rooms of the Municipat Ite- form Club. 'The call briefly Lut forcibly sets forth the sitnation in the invitation to Re. publicans who are “m favor of the nominn- tiou nt Cincinnati of a enndidate who shatl tmbody tho wishes of the people, and whoso eampaign shalt bo vno not entirely consumed by personal explanations, ultimately result- ingina defeat of tho Republican party st tho polls next fall.” ‘This ju abont as near thy size of it as words can conveniently ex~ press, The Sonnte Appropriation Committes, in poing over the Tost-Office bill a8 it cnme from dhe lloiese, have snggosted mnny merdments, incroasing the appropristions for Postmnstess® sularies, the transportation of inlwmd aed ocean mnils, ote. Tho in- vrensed appropriations for the purposes nam- ¢d, are, however, more than counterbalanced by the striking ont of the Housa bill the item of FRAMOOU for ‘‘official stamps,” which suspicions torm is held to mean al- ozt anything in tho way of dead.head postal facilities in the depurtinents, We invito wttention to, and a eareful road- ing of, the uddress, published in another column, fwued by the Busrow Club of Chieago to tho Itepublicnn party. It is n timely and well-considered documont. It i full of ewruest appenl founded on sober rensoning. It presents.n enlm statement of the uctunl condition of tho battle-field, and the menns aud applistices on both sides, It warns agninst the ovils of over-confidonce, sil direets attention to the dangoerous and weuk points, 1t tells tho actual danger which threatons, and indicates how that langer muy L averted. Mr. Vaniox, of Massachusetts, had the ‘emerity to enguge in a skirmish yosterday with Mr. Braxg, who still wesrs tho war- paint he put on several duys ngo, 'The re. sult wis that Tannox was mude to look very suall, ued hed good renson to wish ho had tiever elaimed the floor on a question of privilege. o wos aceused by Mr, Bravg of baving stolen a copy of the lntter's grest speech on the currency, which was in type veveral weeks beforo it -way delivered. It will b remembered that on the day tho #peech was delivered iu the Houso "Panuox Wi on hand with a reply wihich was consid- ¢red a yemurkoble off-hand offort. Nraixe diseovered that it was onoof those impromptu specchus earefully propared soms time Le. fure, und when the occasion was ripe for it e det fly ut Tanvox snd brovght him down with hiy wings Ludly clipped wud bis nervous system generally upset. B ixe's retort had vothing to do with the merits of the question nnder consideration, but it was none the loss # terrible squeleher on ‘Laspox. ‘Tlio Chicago produce mndsets wero active yesterduy, and decidedly strooger, being tmoyed up by warlike news from Europe. Muss porke was 30a 55 per brl higher, clos- ing ut F18.80 for July und $19.00 for August, Lard wun 106370 per 100 1bs higher, clos. ingat $10.90 for July und $11.024 for August. Muats were j¢ per Ib bigher, st 7¢ for Loged shoulders; $¢ for do short ribs, and e for do short clenry. Luke freiguts were steady, ut 2{o for corn to Butfulo. Rail freights wero unchanged. Highwines wero quict ut $LOSY per gullon, Flour was iu light dermund sl stesdy. Whoeat closed the sume, ot §0.05} for Junv and §1.05§ for July. Corn closed jo higher, at 4Gs for Juus or July. . Oats elosed Jo.higher, ut THE CHICAG , FRIDAY, M0je for June and #0je for July. Iye wam Yzle higher, at 713@72%. Barley was lo higher, at 5% for June. Hogs wero and steady, with sales principally at 5,95, Cnttlo wore dull and heavy at 5,00 for inferior to extra grades. Sheep were unchanged. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $112,87} in greenbacks at the close. A dispatch from Rome to the London "iimes slates that among the twenty-four new Henators recently created aro two Jows,— Isaac Antox and Junio Massanaxt,—the first who liave eves been rafsed to that honor in Ttaly, notwithstanding that Jews have sat in nearly all the Halian Parlinmonuta and eleven were returned nt tha lnst elections. The fivat named waa private secrotary to the Count Cavoun, and the latter ia Secretary of the Provincial Conncil of Milan, and an author of repute. 'I'ho incident is notablo ns show- ing the rapid removal of the projudicesof race in Enrope. Materinl for another personnl explanation and brilliant dramatic performance is afford- ed in the testisnony given yestorday before the House Judiciary Committes in the mat- ter of the Kansas Paciflo bond story. Garey, alnwror who was conncetod with tho litiga- tion growing out of the disposition of somo of the bonds, reopoued that scaudal by testifying in tho most positive wmen. nmor that thore is somotbing very erovked, in fact altogether irrcconcilable aud antrue, in the ecxplanation that the L.ansnotions sceredited respectively to “ Brame,” “ Jasmzes Brawsg,” and *“Joux E. Braisg,” aro one and the snmo transaction, QGnres, who is thoroughly familisr with all the legal intricncies of the subject, shows conclusively, unless his testimony shall be impenched, that the £15,000-bond matter of “ Braivg " or * Jayes Braive " was a totally different matter from that with which Jony E. Braive was jdentifled, and that thers was n donation of ¥15,000 in Kansas & Pacitic bouds to “Bramc” or *Jaxes Braing,” whoover that individual may prove to be, Tho IHouse Committee on Banking and Currency, under the oporation of tha new rulo which mnkes that Committeo a privi- leged ono so that it can report any mensure at uny timeo, like tho Ways and Means Com. mwittee, baw been instructed to report a reso- lution authorizing tho Sccrotaryof the Trens- ury to isaute silver coin, not exceeding $10,- 000,000 in mmount, in exchange for logal- tender notes, in placo of fractional currency, ad it is now exchanged, and keep the mnotes a9 0 special fund to be paid ont in exchange for fractionnl curreney, This is well enongh %o far ns it goes, but it does wot go far cnough. The amonnt should have been placed at £50,000,000, and it may require oven moro than that to meet the requirements of business. A hundred millions would be only S50 por eapita of the population. ‘I'en millions would be only a drop in the bucket. The last ten millions bas already virtually disappeared, and currency has grown 50 scarco 08 to seriously inconvenienco busi- ness men. Owing to tho popular mania for hoarding, it is well nigh impossible to get small chango in any considerable quanti- ties, and tho dearth will continue until silver #ets wo plenty that people will not honrd it. Issming ten millions of silver will simply bo liko pouring water into sand, It will dis- apponr almost as quickly as it is distributed, aud currency will then become even more w#earca than it is now. Why keep millions of silver in the Treasury vaults when businecss is suffering for the want of it? Why pay it out in dribblots that only incresse tho famine ? JUDGE: M'ALLISTER'S DECISION. ‘We print n communicntion from a member of tho Bar, in which ha dinousses the policy and the law maintained by Judge MoAvtis- Ten's decision in the case of Corviy and Hovye, ‘Wo do not propose to sit in judg- ment on the opinion of Messrs, WiLLLAM, Roaens, and McAruster, Though Judge' Wirrtads said nothing, the inference is that he agreed with Judge McArrsTen and Judge Rocrng in deeiding that the olection for Mayor wasg illogal, not merely becauss thero wad no vacancy, but becauso of the want of the notice required by statute for the holding of &pocial cloctions, His objection that thers wuy no vacaney is not sufiicient— that had been overruled by tho majority of the Court; ho thereforo ngreed with the two other Judges in holding that the eleetion for Muayor way void bocauso of the want of stat- utary notico. 'Fhat thero may be no mistake in this matter, and thot the oloction was de- clared void because it wos to fill a vacancy, nud ot an clection for a full term, Judge McAvrisTER, in his opinion, said; _ Now, what {8 the legal rule applicable to such o cane? Wo understand the result of the suthorition tabe thiw: IF the Inw provides for na clectlon, and fxes the tme, then, although it may Impose ypon certabn atticers the duty of giving uotlces, stith, i€ ot glven, th time beln fised by daw wilt be re- garded oA sutticient notice, and the electlon witl be held vaild, aithough sueh oflcers fail to give the notice directed, Such, however, 18 ot this case. The now charter was adopted May 3, 1875, Under that charter the offices of Mayor, City Attornoy, 'I'rensuror, City Clerk, and of the forty Aldernen, were instantly vacated. The charter provided that on tho third Tuesdny in April each year thoro shonld bo u general cossor was olected, and then provided that tho vacancy should be filled by an election. What we object to is tho policy of the Elec- tion Inw. Wo have halit decidod recently that the requirement to keep a list of the persony voting, the numbering of the bal- lats, the appointment of a clerk, the roturn of tho poll-books with the ballots, the whole verifled by the clerks, and that tho judges and clerks shonld bo aworn, wero all moroly directory, and wern not mandatory, and their omisrion would not vitinte an election, Wo Lad it decidod nlso that the fact that 5,000 €raudulent votes wers polled and counted on oue side conld not elinngo the result, bocause 5,000 fraudulont voles might nave been polled on the other side. Now we navo the Election Inw furthier explained, that whero a vaeancy exists in an ofice, and s mnn is designated ns n locum tenens to perform tho dutics until the vacaney is fillod by on elec- tion,—and that it must bo filled by an clec- tion,—the lcum tenens, by the exorcire of his temporary power, may vole any call for an election and keop himself two yonrs in ofiice after the law hind abolished his offico. ‘The Iatest explanation goos further and do- clares that at an clection for forty-two city officors, to fill as many officos theu vacnut, it did pot render the clection void vecause no notice was given as to time and place for forty-one of said offices, but 88 no notice waa given in the other one case that other eolection was void. Wo do not quarrel with the Conrts, who merely expound the law; our objection is to tho law itself—nine-tenths of its pro. visions being merely dircotory and not bind- ing on nny body; and another, authorizing a Beoro or £wo of porsons to hold an election and elect an entire City Governmont withont notice, whilo 40,000 voters cannot fill a noto. rious vacaney so long ns some petty oflicer refunes to give notice of the clection. — OHIO, INDIANA, AND NEW YORE. No Republican or Domocrat can be 50 ob- livious to reason as not to undorstand that the battle.grounds of tho Presidential elec- tion aro in Ohio and Indinns, and remotely in New York, Objo and Indiona vote in October. Their voto is essential to the clection of the Re- publican Pregident ; so is that of Now York. But Indianae and Ohio,—especially Obio,—by voting agninst the Republican cnndidate in October, will decide the election ; and New York and other Statos, now counted as Republican, will follow themn for Treoey, or whoover may be the Democratic nominee. Tho delegations to Cincinnati—from Illi- nois 42, Iowa 22, Nebraska 6, total 70—rep- resent States that will‘'vote as certainly for | any other Republican eandidate s they will for Brane, But should these delegations underiake to force HnaINe upon the States of New York®Ohio, and Indinna against the judgment and protests of those States, what will thoy accomplish but rounder the result in thoge impartant States extremely doubt. ful? AMr. Bratyg has no following in Ohio, In. dians, or New York. Ho had no loeal sup- po:t before the recent revelations, and has less now. The delegates from Ohio frankly declare that it is not possiblo to carry that Btate for Bramye. If he fail to carry Ohio in October, what chance can he have to carry Neow York in November? It will require a strong man to carry Now York at the bost, oven with n Republiean victory in Obio in October, 1t is a Democratic State, and can only be carried by the most perfect union of ovory element in the Ropublican party. Even Gnanr failed to carry New York in 1868, when he was ot the hoight of his pop- ularity, Is it fair, therefore, for Illinois, Tows, and Nebraska to forca a candidate upon theso three States, when it is morally cortnin that by #o doing they lose theso States to tho Republicans, and givo tho Prosidency to the Democratio party ? CALD A8 A WITRESS. Whon Mr. Braive wound up his recent dis- plny of pyrotechnice by asking Mr, Procronr Kxorr why he had suppressed Mr. Carp- weLL'W cablo-dispatel, Mr. Kyorr replied that he bad not suppressed it, but was trying to find out whether it wos o genuine dispatch or a put-up job. e might have added, if ho had had his wita about him, that one reason for supposing it bogus was, that it contained n glaring falschood, Tho CarpweLL tolegram was roceived by Kyorr on Thursdsy, June 1, and is as fol. Jows: 7o the Chalrman of the IHousa Judieiary Com. wmittee, Wtakington: Have Just rend in New York papers Seorr's evldonce about our bond transace tion, und can fully corroborate . 1 never yuve Ailatue any Kort Smith Rallroad bonds, directly or otheruise, [ hove threo foreign rallway con- tracts on my hands, which mako it fmpossible for me to leave without great pecuniary loss, or would glaaly voluntarily come home and so testify. Can wnke afidayit to this effect, und mull it if deaired, JosIAl CALDWELL, Mark tho words in stalics. He(Cavowenr) never guve Brawve auy Fort Bmith Railroad bonds, directly or othericise, While this procious telegram was muking its woy through tho dark waters of the deep ‘Llue sea, to-wit: ou Thursdsy, Juue 1, the witness MuzLigaN was undergoing examiun- tion in the Committee-room, snd was rond- ing, from s memoraudum-book in the hand- election of city oflicers. It also provided that ““at tho first eloction under this net” the whole thirtysix Aldermen should bo clected. 1lere, then, we have what rarely happons,~—the election of a full corps of olicers, including an entiro new City Coun- ¢il. 'The doctrine laid down by Judge Me- AtrisTen is, thot all theso ofiices had been vicant since tho 3d of May, 1875, and that, bad there been no natice given, or place named, or timo fixed by the Common Coun- cil of the clection of City Attorucy, T'rensur- er, City Clerk, Police Clerk, or of the thirty- six Aldermen, ns required by statute, tho peoplo might nevertheless lnve assem- bled ut tho usual places on tho third Tuesdny in April and olected ull theso ofieers, aud the election would huve Leen valid, snd unobjectionable to law and to goud ordor, ‘Dut, bocausu tho peaple at the sime time and place, on the sumne day, and ou the smne bullots which contained the names of tho persons voted for for all the oth- er offices, added the nmme of a person to fill tho ofiico of Mayor, which offico had been notorivusly vacant for a year, and of which vacauey the people were compelled to take notiee, tho ulection for Mayor was void ho- cunsy no uotice had been givon thereof. Judgo Coorey lays down: thu principle thut tho right to hiold au election comes from tho statute, aud not from the notice, The no- tico iu additionul to, and not part of, the law. It has been decided that where o va- cancy existod which thy law soid should be filled at the next general election, and no no- tice was given of such specinl clection, and ouly a fow persons voted, the clection wus valil In this case tho luw which vacated tho Muyor's ofiice in May, 1875, dirocted that the incmabent slhionld ex- ereiso thy powers of the uflice uatil his suo~ writing of Jaues G, Braixe, the narvation of Mr. Carowert's and Mr, Fisuen's transso. tions with Mr. Brasve in Fort Smith Railrons Louds. We extract the following parugraphs frow tho testipony : Witness, in turther answer to questions, mald there was one letter In the packoge whers BraiNg told Mr, Frsnun how much was due on these bonds, 1o told bim ho had received 355,000 of bondy frow Wi, and 820,000 srom Caldwell on un vut. witde mintter, —that Ty, $145,000 of bandu on Fusurw's BECUNNL B percentage that Wo wasta’get upon those nules of bonds to which [ testified yeaterday, and the $20,000 bonda which he got from Caldwell, Q.~Thy two wuma making lo the sggreguto 70,000 of Londe?t A —Yes, d By Mr. fSLaike: Q. ~—\What were the bouds that went to the Malne partlesy What denomination of bonds woro they,—land-grant or Arst-mortyage bonds¥ A, (Refersing to the memorandum}—T can tall you, sir, und | presume you won't disputo it, be- cause It in your own hondwriting, {Producing memorsndum-book labeled ** WanpsN Fisugi, Jr,, private,” which he handed to the Chalrman.] ‘I'here are ull the partics' nanies, it you want them, You can bave the whole history now, By the Chalrman; Q.—In whose handwriting le this bouky A, —Jauzs G, BLatve's, Further testiniony, sided by the memo- raundum-book in Brang's haudwriting, wont to show that Bratse received for hiwself $382,600 of fimst-mortgage bonds, and H140,- 000 of land-grant bouds, minus $306,000 still e to him, but not yot delivered. Tt oppears from tho foreguing that, if the London cable-dispatch signed by Josan CaLvweLn wos gonuive, it was fulse in stating that he (Cavpwerrr) had nover given Brane any bonds at all, disectly or indirect- Jy; for it was shown, simultancously with Abe receipt of the dispatch, and not donied Ly Braneg, that Oazowery hud given Lim 20,000 of these identical bonds,— which Braine bod been asking for, as ,8bowa in ouo of bis lotters 10 Fiang~. un the { is that the interests of no party should bo S TRIBUNE——— = peoTT=——s=——"nved their land-grant for them udlate ean ey of tho session. TP Mr. Cantigen fraeToon in Woshington (in- stend of Tonde 411hero ho could havo known what teatimony, nnd what Aind of teatimony, had slready boen furnished on tho subjeet, he would have stopped short after confirming the sestimony of Tox Scott; but, in his hasto and ignorance, he overdid the thing, and, by telling s nn- truth, noutralized the value of tho preceding portion of his testimony, and mado ¥Mr. Bramxe's case consfdarably worse than it was bofore. Ilo ontran ScorT s0 far that ho hns even fmpnired the valuo of the latter’s testi- wony, which hind no strength to spare be- fore, Mr, Uarpwess o8 o wilness can stop down and out. COLVIN'E LATEST TRICK. The fletitious case mode up for e Criminal Court by Acting-Mayor Corviy awdn friend of his named STEEL (n city contractor, by tho way) is receiving such probing that it is not likely it can attainthoobject for which it was institnted. It 1 pretended that this case was agreed npon in order to defeat any offort that Mr. Horxe might meke to tako an appenl later in the dsy, and so postpono a Supreme Court decisign for soveral months, The pretense iv transparontly willy, If Mr, Horye had entertainzd the slightest notion of appealing he woald have done so imme- dintely, in order to keap city motters in staiu guo and leave him ir actual possesion of tho oftico of Mayor pending the appeal, DBut Mr. HovNE said from the beginning that he had no intoution of sppenling, nnd his Inwyers have reitorated that determination over and over again. There is not & shadow of excuse for CoLviN's sttomeys to suspect any appeal on the pat of Mr, Hovng, who is only too willing personslly to be relioved by a jndicial tribunalof the uncongeninl duty of prossing his cinim o tho office auy further. If, then, the fear of au appeal by HoyxE is not the moving cause of this fictitious suit, wa are at a loss to explain it on suy other gronnd than the hopo that the Supreme Court, ou an ez-parie statemont of the case not genuinely contested on tho port of the people, will affirm Cotvix's claim to hold the office until April, 1877, and 8o defent the spe- cinl eloction which the Council will coll as soon s the flibustering of Corvmy and his friends in the Council shall have ceasod. ‘This wns an ingenious scheme, but there is a prospect that it will bo defeated by the fraud in the record, which Judge Moong, now in charge of the Criminal Court, thonght- lessly permitted to pass. In order to avoid the rule of tha Supreno Court which forbide carrying up o casa begun within ten days of ‘the commencoment of tho torm, the fietiious Sreer-Corviy information was permitted to be dated back to May 26, though notually filed Juno6. This wns doue undor s ruleof Inw known a8 nune pro tunc, which means sim- ply that a rocord may bo made now that ought to have been made then. 'Tho theory prejudiced by the negleot of the Court. Thus tho sickness of tho Judge might delay the rendoring of o verdict, or the neglect of a Clork might postpone the entry thoreof, in sich & way as to nffect tho rights of one of the partics to A suit; in that case tho record may be dated back by direction of tho Court 80 a8 to restoro the injured party to his orig- inal rights, Bnt thero is no such omergency in tho present caso. The BTees quowarranto wnd not begun May 26, and could not have been 50 begnn, since Mr, Hoyyr was in actunl possession of the officc of Mayor at that time, and Mr. CoLviN was in 10 sonso exercising tho privileges and functions thercof. It would be absurd, therefore, to filo an infor- mution nsking by what right CoLvry assumed to uxorciso tho functions of tho office when, a4 o matter of fact, ho was doing no such thing. Judge Moonk will necessarily admit that bo erred in permitting such a record ‘to ‘be made up, and wo aro much mistakenif bho shnll not himself take stops to correct it or make o proper ropresentation of the matter to.theSupreme Court. 'The rights of tho paople ennnot bo jeopardized by the falsifi- cation of a record in a fletitious proceeding ; sud tho conviction of this may perhaps in- duco CoLvin's attornoys to abandou the pro- posed appeal. If mot, then Judge Moonk should reliove himsolf of all, complicity in the matter by corrocting the error which ko probably made by inadvertence, and cer- tainly in all innocenco, THAT ARKANSAS RAILROAD LEGISLATION, Mr. Brang wus exceodingly anxions that Messrs. Freuen and Oarpwers should under- stand fully how much sorvico he knd render- ed tho Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad Company by first suggesting the menns for saviag tho bill for s renewal of their land- groot, and then o ruling, ns Sponker of the House, as to kill the Jutaan amendment, which would have defeated the bill iu tho Senate, Mr. Brame did ull this at the time ho was seeking to got from Mr. UsLpwery a definite arraugoment for some of the bonds in this road. That arrangement wis subsequently made in such A manner that Bramg, by inducing somo of his fricuds to buy bonds, reccived for him- wn)f without pnying for them $82,500 of the fivst-mortgage bonds and 180,000 wud-grant bonds, the valug™of which was supposed tq bave been materially enhanced by the passage of the bill for the renewal of the lnnd-grant, tha sole and entire credit for which is claimed by Mr. Brarvg, 8o nnxious was ho that Fusnen and OCarpwerl should fully appreciata the servico-ho had done, that ha wrato two letters explaining it on Qct, 4, 1869, In the first be explained the nature of the service, and dosired Fuuex to inform Cawnwent that he (Bramvg) hnd thus dous him “q great favor,” As if fearing that this lotter was not sutlielontly explicit, Brang, n fow hours later, sent Fisuun o copy of the Congressional (lube contaluing n full nccount of the proceedings, and wroto him & second letter, which we subjoin after Laving ital- icized the wost gignificant passages : Avausta, Me,, Oct 4, 1800~y Dear Mr, Flaher: Find incloved contructs uf the parties named in my letter of yestenday, The remafning contracts will be completed un rapidly as clreum. stances witl permit. 1 {ucluxe you u part of tho Congressional tilybe ot Aprll O, contalulug tho point to which T rofersed 8t somo length fn my provious letter of fo-day, You will find it of in- tercst to read It over and #7¢ whal o narrow escape your LU wade on the lust night of the sesalon, OF course It wae my plain duty to mnke the raling when the polnt was once rafsed. It the Arkuusus wen had not, however, happened o come to e when at their wite’ end and §n despalr, the il would undoubledly have been lost, or af least pust- poned fora year, | thought the polnt would interest buth you and Caroweri, though occurring hefore cithor of you eugaged in the enterprise. 1bey you to understand that 1 thorouyhly appruciate the courtesy with which you bave trested mo In this rullroad mstter. But your conduct toward we lu bustney mallers hos alwoys beew morked by un- bounded Hberulity fu past years, snd of course 1 have naturally come to erpect the satne of you now, You urge e o make us much ag 1 flrly can out of the arrangonent info Whch we Adve entered. Jtle naturul thut £ should do my utimost {o that end, 1 um buthered by only une thing, and that s the deBulte snd expressed arrangement with r, Cavu. witt. lundncious 60 ucgulrs the intercat Ae has JUNE 9, 1876. promised me, but 1 do not get a definite under- standiug with hit, aa [ have with o, §ahall be In Boston fua fow daye, and shnll then have an op- portunity to tatk tho matter over fully with yon, 1 am disposcd to think (hat whatover T do muat really he dono through you, Klnd repards to Mes. Frawn, Sincerely, 3 G Buass, W, Py, Exg, In considering thia letter the following poiuts should bo remembered: (1) That it is an old and common Congressional trick to nish through the Inst night of the session specinl legislation that wonld not bear the exposure to deliberate eriticism; (2) that Brave insists that if it had not been for his agency as Spenkor in suggesting the plan of operations tho bill for thie rencwnl of tho grant would have heen lost; (3) that ho res minds Fiauen of the “unbounded liborali- ty " tho latter hind nlways shown hiwm ns n 1ueans to secure moro ** unbounded liberali- ty" in the future ; (4) that Carowern had already promfsed Braixz an fnterest in the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad which Brawve had alded so much ; and (5) that Dratne was 80 anxious o socure this intorest that he repeated over and over ngain his clnimg to special favor, and went to Boston n fow days Intcr to nrrango matters, Ilow matters were niranged was told in Brame's own handwriting in Fisura's memotandum- book produced by Murrioan, showing Br.axe to have received $U2,500 in first-mortgage bonds and 130,000 in lnod-grant bouds without paying for them. AN EXPLANATION WANTED, The Now York T'imes isnot satistied with Becrotary Ronrson’s defense of himself, nl- though he mede n pretty good showing, and wants him to explain tho sudden control of wonlth which his bank.accounts show. In- aymnch as Mr. RonesoN had no important financinl relations with any institution beforo his uppointment, and was worth nothing when appointed, the request for him to riso and explain i a vory natural one. Mr. Rongsox's appointment dates from June 26, 1869, At that timo, as the testimony shows, he wng worth next to nothing, and had the general reputation of being a very poor man among thoso who know him best, Now let us seo how the poor man thrived aftor his appointment. YFrom July to December, 18LY, there were placed to his credit in the National Bank of Cawmdon $17,- 887 in chiecks and notes of the OCar- TELs, In 1870 and 1871, similar items to the amount of §22,176 were entered to his credit in the same bank. From April, 1872, to Sept. 16, 1873, Rongsox’s Dbanlk-ne- connt was with Jay Coore & Co. in Wash. ington, and his doposit through this period fooled np $08,084, When Jay Coore & Co, failed, he transforred his account to Drexer, Monaax & Co., and during the fall of 1873 &y deposits, it is stated, oxceeded 310,000, Still further it is alleged that he had pccounts with Rigas & Co. and tho First National Dank of Washington, but the amount of Lis credits with these banks in not stated. Mr. Ttonkson's income as Bacretary cannot ace count for these largo sums, smounting in the aggregato to nenrly $160,000, and he cannot have hod while Secrotary logitimate oppor- tunitics of swolling his income so handsomo- Iy. It is therefore highly important that Mr. HouesoN should make & cotegorical mtatement of his receipts and the sources whoneo thoy came in order to reliove himsolf from the painful suspicion that ho obtained these larger amounts in some manter which is not legit- mate,—n suspicion which is emphasized by tho fact that he had nothing when he re- ceived his sppointment, aud never was troubled with bank accounts bofore it. There is an averago of bank deposits of 830,000 per anuam, throngh o period of five yenrs, ihat is known. Rumor says thero is still more that is not kuown., Whero did tho deposits come from ? OBITUART. COUNT APLONYI, The cable a day or two slnce announced the death of Count ANTOING RUDOLIHE APPOoNyly, who hud biecome famous as one of the last of tho Austrlan diplomats educated under the elder Murrenivicn, The deceased Count was amember of o Magyar family, and rematued in Italy until he received an appolntment in the Austrinn service, befng first ueeredited to a petty Gurman Court, und then to the Grund Ducal Court at Florence. Ile was next promoted to the hend of the Austrist Legation at Rosne, where he remualned until 1824, when he was sent to London, e became most famous ns Am- bassador st Paris, befug aceredited to the Court of Churles X., retaintug his position through the relgn of Louts Puntares, and returning to Austria [n 1819, after o termof twenty years' ser- vice, IHs lest public appearance In Buropean diIplomacy wus at the London Conference of 1860, which attempted to settle thoe Schleswig- Holstein question, OTHER DEATIS, Among other denths reeently reported are those of M, Gustave Counner, the celebrated French painter, who was equally celebrated ss s Communlst; Geonae ALLeN, Professor of the Dead Languages fn the Uniyersity of Pennsyl- vanly, who was married In 1831 to Many Han- cock WrrTiNatoy, o descendent of Joun Han. cock, by Ranenm Wanpbo Eserson; Col. PinLie Avaustus 8rockTon, of Newport, R I, at one thne In the United States Naval Ser- vice, for some years Cousul ug Dresden, and at the time of his dentl President of tho Newport Club; the HMon, At M, Rouents, who was the Demoeratic candidate for Governor Inst year; und Prof, CHRIBTIAN LASSEN, the Neston of Enropenn Sunekritlsts, who has contributed to Sunskrit philology u uew cditlon of th Bhogavadgita, with valuable additlonal note: critieal editlons of the Sankhyukarika, the tirst 4ct of tho druna Malthnadhave, the Gltago- vinda, In o Sanskrit anthology, elaborato criti vlgms of Borp's greater Sunskrit Grammar, and RowrtaNak’s edition of Puainl, and * Indtsche Alterthumskunde ' (4 vola., 1843-1861), o erltis cal history of indls and Indun clvillzation down to the sseeydency of the Mohsmmedan power, comprlstny also those countries und islunds to which Indfun influence extended. He wus alko one of the ploneers in the declphoring of cunelform inscriptions. e e —m We are informed that the facts in relation to the drawlng of one of the HANKINS hrothers as a petit Juror in the Criminal Court do not jus- tity the comment made in Thursday's lssue. It appsars thut In the regular conrse of drawing for jurors the nume of Jere HANKING, which nppeurs on tho poll-lists, was drawn, Judge Mooug, on learning that this man wus o gun- bler, promptly excused bim from Jury servive, Unfortunutely it Is not true thut ene of the Haning brathers {a under [ndlctment as keep- crof o gambllng-house; it ought to be true, ucvertheless, e ——— The Journal renmeks thut— TurTimusg seemi quite lost to a sense of fair. nesn in s bostility (] to Mr, BLay Tt repube ilahiey parts of editorialy. from othier popera urigi- nlnll{I published durbig the tlme be” ws under o cloud, When dll he emerge from under that Setoud ™t Was It when he read thuse letters to Frsnen, in Congriess last Mondayt Those letters prove more than ever wus churged wgalnst him during the perlod when be wus * un- der acloud.™ 1t s the revelations contained by theta thut has created (o the wind of The ‘FriuNe what the Journad misealls * hostility ™ te Mr. Bramne. The fesling (s one of apprehensfon and soffeltude, and not utullof hostllity, Tur Triseng tuoks ut the effect of those 1otters I the Presi- duntlal struggle. What ctfevt Wil they Lave ou the enmpnlgn in Ohlo andd Indinns? Will they strengthen or weaken BLAINE in those States at the October eleetton? They will constituty Reatse's platform In the campalgn; nnd, If those close and doubtful Btates are lost, or It Ohlo 18 lost In the October election, the game 8 tp, and the fight In November 18 Jost. 'Tunr TrisuN is ndependent enough of partison mu- chine trammels to spesk the truth fearlessly of Mr, BLAINE or any other eandidute, ag & hotds the success of the Republican party of intinitely greater fmportance than the gratlfieation of any man's political nmbition to be Prestdent, It ia a lttle amustog at least to sce the Jour~ nal nssume dogmatic and ex-eathiedrn aies for Brag, and reprove other papers for advos catln Buistow, calling them ¢ dictatoril,” Tle Journal sees inotes n other people’s cyes, but not bestms In its ow: Mme. Tistort (s etudylng Lady dacdeA in En- glieh. Frau Lucca haa been nominated eantateice of the Tmperlsl Court at Viennu, Jdohn M. Fraacls, ox-Minlster to Qreece, saya that the Itallan operatic school in Milan is ** rub- fected to the worat ¢vils thut menace theatrical life in our country, A pleca of gauslp which the **reckleas and sen- Ratlonu) ** prexs seems glad toget hold of is the stato- ment that Ulyesea trant, Jr., I8 engoged to marry o Boston Jady now travellng fn Europe, nome not glven. Wirt Sykes tn not pasticuler, Sluce he can't bo Consul st Flurence, he Is glad to be Conaul ot Car- diI, Wales, and If ho conldn't have the Intter oftico he would doubtless accept un honorariumm still amaller. A daughter of D, IL 10l and & nephew of Stone. wall dackson were lately married at Charlotte, N, C. The groom's name fs Thomns J. Arnold. There witl be good Rebel bluod Howing in the velns of hischlldren, One result of the Princo of Wales' visit to India will ba the substitution of Sanskrit, Arabic, and Perstuu for the Latin and Oreek clasaics al Oxford, for the beneflt of Ilindu students and candidates for the Indisn civil service, James F. Wilkon, of Iowa, 1a ono of those dele- Rates to Clneinnat! who would not vote for Bils- tow underany clicumstances. Naotnrally! James F. Wileon and Grenville M. Dudge (otherwiso known as ** Artful Dodger™) are Directors of the Union Pacific Rallroad, and hunt in couples. Competition has begun {n Parls for the prize pro- vided for by M, de Iteverdy's will, The sum of 1,500 francs will be given to the family which, belnzthe most pumerous, hns recelved the best educatlon. Al Informatlon furnlahed by tho dif- ferent competitars will be kept etrictly secret. When Olive Logan quarrcls with the 7imes she will write s letter to Tue Tutsuag declaring that ahe bias heard **u well-nformed gentleman* say that the Zrenlng Telegraph was a fallure from the start, und that the protlits of the morning paper did not sufiice to pay the lusses of the cvening edition, One of the Indian Princes who came to Calcutta to mect the Prince of Walesdled the other day from hard deink, This was the young Mahurajuh of Put- tlala. When hio wan 10 yoars old he succeeded to an fucome of $2,500,000 8 yenr, and he dicd at the ugo of 24, worn out by dissfpation. 1lis two great passfons were buying jewels and getting drunk, ‘'ho Dike of Edinburg attalned hs rank aw Cap- talnon the Gth of Febraary, 1860, without having beld the rank of Commander, and is thus over ten years' standing as o Post-Captaln. 18 promation o the rank of Rear-Admiral, which Is to take place Inn few weeks, 13 not without precedent, os King Willlam 1V, was promoted In tho same msnner., As poct-laurente, Mr. Tennyson earus his $1,000 8 year and bis pipe of sherry very cusily, Thero 5 much comment on his failure to furnish the usugl machine-poetry in commemoration of the Trinco of Wales® return from India, Ill-wlil or in- dolence f4 the only readon that can be nsaigned for b neytect, 8ir Charles Reed, the British Commiusloner tor the Educationnl Departinent of the Centennlal show, has recovered 8 pockethook recently lost or stulen which contained autographs of King Henry Vill, and Lady Jane Seymour, two or three old notes of great historical iute=2st, o letler from George Peabody, and mauy other objects of price- less volue, The rural editor who fs #o much agitated by a hend-lne that recently appeared in 'Tig IRIBUNR, —*“What 8hall We Do with Oncseif,* ete.,—evi- dently hias smail experience in the business. Whon he grows older he will underatand the boundless eapncity of the Intelligent compositor to setup stwe' for ‘*one.’ It iaa faverite pustimo of the compaositor to commit this particular atrocity, Mr, C. B. Furwell, ex-Congressman from the Third THatrlct, wlll work bara for Wheeler st Cln- ciunatl, §f Blaine should he Iald on the slelf. It Is no sccret that Mr, Farwell's personal pretercnco has been {n favor of Wheeler all the time. Blalne was iy second Eholca, but he **bowed to the will of the people. ‘This **personnl preference comen in very convenlently now that Blulne bas been damaged. Mosars, Willlam McKee and Con Moguire wero treated to o musleal entertalnmont In prison by soversl of thelr frlends Monday afternoon. The celebrnted Owl Club furnished the music, singlng ench familiar songs ax ** (o Awny, Olo Man," **0ld Black Jou," and ** Larboard Watch.” Con Magulre was bitterly disappoluted becauso the mu- leal peaple could not glve n propet rendering of ++ Hold the Fort,” 1o wanted sultable bracing up to keep him from breaking out of prison. Janies W, Myorn, once known in the United States ns o clown, but of lite yenrs the proprietor of o Hurapesn circus, bousts 0f hix intlmacy with the King of Italy. Ile shows o watch fnweribied ‘+To James W. Myors, from Victor Lmanuel, King of Italy,* and tells tho . following story: “*Why, that time my oua dled in Berlin, and I knew the Emperor wuy coming to see the show, I telegraphed to the King, knowing he had jnat ro- celved a valuable lot of llons na o present, and told Hlan 1 mnunt efther borrow, buy, of steal them. By the next conveynnce Lhey camoe on 1o me, snd wero ns fine anlmals as the Berliners ever uaw. " Jacques Offenbach, In bis Oippant and fmagina- tive way, wrltes a description of o gtorm at veu for the Parts Figaro, ** AL the very worst of the storm," ko says, *‘when peoplo wero saylng thelr prayers and commending their souls to God, o Jittle American girl sald to her alster: ¢ Sister, you really ought to try and get down aud fetch mo ty pretty littlo hat: I want to dle in all my fine things!* *8hall wo bring up your gloves, too? quletly rejolned the younger. " The young Ameri- can girl evidently hiad mora cournge and good sense than her fellow-passengess, and wished to remsure them by appearlug perfectly calm and self-possessed; this ia the seeret of her action, Thoe dawning of a great scandal (a visfllu in Parisian soclety, Madomoiselle Sarah Bernhardt, the favorite actress of the Comedle Fraucnls, has on exhibitfon §n this year's salon n group entitled s After the Tempest.,™ Envious rivals allege that some complabsant sculptor hus exccuted ull the fm- porant postions af the work, and left the luly to 4dd the finishing touches. But, this questlon saide, there f8a growing sppreliension thut the group, which really has no purticular merit, will carry off one of tho frst prizes, It vot the medaille Mhon- neur foself, owlng to the powerful influcnce of Mademolvelle's **protector,* who 18 us unserupa- lous as he 14 powertul, ‘Fhiv would cause a revolt and a demonstration of no smsll proportions, ni- though one that woulil be conducted without visibte weupand ar meuna of otfense. MOTEL ARRIVALS, Falmer Iouse—J, 'Thomus Smith and party, il timure; A. ¥, Houlder, Liverpool; A. Mc D Bafley, Pitteburg; Joseph Welsh, Shanghal, China Anthony Foree and J. Burnett, Montreal; E. Uorhde, Wiesbaden, Oermany; A, O, Cubitlas, A, Brille, and N. drad, Mexicn; 3.8, Barly and 8. W, Holt, Virginla; L. A, Parlsine snd 11, Polaske, “Triestn, Austrla, rand Pacife—Mof. L, M. BLuford, Rock Island; W, I Robinson, Bt. Louls; J. M. Osborn, Toledu; 13, D, Chadick, Toxas; 8. W. Fordyee, Alsbamai dudge W, T. Hopkins, Morria; A, J, Lydecker, United States Arwyi 3 1, United Btates Navy; J. 10, Roper, ¢! anlcl Lumb, Fond du lLue; W MeRlnnl evelu . wold, Butialo; L, und © Parmly, Urlean: L. B, Fuote, Saceamento, Cal... W, W, tanthand, Sorton (fous th Hay, J, K. Calktu, Gaten yorsu, Nebr the ilon, W i Walsh, Ce 1t 1. Robinson, Gritith, Freeport; i Paty, Aillinstun Shertatn Hovse—' the Hou. Giconse hive- J L. Hawes, fopt, Ltiehlatd, rin; the Hon. Win, 3 dudtge 1L 18, Hopklis, Poo- Heqlater L, Muerritt, Springilel . Beceher, Delavau, Wi 3 W, I, [ Laule: the Uon, Heury M uer Hvuae-T'. N. Foster, Kew York: 3. W, Devries, Howces sud bugie; Loutsid, rty, Montreal; L. Luister, New York: ¢, Crawiosd, Buw York, WIHISKY. Second Day's Proceedings of thy Cullerton Trial. Mayor Colvin Appoars a3 o Witness for the Government, And Swears Cullerton Says Ife Opposed Hlus Because He Was Prowlsed Immunlity. Tho Testimony for the Defense Win Do Concluded To-Day. The Now Orleans Investigation Ina o Btrong Odor of Whisky THE PROSECUTION. UAUGER CORD. The United States Court was honored wiin the presence of Acting-Mayor Colvin and Thomas Hoyne, late Mayor ol Cllengo, yester. day morning, The former was present ready to serve the United Btates Government in the Cul lerton cage, The latter came fn without any speelal object in view other than that of curf. osity to sce what was dotie, and perbaps to hiear what the grent Hold-On would have to say, After disposing of n buteh of civil motions, the Cullerton ease was reaumed, J. 8. Cord being put on the stand, His cross-cxamination was continued by Judge Leflingwell, and hls testj mony wos as follows: Tmnden mental reservation in taking these onthe, Iknew I was scting in bad faith with the Goverpment. I could take the old oath more casily than the new one. I didn't llke to take these false onths, but I had to when I did this crupked business. Several Ganger’s returns wero produced and fdéntified by the witness us Iis own. Some were struight and some crovked. The witness con tinued Ididn't take the onth in gl these returne T slggued thenand handed thein over to the of- ficers, It was part of the prigramme, if tho ofticer required ity to swenr to 1] whether (6 was true or not. Ireserved all T could in taking these oaths., T was on the Texas Pacific Maflrond before [ eatne here. Waa ngent for the Klug Bridge Comn- pany before that,” Tom Scott eeemed to stop the” Laclile at Dallas, and the Bridge Com- lluny busted D, Buforg that Was Jonking uround the conntry, ond had no permanend Dusiness, Before that T waa in Chiyenne, truding and dolug a little i yonr profession—the Iaw, pructiced law before that fn Calitornin. T wad nde mlu.--‘l n (Qlll{n:u‘)tnln 18530 and commenced tho tice nt Napn Clty, Y atierton and 1 Were nswlimed to the Tlinota fa conjunetion, [ wia crooked moat of the time I was in the business, I roceived eeveral thousund dole Tuen during the tine. T wentto New York, Liver. pool, London, und Parls, I had uo communicae Tioi frit Chlingo. . 1 got nesks from the ppers ot to what was going on here, I got no definlte infor. wation by letters, T had no business In Paris. 1 had cunwnymeu viaiting Europo for 8 great mony yenrs, - and thought this wos probably ny bood ' m chuncs sw would - ever get, {Laughter.] I travoled incog., under the nane of ~ Cook, On mi’ return 1 landed ut Quebee, I came to Detrolt befure I came back o Chicago, T[did not xtop st Detroit, beeause [ had a room atthe hotel In Windeor, snd It was much more ‘I((‘mflflll there. [Laughter,] £ did not come here rlght olf heeause 1 was not sure whother 1 was indicted or not, aud § diti't earo to slek suy- thing, II/’;llnrl—By Mr, Doufcll: 1 got about 8600 from the Illlhols; that was for dJuly and august, 1874, nud Apell, 1876, T guess cich of us got about $300 apiece for April. 1 dop't cmber who handed me the mone My est recollection is thot Robluson puid me 370 At the distillery. The rest was pald at the rectifylme house. The clerk hand- «d me the money In sealed ull\'--ln]-cu. 1 can't re- call Bis name. fuquired nbout Iuyt fn Cansdy, hut could hear_ pothing from him, Minty fe In Scotland, 1 believe, had no diffenity with thew fu' reference to these oaths, When the reports wero crouked | Leied to et aut of ewearing to thew, Hoytand Minty wonld gll out tho jurat without my swearing ta the return. J01N IWILLIAMS was next called, and tertified to working ot Crosby's rectifylng house und sceing goods tris the Nk nois Illnlllllm]' Compnany. The goods hed the stamps on, and pome of them were “rolled into thy tack rowm and the Durrefs wtoad on end. shortly after thin process Crosby would go hnnnd Wy hialf an howr or e, and then order witnee to serape the hends clean, When he went I agaln there were no staups on the heads, Stebbiun cams around after uvur{ Yond of pouds arrived. The wtamps wero somellmen destroyed by Witners, but that was doge ln the front room, When the bar- rels were rolled Into the back romn the witneas did not have his orders to destroy stumps. The cromm-exntmination of thia witness woa walve cd, und tho Government called on MAYOI COLVIN, who amllingly walked 1o the front, deposited his binek thle on the ralling, and took the witness® chalr, Tfe becume the ohserved of ull observers. In wponsy to Mr, Ayer's interrogatlons ho opened s nionth aud wpake, the opportinity for solf-justil- cntion delltiting il fmwensely, The testimony WOH 8 followa? ¥ Mr. Ayer—You nro at present, Mr, Colvin, tho Mayur, or Acth \lnyor.‘u! the 'City of Chicago, atn, ir, ¢ you held that position? A.— thelet day of December, 1873, l|)u ytlm kiow the defendunt, Mr, Callerton? A do, sir, Q.~-1ow lang have Fm\ kuown him? A.—I have kpown him since 187 Q.~Wud o n member of the Toard of Alder- men? A.—Ho was elected the same yeur 1 was clected Mayor, —ln (he yeur 1873, Q. —How long did I couthue 8 momber of that Tonrdt A.—Ilolaa memberof ft stiil. He wod re-clected at the last electlon, Q. —Whenwas that new city charter ndogted, dir, Colvin? A.—On the 23d of April, 1875, Q. ~WIII you stute whuther ur not there has been aince ghe udoption of the charter o coutroversy in tho Roard u}Ahlermrn in regard Lo the queston whethier the ofiee of Mayor ilid or did not become vacant by vistuo of the sdoption of the tew chir- terr A=l know that the Comwmon Council last October requested the Corporation Ceunsel to give his upinion upon the tenure of ofiiee of all thy ofileera of the clty, —Aldermen and everything clne. (& —lus there huen sny controversy o regird to the duration of the vlice 0f Mayor? A, —There hns Kt point fu this: Arlll‘l“vmluu. of Muyor. Q.—y \What pasition did Mr. Cullerton take In the Counctl iy reference to thut Question? 5 Judge Letingwell—11 the Conurt please, T don't #co the materiulity of this evidence, Ihie Court—1f the counsel whil state his objece tlona 1t wlil probubly be more obyious, Mr, Ayer—If the Court please, Lhis in only an fne troduetory, It is necessary to ank these questions to rhow the polnt of u ronveration, Iha Cuurl-\'fly W\:IIL "Hw Jury will consides that thi Is merely intraductory, Mr, Ayur—-\\lmyl poritlon Al Mr, Cullerton tako in Lt controversyt A, —in the controveney at tirst B touk the position azatust catiing the electlou] thon ec fdentitied himaelf with the other side. . ZWhen was that? A.—I cannot tel) exnetdy. 1t Wan Oty o few days before the electlon—smong tho last few mectings wo had upon the subject. . —When was the electiony A, —On tie 18th of fast Apeil. Q.—'Then up to & short time before the election wad held, he was, a3 1 understund you, n()p(mul 0 Innerting (o the cull the notlce of the electlon ol mayory A,—Yeu, alr, he wadopposed to It, w1 sl- ways hail 30 undepstood it, . —\What were hiserelations to you npto this timer A.—Ile hud uwlways professed to bo very felenidly, - Wu nover had any refotio tween Wikt were uafrlendly us fur e any personnl mutters were conceened, About thin tlne L tovk another shout, snd wens off for calllng the election dustesd of opposlng it. That's all, Qb A Tter o had chauged front, 1f T may so call 18, will you stato whether you had any couversss tion In regurd to d1r A—Lbad, Hecatuo to - call ou e, THE CONVERSATION, ‘The wain question w Q.—Now tate the circunstances and what o8- curredr A.—Well, he cumnv to me snd stated 10 my vpo e 18 10y ollce— Judye Letingwell=Mr, Ayer, 18 that in tho fae trotuctoryy Mr, Ayor—Nou, sir, Thiv la coming right to the witt, Piize LeMngwell—Then T object tolt. Tho Court—The eyldents can e received, can be determined If 4t is pern after it by been wtated, Tho stutements are adinjeruble. r, Colvin~lle came to ine by way of explapa- tlon, mnd safd to o that 1 We necosacy fur Lin €0 tiko that courss i order to protect Wiugelf I regard ta these whisky cases, 1 pald to Lim, **Tho wist you could have donu would hiave bevi to bave come” ko me and wid e you were about {o take thuteouree,” 1 told him that I wever wan more surprlsed in my lite thun when 1 heard that biy Yot wun for cadiig an election. 3 told hiw that T did not belleve thut ble courss would uiske sy ditferen o Uoyernment. —Whal wiw hi¢ lunzuage? A.—Ile sald he coufd not eome uud tell e himself, but sent 8 frlend. 1 told Wi that triend did not put fn an appeacance, Leabd T would have found no fault 1 e yud eeat me somo one o tell mo Low te_stood. 1 tuld gt Joohed ws Shough he lad tried to 1 anid to Mr. Cablerton, ** 1 , but bave no centidency and ¢ ho faes e Q.—What was his lagguugo to yout A.-—His Tunzuage wus, that he had been ofered ioununity it bie onhl tuke thin courae. Q.—lmmunity from whutt A.—lIn this case of 1 told him 3 aul not think 1t would cut any Neare, beetnse L did ot think those gentlowed coutd ulturd auythlag of the sort. eald, ull right. 1 did not want to have hiw injured un my sceount. Qo—Whin Wea thls couvensationt A.—A bW