New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-08
CONGRESSMAN BRoOKSs PLEA.
THE COMMITTEE ARRAIGNED-WHY BROOKS AND
AMEs WERE MADE VICTIMS.

THE COMMITTEE ARRAIGNED-wHY BROOKS AND
AMRS WERE MADE VICTIMS.
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCH.l
WASHINGTON March THE Hon. James BROOKS
has prepared the following address TO his consltu-
ents:
Enemies have taken advantage Of my physical pros
tration from malaria contracted in India and too long
neglected TO offer up Cakes Ames and myself as sacrl-
ces to public camor in which two VicePresidents OF
the United States several members OF the Senate ana
eight other OF the House were more involved
than myself The sacrifice Of Democrat was deemed
indispensable to Offset II not to protect them and hence
early in December Committee was organized seemingly
on purpose TO bring in my name with theirs 30 as TO
make me responsible for $50 shares Of the stock OF the
Credit Mobiller owned by G. III. Nelson. Tue
certificates Of this stock were VIGOROUSLY
in the full possession Of Nelson as long ago as Dec H.
(see evidence, page 49, but OF these ceruncates
the Committee in January, 1873, chose to make me
the owner upon the pretense that he being my sonln
law was only the apparent owner. The Committee was
thus organized say for there put upon IL such
men Gen. Banks a cheDdlier dtndushte, for years
living in Chaedur dEspagne, because OF his known hos
tity to Ames, who when asked. refused TO subscribe
with certain rich Bostonans to free his Waltham house
from heavy mortgage: and Merrick OF Maryland, an
exRebe Judge of this District at the opening OF the
civil war; whose court Congress had TO exrpate TO be
rid OF him. and who therefore and sour now more
than ever the whole human race because OF the
defeat his aspirations TO reelection 10 Congress- with
Niback very very small in the plastic fingers OF
such sly sleek and crafty Chairman as Poland OF Yer
mont whose antecedens in railroads at home are worse
than anything alleged against the Credit Moolher'
This Committee, after sitting two months and half,
purposely neglecting the exploitation OF many rich
mines OF testimony fercey fell upon me In eleven diff
ferent sttings when my physical prostraton was such
that the newspapers daily reported me dying and at
last after refusing hearing which earnestly de-
manded fact which they suppressed In the first report
Of 523 pages, which member Of Congress could IND
time to read 40 late session. when II made,
coupled me, Democrat, with Mr.. Ames, Republican,
for expulsion while they let OF thirteen other Republic
cans who all but one had handled Credit Mobier when
not a share had ever come into my hands The House
(and the country from the START secuted such
an absurd report the moment they could
at ALL They did not censure Mr. Ames or myself, but
only condemned act old 1857 in order thus to
carry of hghtnng-rod the electricity that had
been generated by the batteries or the press upon Con-
gress and the country But even in this the House did
me Injustice because not In Congress when 1t was
alleged my interest began the Credit Mobiler or IT, as
alleged had interest 10 was fully disposed OF be-
fore went into the Directory. Some Democratic mem
OF Congress assented to this In the nee
that they could then condemn such leading Republicans
as Dawes, Garfield. Bingham, Kelly, sconeld and Hoop
intelligence high character and wellknown ante
OF these such as 10 make ridiculous the
charge that Cakes Aes had briDed Them that they
we're his dupes as the Poland Committee reasons and
did hot know what they were about. To you my OLD
constituents, who have stood by for % years and
over both as an line Wing and Democrat; who have
seen me- whether member OF the Legislature III
Maine and your representative in Albany, both
In the Legislature and In the Constitutional Convention,
and who now In my eighth Congress term hth-
ero unspotted and unsupported in every public station
shall appeal In person, the good God restores me TO
health and life as think He will. shall demonstrate
to You that neither myself Mr.. Nelson. from New
York City family OF 100 years OF stainless anteced
ents guilty OF perjury Poland charges, and that
DO :
hand in Credit MObilier dividends, allOtments. or
profits in any form. 1 shall satisfy You that
to whom the old WING aud Democratic parties have
often gwen the highest honors Of the city and whom
Congress has hOnOred its important committees
Lands Offices, Pacific Railroad Reconstruction, and
more especially the Ways and Means-and ~ years
there-at times appropriang millions aud millions or
dollars and at other times evyng, with others OF the
Committee, the vast OF the country-is the
same James Brooks now his ripening old age, that
he was when you first adopted him and since you
thus hoDored him. Yours truly, JAMES BROOKS.