The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-02-13
CLIPPINGS.

There is something in the point that
Repubilcans, whether In or cut of Con-
sress. are au iniuiring set, jealous of Of
fciai and personal honor They lrvesti-
gated several departments OF the govern
ment last year. and did not find much to
censure in them. At present they are at
the same business with the legislative
branches, Let the scrutiny be sharp 50
that the whole truth shall be divulged,
and the party will be purified, the pub
lie service gam, and perhaps nobody lose
IN character, except those starting to
hunt down established regulations tor Il
little cheap political capital Boston
Transcript
Mr.. Horace E. Clark, the manager of
DIR. anderbilt railroads, testified be-
fore the Congressional Committee that a
proht OF 100 per cent. on the construc
ton OF railways was not large one !;
and. speaking from experience, he mig ht
have added that stock dividends of 80
per cent. were not without precedent.
President Grant has put his foot down
again on the question of paying for dam
ages 10 Southern property by the war
This time Ii is by vetoing the bill donat
lng certain amount for the relief Of the
East Tennessee University ON account uf
It's losses by the rayages of war. The
President is right in saying that if the
| door Is once opened for this sort Ut' claims,
the eHd of the demands on the Trcas-
ury could not be estimated. = Gerelund
Leader.
The profits on Ames' contracts for
building the Union Pacific Railroad, as
divided, were S29, S54 $50, and on the
Dayls contract. 81, ,oO2, l35. or over $37.-
OOO, which were stolen. The Gov
ernment subsidy was S27 600, ,U0U which;
1t Will be seen, was wholly appropriated
by the Credit Mobilicr gang.
TAMMANY FRAUDS. Startling evi-
dence in regard to Tamnlany Ring frauds
Will shortly be given. 1t will show who
got the money and what amount 1t is
said that the total Of frauds in special
board Of audit was nearly. if not quite.
10000, 900, instead OF Sc, 800, 900 only.
Heretofore 1892, $50 has been traced into
Tweed hands. The additional evidence
establishes that OF the special audit
frauds he shared over $1,000, 600 The
tracing of these sums has been the labor
OF months, and the evidence returned in
documentary form is lnass OF material
fllling several large drawers. As each
account has been traced the documents
have been placed in large envelopes
marked with the names Of the trades
men who rendered the bills, and of those
who shared in the plunder. The ac-
count ct Ingersoll & Co. is among the
largest, heretofore not published in de-
tail, and when given will a,.le the com
munity.
The books of the banks have revealed
extensive frauds of the Board of Public
Works, heretofore concealed because be
commissioners refused to show their
books. The total frauds that will be de-
veloped as perpetrated, in all the de-
partments, Will foot up, it is said, abt ut
twenty million dollars.
The criminal indictments against
Tweed are not to be pressed, but the
civil suits will be prosecuted, and in the
mean time the new evid nce will 20 be-
fore the grand jury and other indict-
ments procured. Many persons not
heretofore known will be exposed There
are scores of bills by Ingersoll fer fur
nishing private houses. 1t Is hoped
that Tweed will yet be cnmeshed in the
net and bagged where he belongs.
Under the new coinage act, which the
senate passed, and returned to the house
with several amendments, the silver dol
lar Of the United States will be the price
equivalent in weight and fness to the
French five franc piece, and exactly in
terchangable with the English shilling.
Hereafter. in addition to the eagle,
there will be inscribed Oh all silver coins
their weight and finess, one of the main
objects Of the coinage being to facilitate
international coinage. Senator Sher
man made an effort to have the eagle en-
tirely ommitted from all silver coins in
future, but Mr.. Casserly opposed it, and
was sustained by two majority in the
senate. For the convenience of the Pa
cihc coast states trading with China and
Eastern countries, the coinage of trade
dollars, weighed by grains is still contin-
ued, though they may be recoined into
standard coins on payment by the owner
OF the actual expense of the operation.
JAMES Brooks The records of the
Board of Directors of the Union Pacific
Company show that James Brooks ac:ed
as meml er Of the Roard as early as
January 2d, 1864 He swore before the
Credit Mobiier Investigating Committee
that he did not act on the Board till
March 2, 1864 The Democratic journ-
ais will have to defend him once more
| Their logic Of defence is so simple, how
ever. that thrtask will not be difficult.
Their major premise is, that all Demo
crets are strictly honest Their undispu
ted minor premise is,that James Brooks
| is a Democrat. Therefore, James Brooks
is strictly honest. We admire their
| logic.