The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-21
The Credit MoblIier BusinesS-.A
General Denial from Hon. Cakes

The Credit MobIlier Businesses
General Denial from Hon. Cakes
Ames.
To tho People Of tie Second Con0reSsonG
District: FeIL06 Citizens Charges OF O
serious character, in reference to the dis
eharge OF my trust as your Representative
In Congress, published in the New York
Sun, and extensively circulated, seem tc
demand notice. To you, who know ME
so well and have honored me 80 long with
seat in Congress, l trust it is not Hcccs-
sary to reiute such infamous charges. Il
alone were concerned could not Lol
the first time IN my life, appear in public
print to vtndiCate myself against foul and
wicked SANDER; but these charges involve
the good name and integrity Of some oil
tho best men In the nation. r.-r-r
The charges referred to, made against
me and some Of my associates in Con-
gress, with others equally false against the
Company, were first made by Henry s.
McCoomb, in suit against the Credit
Mobllier, in tue State of Pennsylvania,
for the purpose Of obtaining money
wrongtully from the Company, US every
one OF the officers and stockholders be.
lieVed then and now. fs
All the executive officers OF the Com.
pany and several OF It's largest stockhold.
ers, including mYsel, have answered in
said suit long since under oath, that the
charges were entirely false, that not a
single share Of the stock Of that Com.
pany was ever given to any member OF
Congress, directly or indirectly, BY me or
any one else 10 my knowledge.
now reiterate and reaffirm the state
ment, with the further declaration that |
never gave share Of stock OF that or
any other company, directly or indirectly
to any member of Congress. The sworn
answers OF myself and these other gentle.
men, made and filed in the same suit, living
side by side in the same record, could
have been published with the charges had
y suited the politicaEpurposes Of the New
York Sun.
am willing to place the sworn decla.
rations ol any one Of these individuals, of
tue highest character and reputation.
sgaiust the afldavits Of NIr. NIcCoomb,
wherever he is web known, with no fear
of an adverse opinion on the integrity O.!
any one of them as against him.
The list OF names given by McCoonb
as Endorsed on my letter and published
were written by himself. as he stated when
under oath at the hearing in Pennsylva-
MIA He had no authority from me for
making any such statement.
Perhaps ought to add that all the leg.
islation ever asked for in aid Of the
construction Of the Pacific railroad was
granted years before these alleged trans.
actions. The last act OF Congress in aid
OF that road was passed in 1864, nor has
anything since been asked for, excepting
the removal Of the office Of the Company
from New York to Boston, to avoid the
blaCk.msiling suits oil James Fisk, IT,, and
HIcCoomb in Judge Barnard's Court. A
long time after the act Of Congress,
amended in 1854, in aid Of the Pacific
railroad was passed, the road being in
great danger of breaking down, was
urged to aid in its construction, which l
consented to do, and never since had
any connection with its construction has
Congress granted any aid or been asked
to. Ibid not own share of stock until
1865, and this charge that o distribution
Of the stock Of the Credit Mobiier in
1868 bribed the members Of Congress 10
procure the passage OF an act in 1854 is
too absurd to be accredited. | may have
done wrong in my efforts to aid in this
great national enterprise. am uncon.
sciouso 1t. I have always regarded It
as among the most creditable and patri-
otto acts Of mylII
[eiguedl CAKES AMEs.