American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-03-08
Farce Ended.


conduct of those members OF Con
g,ess charged with accepting bril'es
rom th.. Credit Mobi'i.!r has clos
I'll No "rs. was expelled, and px.
cept fer the r.cre accurate informa.
ton Ot tie people, the investigation
might AZ we'll never have been held.
The re.r,rt ct the Poland Commit
tee, whi,.i, singled out Ames and
Brooks ~ e,.:sIsr goats, excited the
-nn:-rIpt "f all ho,scst men Of what
aver party; t'ut even these two
We've spared aua..l Il punishment. and
h- wind em< tem,".r..l I" the shnr,,
larli,s. They were quietly Tepri-
.,:.n.;ri, and the rest. who were
! equally ..s s,:..- guilty. e>cap..d ELL
tn-ly. Every tecnnis.Ai and legal
Ol,.t :.cie was thrown in the way of
the investigation. The members
voted and acted ~ If they we're par
.iccl,a crii,,i"i~ With the chief Otfen-
irrs, i'll that when one was OH til
III all xeIr 9a trial; thar the cOnvic-
sica ii the few would ba followed
by tho conviction of the rest. The
nssM Who have thus aided and al,et-
ted tn. known receivers If bribps
may NOON learn that they are them
ives ..l.-csed. Some Of them, il
net M, w''' ta-.s lower seats here
aisrr. This affair ia mot over yet.
The American people will yet have
. word 70 cay. Mt. Carpenter. at
Wisconsin. . atrong Republican.
wxs i:sl,t the nsi,<r day in his az
-, lets4.t,sios. that these. proceedings
vou.d not 60 down NTH his con-
s.itueuts Tire few members and
Senators Who put themselves right
Ca tn, record b. voting for cOnyic.
ton and a.Is>cating expulsion in
each we'll estahlis.lled Case will find
that they have u tre:nen dOuS ;idvan-
ta.e when th~ao issues are discuss
ell Oh tn, stsmi' In the presence OF
the interrupted people. A day OF
reckoning wili cone, aud a day ut
penalties far more terrible than
Congress is able to inf1ict on any
man. As u matter OF history We
may sIlutle to the specific fact tlsat
the 6nai struggle took place in the
lower House Of Congress Lass Thurs
day. The report Of the Poland
Committee recommended the ex-
pulsiOn of Ames and Brooks; this
was defeated, and q substitute Of
censur1 was adopted in the case Of
the former by = vote Of lS1 to 80,
and the latter by ia to 81, and
that was all. In the midst of a
warm discussion over the move to
commit the subject to the commit
tee with ample powers, Mr.. Horace
Maynard movel to lay the whole
subject Oh the table, which was car
ried by IL vote of LII to IS. Mr..
Sargent OF California, aud member
Of what is known as the Goat Island
ring, moved to discharge the Pc
land Committee, and the motion
carried 10y q vote of III to 70. and
thus any further acIiOn was cut OF.
All the rings and the lobby j"bbers
were vintiICAted and no one Was
punished. The precedent was es-
gress has Il right to make the most
of his position, and to vote for or
against any public enterprise accOr
ding to the favOrs it has bestowed
on him in his personal capacity.
Hereafter any 1t, alnship line Or big
job of any kind will only have to
wafer the stock, charge it to profit
AMI loss, aud sell few shares at
Que cent OH the dollar to a majority
ri C,mgressmem and S-natOrs. t"
secure any subsidy the board OF di-
recrOrs may find necessary to insure
themselves II good paying dividend.
Congressman is respecta-
ble; selling out by one, sharp. Hon
esty is fat.