The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-09-18


the road and, according toHll experienee, il vii
2,jy Ino.lRiins over thai first mortgage. and
sMnoie tnlng being gone, the 'Governnent viii pe
left without one cent Of repayment for. the TWEEN
gssveh nilions Of dollars OF bonds and Aceru
What interest has the Governments already
.Psia, and what viii il have topty It has aiready
paio over and above five, millions Of dollars o.
thirty, three millions of dollars, and by the time
these bonds mature. the Goysrnmfnt will have
than hfty millions OF dollars, not one cent Of
which will tt ever recover. There why II
placed the propsTy toess os o @ snds ofthe com
pany into their own poclret4 in order TO defraud
tpe Goyernment- They had no other person to
defraud; their WhOle aim was to enrich them
selves and defraud the Governments OF the Uni
ted States Think Of it that liberal that beau
that ought to have made them bow down on theiI
knees in gEEtitude, and lzhaT GoYernmeht that
and generous for them to defraud, they sei
about sWindling 70 the extent of fifty millipns o.
dollars before they bad bailt one single mile O.
road. ~ $500, .--..-- 2 e..
WHAT, THE LESSON SHOULD TEACH -
Some may say this is all horrible, enough, bu
why do You speak Of these things, Mr.. Thur nLan
what has that to de with the prssent cOdtest7-
Why, gen tlemen ith&s eYery thing tod Vith the
present contest. II the Democrats In Congress-
were as deep in the mud as Republicans are Ia
the mire in these frsnsae tons Il would still be
right for me 60 bring these nlatters before you
and show you how all-pervading is the rruption
shat thAate ms the very lifd % eur GoVerntnent-
- C4AAEtcl GtAAA gc DDuBht
by the expenditure Of nearly half million OF
dollars when a corru pit scheme can, be- ereated
and carried through the Government by an ex-
penditure Of s4s5,OoO when the peoples land TO
IN extent equal TO ons-quarteF OF rh6L whole do
main IN OHIO can be hlehsd from the people
Or f9nFtsen liiiii5hs -oI 3 - - 4 3 ~ y s
tain ed nom the tsovernnfent BY these edrrppt
lmsEns, it is time the people knew who Tet ne
guilty parties, yhetheFj ksP95lieans or Demo
Republican PARTY TO SHOULDER THE
y y 7
I say to my Republfcah friend ds, that " hile am
far from changing the mai kes Of the kepu1licAn
party Rlths sAnetioninBf any such wholesale
wrongs as this, YET the record does show that
endiithst with one single exception, no Demo
crat was tainted in the whole busines. This whole
Pacific Railroad company, and this whole corrup-
tion of the Credit MsDilier company, was in the
hands Of seven men, not one OF whom but was a
Repuelican OF the deepest dye .t.t sac %
WhS was Presidens Of the Union Pacific COM
panyr General John A. Dix, nov the Republican
GOyernor of the State OF New York. He wss
made President to give respectability 70 the
thing; it was that nobody should suspect there
was any fraud Whatever In Company OF which
John A. Dix was president. But General Dix
had precious little power in that company. He
was mere fgure-head. The man who actually
DIX THE RESPECTABLE, DURANT THE
q ; fi MANAGERS Harlan THE TOOL.
-Durant was so strong a Republican that he gave
noless than ten thousand dOlarS-though he
was q citizen Of New York / TO help elect James
Harlan senator OF the Unfted States. Is not
that a beautiful specimsn Of tie use of money I?
[sensation.l This man, the Vice President OF the
Union Pacific Railroad company, in order to
amend the charter, gave ten Thousand dollars TO
buy seat in the UnAtes States Senate for one OF
DGrsnt Vas the great man till Cakes Ames
came IN, ald two big hsh can not get along in the
same puddle. lLanghtsr.l So by and by Ames
succeeded in ousting Durant, and from that time
forward the whole thing was in the control of six
y H
GENERAL DIX's GOOD FORTUNE. +LI
But it was necessary to get rid Of Governor
Dix They were q Little afraid 70 trust the Gen
stock, but as they had absorbed the whole prop
erty OF the company in the Credit Mobilier. they
thirty cents on the dollar. But It did not matter
what it was worth They were absOrbiuE every
thing in the name Of the Credit Mobilisr, and
what did they care If the stock got down so low
that General Dix's share MAS not worth SIS 600 ,
But they gave him ,oO0 cash for his stock and
got him clear out Of the way. lLaughter and sp-
Then oakes Ames and his force took posses
sio n. Now, who were the men edgaged in this
business s, planning and scheming 70 defraud the
they were. -''1'1A 4 81
WHAT CONGRESS DID NoFDe. 2 81
I have a list of the stockholders Of the Credit
Mobilier, and ] want to call your attentioh To-
some Of the names on it. II there were any men
in this whole Nation who were more bound than
rob the GoVernmsnt out Of hfty million Of dol
lars, these men were the members OF Congfsss,
because they had it in their power to apply the
remedy and to stop this thing At any moment.
Congress had the power the moment that fraud
ulent contract for the construction Of the road
was made by which double price Was TO be paid
for building the road, and by which it, was per-
feetly clear that through the fundamentally Of
the Credit Mobilier all the perty sf the u hion
PaoiGc Railroad ,cornpany was 70 be absorbed,
leavtrI thy ns.es.t
more bonds should be issned they might, have
passed an act taking away the charter of. the
company, or they could have amended 1t or alter
congress-, and twas their duty to prevent such
frauds as this from being eommitted. -,
credit N ohnisr sSindle we hnd thelame OF John
=. .Alleyt from Massachusetts, sHe! was. one OF
company. and "a thS Credit Mobilier soon. otter
itsorganizatlon down g the, end Then there
was Samuel Hooper 81 Boston one Of The wealth
whom d is not neeessaty foE me TO give any &C
sS19s he TSsn T & ss01hss s%Ss5 iss3 e
Crimes, Senator from IQvs- uWhy. at the very
time these frauds we're planned. at the very time
the nleanslWere adopted y pus tlasIa inte exScu.
tSe Boqss of al one i'r rieIiber
Of the Senate thar belonged to the pbi--
these wrongs wore % De c6mmtted. = % % =
.-nGWHAT THE sAlISTLY HARLAN DID
sBat1t did not stop there. We have the testi-
so bad that one Of the Directors2for the Govern
ment had five Directors, bnt thBy We1e- perfectly
peSsEless7EePer.sd these yi.Ainiss to she Sec
who, at the Department Of the In triOrs had the.
OF all tEis work. Azd what
ay this his Whole master bsso-s % c6Sgressi Did he
call the attention of the President 70 itl Did he
sail the atteRtion Of the public 20 these viainies
that had been plotted by which the Government
was to be robbed Of 5fty millions Of dollars -
Not the least biz in the world but be pgttat re-
PeTeg 9s sines seen seen % ths gt ffySa was 70 so
who that man was, yoc viii not be surprised
when tell You Z was as 4amss Hsflan, the man for
road, had paid ten tn housand elect to the Sem
ate Of the United States. (''Shanes shane,p and
aPplausel M ....r... n. ....--,.- ..t -.
alae AGENTS IN CONGRESS. s,.--i
Let US see about these Tfustess-these men
Eho became, by The means that have told you,
pas % he Psses Rs they s1s SsIa 'w SS
Boards OF Directors Of either one of those Gem
Banies a ihstr pleasure; Ihonas q DGrant
Congress from Massachusetts; John. b Alley.
Cornelius s. Bushnell. Senator Conkling, Hon.
min c. Bates, another Republican. They didn't
lilow a Democrat 70 see inside Of the doors Of
hat prison house. The business OF thKt compa-
az Wks as much a sealed book to every Demoorat
II this land as IL II had never existed in the
world. No DemecFat; in Congress or out, had
aihies.Eere being carried on The whole sthlng
vas being carried on BY Republicans, and, what
Il verse, two out OF those seven Trustees we're
sWorn members OF Congress. whose oatils of OF
hce forbade their doing anything of that sort
they got alarmed about. that This thing vas
toe stupendousi and So in Deesmbsr, 1851. Mr.
Amss began % be fightened- What was he
INvEsTIeATIeNT TO BE PREvERTED.
Not that the company had not all the -iegisIas
ion they iHaated.. but he was frightened lest
thers should ~ some Investigation Of these mat
Iers BY Congress, ana no knew that IN that Ase
the whole thing would lEh to the ground. It was
700 rotten 70 stahd-. 50 what does he dor He got
the company to put into his possession oN Ner ST.,
800 OF stock Of the Credit MoblfsrA as shares.,
the nominal yalus &c which Eaal s2k soo but. fhe
actual yalae Of WHICH Was more than three tina es
thaI amount, be got them % put slAl stock intd
his hands What foEf HiiiiOWn. steszsauY 8.
that he might place IL, 70 use hts. own fphrase,
where il would do the most good" He wanted
10 place il IN the hands o uembars of Congress-,
that they might use their inhusnce TO prevent
any inEestigation OF the affairs OF theseJ Jcompa
such a. I have made before you here to-day.
How did he 60 about III Did he approach any
Demoeratf For the credit of the party, he never
came near one Of them. As said, there was but
one Democrat contaminated in the Whole busi-
ness, aud that gas BrOoks; but he nsVer had any
thing TO do with Annes; he dealt with Durant be-
fore this ~ 7-hS --t3 t-l.. ..'l-- <lo- 1t-
Hals aoAKEs ABIEs AS MANAGER. .ioEd
HoR did Ames go abeatiil He WAntad to pre-
vent an Investigation by csnHrsss. he fTsf Rp-
proeehes the Speaker Of the House. Of Represen en-
does he propose 80 SshpYler OolhAxfl He propos-
ss 70 let him have twenty shares Of the STOCK Of
the Credit Mobilier. What did he want ofSchuy-
ler2 ~ H.. Nfia l9I-.. III -al 4G aid I