, 1873-03-10

'coSscIoEs OF HIS ISSoCEScE-"
These enemies determined OH having their Eae
aud wicked charge aud confident that He who know.
eth iii things viii, in His good time make that
n.nt s tennestsorm of yhca,ion and injustice
Wiling u bids my time for the complete sndtcaon
know il so certain to come. -
RETROSPECTIVE
Let me 7c.d from the Chicago Icr-0ceaf Of Sept.
e6 1872, the following extract frou, tho speech ds
nverei here tho previous dug. Il Was Edc, you viii
Il lie a sy sxlve 70 ~as sea sd out
irjaed i; gifts Of stock on which enormous dividends
had been r=id and for which certain legislation had
been cnectea.
TIL ORIGINAL DENIAL.
stNever having III my life dollar Of stock of any
Lind that did not for, claim the right to pur
chase stock in the Credit Nobar, Credit 1mmobi-
hibiting it. DO need to add that neither oakea
Anes, nor any other person, ever gaTo or offered to
give one share or twenty shares, or two hundred
sssS s3a IT have ;a SsTsF seen 81 q
s ii H. cent s a i bonds. t1 s
hsvo read about the past month nor 100 PEI cent nor
the. tenth Of per cent. have said that Il twenty
into prospective lawsuit it would be good invest
mcnt il valuable stock represented, but never
having been plaintiff defendant in court OF JUS
ticc. want no stock ut any price with lawsuit On
top Of it," ,.,
s2ersa 10 p'95sassiS 9sansy t' ,o Say
aud mold Of it. i could DC Dc IT, without
there could atach to purchasing it. Es then under
stood It, have been charged With lreyartcation be-
cause did not 60 aud state that had Withdrawn,
years before from an incomplete contract to buy
twenty shares, losing what had paid on account 1t
had supposed that den OF & explanation Of an
would be required Of me, ehould certainly have
done SO, it would h-yc strengthened Instead Of
She. Mas dvas oos s rather
irreyerently, "H mans foresight ~ero only as
eoGA as hs te ha: snas and h9 my sg %Spa IN
speaking hes always been to discuss nnd explain pend
Ing issues, ard not to discuss OF explain those That
were not pending.
II. ILLUSTRATES
But let us test this by an ilustration,-a method
which often brings out disputed point more wildly
than argument Suppose amy one OF you ha'd been
factory :: thet from these shares you had received
enormous dividends, and that a. payment for these
@ asns Ind q s. On
sser e sush charges to tel tho u public '
cf duties alleged have been earricd by corrupion7
Besides this, their enscnent had been year before
these aeeed ft that you had never .o owned any
had not paid for; that your shares had never been
given yo and that you had received any such
sad at Mon
en agreement 10 buy such stock in .
xoolen factory you would Fsgafd rs5a;a,oa yhst
% Of charge hit so had been bribed b. gifts Of stock
and enormous dividends. Bnt, II you added to tnts
the frank statement TINT ron lad snt you would M 10 10
hold it. If 1t would not inrolve you in litigation would
yon not think that your answer would be full and
calnmpy required you to state ? No ono could have
been nssled By ny speech on the VIA pom. tnat
n all rgNrO3Cl that
could attach to investment OF my money at par aa
then understood 1t.
HIS ENEMIES CALLED WITNESSES.
But do not intend to rest the argument on this
point here. call my enemies rs witnesses.
Tbs New fork Tribune Of Sept, &c, 1879 published
head showing hat it fully understood that 1ny denial
vas 10 the charge of having had stoek gyen to me:
ssNever owned share In tile Credit h1obier that ne
came paper alou1d Jan. q, print literally quota
ton from the speech with the essential word 'gve
trutbfniness on the quotation It had thus altered aud
falsilcd [Afr. Cclfa1 here exhibited the papcr-1
TuE CHICAGO TRIBUNE nlso, which has almost daily
tho speech, did understand it at the time. I. de-
elsred editos.as sept ,,f a,mx IN commenting mn qaE
to purchase whatever stock be thinks proper
Even when offered him ct par and when the accrued
g rs IN hnn eaua sa% 70 s a1 a,,a ~ Aa M
aso shoqga e. e ny yen ss ~ dofa1
A~%1S
he Credit Mobslier any other company. Ames got
this stock put III Lis hands that he ght soil 1t At PSF
idends, which in fact making present ef it. AZ
cordtug to ar. Cofax receivng Credit aobier stock
At pa5 with accrued d, diydsnds equal to its price
At THE INVESTIGATION.
When testified on the 7th Of January, after the
s,s e faef LIS LIS lis om
dunn at home, declared emphaticaly, as did here
last September, that had never received dollar from
ever. He wns present In the Committee and did
not deny this, nor dissent from it, though asked him
NJ crounse, of he New York Tines who swo1e to it
afterwards before the Committee, that my statement
probably correct On ~ Pc II n his
be swore about me, Page 20 Of the report as fol-
lows: !" Nor can ! remember having paid hi:a any
he Committee fsee Page Isl Of e report that bafore
the holidays AIR. Arnes told him that was subatan-
TALLY correct in my statements as to the
which be declared embodied the exact fact, and hts
expressing his concurrence with my statement to
testimony Of JAM T. he before the Committee
Jan o. with check for 81 ECO payable to US: e. Or
bearer,w (which he claims be paid to mo June %, 1868
but Which being parable to no ooos name required no
Endorsement, and could well be cashcd by ME A. or
Mr.. B. Mr. z, or By Mr g, or any one elFe Never
one il the oonlmttce-roon', aRhed him il my naIne
was endorsed It, and be answered no. Asking him
II he remembered where VAT when ae 1e ~ banded ' 1 ta
what said when 60 large ehsck Mas hand.
had any reeeipt for It he answered no" @ ~ Asking
him II he ever gave certificate for the stock
which he insisted still owned, he answered "No."
Astoundet1 at this attempt, on check payable to
initias and not to my naIne not indorsed by me- and
for which no receipt could be produced to destroy M
testimony, immediately had the scIgcant-at:Arns
on whom It was drawn, summoned with his cashier
snd bookkeeper to testify as to whether they bad eFcr
naid me tho money for any such check, and they all
answered that thc had recollection OF having done
90 but subsequently AR, Dillon the cashier of the
sergsant-at-Arms, tesnod that while he could not
of years es his ~, very n,ta s'F0ng {n,a mpFss Ys11
TS Cn check 10 A1nes himself [sce page NJ Of the
ranortJ. and Tint Wlen he had asked Ames, only
trty hours before, If he had not dona II A1nes had
replied that 1t ery likely see page 4s Of ne % Te
Ames, drawn 3or this there Is no con
troYelgy Four Of them had the NAMES in fun OF -
pau and Allison, both II whom returned their uiSl-
dends to him, and Patterson and james -: Wilson.
Four Of thon however, for this Same June dyi-
dend, we're made out payable to initials namely:
c. 100 p another i s. o. $780, which, he says, ere
iasndsd for ssoas1d w dna s23'" i'aisa s5ay y
sail by him to DO for Garfield but Kelley,
Garfield and heye declared that neither Of Us ever
sag these initial checks. Scoaed Gays he may lave