Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-09-26

find that any of these met1bers Of Congress have
been afected in their ofheial a.:tion in conse-
quenee of interest in the Credit ~obilier stock.
they do not find that either
Of the above-named gentlemen in contracting
with Mr.. Ames hau any corrupt motive or pur-
pose himself, OF was aware Mr.. AInes had any,
Nor did either Of them suppose ne was guilty
Of any Improperly or even indelicaey in be-
cominR purchaser OF this stock Ana finally.
duct or motives { either Of these members in
taking this stock, that calls for any recon-
nendation BY the committee of the House.
-tSee pp. Wi, TX, x.) "
In Mr.. aAmes' frst testimony he names six
teen members of Uongress to whom he offered
the stock. and says th ~ eleven of them bought
/ It. but he sets Nj l1arheid down amo toe
| i've who did not-buy it. BE says; He IGAr1
heldl dld not pas tor II or receive it He
heYer paid any mOnsy on that stock nor 70.
ceived money on account vf It. !" Let me add
that the last grsnt 70 the Union Pacific kailt
road was by the sct otJuly 1854. and that
axes Amss had nothing to do vi the Credit
Aobilier TIL more than two years after that
date. ss
The point to which took exception to the
report OF the committee Nas this: Ehe report
upon the purchase Of the stock. and that Mr.
Garfield received SIS on account oft lin
sisted that the evidence didnot warrant that
conclusion, and 5ge IN my pla0t in the Hour g
and announced thas Ishouid make tnat state
ment good bsf0re the skmericzh public; that
/ hsid myself responsibls to demonstrate that
charged me with no wrong, they stIM had
maue aimistake Of Jaot which vas against the
evidences and An injustice TO me. oOu ~ tel,
lpnbnshe pampnioJ OF tWeni y-eight PAGES
in which L carufuliy and thoroughiS reviewed
al the testimony r5laIsrg to me. have
now stood BEFORE the American people since
the 9th day of May. 1878, announcing that the
following proportions were proven c0ncerm ngl
myself: That never agreed even to take thel1
stock OF MI. Amss that l never subscribed
for i. never oid take IL, never reeelved anyl
~ If md in VII
made beneficiary by it. seven thousand
copies Of that pamphlet have been disriDuted
through the UnIIed states. almost every
aeWepaper in the United otaleg has had copy H
nailedit Iit. Every member of the torty sec II
ond Congress- enlOcra6 and 9Repubiioan-hadN A
a copys and theT. Is not known TO me q man 4
who having read IN srsvieW has denied its oon-
elugiFeness Of IN propositions after having
read them have seen no neaspap-r review
ofiethat denies the conclusivsness Of the prop
Osinong.u lts IA for these TeasOns that great
pubic journal, fheHN0W 30rk 6Ue1ttH0 POSI-,
sand rev dGys ago that on this point General
9ar6eIdiss anbRer had abssn received BY the
Amaficap people IS satisfactory. LApplause
Iunderstand that q Mr. Guttle. of Painesville
said here on this platform, q few nights ago,
that sither the COMMITTEES Of investigation IN
the H0use OF RspfsseutatiVes OF Mr.. Garfield
Meb1her m1tDers 4 think that ertlemeR d
Probate Judge. He has some duties of udg-
heard of two men making their statement ora
eRae differing considerably from each other
without one or the other ofIhem being perIurs
er. If vereiin this habit Of calling names IL
Wouldnot be difficult to ofna q name for q man
whose intellectual vision leads him to such
conclusion. Il Jhere is any gentleman IN this
audi ion0e who desires % ash any ques ion con-
corning the pGreait 1a0bifier shall be glad 70
hear it. a iNofegDo1sel. Il not ~ouid nos it
be about as we'll to modify the talk on that
subject heFeaTter. tAPptausel.
% low tbs next thing IL shnll mention Is QuestI
aen purely ipfioial cOndrct--and that Il E
subject which Aasi grown threadbGre in this
ommanitF and ySt desire your astention 70
itfoR . few moments. 1 refer 70
TIE IE0EEAsz OF OEEIotA1 sALARrEs.
one year and half asO. First. what are the
acousatioas c0ncerning met "a s5f -
There are several citizens in this town who
have signed their names To- statements in the
newspapers during that discussion declaring
that ar. Garfald had commitEsd theta rob,
lbery that. tosase the plain saxon word he was
q thief, that eny nan who took or voted for q
~ fess sStielss it Va arsusd ia this wise: sIf
II hire olerkln my bank on certain salary
and be. having the key 20 my safe. .takes out
Eve hundEsd og ave Thousand collars more
Iis'simply theft OF robbery. He happened to
have access 70 she fnnds and he got hold o.
them; 80 aid CoasresS; 19u cant gloss 1t
over, says the Erl sr, tits robbery.
/ Now, fellow citizens. l presume you viii
aerss that you can wrong even the devil him
self an fhetit1g not right or manly 70 lie,
epen about kktan. u - ko Il f0f granted tnat
I'VE are far enough past the passion OF that
period to talk plainly and cOolly about the in
crUase Of salaries!
Now In the first place, ! say tonight what /
have said through all this tempest. that for q
ConFEass 70 inereEse It's own pay and make IL
ratrOkctfvo is not thstt is not ohbefy, and you
40 fniuHgi6e 20 the truth when you eeli II 50.
There ds ground enough in which % denounee
Il Withcct stfaIning the truth. Now Il Con.
KTeas can aot fEits own galsry who eanf The
Constitution Of your country says, In unmis-
taxable words, thet = Senators and Represent.
ariVes shall fecefve compensation 10 be ascer:
tainad by law and paid out Of the NATIONAL
trsagury - Nobody mHkes the law but Con
gross Tt was q very delicate business in the
baginuinR for our fathers 70 make law paying
themselves money. They understo0d Il So
andWhen they sent the Constitution out TO the
several States the question was raised whether
1t would not be better 70 pata curb upon Von;
groBg In reference 60 their own pay, and
In several Of the States suggestions were
cent In: When the First Congress met
James MBddiHon offered seventeen amend /
monts 70 the Constitution, ana finally
Oongrehs voted 70 send twelve Of the proposed
amendments 20 the country; one one Of them
was thisi No law varying the compensation
et the Senators or Representatives In Congress
shall take eject until an election has inter.
Vened.H In other words, the first Congress