, 1872-10-12

ExE1bit-His Election Secured Solely
by Money.
The special Boston correspondent Of the
Springfield Republican gives careful review oi
the career Of Oakes A1nes as q Congressman, in
which the following occurs:
Once II consreSat and being rich man, he had
70 trouble in sec88ing reelection, and when
; the war was oFerE went into the Pacific Rail-
road speculation. along with his friend Alley, also
q member Of Congress and millionaire. How
early they began their questionable fnancier-
ing about it they know better than anybody,
except perhaps General Butler, but it Is
to so to Congress from the Essex District. in
| 1866, he went to Alley and convinced hira that
| lie knew enough about Alleys Pacific Railroad
! operations to mako it advisable for Alley to
d; favor, and soon aftetward, according to the
| Same rumor, General Butler accepted retainer
| from the Union Pacifc Company, and has kept
! still ever since. do not vouch for the truth
OF this, but there Is nothing in tho reputation Of
I Aues, Alley. or Butler to make it improbable,
| and it il confidently asserted
| Now we come to another branch Of the Oakes
Ames scandal, and one about which there can
be no doubt Having large interest in the
Pacific Railroad and its collateral speculations.
| into which the public money was going by the
million, and being member of Congress from
the Pilgrim Father District, Nr. Ames saw fit to
get himself appointed on the House COMMITTEES
chairman OF it. This in itself, unless man
"eIg 20 elupu1ous auo sensisNe On sucn polnts
mnn serving on jury to try his own case and
should have excluded aIr. Ames from Congress
ever aftorwazd. But by Ibis time be Ind rosolv-
ed to stay in Congress- till his railroad job WAS
fairly through, and he made it impossible to
nominate any other Republican candidate in his
c!s;!1cs- - tne lase eleetlon tnere was strone
ieeung against ss4unS MN oack 80 tnefe was
IN 1870 ana II ne nao neen 2 poor man, ne
Hou4u hoI nase got tne nominalio1 or Inc eiec-
tlon l. III edEer year. bas We mad tnen reach
ed the ni1nonaIe era III our pont1cs, w9en
= man Who Is "ortn mlllon can get t!zn-
EEL uouauAeeu 10 A1Ioet any onCe- ana
SO ane8 Was electeg, ana Is no" IN tne mtddlo
o. Ms 1ast Term. nhether ne mas attempted to
oc1oe memoers OF congress or not. MS last ayo
years IN Congress nave neen scandalous 1or his
his railroad interests, while non1nally serving
the pubic. 10 be sure, other congressman
nase oone tno same; 20 pe sure: the faelnc
1laliloa4 Nas, as Ames MAINTAINS, great pubic
Nork. bnt1t vas also, great private Joo, and
both anaes ana Alley decelFed themselves, with
out deeelSng the pubic, II they suppose that
their feitoW-cit1zena beheye that they helped On
the railroad manly as grand National enter
p1ase It wcs to them purely q matter OF bust
tneas; they are ooth traders bT nature not 1egls-
1stof9, and they nad no business to NIX up their
priVate adaus with the public lnta1esta as they
did.
public by his own letters, have troubled uyself |
yery little, though It seems to be the worst of
all. Having long ago made up'nov mind. on eyi- I
dence quite sa.isfncto:v, that MI Amcs ves un- !
fit to represent a Masssehusetta District j., con
erass be,-ansn ha ,yas traa5;no r n,hc tv7,at -. /