The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-01
"Rstsrnsrs' yvhe Take Ihisss.
A committee of the Missouri legis-

Emiasat "Rstsrnsrs" Mhe Take things.
A committee of the Missouri legis-
lature has recently unearthed a most
unsavory scandal in connection with
the passage of a bill renewing certain
bonds originally issued by the Hannibal
and st. Joseph Railroad Co., and en-
dorsesI by the state. The committee
men report that they shave been unable
to develop all the facts in the case"
but shave succeeded to al extent that
reveals a chapter of bribery and cor
ruption hitherto unknown in the an
mails Of legislation in this state. We
find that men Of high standing in the
state were drawn into this vortex of
corruption by this subtle agencies Of the
H. and st. Joe Railroad Co., operating
through a peculiar system Of bribery
which prostituted alike the services of
men engaged in nearly all the avoca-
tions of life. There can be no doubt
that the enormous u of S98, 569.23
was expended in the passage of the
renewal bond bill and the subsequent
defeat Of the repeal act, and it is equally
certain that the chief agent in the dis
tribution Of this money was r. F.
Carver, managing director Of the Co."
The committee sarcastically says, ''to
that distinguished band Of PATRIOTS
money was paid as follows: Col. Clay
King (son Of Ex-Governor Austin A.
King, gil 900; Capt. Dan Able, $1,000.
Col. Waddy Thompson came in for
$1,000, while Col. A. W. Lamb bleated
till he got $4,000. Gen. 10. o. Shelby,
$3.50 set opposite his name, which is
more than the confederacy paid him in
four years, in actual value. Among
''other receivers" appear the names of
Col. John 7. Crisp, Irwin d. Wright
and 81 H~emmenway, who received
their respective portions of the slusl.
John b. Henderson, the immaculate,
who shook his fist at Grant and ''made
mouths right into the White House
windows, whilst arguing the st. Louis
whisky cases, and James o. Broadhead,
whose more than Roman virtue COM
PEELED him to "sit down on" poor little
Babcock, and both Of whom have been
mentioned for chief magistrate 10y
gushing Missourians, have had their
hands made unctuous by the slusb, as
appears from the following: Besides
this corps of able lobbyists, there were
such men as John B. Henderson, Will
lard P. Hall and James o. B%roadhead,
who represented the legal side of the case
before the judiciary committee, and
who were paid-the two former SO, 1850
for their services. The committee were
unable to ascertain the amount received
by Mr.. Broadhead.
1.-The press was subsidized says the
report. The st. Louis Republican
Dem got S505. 80; Dispatch, 5000; the
Times %(eminently reforml, s2S5; Globe
Democrat (Reb.), 1856. 50-(cheap at
half the money!; whilst the Kansas
City Times (Last-ditch-C Confederate,
Red-hot, Rattling Reform, with a
very large r. only succumbed TO the
application OF a SO, 500 plaster. AS the
Times had opposed the measure from
the start it had to be literally salaried
to acknowledge the sophistry in its
former logic. "Capt. Dan Able paid
this amount to DR.. Mumford," one of
the proprietors of the Times. But the
Doctor had a silent partner, Rudd. the
sergeant-at-arms of the house, whose
interest was one-third.
3" Oh Captain! (Able) tell me TRUE
If my sweet William CTweed) sails with you?"
But sc far, only one-third Of the
money has been traced; with the other
they must have bagged about all the
rest of the "Reform' party.
1t must be a splendid thing to be a