The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-25
A Distressing Instance Of the ImpOtency
Of Wind Against Fact.
The Vice President and the
PawnbrOker.
Unseemly and Disgraceful Scenes in the Poland
Committee-Colfax and Ames eliminating
and discriminating War Of Words
and Suggestion Of Perjury.

taking the testimony OF Vice President COliaX and
Representative Kelley, in rebuttal OF Cakes Ames'
statement. The ponderous Cakes is daily improv-
ing as a witness. His mysterious looks and gloomy
ways are changed into an appearance OF stern de-
termination, which bodies no good to those whom
lie has far 'let lightly on" rs he himself ex-
presses IT, Yesterday Vice President ColfaX's
Waterloo; to-day he was politically cast into outer
darkness. As for Kelley his case was bad enough
but, like Cofax, he has done his best to
make II worse than ever. Both attempted
to impeach Oakes Ames' veracity, and both were
bailied by the same incontrovertible proofs of
their participation in the good things which credit
Mobilier stock brought forth to Its owners. Hith-
erto the difference between their statements and
that OF Cakes Ames had in "a parliamentary way
only, been called difference OF memory. To-day
IL came to
EXAMINATIONS AND DETERMINATIONS
Accusations OF a bad memory were banded to
and fro between Cakes Ames and Vice President
COfaX. The room crowded with specta-
tors. The committee men themselves Of
fered to be merely lockers on at the
nndignibed wrange between the Congress
sional pawnbrokcr and his customers, one of whom
sad to say. was the Vice President of the United
States. The venerable Poland tried to act "a a
pcacemaker, but seeing the uselessness of his
efforts he sank back in his chair and assumed "a
benevolent fatnerly look. While the witnesses
were exctedy engaged in blackening each others
characters Cakes Ames appeared like an il-lsed
giant who, becoming conscious of his strength,
had turned upon his petty tormentors. There
were two of his clients whom he had helped to
gOodly shares and dividends with no other pledge
In return than the implied promise that they
would oOk into the law in ease. the Credit Mo-
bilier required favorable legislation or required to
be let alone.
KELLEY TRIES TO BRIGHTEN AMEs.
Judge Kelley was allowed the first attack The
witness who had turned states evidence, to see
whether Cakes Ames would yet persist in his
naughty stories about good and great men, Cakes
sat In his usual seat, nearly IN mont or Judge PO-
land. He displayed today more feeling than one
would think him capable Of to judge from his i'm
passlveness on former occasions. When Judge
Kelley assailcd him this morning. Amcs shaded his
eyes with large envelope and gazed out at Kelley
as a bloated spider would at a buzzing bluehottle
nv which had become entangled IN Its web. Kelley
made an experiment, but it a failure He
tried what game of blur would do
The member from Pennsylvania turned
the batteries VI his rhetorical thunder
npon Anes AT the commencement, his voice boom.
ing out IN threatening, sonorOus cadences His
terrible eve was turned iu upon Ames as he vaInly
sirove 10 Brighten him. Oakes had taken his posi-.
tion ana was not 10 be frightened. He looked
amused at times, and then, again, angry, at the
deceit OF his friend in whom he had OncA believed.
Kelley made Il professional show OF ignorance. That
seem, TO be the leading characteristic OF all the
accused congressman. He asked Ames
nov MGR STOCK ~ HELD FOE Hia
in the most Si6w-besiing WAY Imaginable Ames
replied pacid'y, giving the necessary figures.
Kelley cross-exanincd him like grand inqusitor
1t appeared as ifhe were put to his last card
and m the language OF the sporting world was
trying to blum Cakes Ames Jour aces with a single
pair. Kellcy's manner was very abusive, but IA
Ames began to get wakened up retaliation came
and Kelley subsidized. His voice. from an angry bel
low became gentle murmur, and his ace winch
had glared with indignant virtue, looked sad, as 4
the ashes OF desoIaton were already sprnked
upon his brow. There
SENSATION IN ROOM
when Kelley. having pressed Ames TO the wall with
bullying questions, asked him, "Wbere is my prop
crty, then ~ The reply prompt The burly
form OF Cakes Ames stood erect for "A moment, as
he pulled rom his pocket the certificate on ten
shares credit Mobilier and passed them to the
rghtlu owner. Kelley looked at the certif-
cate with about the same expression OF coun-
tenance that Macbeth might have assumed
when reaching out after the dagger. He cutched
it At rst and then tossed il over 10 Judge Poland
as II il some unclean thing whose touch alone
was pollution. He asked the chairman to hold the
certificate subject TO his disposal. Judge Poland
assumed charge Of the ten shares thereby changing
place with Ozkcs Ames as trustee. The Judge IL
made the subject considerable char since he has
come into possession OF these shares. His courage
in this respect Is wonderful, for there is mys
ferrous terror about the very OF Credit
Mobiier 10 Congre ssmaD. TO say nothing OF having
ten shares IN ones possession.
pISGgACEFUL wRANGLE.
Kcley and Ames were siill wraugDg aricr the
sha res were passed over. Kelley insisted that
Amcs should pay up at once all he owed him. II
there were so many dividends as he alleged. Ames
rctorted that ~ there had been no mention made
of the of the $3.50 Kelle, borrowed OF him IN
1865 he did not suppose he was anxious TO close up
accounts However, tnat could be arranged. The
wrangle between the two men became so violent
at one tune that Nblack mi exposed and proposed
an adjournment in order that Amcs ana Kelley
ui2ht hold conference to ADJUST their differences
so that they would not disgrace themselves in
such a manner in public. II these two men
had been allowed to continue their mutual
accusations something important might have
cropped OUT for, from the manner
Of Ames IL evident that there
was something more in the background, when
Ames came To cr0ss-cxamine Kelley. For Ike "a
game Of battledore, the witness and the examiner
before the committee were alternately changing
places in their anxiety to cIapper.claw one another
There was afterwards an unseemly haste made by
each to get at his side OF the issue in order TO
shoot volleys into his opponent. Ames inquired
Of Kelley whether he had not always been asking
How about those dividends on my Investment
Suddenly Ames became myst erious and under his
nterrogatory Kelley became quite subdued Ames
pondered after he had asked lew questions, and
then wrote upon slip OF paper
SOMETHING WHICH HE HANDED 70 KEidEy.
Poland interposed at once wacging his snowy head
he said, come, that won't do. Tas Is all above
board here. Read out, Mr.. Kelley what you have
Kelley adjusted his glass nerv0usIy and read in
low tone fvoice, shall ! ask you any more qucs-