Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1880 — [?]CORRUPTION. [ARTICLE]

[?]CORRUPTION.

Hr c- - wna r.jvfinil-'l VB-, • H-i.-f;'-. Bek whi, In in' P.'- <■•'<.'• >• r Alter/.' ij’eW Of . .7 u" • f t'cnrra' :c ■ ' • '• nolurd I K A' the i I-id br.m<l ts-.-t / ; - (who the receipts that Patterson ■ >' - K t.--t go: v ’■>’/ '>f the (• J, ■■> ■a? . w:. i yru-P n', tiud im never clatement and his own, and the lHlsß!|sß^Ki |CVcr produeed. (Durant, 23, 1873. Wil-on, Bingham, J. F. Wilson, ' ■' ’ H° Hf ! >n Hv with Mr. March ‘M, 1873.) .:i '.-J fJ-TU-.:»i . P 1! ‘l;-. f-.-wi: i- to r- o> - '! >1 - ■ . If h' A When the ■ ‘ b, V 'Vi!' begin to r ■ ’ zc ihi Hr |E|||||H| F. //., Jfonifor, KA. 20, 1873.) of this upon olber parties. li and buroiug cbicoc. It will ?? r| lh-pilhbea.il parly < ri. ~r ’'• »-‘ds ii'snv. :on u;>oii them may do, less than lai., it cannot do Burning Juurtial, Kl>. 20, 1873.) with a complete vindication. 7Vc HiriKMHt ar '’ ci< f °f <lle others do not IMMMBK * a What is the. nature of their was that they did not franl.ly ;.ml DMgA^^V l ** l '-ou-'-eided ami pr evaricated Thß is the whole of it. We do not MMMBBPiein from the, charge of deception. i.hcy mu -', miller- -..he co ce,; Journal, March !>, 1873.) ■HHHtrinr 11.••.-■ c In-on the judgment of ConHBBfh idler oT-nden; th'-, cis niioi.bi r ear..My they mm tappear and stand trial, ;;eli< s or by the plea Jugs and •.übuMBOhK '* he eahn judgment oi the, Aine.rieau clouded by sophistries and evs.s:Mnu. sadly uii.naken vho r upp.isc that ihi e e'xjKisurer. iirheat--.: the slightest di the Repuhlican party. To put away v v ill not barm :u Only the bad m< n th

Asd. 28, 1873.) oil the rcsolut.i.rt>a submitted by the ft,r Die cx P ul i,!n <’*' Oakei? Anuta :.ml ' Courrem.-, chai-d jwp-chyj, •: r»i»<.-.'i. our upicion a; to the improbability HujfeflHfor expulsion Micce <!.!!/, ;<nd our <t’a:ipi.t these two gentlemen, however ■HHH ■, while the others (Garfield & Co.) who I*’* l scot-free. ♦ * * On the whole raEfS&Mk Joii.mf'lee and the a< bin taken on it arc a l(r>pnoiLY of rascality r.t the capital. HlnjßflHMv has won another great triumph instead i disastrous defeat. The guilty are rn■wnst of public opinion fur woteiivc, and will coudenination. Express, February ’Xth, 1873.) tniM-d on sueb luisty consideration as k> glee the. facts, ia t hat. Dawes is inuo■Wlwikiil Bingham have been gufity of an iniproMH|HEve an misrepresented (he facts, and cudeavthe Ir.mractkm a» a loan, that a mure severe not be out of place. Portland Advertiser, Fib. 22, 1873.) that the profits of the Credit Mobilier |M^Khl Pacific Railroad were nearly one half, and was indirectly swindled out of of dollars. (The. testimony subscshow that the profits of the swindle were And tin's is the business that certain CouHHw claim Unit they had a perfect right to enter into. ■Kthe as too ridiculous the idea of tlie.fr innocence cl the character of the transaction at put the stock “ Where it would do the most can be said too severe of men who, under the virtue and piety, entered Inlo such a swinBbMI- ami only withdrew after threatened exposure, tame time all connection with the fraud ? It. BHMfrsonfiHy urged upon ns Duff it fa unjust to course of men who have stood so high circles; that their position entitles respect; and that ft injures ihe cause of re to lio'.il tiieir csmch up so prominently. ■K fall lo 600 (be justice of following such advice. |Mr have msilai nod the role of pal.teriisof morality, ai the same time aiding in a fraud upon the uit-ering faLe statcrnmitH in regard tlierel >. RO HER MORE SHOULD THEIR HYI-OCIW Bbl |KjIKI) THEIR CONDUCT DENOUNCED, not suffer half so much by the exposure of it would to smooth over and excuse their ofis no discredit to religious hollies that SO AMI’S found within their churches. The discredit by reason of their connection with she church ■Hu arc ignored and they arc allowed to escape pun

the (Jinciwiali Commercial, Feb. 3, 1873.) (of (Jou,';i-e«-> " !,a<l ton or twenty shares g|gSgj||g|Bßdit, was not called upon to'invent his own money, k llU!r< ‘- than paid for iiself. In plain woitis, ami BBBHKsidcth'* flimsy pretense of a bofiness transaction, it. of spoils taken from the munificence of the No mertiher of Goni'n-as could have been so absoas not to know that such enormous profits legitimate earnings.” h’eio York Independent ;It puls lean). the ire liny rr ■ ligious paper in the. country.) forget that he (Gen. Garfield) was more ■MKIUTOtVCU in tiie Credit Mobilise difficulty than any BBBM&riicr of the ll.mspof Representatives excepting, of and Brooks.” (7lica Herald, February 12, 1873, edited by Hbn. Roberts, who was al the finw a 10 publican. colleague Garfield in the Forty-second Congress.) EKBtBI, weak men, wicked men and the sharpest of ras|Bßßp> come to judgment. Even the suspected pass under and cease to lie t rusted. Men, to enjoy the public must not only be pure, but above suspicion. All ■By way identified with Gredit Mobilier stocks and operahad their day and must sink out of sight. The will no longer put confidence in them, it may syin|Bßßze with them and have charity for them, but it will trust them again. The breath of suspicion having passed over them, their robes become tainted and Others will bo put in their places. Warned by |B|Mfate of their predecessors, they will, doubtless, keep out operations.” the Philadelphia Public Lodger, owned and edited by O. Bf HC Childs, February 28, 1873.) “ Then came their mean, tricky, false denials, evasions and fast following explanations of their exevery eutuige in which showed more and more owu sense of their own culpability. There never was Instance in which men bolding a public trust were more covered with proof of malfeasance in office. guilty knowledge of all these men was as visible as the of the government moneys was stupendous. And punisl.es all this by passing its partial resolutions censure, letting the guilty go free upon the false pretense having no jurisdiction. This is so transparent a sham it will command the belief of no one possessing the Bp s (From the Indianapolis Journal, February 26, 1873.) “AU the signs of the times indicate that the people are aroused about the prevalent corruption of the The party must purge itself of these men. Our instiBnums and our liberties are in danger. * ♦ ♦ Every Member of Congress wha deliberately handled Credit MoBRffiier stock is unworthy of future confidence.” V>, Br The New York Independent, the leading religions paper of B the United States said, in 1874, of General Garfield’s connecB tion with the District of Columbia frauds: W /‘The testimony taken in the Investigation of the District B of Columbia frauds, shows that Mr. Garfield received $5,000 ■ for his aid fa getting through a paving contract accepted by B the District government. A Mr. Ramans, a notorious jobs' kVr’ ffiA-bj 1 argument for thepawingeosapanyand then got ■ aonal influence In Ms firear. f Qt course Mr. Gaifieki’s argument was enccesefnl. How | f could ft bo otherwise T He was Ototean of the Committee | on Appropriations. Every ceat of money voted to the DisI trfck Md to some through fata*. Bhephcrd could not afford I Mr/Garfieldknew tt when K ho asked, sod reoetvod for hi* services afee which would I ,tav» he®j swfc exUKRENAbuI for hto QffiGklpoeifitaa.'i

Qhw • • • w A»d ft maybe property added ta the same Baca that soeb dteealiafaetfon exieta ia the community that all of the argsoneniaaad debates in the case have overlooked a point mon wdntnßj eotidiwnniid than the crimes alleged and more BascepUUe es vnot—On notorious downright lying of come of the Wfribaats tacutpatecL” NOT ONE KIT TO SIT AS A LAW-MAKER. (Nhm Ou JSbniuff nkgrtph {Btp.), Felrruary * • ♦ • There te not one man whom the testimony of Oakes Amea has connected with the Credit Mobilier who is fit to rit in the neat of the law-maker. If Oakes Ames was the bribe-giver, they must barve been bribe-takers. IDLE TO ATTEMPT AN IMPOBSIBLE VINDICATION. (AUitorisl btter in l¥eu {.EepJ), February 19th, • • • Their denial at the bagkmfng has placed them and all those who desired to raetue them in the most erabarrasring position, for that proved that they were ashamed of the transaction. Aed when the,fact appeared thattheaecused had token the stocks with a full knowledge of the exaggerated dividonde, and when this fact was clinched and riveted by unfortunate contradictions before the committee, it was idle to attempt an impossible vindication. * • • (jPW»n Oie Dyffalo Commercial, Feb. 1873.) Should Congress decide to let the culprits escape they must all know by this time that THEY HAVE BEEN CONDEMNED AT THE BAR OF PUBLIC OPINION. (Jdnom Os IhtfaZo Commercial, March 1,1873.) Now the case has gone to the people. They will not split hairs in finding, out whether they can open the public record of a man wbohas certain pages that he would like to conceal from examination. The people will preside at the bal-lot-box as their tribunal When those who have betrayed the c mfidence reposed in them come up for trial— ■O'thay ever dare to do it—THEY WILL BE REJECTED AS WICKED AND UNPROFITABLE PUBLIC SERVANTS. Tiffs is the decree uttered by the voice of the press to-day. It says to each one of those who are afraid to punish corruption, “ Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting?’ (ZA-om the Buffalo Express, Fd>. 20,1873.) It is wrong to raise an indiscriminate howl against every one who ever looked at Credit Mobilier stock, or to make every man responsible for the guilt of others. Our own opinion, based on such hasty consideration as we have been able to give the facte, is that Dawes is innocent; that Scofield and Bingham have been guilty of an impropriety which should subject them to eensure: and that Kelley and GARFIELD H AVE SO MISREPRESENTED TILE FACTS, AND ENDEAVORED TO DISGUISE THE 'IRA NS ACTION AS A LOAN, THAT A MORE SEVERE PUNISHMENT WOULD NOT BE OUT OF PLACE. {From The Indianapolis Journal [Republican Organ], Feb. 26, 1873.) EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS WHO DELIBERATELY HANDLED CREDIT MOBILIER STOCK IS UNWORTHY OF FUTURE CONFIDENCE. (From the Nets York Tlivcs, Feb. 20, 1873.) The character of the Credit Mobilier was no secret.' The source of its profits was verv well known at the time Congrcs. tnan bought it. Though Oakes Ames may have succeeded in concealing his owu motive, which was to bribe Congressmen, their acceptance of the stock was not on that account innocent. The dishonor of the act, as a participation in an obvious fraud, still remains. Some of them have indulged in testimony with reference to the matter which has been contradicted. The committee distinctly rejects the testimony of several of the members. This can only be done an the ground that it is untrue. But wttrue testimony given under oath is moraliy, \f not legally, perjury. It is the. clear dutv of Congress to visit with punishment all who took Credit Mobilier stock from Oakes Ames.

(From the Few York Tribune, Feb. 10, 1873.) James A. Garfield, of Ohio, had ten shares; never paid a dollar; received |J2O, which, after the investigation began, he waa an clous to have considered as a loan from Mr, Oakes Ames to himself. Well, the wickedness of all of it is that these men betrayed the trust of the people, deceived their constituents, and by evasions and falsehoods confessed the transaction to be disgraceful. (From Harpers Weekly, March 15, 1873.) The action of the House of Representatives on Poland’s report, In substituting a vote of censure and condemnation for the resolution expelling Amea and Brooks, and passing over the other luculpatccl members without notice, fell far short of the just expectations of the country. It was a clear ease of moral cowardice, an unmanly shirking of responsibility. The House bos virtually declared that a member may offer or accept a bribe and yet not be disqualified from retaining a seat in Congress. “ Absolute condemnation ” must be the verdict of the country on such a lamentable exhibition of moral pusillanimity. (From the Buffalo Commercial, Feb. 21sf, 1873.) The prominent Congressmen whose names were first used in connection with the Credit Mftbilier were Blaine, Dawes, Kelley. Bingham, Schofield and Garfield, and besides these, Vice-President Colfax. * * * Mr. Blain comes out of it without a stain upon Ills record. Ilia colleagues certainly did hold the stock and lied about it. (From the Cincinnati Commercial, during the session of the . Chicago Convention, just previous to the nomination.) The most contemptible thing thus far at Chicago is the charter about Garfield. He has not a record to run on for President, and it is extreme foolishness to be wasting time on him. (From the Utica Herald, Feb. 25,1873.) The suspected .persons are already dead cocks in the pit, and need not hope to regain public' confidence. For Hofivrn’ti sake, let ns bury our dead out of siglit, that they may not offend the public uostrito ! (F-om his own sworn testimony before the POLAND Committee, Jan. 14, 1873.) I never owned, received, or agreed to receive any stock of the Credit Mobilier or of the Union Pacific Railroad, nor any dividends or profits arising from either of them. (From Judge Poland's report, Feb. 18, 1873 GARFIELD'S Testimony Perjured.) The facts in regard to Mb. GARFIELD, as found by the committee, are that he agreed with Mr. Ames to take ten shares of Credit Mobilier stock, but did not pay for the same. Mr. Ames received the eighty per cent, dividend in bonds and sold them for ninety-seven per cent., and also received the sixty per cent; cash dividend, which, together with the price of the stock and interest, left a balance of 3329. This sum was paid over to Mr. GARFIELD by a check on the Sergeantiat-Arms, and Mb. GARFIELD then understood this sum was the balance of dividends after paying for the stock.