, 1873-02-26

kind and reputation hNnefto wllhout sMih enonlds
q 70 own Tesht oo1eone and oyosh tho charges
tersacss Of confidential bueinoas conmunica!ton.n
road IT. as &C., an M " as
cost sre based upon marc statements of engineers who
tho condition under who'll il was prosecuted.
ThS as!aal pret q IT. ,ssEenaatEs
vnao wllen rocciyetl III Payment, waa esa linn Ton
millions, can bo demonstrated and established iu
esy s9aT M h syf IT, o
tho Union Pacific Railroad. At s completion tho con-
psny wes itsclf III t!olt about s1 millions tho burden
q which foil upon tnsvidnals myself among othors
Mr. Anlea concluded 40 follows:
HIheae then are my offensea-thas have ri.kea
eSesbe benss q shs' liz from Who bo
Ssi. qf The Sa Aoi s IT,, r1.s ns1s
undertaken by invoking tho charitable judg-
sassrs;ssa sosn Tia! IL lsye Se hr1 aa1d trgns .a
s3i'i AZ sSSss sse I'D
ss ssr1sR nsny ys We s5s 5 nS M 10 e
ssss ass % III Sss9 & S' o.ss @ 1 s, e Soy sss
40 order H. that 1t best be purchased BY tia cho!cc
single victim, shs1 accept !ts mandate appsaling
history for that yindicaton Which 1t ls proposed to de-
Fos2 % ssrsss ts S sss s IL
who wero referred to were expelled for ncs committed ts
bctore thDlr eloctton got thcy had been inflicted Tor
YAnNswonTm FOR THR ACQUIRED.
Mr. FARNsWoRTM then oseand proceeded 10 mnkc
conclssons Of tho Select Committee. What he asked
was tho & statement 9f tbs COMMITTEES M ~ against osk'
tha toy did not know That they wero brlbed; third,
that tloy, were not etiected ~ tho bribery and
fourth, that neither Amcs nor the poraons brtDed
aud got this Committee concluded ita report by char
1 hs As' guilty 1n 'ae DO
ens man m eea a E bribery sn2
tasn ono person could commit astf'aoay: l1snshtsfl
It. REQUIRED twa parties Ags there % could ,,s. net 10
lis frisnds man aevsr wont 10 ils friend, already
interest," to bribc him. Drlbes were offered to to
convert them. They we're offered to those Tho were
de.1ea e do pspns 70 s case q nroois
Mr FarnAworth called stent9n to tho fact thst the
matter charged against him took place during tho time
hsa ho MAS undor no greater Obligation et lilly II 70
gard TO the matter than were Durant, Dillon, Or any
hen aat TIE sde
negotiations for Credit Mobiier stock. Tho eubeo-
W Neson ony IT, assey
n matter M whiie E. ~.s assern@ant prsotos Dssidsa
to look nfter tho tnterest Of his own th and kin.
The people had bean told very often, within the
SrooEs: Haushterl Il this transfer to Noson lad
been attempted on tho part Of DEooEs to cover up
b h e as a aso1e
necessary to be mcnbor Of Gongresa-that waa not
putting yssy h'gh l.. With senss
better llauanterl-woula over hayc resortsd to 90
aimay, dodge as to 40 eslsct hi. son,in- ,';a,
fraud tSe badge Of fair dealing and It roud DO
IL & 70 sa s n
iii matter IN Iii is lsnah and breadth: uo thoghs
that tho purchase Of Credit Mobier .toof by menbers
Of Congress nas very tmprudent thing but he did
not propose himself to STONE At those who did IT,
he did not think II was procsely the right thing to
iniquitous, but II 10, the House should 60 back and
punish the men who made tho contriyanco. Let tho
% IN ss S ns 4 Rs stSn
because ho bought T. After passing sulosies on The
marked married. that it Ind Soeu aaid thnt slim
der loves shintng mark" Il vas 80 n this
the House; who had been regarded leaders Of tho
House, and whom he bud always believed md eti be-
hsd % been snaed out IN this I case. TO- o had bad many
bout wh % some Of thsse men; had nd hsd ~, many sharp
gotten and forgiven He was not as he waa about to
s.ve the hAl going to throw senes st thona T waa
for these shafts. uo reminded the Houhe that aomo
meu-
"Cotnpound for Sins thpy are Inclined to-,
81 damning tho1o they ham mind To-"
And vicious people, not half good ns those
tley condemn. would compound for sins ten times
ieyel bright and shining mark This question: after
e s I'll s 5nsss "
It md q :o @ 3ni9itons 80 ~ ~ to sorsnnt the
plsend e a of ha ee TO-
contrary, Ames Of the largest stockholders Of
os Ed M ! wa
i:t elty did ID nc not " corrupt a or Aint tho holder, nd
the Committee, to-wis Whether thero was bribery
On TINT question, ho would 10y no naore.
After few further remarks tho hammer fell, nutl
Mr Morricf, one Of the Democratic member1 Of the
Select Committed, took the flour:
pressed his regret At finding htso In the painful po
c,larly that portion In which the Committee was sup
posed to have wh.tewashed tho other mcmbcrs
70 ~no read tat report totally mienderstooa is
scope aud pnrposo. The Committee Ind not, IN tho
| gentlolnen. On tho contrary, The Committee hal
pointed out as lesion the course Of Senator nsyara
Of Delaware IN refusing to touch that stock. Il had
10 cast censlre on ali os them II those menDers know
latee. II hoy had been awnre Of tic enormous dlv-
denas that we're to grow out Ct the contract which
they made With Amen, the Committee could not hnyc
acquitted them, but theso evidence that they
did not know II.
MI. ELDRIDaE remarked that they must have
| known II, when they received large dividends
Mr.. MERAIcK asked whethor tho gentleman from
Wisconsin had road the testimony ut a, and 30, did
be not know well that contract with each Of those
men Was made In tho months Of December and jan
uary md that tho dvidsnaa spoken Of were not ado
know that which did not take paco TIL ssx months
afterwards lie declared it to be Of the 1roudest
considerations OF his lilo, TINT every mcmtor OF the
Committee felt TINT u was solemn duty to 1ntl
tho verdict "not gt1lty" with rcference to those
| whose guilt had not been estatliAhed, II
to rSu,ler the painful verdict guisy" IN refer.