New-York tribune., 1873-02-19

AMI ~ ~ DIpI-pTTcANs NOT WHOLLY Salts
FTFp-rHE DEBATE POSTPONED I'LL TUES
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vV,surNGroN. Feb. 1s-The House worked away
~ Committee Of tine Whole for two hours, to-day
on the Miscellaneous Appropriation bill, before
Inape Poland signided his readiness to make the
.agerlv-exrected Credit Mobilier report. The gai-
leries were thronged with impatient people ana he
attendance of members was larger than on any pre-
vious occasion tins session. Almost every chau wa,
occupied and the crowd of outsiders VINO ln"li.'t'
70 slip in past the good-natWed dooI-KeepeiS H',"
nearly every foot of standing room o"cA o' ''''
.emi-circle of seats The Committee rose aS soon %S
II was seen that Judge Poland was IN MS seat WIN
a nile of manuscript before him. Inc cpe'hei w.
.,n,d the chair but immediately called hr. Cox to
preside. and walked down and took seat beside
Ifr Hale Of Maine All the implicated Congress
,,., were i'm their places. When Mr.. Poland
roso N send the report 10 the Clerks desk
tbore was silence so profound that II gave an ar oI
solempirv 70 the scene. The noise and hustle that
baracterze the ordinary OF business the ouzz
of conversation the running 10 and fro of pages the
rustIinp of papers and slammInC OF desk hds ana
moving of chairs. all TINS customary confusion oI
souDds and movements ceased instantly. Every
member sar as decorousy and silently IN As cna'I @S
if funeral and the great throug 10 the galleries
listened with intense interest.
Clerk Mcpherson. who never appears M the re'olhs
desk except upon occasions of unusual importance
read the report IN clear well-modulated tones.
Soon after he began Oakes Ames left hs seat at the
side of the hall and walked across and took MI.
Reatty's chair i'm the front row directly IN front oi
the Sneaker and Clerk The reading occupied a full
bour. and there was little abatement in the close
atteft,on. so noticeable at FIRST throughout the
whole time.
When the Drclimiuarv explanation of the nature
of the Credit M1blicr Company aud the account 0i
Oakes Ames's operations had been read, and the
portion OF the report devoted TO the cases OF the
different members concerned was reached. All eyes
were TUNED upon them. One after the other had to
endure the concentrated gaze of the whole assembly
a. the findings of the Committee against
him. given with judicial force and direct
ness. were read. MI Dawes looked down.
and twirIed q bunch OF keys in his hands.
Mr. Scodeld norvouslv stroked his chin, and
leaned forward I'D his chair Air. Bingham rested
his head ON his hand as if tired and i'll. Mr. Kelley
appeared flushed and angry. Mr.. Garfield looked
steadily no the Clerk. with knitted brows and COM
pressed lips Mr. Hooper, whose name was mem
tioued as one of the original stockholders in the
Credit Aloblier co0rcd and showed evident uneasl-
ness. All looked relieved when they found that hey
same IN for no ceusure. but were exonerated from
INV corrupt intention IN taking the stock.
Nj Broolss case was reserved for the last. II was
evident during the long Investigation that the Com
Inittee regarded him as the chief sinner and would
show him no mercy. The report was terribly severe
nuon him. and devoted more space TO his case than
~ those of al the other members together. He was
obviously prepared for this, and sat composedIy
through 10 al. The peculiar pallor resulting from
his Ioug-c0utinued il health was perhaps shade
more intense than usual, but he exhibited no other
sign of feeling. Oakes Ames was the least excited
man of all When the resolution to expel him was
read ne scowlcd friChtfuy at hrst but his features
Immediately frightened up with his characteristic
sardonic smile. and be leaned over and whispered
sornet hing 10 Mr. Stevenson. who sat next him.
When the reading was finished, Mr. Brooks in as
calm tone rs if he were speaking on some ordinary
topic of legislation. asked leave 10 make few re-
marks. He characterized the report as partial un-
Iust and prosecuting but said he did not care to
debate IL then. He wanted 10 present two docu-
ments which he thought the Committee had not
taken notice of. These were sworn lists of the
Credit Mobier stockholders made in the suit IN the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, one in December,
1867 and the other in 1862 The first he had the Clerk
read The only point there was in them was the
fact that Mr. Nelson name appeared instead of his
but as everybody knew that the stock stood in Mr.
Ncilson's name this seemed immaJerial. Judge Po-
land said that the list would be found in the printed
evidence. Nir Brooks said that the Committee had
unfairly omitted to notice the fact that he had three
times voted against the interests of the Union Pacific
Railroad OF had ref-Gined 70 vote. Judge Poland
replied that there were TWO parties in the Credit
Mobilier, one wanting and the other opposing the
legislation Mr. Brooks referred 10.
Some discussion then arose about the length Of
time necessary for printing the report. Mr. Butler.
who had looked unusually bellgerent during the
reading got on his feet, and the galleries thought
something sensational was coming, but he only
moved 20 postpone the consideration of the resolu-
tions until next Tuesday. This was finally agreed
70, and no sooner was the decision announced than
MI Garfield moved 70 20 into committee again
the Appropriation bill. In less than a minute the
Clerk began TO read the paragraph in the bill where
the House had left of. when Mr. Poland made his
report and the crowds in the galleries speedily dis
persed finding the sensation over for the day.
A debate soon spTang up on the ventilation Of the
hall, which peculiarly appropriate, for the air
during the dav had been oppressive that IL seemed
az If il was infected by the Credit Mobher cOrrup-
tion. Very little attention paid 10 the debate,
however. Groups of members gathered in different
parts of the hall and IN the adjoining ClOakroOms to
talk about the report On the Democratic side
great ind gnatiOn expressed al the severity of
the report against Mr.. Brooks and the leaning il
shows toward JAe ucuIpateu A'epupItcanh'
One member said that in order 10 acquit them Of
corrupt intent, the Committee mad made them ap-
pear destitute Of ordinary intelligence. Another
SAID that IL was absurd TO suppose that FIVE Chair
men of important Committees did not know what
they were about when they took Mr.. Amess stock.
an iTate Ohio member declared that be did not un-
derstand how any man with five Democratic fingers
could sign such a report.
II is shamefully partisan exclaimed New
York member. The Republicans are whitewashed,
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