The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1873-02-21
Credit MObilier.

Credit MObilier.
The House special committee, of which
Judge Poland was chairman, to inquire wheth.
cr any members ofthe House "were bribed by
Cakes Ames to perform certain Legislative
acts for the benefit of the Union Pacific Rail
road Company, by presents of stock in tho
Credit Mobilier of America, or by presents Of
valuable character derived therefrom," or
whether any member was bribed by Oak IS
Ames cor any other person or corporation, in
any matter touching his legislative duty" re.
ported on Tuesday. In their report they re.
commend the expulsion of Cakes Ames, and
James Brooks, of New York--of Ames, be.
cause he bribed certain members of Congress
in the interests of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company; and of Brooks, because, being a
government director in the road, he invested
in Credit Mobilier stock, knowing its init
mate connection with the abroad company,
and also because he was Democrat-and an
example of that kind was wanted.
The rest of the members who were 50 dis
tinctly pointed out by Ames as having also
received the "wages of unrig hteousness" from
him, namely, Messrs. Dawes, Scofeld, Bing-
ham, Kelly and Garfield the committee ex-
cuse upon the ground of their "invincibe ig-
norance" of the nature of the Credit Mobil-
Ter. These men are all Republicans, let it be
remembered; and we submit that if their
stupidity is so dense, that they would accept
n bride, and not know what it meant, they
had better resign their places.
OF the sanctimonious Cofax who denied
having had anything to do with the affair I'M
til his denials were proven to be false, and
then undertook to explain away suspicious
circumstances by narrating facts which are
almost too miraculous for belief-of him the
Committee say never word.
Thus the closing scenes in the drama enti-
tied "rhe Credit Mobier Investigation" are
near at hand the curtain will drop the au-
dience go home, and some new sensation will
take the place of the &c. NJ" with its heavy
villain, Ames, who in the course of the play
mercilessly slaughters smiling Colhx; the
pious fraud Harlan the speculative Brooks ;
the jester of the play, Patterson, and all the
rest. But retributivc justice follows hard up.
on the track of this bad old man of the play,
and while all his victims except Brooks, are
galvanized into life by the exculpatory report
of the Committee, Ames himself is sacrificed,
professedly on the altar of public good.
That prompt action will be taken upon the
recommendation of the committee, we do not
doubt. AS for Amcs and Brooks, who are
thus singled out by the committee as proper
objects upon whom to vent their indignation
at the discovery of the swindle, we have no
sympathy TO waste; but we do say that the
attempt of the Committee to condone the Of
fence ofthc other guilty parties is unjust, and
recrcant to their duty. No matter what &C
ton Congress may take, the tribunal of the
people will pass sentence upon its disgraced
representatives, and when the opportunity
occurs, will mete out just punishment.
=. o.s--
THE MARYLAND CENTRAL RAILROAD
Mr.. Gilmor, President of the Maryland Cen
trail Railroad Company, last week pettioned
the City Council of Baltimore for the re en-
actment of the provisions of the ordinance of
1870, for the endorsement of the bonds of
that company to the extent of 100000
The petition states that the memoraists
asking for the passage of the original ordi-
nance represented taxpayers on over twenty
millions of property, and that the endorse.
ment met with the general approval of the
press and the people of Baltimore that act
ing under q belief that the ordinance of1970
was operative, the company have expended
time and labor in procuring valuable fran
chises and right of way through Hartford and
Baltimore counties, which, unless favorable
action is now taken, will entail a loss. The
petition was appropriately referred.
A CREDIT MoBILIER INNOCENT. - The
most egregious simplelon which the Credit
Mobilicr investigation has produced, if we
may believe his own admission, is the Hon.
Senator Patterson, of New Jersey. 1t seems
that he owned stock in the grand lottery,
where every ticket was a prize, and didn't
know it. He merely gave his very good
friend Cakes Amcs $3 900 to invest for him.
he says, received the large dividends regular
ly, and with charming Indifference forgot to
ask Ames where his money was invested as
TO bring him so large profit. Such story
may do to tell to the marines.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS William L.
Hamilton, of the U. S. Senate has placed us
under renewed obligations for pub. docs.
We have received the Annual Circular
and Catalogue of the Washington University
Medical Department, Baltimore, Nd, for
1928 We are gratifed to learn that this
excellent institution is increasing in pros.
perity, and that it has attained a command
ing position among the medical schools of
America. For circulars, &c, address Charles
w. Chancellor, M. D., Baltimore, Nd
The Platter TRIAL-The trial of John II.
Platter, of Talbot county, for the murder of
his wife, was concluded last week, in the cir
cult court for Dorchester county, and result
ed in the jury bringing in verdict of IMAM
slaughter" and the guilty man was sentenced
to the Penitentiary for five years and forty