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here, one of the stockholders and directors, H. M. Hutchinson, who 

 attended to all their society business, if they had any, or whatever it 

 was. 



Mr. McGuire. You were not their society agent ? 



Mr. Elliott. I was not their "business" or "society" agent. I 

 was in no way associated with them so that I could be hitched up 

 with them in any business relations, here or elsewhere. 



The Chairman. In whose favor did you say you settled the dispute ? 



Mr. Elliott. In favor of Gen. Otis, the agent of the Government. 

 I turned their man down. 



The Chairman. The company's man ? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes; Dr. Mclntyre. It was a bitter pill, too, for 

 him, and not pleasant for me, since he was a personal friend. 



Mr. McGuire. Now, recurring to my last question, when was your 

 first trip to the islands again, after the one made in September, 1876 ? 



Mr. Elliott. It was in 1890, under the authority of an act approved 

 April 5, 1890. 



Mr. McGuire. You went again in 1890 ? 



Mi*. Elliott. Yes, sir. 



Mi*. McGuire. Just tell me what time you landed ? 



Mi*. Elliott. I think I landed that year May 21. It is in the 

 testimony. 



Mr. McGuire. Well, just your best judgment. 



Mr. Elliott. I went up on the company's steamer Arago, from 

 San Francisco; sailed May 6, 1890, I believe. 



Mr. McGuire. What company's steamer >. 



Mr. Elliott. The North American Commercial Co. steamer, Arago. 



Mr. McGuire. The lessee- 3 



Mr. Elliott. Yes: t he lessees' steamer Arago. We sailed from 

 San Francisco May 6 and w e got up there, I think, on the 21st. 



Mr. McGuire. How long did you remain there at that time ? 



Mr. Elliott. I came down on the Arago. I think I left the islands 

 the 1 -It Ii or 16th of August, 1890. 



Mr. McGuire. You were there from about May 21 to August 16, 

 and during the active killing season? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes, -ir: until the skins were all bundled and on the 

 vessel, and I came down to San Francisco with them. 



Mr. McGuire. In what capacity did you go at that time? 



Mr. Elliott. As special agent of the Government under authority 

 of the act I have just quoted, passed especially to send me up there, 

 and so mentioned on both floors of Congress, House and Senate. 



Mr. McGuire. Did you lobby for that act ? 



Air. Elliott. No. I did not know a thing about it and did not 

 have a thing to say or do about it until Secretary Windom opened 

 the question. It was passed within three weeks from the day it was 

 first broached to me, and became a law in three weeks afterwards. It 

 was drawn in the Treasury Department by Hon. Win. McKinley, jr., 

 and Secretory Windom. 



Mr. MeGuiRE. It was passed within three weeks from the time it 

 was broached to you ( 



Mr. Elliott. Yes, sir. 



Mr. McGuire. Who mentioned it to }T>u ? 



Mr. Elliott. Secretary Windom. 



Mr. McGuire. And he was then Secretary of the Treasury? 



