The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-03-28
nent. which be learfeIdl dld as re.

ment, which he (Garheld) did as re-
quested. n
Col. Glover, Chairman of the commit
tee, allowed Mr.. Nickerson, who was
familiar with the whole subject, to cross
examine Gen. Garfield:
Q.-By Mr. Nickerson Substantially /:
Gen. Garfield, did you file with the Board
of Public Works Of this District brief
or opinion, written, printed, or otherwise,
upon the subject OF the DeGolyer pave
ment? (After Garfield had attempted to
evade a reply, Mr.. Nickerson required a
categorical answer) Al could not say
| d i'd,
Odd you at any time appear before
the board and make any argument WhaG'
ever? Al do not remember that ana;
but | did speak to Gov. Shepherd on the
subject, giving my opinion in its favor.
Nickerson.-Gow Shepherd has testi'
fed that you once spoke to him casually
on the subject.
Q.-How much cash did you receive
from DeGolyer & Mcclellan, or either OF
them, at any time for your agency in the
procurement of this particular contract ?
A,-rlVb JDOutdlu uOllalp' 49,,
Gen. Garfield thus found himself thor
oughly exposed by his own confession,
After Col. Glover's committee adjourned
this eminent Christian statesman OBJ
tanned from the clerk of the court his
own testimony after it had been written
out by the stenographic reporter, and
made many erasures, as also extensive
alterations, entirely changing It's charac'
ter in important particulars, Gen. Gar
field stands convicted out of his own
mouth of false representations, IN al
tempting to make it appear before the
committee that his part OF the admitted
bonus of 100000 was received by hlm
for filing an opinion and agreeing to make
argument upon the merits Of the pave
ment before the Belgium Pavement
Works. Being confronted by the owner
of the patent process, knowing all the
facts of the case and falsity OF the pre-.
tence, and by him submitted to rigid
cross. examination, Garfield was tnally
compelled to acknowledge that he neith-
er filed an opinion nor made before the
board any argument whatever, but stated
that he did speak privately to Governor
Shepherd, giving his opinion in favor of
this particular pavement and asked
contract for his friends of the West, for
which he Garfield, Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations) did re-
ceive from the agent of the contractors
$4,000 in cash.
Near the close of the session of the
last Congress Col. Glover, Chairman of
the Investigating Committee, prepared a
report of the committee for submission
to the House of Repre- ,entatives, together
with the evidence to sustain the resolu-
ton for Gen. Garfeld's expulsion from
the House, for having received bribe
of $4,000 to influence his action as Chair
man of the Appropriations Committee of
the House of Representatives. Gen.
Garfield being notified by his friends,
and well knowing the adoption of the
report would expel him in disgrace from
the House, resorted to the most extraor-
binary personal exertions among men,
bers upon both sides of the House to
prevent a suspension of the rules that
would enable Col. Glover to present his
report to the House, two-tbirds being
necessary, majority onl y sustaining the
motion. Hence at IL o'clock on Sunday,
the 4th of March, the Speakers gavel
fell, and the Forty fourth Congress died,
transmitting to the Forty.ffCh Congress
the responsibility of purging itself from
the contamination of self.convicted
falsifer and bribe.taker. Fifteen days
after the adjournment of Congress, Gar.
field sought to interpolate into the pack
age containing the evidence taken before
Col. Glover's committee an eX parte aft
davit obtained from the notorious Chit
tenden, ante.dating it so as to appear as
having been given before the committee,
exonerating Garfield from having re-
ceived the $1,000 bribe from the agent Of
DeGolyer in his official capacity. Gar
field, accompanied by his protege, Chit
tenden, sought to influence Col. Glover's
clerk after the committee had gone home
to unseal the evidence and surreptitiously
to place the forged affidavit with the off.
cial evidence of his guilt.