Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-06
Senate Credit uobiller Report.

The Senate Credit Mobilier committee
made their report to the Senate Thurs
day. They state that Senator Conkling
had no connection whatever with the
Credit Mobilier and that Senator Logan,
Immediately on the discovery of the IA
ture of the corporation having refunded
| all dividends, his case calls for no furth-
er action. In the case of Senator Will
son it appears that that gentleman in
vested $4,000 for his wife received no
emolument directly or indirectly him
self. In this connection, however, the
committee feel constrained to advert in
this connection to the fact that on the
18th of September last Mr.. Wilson sent
to the Troy Wing letter which was
published and is regarded by the COM
mittee as an unqualified denial that he
had ever obtained from Oakes Ames or
any other person the slightest interest in
Credit Mobilier The committee think
that letter was calculated to convey TO
the public an erroneous impression
Evidence relating to Senator Harlan
shows transaction in 1866 while he was
Secretary of the Interior department.
The transaction was not in its nature
continuous and il does not appear TO
have influenced his actions as Senator
since his election or that it was SO in
tended. The $4,000 contributed by
Durrant was with the av0wed purpose
of its being used in securing the election
of Harlan 10 the Senate of the United
States. This discloses an evil upon
which the committee cannot too severe
ly animadVert.
The committee cannot escape the con-
! clusion that Mr. Patterson being a Sena-
/ tor of the United States, in 1853 con-
! tracted with 0akes Ames, then and still
a member Of the House of Representa-
| tiyes, for the purchase Of thirty shares
| in stock of the Credit Mobilier at rates
| greatly below its esteemed value and
1 subsequently came into possession Of the
same that subsequently, in the year
| 1869 he dealt with Ames to a large am
| ount in stock and bonds of Union Pacific
/ for the purpose of profit and disposed Of
/ the same stock in the markets of New
! York city with knowledge Of the char
/ acter Of Credit MObilier and of its rela-
/ tion to and connection with the Union
+ Pacific railroad company; and further
/ that he had knowledge of the interest of
1 Ames and his connections with the said
I companies as also that the intent of
| Ames in this dealing with him was TO
i secure his friendly recognition of the
interests of said company and his own
/ interest therein, and to influence his ac-
tion as a Senator. Moreover that being
! inquired of in relation thereto before the
/ committees of both branches of Congress
/ he gave a false account of the transac-
| ton between himself and Ames, sup
! pressed material facts and denied the
| existence Of other material facts which
must have been known TO him.
The committee have reached a con
clusion after the most attentive consider
alton and anxious deliberation, which
they would fain wish were otherwise,
but which sense compels them to declare
They submit the following resolution:
Resolced, That Mr.. James w. Patter-
son be and he is hereby expelled from
4 his seat as a member of the Senate.
The report is unanimous. The com
mittee consists of Messrs. Morrill,, ClIe)
chairman, Scott and Wright, Republi-
cans, and Stockton and Stevenson,
Democrats.