The sun., 1872-09-21
THE GREAT BRIBERY.
,,oRE IIGHT ON THE CREDTr MO-
YILIER ERitD.
Guothcr Letter from George Alfred Towns
,nd strong Evidence ngninsi Bl"iu" "nd
CoIinN- hat the Hon. James HrOO!.s
HH. 10 srV-Hc wrote ATcs's Letter.

Another Letter from George Aiir'" '"""H-
,ud ~troug Evidence against Blaine nnd
V,IinN- N-Nhnt the Hon. James Brooks
Has TO sry-IIc wrote Arcs's Letter.
1'.ti o.. C'Hfgo T. a"4e.
WAsui~GroN. sept lj.-Thc books Of the
lion pa. .ar cnrpuiUion are now I'm lhe clty 81
l.i.n. Hence the mystery involving tho
tr.dt Nupuucr- which We may call, for short,
tie u, ug of Mon Pacific directors ana stock
,,i.r-. who get the bonds pat the road down
,irlrlv, and ulch the remniudcro 81 the a'd HoN-
,fuueut gives thcm. ard thc difficulty u <, ,tins
tI.nt one of the most Uun-trouS ana impuueht
sN.udlts ever crpetratcu ul"n uiaghaihIl"us
Htiou " i- the a,t II that ' mon DIc1toTyio ol
which Oliver AmCs was President uid OahSs
Ninrs the Cuugrcs -ionLl Agent. II um ,rti, bt
q sab,,ct Of scoHeoi Z" GH uHuihg IW'',Uy mgg'
) EpEirr Colfdr, as irCl dS his successor James g.
: i,,ic b,pi ~ tic bc.d ~ hc Pdcifc II ~
i.tt Commpt,c, IN Nc House ~ h'p;sl"id-
f.rs. ms Oth,s JlntS. lie was n largc, heavy
; ~ sccretiye shovel maker from the Taunton
e. strict Of Massachusetts, who Kept MS io,hrt
I'm ul free rasecs over this railroad. and dealt
,,n out hiti iousIy TO whoever might he able
do him either good or injury. a member
e. Congress, aud as such obligated to protect
Ne Ruiways Oakcs Ames was all the
y nile. "A member " tie Credit Mubilier, ana n
nt ~, ptopu,it,0n cout,riling his iotd icdjch al
o. l, m, N, ldr 10y act of Congress. lie car
red through Congrt a scand .dous proposition
IS which the Government ah"IGnntd u ntst
MORTGAGE VI this highway. ANA allowed the prl-
N.tr mortgage bonds ui ti'i r3ir'.d 'elhpaly
tue precedence ana crowded. tno N"NSin-
ucut with second murtgagr. lie was ahie,
t.tu tire htlu of the most eminent men ia the
Republican party, to collect nom the hlteu
...tc- tu ue gross sum for carr tng the mails over
t-fuad while. at the same time he never paid
I et interest ON the Government bonds H. u ac-
ned. In snort the Union PapiGc Railroad hrst
{ .r.yd loan from the uittd states 81 rom
f..n I, sixtv thousand dollars a mile. and
{ 90 Iuulrd 10 4 tlc interest ou the loan forced
iI. AN -cif back To- contingent pace and
T. led ito,er with another and q private loan
3 it- own and tdcn swihdicd IL uut ui the
y sole -Io.- sums for the mail service.
TuE FIGCErs.
The Credit Nobilier. 1t appears, built nearly
t.r whole of tie | niun Pacific Railroad or
I.si-L miles, which wis a litfI" more IMAM INC
I nion Pacific now retains i really huilt l,s0
miles, hut sold to the central Pacific subsequent
10 ,d Promlntoty, aud now owns less. 10y 80
n,Ies OF rail- than the Credit Mo1ilicr, its stool
, -rdit Moi'iiicr got nitrd - ,tps bonds amount
iut & more than $50 tpl' h'sldTs I-iSo!I1
re- oi 2nd G ,, i5 d,yo,,ri ,aG s,s ~ siu fr
& O. The capital stock Of the credit M"hiller,
rcaut.me, Mas o,,vu sLut,' ~, lar NMHe ~
trinsactIon Wa. ha. come out Ia the letter II
takes Amcs 10 n. ;. NrCgwh. According 70
Mobllic- paid less than t2i''oa mile 60 99ild the
ir-iu Nohlucr de- .Inf,d a diyi lend II ~ er
MT. o1 St.1-uWp; and il aTpc1r- probable that
tc partners IN his transacton haNeg9t alreaiN'
iu stocks ali bonds more { an SlWWF.,'.'
= than lie amount Il the sub. idy * per ctp,.
J. .uds given in thc first place The letter. from
w.itfcn by him and apryar IN his handvr.fin-;
tt.y were iudit I'd in.tge ~ &C. urs' of business
T... show tho secrecy. the Jcsultry and tie iu-
t.at.tlIy of the corporation viii h could re-
l'Ne such an amggh, "i htlB' @ anu a'.sv ., lnS
trSeiumyuts confidence; ana tnel SNOW more
t4au ALL THAI IL was member ~ Congress who
wrote these letters and lie iuiAcHei, IN an
s"rr,, aud ~eiinusue =, men whom the country
las delighted t. honor ,IdA some ..einWu,s7
from tie Ames letter TO- Nc, omo. dated Ma-n-
irgton. Jan. =. 1885. while Ame. WAS member
~ Congress under oath. It, says: " The lroii'-
e.tlun o. make one bond dividend IN full comes
fr IN Alley. lie T. on the Finance Committee.
and can raise money easy n W. come short
which don't believe We stall hut II We dc; We
C1u loan our bonds to the company, or loan
them the money We get for the b ndS. The con-
tract calls for the di, sion. and I say have IT,.
Nov. how could Alley raise money easy for
ON tie Finan'e Committecf Ana what night
had Oakes Ames To infer so much upon hl- col
,ague, Ames himself being "A member of Con-
iresst TIE whole eist OF TINS correspondeGce,l -
10 prove that a nuWt er OF CNuEre-smen. hla <
mailers, s,tuugers, etc had Let9Hs aware ~
The swnde Ierpetrated upon me treas ny n'
tie United states ia DE name OF the Mon Pa
&c Railro ad. and hal pushed IN on vaii inns pre-
Lts, and demanded share OF the spIil3
WHAT JANIS BRooKs SAYS.
l saw James Brooks in conversation with Rush
rel and oakes Ames' 9t the tiith ANcnnr TO,
tel last Friday night. McComn was standing Oh
vi come distance. Brooks said
This suit of NcComh against the Credit Mo-
lilirr is pretty much the same lh"i jim tlst
brought. 1t T. hiaD knalins suit purant ana
McCumb got into the Moh.liar. aud we're put uti
ly the maiurity ~ couple a. JutNtfs. lCunl
know now McComb ,taud- at houe hut On Wal
street he stands very BADLY. uah,, Au,es VII
probably publish a card to-mu!tuw eApiodlu-
asked McComb about q. lie 'a.a "RrooN
himself wrote that ,afd. and Au..- i.fu-yi {.
Publish u, At l'rockss ..i. 'i,i..ni 70. Al.e,
n. There are more letters and u"rr tr'.imon'
LATHAM.
man named Ta,hgw. tcrporf1 -.'t'cd ~,
whole story of ihc N roun r.,.Ia'..us two