Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30
THE 0TTUMWA COURIER
A n. HAMILTON. tr,
L. II, WARDEN Saitors

A r. HAMILTON.
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II Is very singular how Judge KEEL
ley of Penn, aud schuyler CoitaI,
could be SO mistaken az 10 no; know
whether they were paid by Cakes
Ames, IN the one case $500. aud in
the ether sia,u on account OF divi-
1eRds on Credit Mob;licr stork.---
A,nes a:tirms tina. they positively were
SO paid, aud by his check on the
Sergeant-at.arms OF the Heaae. Kelley
and Co!!Hx totally dcny that such was
the case.
II seems that ,hc members OF Con-
Srrss, through the SergcIit.at-arns,
keep bank account, and that Oakes
.Amcs, at the session IT which these
matters arose, had charge, for the
Union Pacific Road, Of the lobbying
at Washington, in It's behalf. aud
among other things which no did, he
deposited d, one time $1,000, with
the Sergrant-a,-aiins. and on this he
drew as occasion required in his lob.
bying operations. In the course OF
these transactions, two checks on the
Sergeant-at.arms, signed by Oakcs
.Amcs, were paid. One OF them for
f3a9.0o, was drawn payable to W. d.
X, which are the initials OF Judge
Kelley, and the other TO S. c., Col.
tax's initials. The cashier Of this Cou-
gressional banking institution was
called aud he recognizes these chccks
and upon being asked ii he should
have paid these checks 10 Cakes
Ames, II presented by him, says that
he should. Now This man Ames was
doing a general bribery business, and
of course, even aud exact justice to
him, authorizes rs in saying that we
may safely look for HIS ways In the
WAYS of a rascal.
Colfay says he never received that
money; hr said what included this
months ago mo evidence appears that he
did.acccept this check except the state
ment OF Amcs: all this Ames had in
his to manufacture without Colfax
having anything to do with 1t. Be.
sides this Ames Is fatty contradictea
IN like manner by, KELLEY and Gen
Garfield OF Ohio.
II is said that the Committee OF
which Senator Wright, Of THE State,
is chairman and which has had under
consideration the charges against
Senator Clayton, OF Arkansas, will
report coon, aud that the report win
be quite damaging to Clayton. This
kind of report will not surprise US,
for we know Senator Clayton to be a
very ambitions, bold man. 1t Is
highly probable that in the bitter
political contest that has been waged
between the factions in that State, he
has not been very scrlpulous how
he got the hand he played, uor in the
manner OF playing it. Gen. Powell
Clayton is an able man and very
brave man, and he has lived long
enough upon The frontier and amid
the stirring scenes Of the early Terri
tory OF Kansas, to become inocu!atel
somewhat with the daring and reck-
Jess style and manner OF the
frontier citizen, We have known
times. however. when his style OF
doing things was the only effective
one. We Judge l.:s greatest fault to
he, that his civil conanct sin..cas too
mach lniiisaryau,hori.y.
The Liberal Newspaper Syndicate.
Enmor has Il that Murat Ha'stead,
Of the Cincinnati Commercial, HENRY
WattersoD, OF the Louisville Journal,
Horace White, of the Chicago Tribune,
Samuel Bowles, Of The Springfield
Republican, and Whitelaw Reid, Of the
n. Z. Tribune, have revived their
Newspaper Syndicatc. aud are TO run
their independent newspapers on a
plan agreed upoa. or about 10 hn
agreed upon between them.
II we may be permitted to give
advice, hased upon their last Falis
operations, We would suggest that
their number nsy be too great; that
they are somewhat like five wheeled
wagon, a grea; deal more ornamental
than useful. Judging from the VIC.
lence OF the storm that has shipwreck-
ed their efforts thns far, they mus,
have some Jonah's among them, and
WE advise them to look about and
hunt ont the offender aud while doing
80, 1t may Ire profitable to inquire
whether or not they are not all Jonah's,
MS the people Of the country seem TO
think and act accordingly.
On tho 9Th inst. Gen. Farpsw oy,h
introduced in Congress bin amend.
ing the postal law SO as 10 make an lot.
ter postage, on drop or other letters,
not exceeding half an ounce in weight,
2cenfs to any place within the United
States. Also amending tho Law so
thatall newspapers, excep; in the conn.,
~ where published, shall BIO prepsifl a.
the Office where they are published.
The latter amendment would be a
very radical change Ia orr posial law.
and VI ould work great hsrdship upon
the newspaper press OF the country.
There are papers that havo very large
clrculations outside the counties where
they are published, aud which IL they
are compelled TO pay postage In ad-
vance would lose money on the,n, %
the subscriptions were taken at mar.
gin Of profit that would not cover the
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