The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-07-09
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THE MISREPRESENTATION gr1p.I
The following extract from the Report Of
The Congressional GoauiHess thsevA asone.
light upon the systematic corruption and
bribery rs,qse1 . inoraest to defeat the i'm.
parchment Of President Johnson. No doubt
this levy Of corruption. Fund" Tor pur-
poses Of bribery, WAS universal and extended
to all the federal officers throughout The
country, save in some few exceptional casss.
The fund thus raised from early ia Noyem.
Der, by monthly contributions to the period
! Of the termination Of the impeachment trial,
must have been enormous: SEQ III
1t will be recollectkd that when the July
session of '67 adjourned to the 21st Of No.
vember, it was understood that among the
first topica to be presented on the rsasssmb-
ling Of Congress was the report Of the Com
mit,ee OF the Judiciary il relation TO im-
parchment To meet that report, il eoons
10 have occurred to the friends Of the Presi-
dent that funds would be necessary. There
upon We find, from the testimony Of George
+. Hammond, III Brooklyn, New York, at
that time Chief Clerk Of. the Warehouse Su-
perntendent, that on the day Alter The NO.
vember election . subscription was taken
among the emplata Of the CuAon House.,
upon the following paper: Na.a4
1--WE, the undersigned, gratuitously ap>
propriate the sum set opposite our names,
x, tss ths icsss.ss 70
II was understood Ahnohz tre employees
that each must Pay sum TN proportion to
his salasys and 80 thorough was that h1iiAf
although the subscription paper read 'serata-
isously'', that, though Mr. Hammond de-
clined petedly npsy, yet the messenger
paid for Mn ~ l4rnUunt assessed lest b4
should los4 akSofscs. i Ill
Extract from the testimony Of Mr.. Ham
nond
Question 4. What was your department !?
Answer Event originally IS storekeeper
was afterwards promoted to be Chief Clerk
of the Warehouse Superintendent Office
q. s. At any time do you know snything
Of subscription being taken up or levied
for political purposes? A. There was
subscription taken up last November, day
or two AFTER heelection, but il was not tex On
up or levied for "politioal purposes' il was
taken up .'for the good of the country
which was the way the subscription read
@. 6-asrisAss dsscuhs a. vol a. ypu can,
how i, was taken up. A. l do not know
whether you know1t, but all these subscript-
ions taken up in the Custom House g gratuit-
ously9 or soluntSrly, but really they are as
sessments upon the officers Of the Custom
House; aud they are given to understand
tha, il they donot pay il hey will BE- tarnsd
out.
Q.5.s lstht form . gratnity, but ID fact
an assessment. A. Yes, sir; We hare always
found it so. Since have been there, there
has been quite numbe. The general IN.
Outstanding is they are obliged to pay.
g. $. DO they pay ia the ratio OF their
salaries? A. That depends on circum.
stances.
q. .. In this particular instance did the
paper read .Ior the good of the country, and
opposed to impeachment Yes, sir; "fol
the good Of the country, aud opposed to the
impeachment Of the President Of the United
States.h
q. 10. How general, within your knoWl.
edge, was this subscription Al think i,
was quite general
q. II. Was il through your division? A
When It was FIRST brought to our department
the Warehouse Superintendent refdbed to
sign it, and did also. Consequently the
storekeepers-there are one hundred and
twenty -four of them-refnsed, with but few
exceptions, but afterwards pressure Wal
brought to bear, and think every one, with
the exception of two or three, signed the
list. 80 q
Q. H. Did the Superintendent give in !,
last! A. No, sir.
@. lE Did you? A. No, air, I did Lot
sign il. The messenger in our Office u,
thoroughly convinced that would be turned
out unless did pay some money; and 90
anxious that should stay, be did pay somt
money, without my knowledge, until aftel
wards--p perhaps three weeks aftar-I found
he had paid IS for me, and returned the
money to him. He Was poor man, and j
did not want to see him lose it.
.. Il WhatAappsnsd q The Superiases.
dent? A. He resigned sAorllyaher~ ord, b.
he had made mp hla miu1 10 resign before.
will say, further, that he stated to me and
some Of tho atorekeepers that be intended {,
resign, and he did not wish TO influence then
about signing the paper; and he rather a.
advised them E s,sa II they wished tosta,
Q. Is. Have you copy Of the paper? A
Yes, sir. ThApapeE Wa produeed.l
u. II. Do you knowit wss after election
A. / ain very positive it VA. shsr slsctioa
The reason | am sure il was after election il
we had supposed sAste WoaM bssA sobscrip
ton bsfore, hnt this did NOT come in Till after
and that fact impressed Il on iny mind. Z
The following il . copy oftAs fAper.
We, the undersigned, gratuitoualy appro
pirate the sums set opposite our names, 70
the cause ofour country, and opposed to til,
impeachment Of President Johneon. .
Mr.. John J. Herrick, Second A.A;serl )
the New York Custom House, testified IN
he wrote the original paper, stopping & Is,
words "cause ofsssr ecunssn' and that d.
words '.oppoeat - ths inpsachnsnt Of Pres
ident JohnaotH were ad6eA theeata nv IL