, 1873-02-28
The Expulsion Of Patterson
Unanimously Recon-
mended.

same the Committee in the instance ne
facts sscsrainsd touching eae9 9 me MEMBER
shs he COMMITTEES Of tho House of RepEese'HHs, t.
ises ptesmber M iss7, Logan m.de n vim
Ames to purchase ten shares of stock eommon.y a
known shares Of the cedit Mobiliet OF Amef1ca .
valuable, and payment could be made u consoelsu1u
Of agreement my time, and the stock was never on
lvered n June following, A:aes showed Logan an
account in which he credited him with two dv1osnas
arising on the stock subsequent to its purchase,
from which he deducted 81 ooo ths price o. tne
and gave Logan check on the sergeant-at-Afns 81
the House for the balance $3o9, which chee1 was PAU
on the 10th Of July following Having become o9aus @
would not be difHculty about it, Logan repaid Ames
the amount Of money received on inc cnscA sau ~
terest etape 70 nm es Consented on md here
the transaction ended, Logan having no ~ ~
terest in it, Logan and Anes were mcmneas M " ~.
House Of Representatives NJ tne oA'e u >4Ao
Tho testimony does not affect Logan N any senso
which would cali for action Of the Senate it possess
riadtcon over acts happening before his election to
the senate question on which, under the nnolng oi
the Committee, It Is unnecessary 70 e1psea' AL
IN the record from the House Of Representatives. u
tho name Of Roscoe Conkng, member Of tne T.,
snv Way Tith STOCK of the Credit MobeE or of the
Union Psddc Railroad Company, nna' consequently
IN on nv or about Dec. 1867 Senator Wilson, on behalf
NJ hfs wife at the instance Of Aues, and upon me
co OF friends contracted for twenty snaEss 1 o ot .a
Mohiiier stock paying therefor in cash ouo wa.sn
belonged to lis wife, Ames giving . recept 1or tne
and {san sss,ns s5 Rsa isA with he
trsnssction from what ho had learned ,,;as ot tho
differences in the management Of ne crsa ~ re
and Union Pacific sha on so stated to
9u1es Who consented to reg1rd 1t, ana az auJu3s
snt va. thereto9s sgs maqe %1 wilson I'D no rgh
Of interest thereon, except such as grew
out Of those facts whether he action u o. Is = not m r.
1 s t. 9s not a:ssa e ss fs
money invested was contributed BY friends g NJ
TINT he treated It Is belonging to nes tha VIZ
finally repaid to and disposed OF oy ae. n ~ 3fnrned
does not appear to have sdt eeeR |Sn n9ntep nor
a.. ~ ,npe,r that he was aware had reason 70 ss
pect that Ames had any object In H. ~ Co1n
gsstRsnt ;ttes DO stns1 not s0' believe senator
sffected by the transaction VIII Ames, o+tnr ~,
feel Ire ~, to % ensi i.s
authorized to be sent to the pnouc nfAs ~ nr1uaH
dispatch which in effect ia ss II from dafes
ns. ~ nher neraon The slightest interest IN ne
credi Mo6cr, aud to remark that the dispatch wa7 va
calculated to convey to the public M erroneous A4
The evidence rcl.ting to Senator Harlan show @ 81
transaction in 1866, while he was 5ecre ~ ~ Il, ite
ture continuous and it does not appear 70 naso ~ -
dueuced his actions Senator since his eleGuo1s ~
1ntttee would deprecate The Of money foT ~ NJ
nnrnose Tor wci In this case it contributed a4a
nd Ta5n seps by the lee use Of
trol popular expression, they do not, howeEe5
npoa hs fac. that s'ss
CREATION OF Congress, which would pfooany ..s us
again subject to legislation oed IN Scouting the
election Of Harlan to the ssnate Of ths uniteo - t
be being, at the time Of its receipt secrsasy o. tho t
' uss Of larse % sums of money to influence .s;;ss
1set,v 9net E tne repubcan
enTernmeut. Il undermines public and private vtr.
tue which aone reP1h@nean @ n ne Of the
threatening dangers to the permsnence Of our af
ment While tits receipt and We Of money .t sen
stoe Marlsn vas Influenced By the gift thus made tt
him failed to establish any snch results "a,
In s sose that ~as
Of thirty shnres Of Credit Mobier stoeE u 1Se an
that hs received dividends aIls,ng thereon Re con
sidsae sfdspsa and how ho na would BE- .setst 7; ts
bad he sueh h Tn;ag o. s
saanesoa aa5eaa Go"paRH NH ana Ills d ~ Company and
ssseeS sssesS'0qh him Of to The :Sss
into this transaction, to retire from It When one
Assuming At he dats 81 ? ta
Of the Investment he making, did not the rumot
which came to others vino had emoarked IN toe eal m
enterprise Of the differences ana difficulties thst ~ ~
arisen between the companies and which At at
70 public debate n both Houses ss ef
dividends Is 1t, then, unreasonable to Rzeeuth y
that he bad 'asa'ntsa fns in ~ ~be
/ he was etockho'der? HOW nre we 10 to enrce
the concerted efforts OF ootn Raraes ~ q
from the public the TRANSACTIONS Wnan queanos q9 g.
cep from consciousness that i was something mo, 70,
and other than ~ @ nEther hat 1t
vate tndiv1duasI ING ~ , - nf ~. stoc
that Of the o. s tne
the Credit Mobilier and At per1od wneo tne
Of this Credit Mohner ana 1elanons c1snx G,,a
Q tween It and the un1on FacinS 49,. t1tst ~ AZ
4 had become matter Of paonc no'oLle.y; ~ =.
must become familiar to PATTERSON, anu "no - ~ 49,
= in receipt Of DIVIDENDS t1ou ~ qttS a n sto.
~ Mobiller stock be vas etu 0ea1ns M!.n Di.d ~,
and bonds OF the Union Fscine na1 stnr 1,,rt. ~.
pany, and dtsnosln8 Of me samo ~ Ne e1 ~. ro1
in New York through ms uaaAeig 49, 1.fors ~
i, m1ttee ma, on tae sato'GHs ~ se hefo
o Committee Of the House Of Representatives, 40 oeo
this committee, contradictory Ietas'ou - .an. -
tons between himself anu ~ Anes. s..r;s1s 81 pah
N sion OF material iacss' An1 ~ h;-a 1vh.n A.
facea "nlen nluss 49, ~ Comnaittee They cannot osca
fhn conclusion that Patterson, being senator u
United States, IN Aoo1, .,,9,er of the Honse