American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-09-20

Ames agreed TO let him have themi but he 20
frightened and returned them.
W no heNtt James Hehrysl Wilson. Amcs !,
Wilsone wife haze twenty shares
W no heNtf James Patterson, of New ItainI
shire. whom he let have Gfty shares. and Patterso
ana 80 lie On that Investigation. did show hi
corruption, thar t.i;. committee composed of a ms
lor'ty OF the Republicans of the United states Ser
are introduced a resolution to expel him from III
| Senate for his corruption and treachery.
Now gentlemen you see ther" WY already i
! Congress John b. Alley, Ames himself, and Samu
ei HOOPER: vat 1t WAS necessary to strengthe
| the'r forces in Congress, thai they could kee
down investigation; so they went 10 work in hi
| corrupt way 10 buy up leading members of til
| Republican party-meaning to prevent any inves
ugalion; " by did they not try 10 buy up member
they could keep Republican members Oh their side
Democrats might get up and plead till they wer
hoarss, but Republicans would get up ami choke
ton If the Republicans tc!tid be controlled I"
| tthey We're more than Two to one in the House o
| me senate. When went into the Senate of tn
| oniea States, in 1863. there about ten Demo
cla's Ii that body, amt there were less in it at tn
Ilne Of this Investigation; if Democrats had go
the least inkling of these frauds thet would hav
| simply directed ar Investigation. and the result
| would be 4 White washed report.
| Now these matters of which have spoken ar
| all proved by sworn testimony, and the books o
the Railroad Company, and the books of tn,
ume (report of the committeet to prove ever,
assertion have made. 1t Is sad story to tell
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graced it in the eyes of the world, and that will
forever disgrace it unless the people shall repudi
ate it in the manner they ought to do.
And say to my Republican friends, if any arr
| here: that while do not hold the mass OF the Re
publican party at all responsible for the villainie
of these representative men of theirs they will b.
| responsible if they sustain such men in power. Il
they will not apply the PROPER remedy, and scon
! their places, they take part OF their guilt upon
their own shoulders
But, gentlemen, You must not think that this
"a ID he mi
| the Department of Indian Affairs were investi
gated, as 1t ought to be, it would be found TO be
stfef. l believe that it would be found tina,
millions upon millions Of dollars Of the money
appropriated for Indian affairs every year go into
the hands of corrupt rings, ard TILT that depart
ment is thoroughly and utterly rotten.
sea and =S of h fhs in the
much OF your time. Bur there is one department
OF all Others ought to be pure, but which is very
that Is the Department Of Justice. certain,s. Il
there is one thing in the world t..at ought to be
pure, II i the Department of Justice. Is there a
man in the house that would give his for an
unjust Judge. for a dishonest sit in the
Judgment seat, however great his learning, or
would doit. You know the solemn duty that rests
upon the Judge, thai rests ppop MI, fr,enu, your
partinents Of Justice of the United States 1t is
that department whose business it is to supervise
all the judicial proceedings Of the country far
as they are subjects of supervision; to ferret ont
ofenses and prosecute offenders, and see that they
are brought to justice. What does the report from
thai. department shows let me tell you in brief
At the head 81 that Department Of Justice is the
AttorneysGeneral Of the United States, Mr. Will
liams. an appontee of President Grant: and under
aim are several Assistant Attorney Generals: and
Then, still going down. are all the District .Attor
neys throughout the United States; End all the
Marshals and all thh cficefs OF courts except the
Judges themselves. New, in order TO see that
justice is properly administered that Offenders are
Or, 15onght to and that the interests of
nee ihat reaches every hamlet in the whole United
States. is amply endowed by Government for the
appropriations OF that department for the fiscal
year ending june. 1877 were oycr a. boo 900 and
Thar docs not include tie salary of judge in the
United States
Now. what was expended? The expenditures of
that department for the fiscal year "fe .0.6s3a;
ana N ADDITION 10 that tue Attorney General asked
LOT furncf appropriation in the deficiency bill of
$1,000 0. making for that department in "A single
year over three and third millions of dollars.
There was expended OF that in Ohio SOS Dta, with
population Of ss6' 600 people. What was the ex-
6O0s 1t was SEQ, 8ismdre than in the State Of
New York with 4,soU 900 It was $4,000 more
thaa was expended in The whole States p ohio and
comes it that IN Assan.as there were eNpend tIT
ss y in one single year as the judicial expenses
OF the judges: How came ii; Why. Mr. Attorney
General Williams saw that the thing would have
TO be explained. and he tried explain it in his
report. and a pretty explanation it l.. lie saws:
1.-The expenses OF the year have been large, having
been augmented by the act entitled Ain to pro-
tect all persons In the United States in their civil
rights, and furnishing the means of their vindica-
uon; all the expenses incident the enforcement
appropriation. In some districts these expenses
have been very heavy; and il has been only with
me most rig!d economy that the expenses have
but apabis sonrtoI IT. lie unable to con,
troll It'll Why? should like to know He is the
head OF the Department of Justice: Every officer
in it is under his control Why is it that he Is un-
able to control then. and prevent that which is con
a
penditure of money? For he says: "A practice
has obtained OF summoning large number of wit
nesses. many OF whom are not called upon testi-
fy and In many instances the testimony given Is
of such little weight and Importance that il does
ance.h Why in the world. then. does he not put a
stop to thaty lie has it in his power why does he
not 90 its :, nc could stop it easily enough. His
thing would stop it. If they did not stop it, then
the Government ought to remove them, and put
tenIion II the Marshals and District Attorneys and
other officers Of the courts has frequently been
called ~ this abuse, but apparently without the
desired results
Why, he reports as though he had written a civil
spending the public money, :. Please not 10 do
that any more siT" That would not have = the
from office would; but that seems TO have
entered the head of Mr. Williams to do, or to 20
to the President and demand that it should be
done. " This Is evidently the case,'' he says, in
the Western district of Arkansas the amount of
money advanced TO Marshals reached the large
sum OF S2OO,OO0, large portion OF which was for
Add yet they let the rascals stay in office, have
already shown that while the expenditure in Ohio
was $4,000. the expenditure in Arkansas was
S294, 600; although Ohio has two millions of people
and Arkansas has less than half million. What
IL the reason?
The Attorney General hints that it was incident
al to the enforcement Of the Ku-Klux law; but
here comes the thing, right in his own report, that
hits the nail on the head, and that is that the Mar
-hals did report the conviction of ore single
ku klux; in fact they did not make any reports
AT ALL
Now let make comparison. You have
eighty common pleas courts, in all l16 courts that
SIT in this State, without counting the Supreme
Court or the Superior Court in Cincinnati; You
have IN Ohio 1876 courts. and they hold. in the
course OF the year, nearly quite 40 terms
without counting your probate courts.
Now in the Stale Of Arkansas, in the Western
District. where 1894 QUO spent. there is but
one court Of the United States, and that court
holds but two terms, and those terms need not be
Iver three or four weeks each in duration, and yet
while the entire Judicial of litigation in the
state Of Ohio, as shown by the report of your |
of State, is less than $2tDOOO where |
here are 100 courts, and 400 terms of courts and
he business of 1850, 1900 people. the cost of this
me court, holding but two terms. exceeded the |
whole amount OF litigation for the entire State Of |
ohio. How is that.
Mark these were the expenses of 1872. How !
'ame that money to be expended there. Why was |
I: might mention the expenses of North Caro-
ina, which were $3.50 600 more than those of Ohio,
With a million less of people How is thats There |
5 but one way OF accounting for it. This Stale |
# Arkansas was considered doubtful State last
ear; it was the year of the Presidential election
Grant Il candidate for the Presidency: and
here was great danger that he would lose Arkan-
as; in point of fact he did lose There a ma
ority in the State for Greeley but they were
or rejecting whole counties, and giving the major
ty 10 Grant. There was danger OF Arkansas go
ng Tor Greeley, and it was necessary to use money
here; and Ss9i,000 Of the peoples money was
sed ihere-put in the hands of Marshals and Dis
net Attorneys of the United States. And to tins
lay as il appears from that report they never had
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