, 1873-01-08

1145, bu wheat i. 8G8, ,250 BIT corn; 90l 200 bu
oats; 2l5,9G4 hu ryo, and 937, 192 bu barley
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oAKE3 AI1Es TESTIMONY.
Tho testimony of Mr.. Oeltoa Amos, giyon be-
foro tho Crotlit Slobor Investigating Commit
tee, which is now malo public, confirms tho
truth Of tho statement .naio by THE CHICAGO
tribune and other Journals during tho rrcal-
1antinl campaign, that l1lo charge OF corruption
made III connection with tI,at now famous Or infa-
| nous corporation was not a moro campaign ca-
| nard. It MAS Furthermore atatod by us that tho
| Croi1it Mobicr scandal would ronch beyond tho
election, md TINT tho munlbora Of CongEosB i'm
plicatol IN 1t must clonr their ulsirH 1t would
| groatly danaago them. Forgotrul MS Mr..
| AmcB lndn it convenient to bo, whoro
| hig testimony would tend to crinlinato
| Ills Congressional trondB, his evidence, neyor-
| tlloleas, shows very concluBivoly that NIL Tho
| members named in tho memorandum given to
Al'Conab by Amos, oxcopt Dlaino, Boutwell,, and,
possibly, bcot!old, had etock, and that thoy do
sired to conceal tho fact. TLoro vas sonlo neso-
tiation with Diaino and Boutwell,, but it resulted
ton shares, but rotusnod them, assignng as d
rcason thai ho Ind henrl there was n personal
responsibility attaching to them. MIR. Amos'
testimony aloSea that both Alley and Hooper
went in md subscribed cs original corporators,
after being guaranteed ag.inut loss, Colfax aI'-
piled FOR sono Of tho stock, and A.nea In ''rotty
co,ndent ho lad paid for it," although it wus
not transferred to him. A1rn Henry Wilson llad
twenty sharon, which wcro Homo timo lator ro-
tunol Mt tho raquest Of Dir. Wilson. P:ttoraor OF
New Hampshire, agreed to buy thirty sharon,
aud reccivo: tho dividends upon them, although
they woro mover transferred, which meana, i'll all
tllcao caaos TINT Oa!ios Amos hold Tho stock in
trust. Dawos ;.ve A,nca i 600 to invest lit tho
| stock, md afterwards rcuciutlcd tho contract.
Bingham furnished him Will, sta,C0o, 4 portion
| Of which le invested in twenty shares of tho
Cro1t Mobilior, and. in 1870, Amca took them
off hip Anuds. Garfield applied for ten rhascp
Which A1nos Say to hold until llo could pey for
them, bus, us ho noyor paid for tLor, ho did not
get them. According to Mr. An,es, Dlaino and
Boutwell, declined tho stock, Eliot novor agreed
to tako any. md Koloy, although 10 expressed
with to haYe nomo Wis not eblo to carry it, and
therefore did not tako it.
| When tho Credit h1obiler scandal was first
nado public by tho printing of Oakes AmoH' lot
ters to Colonel MComb, aud the members OF
Congress nan,od above found themselves inl-
plicatcd, tho rontling political carnpnign forced
them to mako somo sort Of explanation to thoir
| eI} lA1, J1omn
| Wilson, Kolioy, mud othoru, and speeches woro
n,ailo by Colfax, which wero intended 10 DO takon
ny specific dcnialH of tho charges. 1t is rather
remarkable that, while oycry fact In tho ovidonco
pointed to Oaleu Amen nd tho brihcr Of his
fcllow-msnbotv, not ono Of tholn, i'll
| their oscnsiblo dcnlals, lnado any nllasion
to him, who lad boen lilo solo party engaged in
negotiating tho stock, except Mr. Collax, who
travelled out Of Lis way to eulogizo tho Gyoat
American Shovel. Tho testimony OF oakos
Ames now shows that thoao lettors anl spccchoa
Of denial wore preyaricationu Thoy did not tell
tho whole truth. They eyndcd the real roiut ut
isu,so, and showed much moro Ingenuity In
shielding Oakes Ames than Oakes Amos Inns
Blown III shielding them. It would not DO just,
however, to pronounce condemnation upon ttom,
nor can all equitable estimate 10 malo how far
they wero guilty of official misconduct OR pre-
yarication until thoir own testimony il heard
Public Judgment should be suspended until thoy
hayo nado their dofcnco mud .l,o testimony is
completed. 1t is too grave matter for haEty
aud inco!npcto Icciaion.
Thoro III ono man, however, who is convicted
out OF his own mouth, botl OF direct felsehood
md of corrupt pructiccs. Just prior to tho
Presidential election, Mr. Oskoa AmcB wes COM
pollcd BY tho pressure Of public opinion to break
hp long SILENCE, and to mako c speech to his
constituents in which llo ilatly denied that lo
had nude my attempt to bribo members OF Con
grcuB, or to Influence their votes upon nny mat
tor connected with Union paciGc icsiulation.
Ills own testimony before the Committee shows
that this waB Ialaollool. Ills own testimony,
and hig lottors to El'Coulh, furthermore provo
that ho ara3 attempting TO brbo lin follow-non,-
bcrs, placing The stock "wlhore it will do most
good to uH," Oh he says III ono OF Ills lo!toru
aud striving to ''uAe tho stock In q way to
spread our influence everywhere" as ]o now
Buya in his Testimony. Tlicno members OF Com
gross whom l,o approached, not boing capitalists
or npecu!ators In ntoek,-tl,o most OF them, III
fnct, not having money enough to pay for tllelr
Bocl,-tho inforcuco ls Inevitable TINT tho stock
: WIS placid whore Ao supposed IL would have I'LL
influence on legislation. For thin, Oskea A,nos
should be expelled from Congreon forthwith. Hc
Inn proved himself unworthy Of his ao4t, 4,sd MI
! l,nBafo man In tho administration Of public
trusts, anil would-bo hribor Of lin follow-mon,.
! bars. It is not ncceHsary 10 'Salt for furtllo.