New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-01
pFPsrsTENT SHUFFLTNG.

II seems 20 be absolutely impossible to keep
the Grant newspapers Up TO the point IN the Credit NO
b.ler business. They say that McComb Is no better
than be should be- and that Blaine Whson and the resi-
OF the twelve have denied IN plain terms having accepted
sfock or other avors at OuEes Amess hands They cry
The case IL closed; nothing proven further discus
sion e simple SANDER Of these excellent men, EVen
The Ersuing Post which makes more pretenons 10 iaU
uess ana high--Logdcred dignity with less capital ID
those qualities than lis associates, says;
Yet most. IL not al % the men whom Mr. Greeley mus
held ND 10 public un.truy ANA condemnation nave uls
tnctly in the most careful and comprehensive terms
and in the strongest aud most luolenant laH y -
denied that there any Uutl, OF Suggestion OL VIZ
truth, in the accusation against them mat accusaIou
rested al the outset OF DO better DOMINATION ma P
Old letter by man whose interest was o. prove mat
Ames lac uyIe LII q 49, 80 -1,,+ the y,eooragdnm
few days publicly aeAhO"leuEe- lH.. VIC -,5 80
had been respect enormously e1aeeeIatea taat
some names there did Lot belong on j that we
And Mr.. AmCs III his published statement declares thlt
all the accusations OF s man against nun ana .ls CQn
pany under oath 10 be without i0unGaIlon
this very trial, Of wAicA gr5led report only las
been gwen 70 the public
But the case cannot be shufled of in this fashion We
can have nothing TO do with Mr. Amess denial until he
explains bis own letters Those letters anu that Of e4
Senator Bayard cODc4usively establish the charge OF
bribery on this point The Springfield Rep'sbedn says
These letters not only himself and his asso-
eiates, but they compromise directly al Ae ,eauius
members Of Congress who were conspicuous ID ellhS
the legislation winch the Pacific Railroad sought anu
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wholly tnat OF Mr. Ames. Mr. McCOmb NAV be as
worthless fellow The worcester spy thinks put
be was ia 1868 the trusted c0IEdauJ OF MI OdAes As
engaged with him n sItacy 20 debaucb congress lo
benefit Of their own pockets For sOcA comments and
applications the press nave made upon lle9 APt sues
tue press responsible for tie exposures themselves
ADcs Die aLl is VITA nm, anu Aot "e
McCOmb, The Acc-4 0rs san, or nv JtAer journal
that Messrs. Wilson, ana Dawes, ana Boutwell, ana Coz
and have % deal II J. Ales WAO 41
tie beler as well as the byber. IL is from Ames that
these honorable gentlemen sLOu-u FlAtLeate anu pIe-
gcCt themselves. IL is ulOn ALes thdt tAey AU ~
political frlends Should visit their Indignation. Inc
character the fame such lie Ans COMPROMISED
the purity and independence OF the Legislation OF on
gress are OF Consequence 10 the great puOc tan
few less on one SIDE OF the OtueI ~ e
Presidential canvass. IL ls heLug the character auD
LIE consequences OF these CeYelU pInepts 10 rtal
lgye 10 defend deuOuBco them, according as lneL
stand upon the Presidential question.
Yet these prsung hypOcres VIII continue from now 10
election claiming that there nothing ii this Case Why
will they not turn from the partisan view Of the business
ana look at charges judciaiyf That there has
been vast amount Of CORFU ton in Pacific Railroad leg
fation Is 100 weknOwn 10 need restatement; that Mr.
.Oakes Ames, President OF the Union Fac4hc I-irOad
and appointed repeatedly the House Pacific Railroad
Committee has been engaged in this business, seems
most palpable from bis letters But the Cant Ie
pubicans only shout, Hands OH! You are hurting our
fight SANDER. Calumny' This Is ptlful; II is mean
and Daso No newspaper, 10 politician, concocted the
.Ames letters Mr. wrote them by those letters lie
and his s0ciates must stand fall VII tie Grant Re
pubcans see this their attempts % cover up
great scandal for fear their friends viii suffer by an ex
posursf