The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-09-25
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appeared under sensational head-iiEea Ia the
newspapers for the past ten moHths, that are
nanseated. Iagree that the opantry Is sick and
na1seated At the corruption exposed in. that
sational scandals that had appeared ia the news-
papers for ten months. Ihetruth Is that not one
n 11i IN IN me yst kneNs TIE
construction Of the Pacific Railroad. And il IL
because my speech laid II more fully before the
people than II had ever been laid before IN
speech, and called attention Il and referred "
the proofs. that the speech and have been
know that when, ten months ago. the discovery
was made that Oakes Ames n ad been trying 70
bribe members Of Congress- with Credit Mobiiier
Stock, that almost every one Of the persons i'm
plicated fatly denied the aecuaation-denied
that they had ever been Interested in the credit
Aobilier az all Does he not know shat Il was.
not until the Investigations last Winter, 70 which
referred, that the frauds stated 10 my speech
know; knsws that they were proved ~ eonelu-
sive sestimo1yj aad yet he .ealls Them ssensa-
1t is true, but they are not false aecusatioas.
And once.more defy him 70 point out A single
himself Of Misrepresentation by what he ufter-
ward says. for almost immediately after utteFing
You have read the story or the railroad and you
have read the inEestiEation Of the creslf Mobi-
TO be made? 1t was ordered 'oy ths- kepubliean
House OF Representatives Bat for the Repuo-
leans Of thai body there would haze been No in
else would have known any thing aboDt IL" And
yet but one moment osfore he had spoken OF 1t
dai.' But a'word about the credit claimed for
e-sa. F1haoane IN making this inVes. igatiOn.
tffied ut the TACT Is that the iaYestiEation was
ingeitable, and IN bad not heen moved BY tsis
hepubiicans, Il would have been by Democrats.
Speaker klaine, who had been i'm licated By ru-
NOR, aud who knew that he had never had any
Creait Mobiiier stock, determined 20 have an in
vestigation fer his own Vindication, let the an
yestigation hurt whom il might He IL q candi-
date Tor the kresideneysof the United States As
tcfff f1raH 4
in 1915; and ne had resolved that however others
might be damaged, he would have for himseIR
clean Dill OF health He therefore moved the in
vestigatisn IN the House OF Representatives aud
the iacts ultimately came Gus. 1 should more
there was much that ought 70 have been reveal
ed that was not bocause certain Witnesses posi-
lively reused 70 testify funy. buE pray now
the subject Of these Credit Mobilier Vnlianiesy
Was II the motion OF any kepnblfcznl Not
the least bit OF it. The discovery grew out OF
quarrel IN the Credit Mobiifer Itself between
Henry 3. McOonb and OHKes Ames, which
suited In alAw-suit IN which tesIimcney was ta-
ken duplicating members of Congress. as i have
said. IL was the intention OF the parties 70 tfnI
suit ~ keep that testimony secret - long lt
could be 50 Kept, but new spaper man got hold
OF il, made a copy Of it and it appeared IN a New
YORK paper last summer. We al know the SEN
followed and we also know that when Congress
met under such circumstance AN investigation
WAS inevitable. IL could not be shirked. 10
have refused 10 make it would have ruined the
Republican party. And It IL simply absurd
the Investigation took place. That lt was right
and credltaDie 70 make the inVesugation-i Is GER
tainly true, but it Is equally true thSt IL could
net be avoided. Making n virtue OF necessity is
too shallow u claim Consideration 70 Impose
upon any one.
Mr.. Morton further says
~Mr. Thurman goes on 70 name the Republi-
cans who had 70 do with Credit Mobilier, enarg.
ing them with corruPtioA upon all but one, Ar.
New York. who had received more Of that stock
than ali tle rest put together. He keprb the
name OF BROOKS. Whyg Because James Brooks
was democrat Anu ne calls this fAir dealfag.
He charges corruption upon seme because they
were Republicans. II you will go into The peni-
tentiary ~ Columbus II Is probable you will ind
a majority OF two or LhreO hundred Of tie men
there confined were Democrats befor= they went
theFes but IL would be very unjust TO hold the
Democratic party Of Ohio responsible because of
the polities Of the majority Of the men in that
prison And II was uni ust and absurd for Sena-
Tor thurman 70 Aoid the Republican party re-
sponsiDle for the poliJicz Of tie engaged IN
cikc RAILROAD, Il Wouid have been for me- 70
hold james Brooks Responsible, because he had
recsiFea more Of that stock thaa any of the 9TH
mention this matter thar you may despise the
charge Of holding party Responsible for the ac-
we're not acting as party men, burHs private iii-
You see that Norton charges that l suppressed
the name OF Brooks because he was = Demo
erat. The charge Is utterly untrue. i expressly
gave the name Of Brooks. expressly sAiu ttllt
be was contaminated, held him up Ior con-
demnation with the rest OF the gufity. y his any
one may see who viii reHd my speech i hold =
copy % We sreiAi y
see what said in regard 70 brooks TO read FOR
himseif. The paper l. at his service ~. ~
THE CORRUPT LEADERS 49,
Nor is il true that charged every Republics a
bus one with corruptions showed the coFrngs
motive Of Ames In placing Credit Mobilier atoelr
who're .it would DO The most good,i bat did not
cay that every Republican but one who agroed-t 10
take stock knew his corrupt motive. g2 l1rl-
pass by the scurriIous aiusion OF Senator
Morton % the Penitentiary, and ccnae 70 his as
sertion that IL 'Eas unjust and absurd for Senator
Thurman 70 hold the lsepablicsn party responsi.
sPeculations and corruption or the Union Paeihe
nailroad-" Now, what did 4 aEy on the subject OF
the Ponsibility OF the Republican paEtyl said
"I say 20 my Republican friends that while
am far from charging the Inassss OF the Repabl IL
can party vita sanetionlng any such wholesale
wrongs this, yet the record does show shat thfs
was RepubiieEn scheme from beginning 20 end
that With one single exception no Democrat was
tainted in the whole business. This whole cor
ruption Of the Union Pacific Railroad Cofn,sany
sne this whole corruption OF the Credit 2bobilier
Of whom butWas a Republican Of tns deepest dyen
And sag 70 my RePublieAn friends. Il any are
here, that while do not hold the masa Of tns Re-
publican party Al All spOnsible for The Viaiuies
Of those representarYe of theirs they will be
Il they VIII not apply the proper remedy q scout
these dishonest men and send honest men into
their places, they take part Of their guilt upon
their own shoulders." And now appeal % every
Republican II he can find fault with these vieWsY,
Ihdeed, WAS more liberal than ever our oppo-
nenta have been toward the Democratic party- A
general rule party is rssponsible for the CON
duet OF the men whom it has placed in power. Tor
the conduct OF its representative men III this
rule be not applied, there will be such thing
as political responsibility. senator Morton SAID
- mis- Dayton audience as follows: i mention
holding party responsibfe for ten Oi q lev
men VINO IN dealing in that STOCK were rot acting
As party men, bun prioetc Individuals - = Why,
my friends did OAK Ames, when he sougiitt0in in
tereat members Of Congress IN Credit MOlilier
stock think that ne was dealing win mere pri-
Tate meal What reason did he give fOr letting
mem6ers have that stock aG par When ne -knsW. A.
would be worth At least three times its parf He
saic he sought 70 place il where X would do ths
most good MhaJ DID he niean by placing Il
where it would do; tho most good Two
G9mmittees. one in the Senate and one IN
meaAt % pysyent AZ inFesliggtion BY Opngsess
e1the frauds that had been perpetTaEsd upon The
GoYernment b. the Union PacilicA and Credit
MObilier Companies, and he sought 10 Interest
the leading Republican members OF Congress =
the Credit Mohiiier that their inhuence might be
exested to preVeI.t such an IN vestis atom, Aad
this operation Senator Morton considers Was
sealing with private men. Did QHkes AInes
ever Lei any private man have Credit Mobiiier
stock at par when itWas worth three shines -that
anionnr Not one. The stock Was not put on The
market At all. Outsiders not in ONCE we're
not allowed TO have dollar of H. and Il Eas> only
when there was danger OF Congressional tnyesti-
sought 10 place in the hands Of members OF Con-
grsss where IL would do the most good - that
IS, where iISoqld hsye the most efiset IN sup
r
PARTY RESPONSIBILITY I rf e5r-
: But word on the question Of party rospsnsi-
bility, and It will apply tothe salary bill as well
as 20 these Credit Mobilier trahsaetions. is la
not my friends, an axiom Ia All free goVernments
thai the party in power. the party that has the
power 70 make what 1t pleases Law, IS rosponsi-
biel II this Is not the true doctrine, boiiticaf
responsibility Is at END. The RepnbIi
party IN 1885, when the Amendments 70 thes Pa
cthc Railroad charter Was granted An amend
ment that doubled the land subsidy, and gave,
up the security. OF the Government .f5rths rspay-
ment Of the bonds had AZ overwhelming ma
Jority in botn branches of Congress and ba6- a
Republican in the Presidential -chair lWas nof
that party responsible for that amendment
When the Salary Bill passed the last session t had
a great majority in the House OF RepresentatIves
mere than two thirds of the Senate and the Pres
tdent Of the United States. II col uld pass or de-
feat the bill its pleasure. After it passed both
Houses the President had but " say; forbid II.
and II wouid have fallen as dead As ; stone. Ia
stead Of saying that he wrote 1t the fsot OFF the
word :'ApproYed,n aud afixed to Il ais Signature.
and thereby made it q living law And vet Senn-
tor Norton says the Republicans are net respoD-
sible. Why not responsihlsf Because forsooth
some Democrats voted for the bill- Does that re-
lleVe the dominant party from respohsibilify2-
How was IL Whsn the Missouri compronfse was
reoealed1 Forty-four Northern Denoerats in the
House Of Representatives voted against that re- .
peal Yet the Democratic party was held rsapou-
slole Tor IL, because that party had the Gritty in
Doth Houses, and Pierce, a Democrat Was Presi-
dents And Il Is striking fact that the Hepubli-
can party owes it's very lexistencs 70 ths main
tenance Of the principle, that the party having
the power Is rosponsible for the leRislation-
There was nc such thing a. The Republlcanparty