The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-24
CREDIT MOBILIER.

The Stark County Democrat and other
Bourbon journals have begun their cam.
paign against Garfield by charges of cor.
ruption, ETC., and in the last issue of the
Democrat, it says eff we make a single
erroneous statement in giving the his.
tory Of Garfield, and his connection with
the Credit Mobilier swindle, we shall
gladly correct"
Now, as the Democrat editorially char.
ges Garfield with no specific fraud in the
Credit Mobilier matter, but merely says
he was connected with" that affair, il
is not necessary that we show the Dem
ocrat wherein it should r%etract, But, for
the purpose Of testing the Democrats
sincerity, we quote the following from a
newspaper article concerning a report Of
a committee of the House of Represen-
t%atives, appointed to investigate the
Credit Mobilier matter:
90 Feb. 10 h, 1873, the committee
submitted a unanimous report, recon-
mending the expulsion of Cakes Ames
and James Brooks, and entirely exoner.
ating Mr.. Garfield, Henry L Dawes, VIM.
D. Kelley and other Congressman whose
nal es had been mentioned in conneC.
ton with the charges. The part of the
report which relates to Garfield and the
last named Congressman is as follows:-
The committee do not find that either of
the above named gentlemen, in con.
tracing with Mr., Ames, had any corrupt
motive or purpose, or was aware that
Mr.. Ames had any; nor did either Of
them suppose that he was guilty of any
improperly Of even indelicacy in be-
coming a purchaser in this stock. Il \
The committee were not able to find
that any of these members of Congress
have been affected in their official action
in consequence of their interest in the
Credit Mobilier stock. 4 X \ The
committee fad nothing in the conduct
of either of these members in taking
this stock that calls for any commenda-
ton by the committee. "-Page8 8, 9 and
10 of Report.
1.-THE committee were unable to find
that any of the members of Congress,
who took this stock were afrectedin their
official action in consequence of their
interest in the G. M. stock. The COM
mittee could scarcely have said less, be.
u the Union Pacific Railroad Com.
pany had long before obtained of Con.
gress all it desired, and at that time,and
even for several years after, there was
no legislation undertaken which could
affect the holders of the G. M. stock.
Such is the whole case. The COM.
mittee, composed Of men Of both parties,
find nothing in the conduct or motives
of Gen. Garfield and others that calls for
any recommendation" such as the cen
sure Of the House. The only criticism
that this committee of intelligent men
make, is that the members, in taking
this stock, were not sufficiently careful
in ascertaining what they were getting,
and that in their opinion the assurance
Of a good investment was all the assur'
ance they needed"
added to this is the statement of
Judge Black, of his thorough knowledge
as to Mr.. Garfeld's integrity, and Judge
Thurman's declaration on the stump,
that he (Garield) was without reproaCh
in the matter. The fact is, all ~respecta.
BILE Democrats who were informed in the
case have made similar avowals. Intel
ligent and fairminded men will accept
the conclusion Of the House committee,
and Of such Democrats al Judge Black
and Judge Thurman, rather than the
malignant assertions of the mud-sling
press, especially When they have shown
their disregard Of the facts by suppress