New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-24
CORRUPTION IN CONGRESS-. }. RO

CORRUPTION IN CONGRESS-. j. ROGERS.
The Hon. Martin Ryerson made speech at Newton,
~ j. on the Goth ins wherein he diSseeied the Hon.
Jack Rogers and incidentally exposed some corruptons
in Congrcss Of National importance. We copy the fol-
lowing extract from his speech from The Nerdyk Daily
Adptrfise.
ROGERS AND The CAMDEN AND AMBoY RAILROAD.
will 20 lurtber and make holder charge and am ready
10 Il any court Of Justice Ia Newers IN which be
may choose 10 bring II up shat he helped the Camden and
nbOy RaiIead Company carry project Of theirs through
what Rumor that he received $1,000 for that
business The business that the Camden ana Ao9
had In Congress was this There was pending az mat me an
amendment the bill Of the Delaware and Raran Bay Rail
road Company The bill had passed the House and was pend
ing the Senate The Constitutional Amendment had passed
and pending Ia the House The Camden and
Amboy made bargain that II the Union men would
Kill that Del and Raritan BAY Railroad amendment they
would get enough Democrats 20 stay away from the House TO
pass the Constitutional Amendment That The history and
have done to FOR their other sins Applause These
grave charges TO make against candidate ior Congress
right TO make these charges holding myself respon
for Islander let him sue as quickly as he peases ZAP
plause
Twill call your attention another vote just at the close
Of the Of Congress bill passed in which were
combined two hnga bounty 10 soldiers and an increase OF
with the 4h OF March 1865 That bill passed by vote OF 81
TO 80 only majority Mr. Rogers was again absent BY
the passage OF that bill he has already received O increased
pay and iChe reelected to Congress he will for tie next term
81 600 making IN al for the next two years sOOV
Now he exoung that absence ha he Ia one OF
the committee and busy aud could not DC there
Who believes thatl That will do TO tell the ma
Tnes When Mr. Rogers could make u OOby being away,
who believes that he did want TO be awayt Now III had
displayed the housandh part Of the energy and determination
defeat that bill that he has TO secure his denomination and
election do you suppose he would have been absent Never
Look the conduct OF the by his absence he passed
that bill Had he voted against H. IL would have been tie
and the bill would have been lost He made $40 by bis
absence lie Pockeed tho money and now goes around de-
nouncng Congress for passing that bill II the ball was wrong
why did he take the money II the bill was wrong why was
he not there TO vote against II
THREE TERMS RETAINED AS COUNSEL.
Mr. Rogers will have been two at Congress BY the 9Th
OF next March For the first Two years he received % Tor
the years he viii have received 10000 his mileage will
be at least thousand dollars more giving him TOT the four
years $1,000 IL reelected he will receive between s0o aud
S 900 for the years Now the Democratic party
for the last forty years have never with one solitary exception
given a third nomination for Congress What claim has
Mr. Rogers for the third nomination. What right has nc 70 ask
said that Mr. Rogers received from the Camden and Apo
Railroad Company do not youch for the truth OF That
can cay is that have heard him accused OF nea Con-
again by men OF his own party Those men nav Sr sfr
ycnon meet next Tuesday Perhaps they wiz tne' p
charges and denounce him We WIN see Mhen aI man
State and In Washington viii also say that III ~
lied Democratic member Of Congress nom feipsy o cor
absent himself that vote aud tod lin VA that Sr Rcg
crs had made much legally and so Iuon S has himself
charged him with now say that Nj. ,Sy on whisky he
n @adS soI linn br ' Mr. john MccOer make ts
statement on his authority II ins T McCarter He sun
uo s SY Rogers two yeats ago and four years ego II you
win not believe my statement go s Sher am prepared 10
nm o h u bi, witnesses in this coun-whose names
am not now prepared 10 give out W. sen he internal Reye
wants e Congress and the interests Of the gas
nue p m ., Ne York we're affected by some pending amend
,aent an agent Of gus VI lQss R2aQPQss game INTO MI