The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-02-28
THE CREDIT M0RILIER.
The Ofense as First Charged and as Now
Presented.


The Ofense as First Charged and as Now
Presented.
The papers that Used the Credit Mobiliel
charged SO iudustrio:isly, during the recent
Presidential csnopai,l. i,isiet HAT Il has sr,r
vived the canvass as they predicted But what
is now being investigated is as difIerent from
men were challenged 10 answer. as the yaria.
tions in music are to the original time. An
examination of the campaign files will prove
this
The Chicago Toaes, or Sept. q, published
tue following special telegram. giving the
charge IN detail and N hSmres
., NEW YORK sept. 2o;Clne sun bgures up
thc hr1bes to Blame and Colfax for putting the
mredi' ',di' hobiiier frauds tiifoaSh congress thus;
IhIee lsons.taq Lieait T-NopAler- -shaer
"a, al wv escii = =. 81. S0O
ri,e huio'Yu ana elSnt per cei''. di't -
-, oenus III Clion racine STOCK. ..-... .l5,24o
"" niliI'fea aIu Thirty l'er cent. Union
. iacihc pohus.' ......;:.: .;::........ o,?oO
SeVenteenpcrc cent, credit Mobiiler stock tlO
L1SA'g-sS per cent III Sold, not count
ing premium ...-..--''- '-'-.-.-...'---. 2,55o
| .F .' -
Total :-..': -. ..--....... ...3J OsO
Less par 'aiie oi the stock. ...-..... 3.GOO
bia!ile oIlDe.. 5ooVo
~ oh thc same Das,s me Drihe OF toiiaS was ::
W. ota tiouh'''' Iieoit MoDiIief SHARES at .o
. -N'-S'
fise hunufGu anu eiSnt per cent. dlfi-
- aeiiis III Union racine stock. =. Iu, i6o
IVY huI.iro1 anu thirty per cent. III 80
ohloh iacluc ponds. .,:..;:-...... 4,6oe
~: c'sil'een per oeht' Cfeol Sioniiier s'och oio
, ElSHt!-siA per cent. IN soia, not count
hs premium ............'........ l''4o
- -
1otai.- .:...-.- ,......--.., ~ 0e,l
Less par value OF the stock k--.....--.-.. 2,0oO
'ohaN niipe. -.-.......-..-..--... .zo,Zzo
The Chicago Tribune of Sept. 10 charged
editnrlaily that
.Messrs. Wilson CClfax Scoficid Kelley
Dawes, Boutwell,. Bingham and Garfield were
! not quite so high-priced individuals. they re-
cciv!ng but 1900 Ill stock each making their
prlce per capita 20, 029."
|. The same paper, on the same day, explained
cditorialy how these bribed congressman got
their money. as follows:
He (Ames0 came before the Congressman
was fairly out Of bed. with the first dividends
of sixty per cent. in Union Pacific stock. at
lunch with the second dividend Of thirty-three
per cent. in the same stock. at dinner time
Union Pacific bonds. and Just as The Congress
man WIS going TO bed nc comes III for the
fourth time with comfortable little fourteen
per cent. dividend. all the shining gold where
Upon the Congressman raid bus prayers. and
closed his eyes upon the weary world $40 40
better OF than when lie arose i'll the morning
On the let Of September the Chicago IT1b-
'ot" stigmatized these Congressman ss ''tlIo
twelve Apostles who sold OFT to the Credi;
Mobiler for go 600 apiece.
The correspondent OF the Chicago Tribune.
''Gath, summed up the charges ss follows;
- The Union Pacific railroad first begged loan
from the United States Of @l6,0a0 to $50. 900
mile, and then robbed il Of the interest on the
loan. forced the loan itself back into cor-
tiugent place and Dastcl ii over with another
and a private loan OF its own, and then swin-
died II ont OF the whole gross sum for the
mail service.
Mr. Dawes TO these wholesale charges of
bribery. replied very explicitly as follows:
Neither Oakes Ames nor aay other man
dead or alive ever gave me directly or indi-
rccilv, pcury OF the stock of the Credit
Mobiiier " or of auy other CORPORATION III ,hir
world. never owned n dollar OF anv stock or
aiIy property Of any kind that did no. pav the
full value OF with nv own uionev. earned with
my own labor
Ills testimony lust given, il in direct ar-
cOrdance with ihis statement of last Septen-
her.
Mr.. Colfax. at his home at late date, ok to
up The charges above stated, one by one. an
nweTIug them from the Congressional Et0br.
Ar to himself, he stated treierIlng to his long
and open advocacy ofa Pacific railroad that
Bnbfng me to support Pacific railroad III
ieFsr'r Nas as ihcFehipie a. lhht ! rfo'hu neeu
20 be brlbed to vote the ieputiican ticket
lCu might as well say u Methodist had to be
Urbed to advocate MethodIsin.
he also added
never having had dollar OF stock OF amy
kind that did not pay for, | claim the right to
purchase stock IN the Credit Mobi!lcr or Credit
lnInobiLer. Ia oil wells or gold mines promi--
ing Immense dividends that sometimes fan, III
banks or In water works, just like other Alieri-
can cltizenR or the rest OF mankind.
Neither oakes Amen nor any other person
ever gave or offered to give rle one share, or
twenty shares, or two thousand shares. III the
Credit MobllIer OF any other railroad stock
ans unfortunately have never seen nor re-
ceIved the value Of a tarthing out Of the two
hundred and seventy per cent. dividends' nor
the eight hundred per cent dividends III cash
stock and bonds You have read about every