Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-23
The credit RaObIlIsr investigator.

The Credit AaObllIer investigation.
oAxEs AMEs' TESTIMONY GROWING MORE lNTasR.
EsTENG.
Oakes Ames was again on tho witness stand OF
wednesday. HIS testimony is now fortified by
original memorandum books, and his revelations
have created great excitement among the Republi.
can politicians. A dispGtch says it shows there
has been some pretty ''hard swearing on the pari
Of COngFo@msn: but that Amss' evidences now is
more generally credited because ii is refreshed and
sustained by documentary references.
In his evidence on Wednesday, this paravraph
appears, in which It win be seen he says cx-Sena-
tor JANIS A. BATARD, had never been a stock
holder in the Credit Mohilier.
NF Ames then testified that Senator Conklino.
Senator Fowler or Senator Bayard had never
been stoekholders in the Credit M0bilier 60 his
knowledga; neither of them ever paid witness
anything or received anything from him.
AS to Speaker Blaine he had no further state
msnt % makes he never paid witness anything
nor did witness pay him anything His name
was not upon the books Of witness al an. .sThere
was talk between Us, and that is all"
Ames' evidence on Wednesday duplicates Col
fAx, Patterson, Bingham, Painter, Allison, Dawes
and 0axHeId
In answer 10 questions of Judge Poland he
testified that he agreed to give Mr. Collar twenty
shares OF Credit Aobilier stock, but did not re-
member when the agreement was made il was
early in the session, beginning of December 1867
witness got the Credit Mobilier steck for him and
received the dividend upon il Of so per cent in
Union Pacthe bonds; accounted to Mr.. Collar for
the bonds which were sold BY witness Mr. Col
fax gave witness = check for &53A 72: the check
was dated March s, 1865; the check was uDon
the SsEgeaut-at-Arms; did not remember of de-
hVeTing the stock to Mr.. Colfax; the check and
RvrNrN nnaHm mNHN Nkn .Hm1k
the Credit Nobilier stock in the June following.
gave Mr.. Oolkax q check for 1920 dividend an
Credit 40billsr; heard the statement of Mr.. Col
fax before the committee.
q. Has he ever repaid you that 1920? Ans.
Not to my knowledge it don't belong to me.
Mr, Collar, whs was present, said he roasserted
what he said before, and in regard to the $1,000
he now gave notice 10 Mr. Ames that he would
prove negative. Mr.. CoIfax then questioned |
Mr.. Amss as folloWs:--
q. Did you tell me some dividends had been
earned but were unadjusted A. told YOU a |
dividend Of 50 per cent. in Union pacific stock |
had been declared |
q. Did ask you to buy the bondsY A I did |
NOT buy the bonds; they were dividends, and 1 |
sold them, accounting for the proceeds to YOU
q Did you zee the stock
A have not eOld It, Witness regarded him
now as the proprietor of the Credit Mobiher |
It win be diaicuIt for Mr.. corTAx to satisfy the
- - NV @esSAfl aeceRNe th6kn |
By hia evidence before the commit tee a short time
'inoes Amss' syidOnoe cannot be read without |
coming to the conclusion that although Colfax |
had not received the full value of his Credit No
blier stock until the investigation has proceeded
90 far, he had not wholly abandoned the idea of
securing it at some future day.
1t is very much to be regretted that the public
men Of this day hold the truth 50 lightly. The
time seems to have passed when a man in Con-
gress felt that his "honor" rested on the accuracy
OF his word. II would seem that the passage Of
resolution fOrbidding the use of the word .'Hon-
oFAble" before the names Of the gentlemen who
have held Credit Mobiier stock or testified
falsely in these Investigations would be eminentIy
proper in both the House and Senate.
II must make the appologists Of those Senators
and Representatives feel that they had been tri-
led with to witness the haste the men they have
defended make to modify their former statements
before the Investigation Committee, now, when
Amss hes determined to tell the truth and shield
ihe eulpnts no longer by eVAsions. Boyer, Of Pa.
who openly acknowledged he owned the stock and
regretted be bad not more of it. certainly appears
10 advantage when compared with such men as
Pattsrson and COlfsx, whose denals before the
Committee Of Investigation show them to be men
EhO have dared TO testify falsely to screen them
'sivss from ths actions Of which they were guilty
nd which they knew were compromising the
honorable position they held.