National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-20
NEW YORK PRESS on TuB CREDIT
MOBILIER REPORT-A REVIEW OI
THEIR NIEMa.

In these columns yesterday an cditorla
mention was made Of the report Of the credi
mobllicr investigating committee, and tn,
views therein expressed, we are glad to note
are more or less similar to those entertained
by the great dailles Of New York. To BE-
sure partisanship has led many Of them into
a sweeping denunciation Of the conclusions
Of the committee, and especially bitter are
some Of their comments upon the expulsion
Of Mr.. James Brooks. Coming however,
from the representative journals Of the me-
trOpolis Of America; a city principally COM
posed Of cOsmopolitans-men OF different
tastes and inclinations, social aud political
the views these journals express are, TO
certain extent, the expression Of the people
OF the United States as a mass. For these
reasons a review of them may prove Of inter.
Get at this juucturc In the history Of the rise
and fall Of the credit mobilier.
The Times, q paper emincntly fitted to
handle the subject, and one that has done
more than q score OF other Journals TO un.
Garth political corruption and punish polit.
cal cOrruptionlsts by lts gallant and cOntin-
ued attack upon the Tammany rings, prints
O calm and fOTcible editorial on the credit
mObilicr. II regards the report as q full and
explicit statement Of the facts developed by
the investigation, and though II expresses
itself as failing to see how the House can es-
cape the recommended expulsion Of Brooks
aud Amcs, the article Is entirely free from
the bitterness which dctracts from the real
logic Of those Of its contemporaries. The arti-
Gle, carefully written as II appears to he on
the first reading, omits a discussion Of the
question upon which the whole matter
obviously turns, viz; whether, II (as the re-
port accuses Ames Is guilty Of bribery, are
not the others, II there be any, equally guilty
In being Influenced by his Inducements
The Times docs not agree with the COM
mlttee In what Ii terms the lenient assump-
ton" that the implicated members were un'
aware Of the relations between the credit
mobilicr and the Union Pacific railway, and
says that II suCh were the case they must
have been curiOusly deaf and blind to what
was going on about them II hopes the
House will agree upon some well-dehned
measure Of condemnation for COngressmen
who took stock In scheme to cheat the
Government" and concludes by congratulate
ing Mr., Blaine on the position in which the
original attack. lie deAed his libelers, and
challenged investigation, and the most thor
ough investigation leaves his reputation more
firmly established than before"
The Herald takes an editorial flight Of two
full columns, and sweepingly denounces the
report as job Of whitewashing. The article
bears but little evidence Of thought, and less
Of logic, but seems TO have been written
hurriedly and under undue excitement. It's
great length at once explains and condemns
II. Indeed, the tamest opinion expressed is
that which admits the possibility Of the COM
mlttOe honestly arriving at the conclusions
reached and Of its ability 40 find distinctions
hstween the briber and the bribed, which the
people will fail to discover" II thinks there
will be no disagreement with the report, so
far as Its recommendations as TO the expul-
sion Of Brooks and Ames are concerned.
Ames could not be held gulltless "by the most
INSCRIPTIONS investigation that ever under
took an investigation" and 1.-THE case Of
James Brooks Is without palliatou."
The best, indeed the only point made In the
cdItotial Is that one which enters into the
very heart OF the question: speaking Of the
knowledge possessed by the accused members
with regard TO the actual relations subsisting
between the credit mObiller and the Union
Pacific road. II says!
III they did not know tnAt they were brlbed
at the instant they completed the transaction,
the guilty knowledge must have come 70 them
very soon aiterHards. Judge Poland and his
associates stultify themselves when they argue
that the knowledge OF the amount and char
HCteT Of the dlvideHds would be PROOF OF guilt,
and yet Justify the men who held the stock
aud received the dividends In some cases for
months aud In others for years. They stultlfy
themselves also when they pronounce Oakes
Ames guilty OF bribery, and md that he has
bTtbed no person bribery IL the giving or re-
CeynR q reward for violation Of OnlCiaI duty.
Could Oakes Amea have committed this offence
unless he gave this stock or sold II at quarter OF
Of inducing them 10 violate their Official duty
Aud II he did do this, can the men he bTihed-
Ihc men who received his valuable gifts--be innO-
cent? A. well might Judge Poland and his com
mittCe tell us that their report Il ieArlessly and
imUart'Rlly made In the cause OF truth and Jus
tice alone"
1t further says that the jury of the people
will render verdict far different from that
given by Judge PolOud's commlttee-a verdict
that will approve the utter expulsion Of Ames
and Brooks, and denounce the mere ten days
expulsion Of the other members. Increasing
IN intensity Of expression Us 1t draws TO
close the article concludes with this bold de-
nunClatory blast
"FTOm the Atlantic To the Pacnc cry will go
up Tor the full measure OF justice against these