The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-30


the dasning debtor demanded. This might be
called whipping the devil around the stump"
cakes Ames is sui gene,Ts. He has all the shrift
OF New England, and boards In this city at a sl3
tavern chewing away at beelsteak which might
break the jaws OF an alligator Yet he appears TO
digest it. or like toughncss OF texture are his
sensibilities He has no spirit, aud Will take any
number OF hard names. He is not indifferent about
friendship, and mas been restrained from exposing
the poor rats IN Congress who nibbled at his bait
in part by Kindness and partly also because his
imperfect sagacity could not quite see whether he
himself would lose or gain by the disclosure But
nobody doubted rom the first that II he were to
tale. The brother, Oliver Ames, is admitted to be
man OF more senslbllty and wordliness. cakes
Ames has been CROPPING throughout this entire inves
tigation and utterly unable to decide upon course
oil action III his own defence, leaving the pro-
grainme to James Brooks and John b. Alley. Alley
has some cunning and q good deal of oiliness
while Brooks has pomposity and assumption with
out nerve Between them these fellows rushed
upon destruction by the course which they adopted
THE CONSPIRACY.
This course was arranged at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel IN New YORK, where the whole crew were In
Ames to publish q card denouncing McComb and
denying everything Anes halted and censidered
the matter until 1t was too late to take that step
and then he issued an address TO his constituency
wherein he told the mOnstrous wnopper tnat ne
had never given share OF STOCK 10 ANYBODY IN
deavorng, Jointly with Mr.. Alley. to in
tervew mankind consecutiveF ana denounce
McComo so as 10 E as T. is ont Of
y
the power OF a few persons to see everybody and
In these days worldly men are very loath to take
voluntary statement from one person against
another, particularly where the de1ouncer Is evil
IDENTIFY out OF temper, and the person he interviews
cares nothing about the ISSUE Mr. Brooks had
way OF saying that ''McComb's name was very bad
on the street;'' but the person who heard him
make his remark would generally look into Mr.
Brooks own haggard face and wonder why he
took so much pans to establish another mans
character as to whom there was no nquisitive
ness. As there seemed to be no other course
Cakes Ames finally acceded to the designs OF
Brooks and Alley, and soon after the Credit
Mobilicr investigation began with closed
doors. Ames got together, in written form
prepared by his lawyer, McNurtre, a series OF
ISLANDERS OF McComb, and while he was reading
this mess TO the committee Brooks rose on the
floor and DETAINED Colonel McComb man
probably never was DETAINED by any member OF
Congress before. But 1t was all overdonc Men,
bers gathered round and people looked down from
the gallery and wondered what II all meant. The
point which Mr. Brooks endeavored to establish
was resemblance between the late James FISK
and McComb, and he ring In with advantage the
old story OF Flsk's suit against the Union Pacific,
and compared 1t to McComb's present suit against
the Credit M0bilier. on this slender fabric the en-
tire defence rested; but the very inge-
nuity OF the defence set people TO think.