St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-17
The Credit Mobilier.


Upon our ont -Sidc issue of last week
was given description of this not"ri-
Gus institution or we suppose ii To h,
such. for myth could not possibly oc-
cupy the attention of Congress as thi,
has for the last month or more. 1t wa,
in close confinement =; sort of dungeon
of secrecy till after the recess. Judg,
Poland is chairman of the committee al
examination. The public called fol
open doors. This took the Judge 10y
surprise, and he expressed it. AZ report
ed, that he did not know that the people
had 80 much curiosity to see the Gle
phant congress had confined to his Gus
tody to keep in Il dark place.
However. when the House came to-
gether, the Judge. in an excess of good
nature, proposed to take his charge from
darkness into daylight. He was I'M
selfish, he did not desire to keep the
show all to himself. having reached the
logical conclusion that show was not
a show unless il could he seen. so that
now, men. women and children have Il
free look ut the Credit Nnhilicr.
1t was suspected certain men in Con
gress had been tainted with the gold
of the Credit Mohilier. and led to sane
ton legislation touching the interest OF
the security holders of the Pacific Rail
road, and adversely to the interest OF
the people. Collar. Boutwell,. Dawes.
and some Others, have cleared their gar
ments of the smell of corruption, but
Brooks. Alley, AmeS. and half dozen
others, have not fully done it yet. An
odor vet clingS to their garments in the
matter. Oaks AmcS seems to have
acted as the dispenser of filthy lucrc
i'll the matter. but we are surprised at
his lack of genius in cNtricating himself
and friends from the dilemma into which
they have fallen. If he would take Il
turn around as did an agent of ii certain
Railroad, before the legislative commit
itt ol lIlt HldIt Oh tIlllonl. III swear
ing that the bill he rendered of diShurSt.-
ments in behalf of he VI Central. dur
ing previous session of the same leg
islature. ito avoid adverse legislation
was i'll truth and in fact only to insure
the hunting up of lost baggage. why.
he and they might escape. with gar
mcnts odorouS only of myI1h and alocS.
and all manner of sweet things.
We feel confident Judge Poland. Nc
Crazy and associates. will he able to
expose all corruption attached t" the
Credit Mohilicr and Congress. if there
WAS amy : but should they find them
selves over matched we respectfully
suggest that Congress order Il transfer
of the Committee of the Vermont Leg
islatlrr, raised to inv Stigate the do
ings of our Board of Education. and
who, after Il searching. thorough and
exhaustive investigation" showed just
how not to do it. This committee did
indeed find out that the Board had adj
opted several books got up 10y one of
their employees and did not every
body know that before and here
stopped. They did not touch the core
of the evil. show how the law of the
State, in order to prepare the way for
introducing these books. had been
most >liamctully Violated. by men
whose services were paid for from the
treasury of the State. thereby counte-
nancing, in the face of the youth of the
State, disregard of law and order. in
stead of teaching them the wholesome
principle that obedience to law is ohc-
dienc" to God. Credit Moblicr in the
hands of such Il committee. might we'll
initiate the prudence of David Crock
eft : coon.