Show T Pacific Railroad Commission NEW YORK September 23Pathfinder General John C Fremont was a prominent prom-inent figure at todays meeting of the Pacific Railroad Commission He had been subpoenaed at his New Jersey home by SergeantatArms Walsh and had come to testify with reference to some of General Stones statements to the commission when it was in Omaha The examiuation of General Dodge was resumed as to the cost of constructing construct-ing the Union Pacific Railroad The witness said the road would not have A cost onethird of what it did had not government desired the work rushed General Grant telegraphed to the company com-pany that government w iqld do anything any-thing to facilitate the expedition of the work The general thought the road could have paid its debt to government had not Congress kept interfering with the business Judge John M Thurston was next called He was appointed assistant solicitor to the Union Pacific for Nebraska in 1875 Before his regular appointment ap-pointment he had done service for the company in assisting to have reconsidered reconsid-ered by the Nebraska Ligislature a bill that was injurious to the companys interest Witness stated that the people peo-ple of Nebraska do not like railroads and members of the Legislature to vie with each other in offering bills that ure detrimental to the railroads Witness Wit-ness duty was to meet the antirail road people and argue with them In wieply to a qpestion of Governor Patti Jon rf ardmg certain vouchers wit ness said the money had been used in stumping two counties to prevent opposition to the railroad company There was no attempt to buy voters then or any other time General John C Fremont took the stand He said General Ewing and others paid 203 000 for the Leaven worth Pawnee Western Railroad in 1866 There was scarcely any construction construc-tion there In 1864 the general retired re-tired receiving about what he paid He never had any hand in buying votes At his own request General Thomas Ewing then took the stand and made a lengthy statement respecting his connection con-nection with the Leavenworth Pawnee Western Railway and especially es-pecially in reference to certain cer-tain contracts alleged to have been made in aid of the passage of the fist Pacific Railroad law He was connected con-nected with the roads as a director about one year but never had any active part in its management Wht few contracts he had any knowledge ot were made in consideration of legitimate legiti-mate services Of any others he had no knowledge whatever |