Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-29
"cOI. Aaooomb speaks Que"


This interview Is an elaborate one occupying over i
two columns of small type, and Col. McComb re-
fers to the Congressional dealers in Credit Mobi-
lier stock, in language that cannot fail to make
the "HouorabIe' gentlemen who have spoken ]
lightly of his character feel fully sensible Of the
fact that character does always rest alone with those
whom the people have been deceived into elsvat-
ing to positions they are not worthy to all.
From the Chicago Tribune.
"What kind Of a man Is II
BUSHNELL
Col. MeComb ?"
'Well, you heard Bushnell testify to-day about
members of Congress not having moral pluck to
hold their stock &C. will tell YOU an Incident
Bushnell gave his check for $4,000 for 300 shares
of Credit Mobilier. He had no account, or at any
rate no funds in the bank on which the check was
given; and it being asceTtained thai such was the
| case, his check remained for two years unpaid in
the treasury of the company. 1t is my impres i
sion that the check stands there yet. Mr.. Bush
nell collected all the dividends on the stock as II
he had paid for It, and got his stock and bonds in
the Union Pacific. The reason Is that he is looked
upon as dangerous tool Of Ames, Alley, and !
Dillon, and they weF0 afraid to get him Onl OF the
road. More than this, the books show that he |
has made away with over 100000 of their first |
mortgage bonds and never accounted for them,
besides $4,000 worth Of certificates for Govern.
ment bonds. ~
"You heard the testimony, Col. McComb, of
Mr.. Dnrant, where he says that
JAMES HARLAN,
) of Iowa, got two checks OF 5000 apiece, while
he was Secretary of the Interior, to elect him q
United States Senator. Is that all the money he
4. lreceived W s.-.f .f.....
II cannot speak about that You win find upon
. inquiry that he got as much as $4,000; but Du-
rant is generous impulsve fellow, and he let up.
: You have seen that Mr.. Harlan, in his newspaper,
has been saying for several days that the Credit
. Mobilier investigation will produce no healthy
effect, ought to be stopped, is injuring the Repub
J can party, &c. The committee failed to get all
the points on Mr.. Harlan"
y "COl McCOmb, can you give me any Idea Of
o those who put any cash in the Union Pacific
o Railroad in the first placeP'' 5t4ft
eyes, sir; the
LARoEsr SUM OF MoNEx g8gg
II was given by Thomas g. DuEant, In quantity
n $49O,OOO. The next sum was contributed by
st Oliver Ames, $4,000. Two persons gave
= s15O,OOO each, namely: John Duff and Cakes
Ames. The sum S1O0, 900 Of was contributed
D. by each of the following parties @. III. Me-
y Il COrmiek, Benjamin Z. Batee, Josiah Bard
T. well, Bushnell and Henry s. McCOmb. AF.
~ Hooper Of Boston, putt S50, 900 Mr.. Grimes
y y SO, 900 MT Alley, $4,000; and Mr.. James
ct "What did your 500. 900 turn out ?''
- "By going into the Construction Company
e and giving my time for several years, as well
as my slOo, 900, to the work, l came out sever
al hundred per cent. ahead"
rs rs "IwOuld like to ask you question, Col Nc
cd Comb"
Is "GO on, sir"
q, d ''As man from the Middle states. hay,
Wne W you found the New EAgland men with WHOM
~ ~ you have acted In the Union Pacific RailroaC
an lacking in senslbility and finer sense Of homo
nd IS compared with persons q your latitude o
eS with Western men?i5 Z 4sN8H
sENsIBILEFY.
on 81 will not answer that question to the pre-
udi>e OF large section Of tbs country
because my luck was, undoubtedly throw
j with Indifferent New Englanders. They Wer
,L persons Indifferent to the ordinary feelings 0
4; grOWn-up men, careless about reputation
81, ready to take the penny ct the loss Of sell
I W respect. Let me explain myself. Mr.. Tho
be mas q. Durant ON one occasion spat in th
nst face Of John B. Ally, and proposed to pull hi
= ears. An hour or two afterward, in one @
md Durants's tine, impulsive, magnanimOus fit
CfI he said to some persons around him: 81 a.
led going to take you All out in my yacht; wOul
~ II be ridiculous to invite Alley to 70 along
lLs He did invite. Alley, and that man cool
@ rubbed of the insult and went out with th
%' % man who had just spat on him. Oakes Anne
q" |" himself has Just little senslbility:. IT the
10, iwere to put up q monument, as they hay
vas threatened, 70 Cakes -Ames, and the boz
for spit on II with impunity, the person it repr,
led. sents would have been Just as insensible.
oct fSC0l. MeOOmb.6 sIiuFd98 rs adt
Dln, WHAT WE'RE THE DTvIDEND5
! OF upoh Credit MObiller stOckP"t -oA
on THE dividends were 400 per cent. pri
to 1869. You may calculate them at 1,O(
in in order to make such oral computations
lire You WISH"
cir "Theu Mr. BInRhams $4,000 investme
iiee would have yielded $40, ,00o7"
he "Yes, the stock Itself was worth par WhC
ON he parted with it. according to Ames. Th
In he had $3.50 worth OF stock In the Iowa Fa
hen and Sioux City Contracting Company WhlC
adj paid 500 per cent, making s., $50. Mr. Bin
ham was therefore entitled to S28, $50 as div
pre- dends on g. $50; For this, IS besweara Am
rict, gave him 81. .50O." ipf8 81 sasI
"What do you think Of sltsa a
HENRY WILSON'S ExPLANATION,
her Col. McOOmb2" fts thss
nary "Well, as business man, i do not alt0get1
nng like some Of the phrases that Wilson used abb
him going into his closet face 20 face with I
her Heavenly Father aud accounting for
!, On IspeenlatiOns. He says that be got his stock
T,6a January, 1868, and parted with itin Noveutb
IA 1868. 70 was besWeen these two dates q
A1 above $500 Per cent, dividends were declarl
~ Y 70 so Mr. Wilson could not have been 60 ~
wiia oSf as he saws. dOu't Quits understand. ~
and married. man this mixing up 20 Onai y
her Something that she bad lost BY an inveslme
and heIna $500 out az pocket Il may 10 ID
enable enough, but u Il novel to me.n yis
! on TINE COMMERCIAL TWIG. p, !.
and sOol. McComb, Whist idea did yoa form
legal such Congfessmsn as y0u have seon eEPli
i at ing thslF connection with the Credis Aool
He stOck?" 6aEa ~ fsEs1.
roth 'sVVell my idea Of the country Is q liltia
tdneed. To hear Mr.. Kelly Foeeank IN Gael
self-eniOylng manner, hia pognonah oElnomlt
-. and 70 hear Wee President Wtlaeu's curl
.nse.i relation az Ms incOmpotency, HInkGg M
We're Iikila efek think knGV Wianf hn1tdF a