The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-02-22
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SenegaDbian legislators of that fowery state 10
resist such an arsument
TIE SHERMAN SCANDAL.
Judge Sherman, accused by one Colgate OF
takIng $4,000 of the y. Y. board of brokers for
having an important amendment made to the
internal revenue bill through his influence with
his brother, Senator Sherman, has made an ex.
PLANTATION, in substance, that lie had been asked
by the said n. y. Stock Exchange TO attend TO
this matter, but he had plead want Of time, and
recommended two lawyers named BARLEY and
Parsons. These gentleman he understood 20
have taken the Job, and as it had succeeded, he
wrote the letter to the Stock Exchange, claim
ing the $4,000 pay-fr them. Pretty thin.
POLAND COMMITTEES REPORT.
The anxiously awaited report of the Poland
Credit Mobilier Committee was finally presented
! to the House on Tuesday, and was greeted by a
full house and a cramned lobby and gallery.
The reading of the report, however, caused in.
| tense disappointment and Indignation. The
substance Of IL is about as follows: After a
general history of the Credit Mobiier Company,
| it proceeds to tell what each man did, and then
to allot the separate degrees of guilt to each.
| The idea OF the document is, that Cakes Ames,
with malice prepense, did bcibe number Of the
| members OF congress, but did it with such cir.
curnspection and cunning that only one man
Brooks-iUew that he was bribed. The rest.
Garfield, Dawes, Bingham, Kelly and Scofeld,
OF the House-were like Eve in her innocence,
pure and unsuspecting. They tasted the for.
| hidden fruit, but did not fall. In short. the
doctrine of the report is that bribery does not
require two partie. to IL. transaction, and al.
| though there was an immense deal Of lying and
| perjury by these innocents to conceal their
| guilt, they gravely announce that such little
| matters afford no cause for censure; but that
| Cakes Aues and Brooks ought TO be expelled.
Collar and Henry Wilson do not deserve even
to be named in the report. There was no action
on the report, and very little discussion. Brooks
| made feeble defence and Poland rejoined brief.
| ly, and then the matter went over. The report
however, is regarded by ct least the democratic
| side of the house as monst,ous perversion 0!
truth and justice, and will not re adopted With.
out a fierce struggle.
| COlFAX SINKS DEEPER IN THE MCD.
Colfax, in accounting to the Poland commit.
tee, for his deposit of s. 200 on the 23d Of June
1868, it will be remembered, says he had re.
ceived about that time 1000 bank bill from,
Geo, +, Sesbit, Of \. y. He could not, how.
ever, swesr to the date when be received that
! bill within week or more So it was suggested
in: the committee on Tuesday TO look up his
bank account again, and see if lie had not de-
posted another 81 600 some time near the Esd
of July; and on such search being made it was
found that on the 18th of July he had deposited
| 81 600 received on d-af. from the same Geo
T. Nesbit. On ascertaning that this fact hat
been smoked out, Colfax addressed e note t
Mr.. Poland, stating that in his former tes.imon,
he had forgotten TO mention that he had receiye
draft from Mr. Ne.bit on the 18th of July, i,
addition 10 the $1,000 bill previously mentioned
This looks, at least, like shameless, intrepid ry
ing, and is so regarded in Washington