“Messrs. Shellabarger & Wilson were the only ones, as far as I knew.”
“Have you ever been to Washington on business of the company?”
“Yes. And I paid my own hotel bills.”
“Do you recall persons sent to Washington from other places in the interest of the road?”
“Judge Usher and Mr. Poppleton.”
“Who represented the Kansas Pacific?”
“Judge Usher. I don’t know that they had anybody in Washington.”
“How often did you go to Washington for the road?”
“I was there while the Thurman bill was pending. It passed, and I haven’t been there since. No, I take that back. I was down before the Labor Committee. I got rather disgusted.”
“Do you know whether anything was spent to influence legislation?”