Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-30
Wholesale Corruption in
Congress in Connection
with the Kansas Pa
cific Railway.
Return of Mr.. Greeley tn
New York.
He makes a speech on the
Tariff.
Everybody but GRANTEES
pleased with his
speeches and tour.
The Scandinavians of Min
nesota for Greeley.


morning, and then bade tempoAry fare
well to PsnnsylvAnia in the only speech
yet made on the tariff. AT Hoboken, on the
ferry boat, and on this side of the river he
was surrounded by struggling, intensely
enthusiastic crowds. The police finally sue
eeeded in getting . passage opened to q
carriage, in which Mr.. Greeley was driven
to the house Of friend in this city. He is
in splendid health, and not yisibly fatigued,
after one of the most srduous journeys ever
undertaken BY 3 public man. He regards
Liberal s1ccess absolutely assured in In-
diana and Pennsylvania, and probably in
Ohio.
New YORK, Sept. 2S.-The Tribune ex-
poses Wholesale corruption attending the
Congressional legislation relating to the
Kansas Pacific Railway. Speaker Blaine
| figures in it for an amount which makes his
Union Pacific bribe a mere bsgsselIe. The
| Tribune says: Astounding as were the
developments in the case of the Credit Mo-
biIier, they prove TO be only brief and sin.
gle chapter of many in the infamous history
of our National Legislation and Admins
trAiion. Additional facts have come to
| light, and reveal damning evidence Of the
bribery and corruption in the halls of Con
gress. The Kansas Pacific Railway grew
out of local company which sold out to
men who understood well how to place
money where it would do most good. When
Samuel HAllets and others purchased the
railroad, they insisted upon having Q state
ment Of its liabilities. General Stone sal
| down and, with his own hand, wrote a list
headed ss follows: "Ths Leavenworth
Pswnse & Western Railway. Stock con.
tracts made for the Company by J. e. Stone
ard Thomas Ewing, Jr, agents of the Com
pany, to secure the ratification Of the Della
ware and PoItswofOmie treaties, aud the
passage Of the Pacific Railway bill.' Thi.
was q confidential statement, intended ex-
clusively for the use of the new owners o.
the road. The lat is believed to be incom
plete, but sufficient IL therein developed tC
show the completely of Speaker Blaine, who
so vociferously denied ali connection with
the Credit Mobilier fraud, and that of Seua
tor Pomeroy, Mr.. Shackleford, Secretary
Usher, K. ". Thompson, and other shining
hghss in the Administration camp. Speake
Blaine is proved to have received alos
ments of $4,000 shares of stock. inject tc
assessment, and valued at 5 Il ,625, 900; 500
shares not subject to assessment, valued =
$295 900, and 1000 shares more allotted
but not assessed. The two latter lots, no
subject to. assessment, were secured b
Blaine for himself, while the 32,500 share
Of stock subject to assessment were suppos
cd to be for distribution among his support
srs, in helping to procure the passage Of th
, bill aud subsequent amendments. Blaine
neighDors, in Maine, who wonder where b
made so much money, can here see that h
handled bribery fund of nearly $4,000, 90
in one railroad job. An attacbe of the Ne,
York Times, named Wilson, ia down in th
list for $4,000. }. NJ. Shsokleford, Q
Kentucky, is down for SIS, 900, and Gale
Smith and Secretary Usher for SIS, 900 escl
= Over 80 names figure in the list, many b
: ing go-betweens."
! NEW YORK, Sept 2s.-Horace Greele
q arrived here about O'Clock this afsernoo
/, He made few short speeches ON The rou
hither, and at Easton, Pa, said;
II am Protectionist all men know, b
it is equally true that if majority OF Col
g.ess should pass . law not reconcilab
, With these opinions, / would not exerci
the veto powern After reference to Il
position of the Cincinnati and Baltimo
platform on this question, he added: mo
is there one man SO uniutelligent as not
" know that the present prosperity of the irC
interest of this county depends not alo
on the tariff, but on the fact that all over {
Is world iron is in great demand, and is sslli
n at prices nearly double those of three yes
ago. The world is iron hungry the wor
is calling for more, and still more iron
build railroads. Iron is high 10 all countr
D. because more is wanted than can be pr
duced. 1t Is not probable that Eve or ev
ten years hence there will be so much me
iron in the world that prices will not
above the cost of making it, here q
everywhere. Just like corn, Just ike a
other product. There is less iron in /
world than is needed consequently, I
price has gone up, not because of the tar
but in all countries which have free trade
= we'll, and it is morally certain to remain hi
~ for . considerable number of years"
believed that if the the duty had been FL
q. $40 per ton at the close of the war, q
remained there. we should have had doul
our number of furnaces, aud been supply
y ourselves with iron very much cheaper th
M We can now ges it, or could get IT if the
'h if were entirely off it.
ID. he was met BY large and enthusia'
re- crowd at Hoboksn, and, on crossing
ferry, entered Q carriage with Cover
Randolph, General Cochrane and Sam
Sinclair, and drove to The residence @
sss friend. No speech was made notwithsta
70. ing the demands of the multitude.
id ST. PAUL, Sept ga cheering CO
p,Sign note was sounded in Minneapolis
( night. The ScandinsHians had a La
. meet ing and torchlight procession in ho
of Gre sley snd Brown. There we're ab
500 tore hes in line, ell borne by sons OF
~ - North, and Harmonic Hall, where the ms
est ing was hel 4, was packed. Speeches "
made both IN Scandinavian and Engl
). and much gepuine enthusiasm was
PLAYED. A con .,iderable Scandinavian
publican vote is ow sure for Mr.. Gree
and access,ons are IN the increase.
ON New YoRK, Sept. .98 "A reception
ms, given TO Mr.. Grseley tonight ai the Lin'
cd club. He made few r, ,marks, saying
'sE bis recent journey was made with the
me curing Judgment Of the liz serai and De