The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-10
Tho Credit Mobilier-Fhe Endk,os Vet


RESTITUTION TO THE GOVERNMENT DEMANDED
HOW Mr.. AMEs's MEMORY WAS REFRESHED
WHAT MR.. ALLEY THINKS ABOUT IT.
ruashinSton Correspondence New York Tr!bune.l
WasaiseTon, january 1.-The Credit.Mo-
biier scandal was not allowed to rest with
the passage o. the resolution yesterday or.
dering The co&Thitteesto open their doors.
Dir. Randall, who had 'neen watching his OPP.
poaunity ali day, Guallp got, in q resolution
stating the fact that the Ulhn Pacific rail-
road was in denut: oveT 100000 to
tue Government on account OF interest
On their bonds, and that this default
was mainly caused by the%enormous sand
illegal, payments Of mtSsy and stock to
the edfsaIobiier, and'-requesting the
President to employ twodd SEers to prosecute
the Credit bfobiler Company and Its stock.
holders individually, In the courts, to reco.
yer the amount due the Government. The
House had apparently been struck with
apanic by the thought of the impending de-
velopments In the wretched Credit Mobilier
business, apo. nearly half Of the-members had
st!sted for fome, b58ng sick and disgustad.
Before Mr. Randall offered his resolution no
quorum could be found to vote on 1t until
there had been two roll-calls. Finally II was
passed, with but % votes in the negative.
Notwithstanding the fact that the House
Yesterday removed the injunction Of secrecy
from the proceedings heretofore held by the
Credit MoJiiier Committee 1t is believed
that no exact copy Of the testimony as origt-
nally given will ever be made public. The
| eas0n for This is that each person testllyiDg
has been allowed to revise his testimony. and
some Of tie witnesses have changed their
testimony, it is believed, rs their memories
have been refreshed by those who proved to
he owners OF Credit-MObilier stock. Besides,
the statements of what occurred i'll the com
,Djttee-room made by member; Of tie COM
rnittee do not fully agree with the testimony
IA written ont for publication. Cakes AmeS
and John h. Alley appear 10 be perfectly
satisfied with the condition Of affairs, and
talk upon tie subject with perfect trcedoins
Mr.. Aicy SAYS that il is remarkable what
rood memories some OF the congressman
have whose names have been mentioned,
aud what poor one Sir. Anes has. He
riyes % an instance tho fact that some OF
the members approached Mr.. Amcs lately
and injured as to his memory regarding
them and their relations en- the Mobilier
subject. Mr.. AmeS. according TO MIR. Alley,
"Duiu. III iue slH!)ltllS VI LIS h:'tbiNt I'LL
item candidIy and honestly Just what oc-
Cured. Tie members 10 two Or three cases
then told Mr. Amos that lie did not rcmem-
Der correctly; that il would be impossible
Tor him 70 Go So when so much was on his
mind. "Theu," said Dir. Alley, these
members would iell Mr., Ames how they
understood it: and that be was wrong and
they right. Why, sir, some of them made
the pfctticsi and most iTlloccnt report OF
what occurred that the human intellect could
Imagine. they were all innocent of course
Of any money. Now, Cakes Ames Is the
most bonc:t-,niuded man You almost ever
saw. He l., indeed, sir ; aud if any action
IS taken towurd making him carry the sins
OF ths memters vino were supplied with.
stock tue country" will lind out that other
peop.e know something which il would not
be healthy for some other people to have
known: i tell you, sir, that Cakes Ames Is
al honest man. or course he has good
feeling toward members, and perhaps has
sometimes accepted the nlemoTy Of others
where his own was alet clear. r. This thing is
Bct through yet" ..,.:..'s,.s- = - -
s.GHdw:is MeComb 2" was asked. Nc
Comb il a very bud na,r, and Durnnt is
another 'sThen you don't think Oakes
Amos was to biame?" At any rate" he
replied, sthe had more offers for Credit-Mo.
bil;eF stock from memhers Of Congress than
he.couh supply" $3.50