San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-09-25

1rfDl ~ 0oLY1h 0HAn0nt
The n os!yss ptvsnsss nat!sF b
by The boakd of .unol!o voFks u 1917.
In reepoDao % Va vhjoA uere invieed
by the Board, D8 qqIyes \ ca. qpplied
icr 4 lar4o oonks,ee for laying theirI pat
ont voodon payeqepl which Nas lejeot-
cd 81 ~ 4 Beard cf Eadneers.
They tkoro1pon det@mined p
rsisc lsreo fuad through
vhioh .to jnAuo1oe Tie Beard = Their
favor. ana }he evidence taken befose
Two Condronlosal Invostsating Com
mittees shoVs that sundry lnlueutisl
psrties II Washjtgton were enlislsd In
The work, ilgludhs y. Y; Asrsonss . s1sa
Marshal Of v Supreme Court who We
to receive : lAS1e ~. :3QI hls eerHiens
contingen1 mon a. tppFegviAt.on ~
Coneross, Dat Of this tee Mr: Peuons
agreed to + pay General Garfield S,0W
for professional services before The
Board, in behalf, Of tho application OF
Do(i iolyer s u. for . contract. II Geo.
oral Garfield vaa at that time known<0
tho public q ,1s 3 lawyer, i i quito Ger
tain that lie lad won no celebrity, Tho
ouoatiou to Be- decided involved tho
character aud comparative value OF
many patonts, BE- ID wooden and concrete
and could scufcely be considered . ju-
dioial ono AtalI. Thoro was no case in
Court becauso nobody had been sued.
II Was 4 matter for experts and NOT Tor
lawyers and Il va MOTTO % % tried bya
judicial tribunal. General GARFIELD new
Or appcA red before tho Board, and nov.
or hiod any written argument, It no
prepared ono, a. hor declares he did, 10
strangely failed To- 6nd its,way to the trih.
unal itwas intended to influence. Ho It
once spoke 10 Governor shepard about
tho subject In behalf Of his clients, and
received 5000 for. serving them. I
think he muse hpvo known that hh
opinion ofWoodon pavoments was not
worth this sum. That ho received It for
his factitious influence as 4 msmber Ct
Congress, and Chairman Of the Com
mittoe on Appropriations. 10 as perfectly
manifest as pnysfact can 30, abort OF .
mathematical demonstration. II, as ho
declares, ho did not himself know II,
NOR suspectit, il ID o psychological pho
nomenon which msy Voll awaken doubt
as to that mental soundness which u
tho special beast OF his friends: Gener.
al Garfield and his champions ere on.
deavoring to jwhitep<bls record hy a.
serting that the money. to pay for thesa
street improvement did not come frou1
tho National Troasury, but from the -.
fServuf Been ufc5idsS IA ~ Sic District ~ Govern,
ment 80 that ihs only quoation Involved
was tho XII of pavement that should DO
used. II Niis wore true, his ofIicial POI
sition would hayo been less Influential
,in his emp)oYEheut. and he would bo ut
truth isihaf T5nifhfs6gA 4fiArrIesl liuthe
ernment and its revenues stood Congres8
the ultimate responsible authority for
appropriations, and that largo appropri'
ations for tho DoG oIyor pavement wero
afterwsrd fepoxted BY Garfields Con;
mitteo Ands pa4od. That bis ofhcisl
position and iuauencc swiaAfhe motive
of his employnien is shown By thoahcb
that after ~ had been secured, his ON
ployers mr. y their bosqt;that they hed
now the 4 1n0b Of tha pkn Who held
"tho puri| - the United 0tatel,
and was etI BIT man Ii Con-
gress;;" (" 6of 81 thiB Rfoun3 i has sinde
| been judidI3 determined that the cou-
tract rrdCurod, BY sueh methods Was
again@t tpun / policy and void. I com
mend the11 bgnant considerations to
General 64fIIe q over aealons friends,
whose efforts In wrestling With unmAn-
ageablo factD promise 10 become an in.
teresting camp1iEn Study.
GENERAL oAHrIsLD AND oAAFs AMEs.
Respecting GarHeld's ,tssusactioSs
with Oakee Ames, his champions make,
the sameextrsvagant claim Of complete
vindication % IN the charges have 40.
ticcd. They decline to-mako any excus-
es on tho scorc otwvakness or Ignorance
but attempteo defend him. absolutely.
Oakcs Ames testified before the Poland
Committee that hc agreed to take Aep
shares Of the Credit M obliar stock, and
that he (Ames) paid him dividend Of
1929. Tho Committeo. q majority Of
which was .composed Of Republicans.
unanimously found these facts TO be
true. Undoubtedly they believed him.
as the public did with scarcely disseu-
fling voice. But, although several ex-
ccllent regulations wore destroyed or
badly damaged by the evidence of Ames
before the Committee, yet nov, under
the impolIiug pressure Of Presidential
election, aud when he has been seven
years Ia bis grave. Il Is insisted that
his statements respecting General Gar
field arc wholly untrustworthy. Tho
report8f this Gomuitfco IL nssniicd hv
leading newspapers which strongly con.
demned its culpzble moderation at the
time ofits pubIication in not including
sundry other members OF Congress Gen
oral Garfield among them) IL the same
condemnation il pronounced upon Ames
aud Brooks. Among these newspapers
was Harpcr's Weekly. Indeed It was
then very generally regarded by the pub
lie % vhitcuashinz report. aud this
view had strong confirmation in the faot
that the members OF the Committee
were General Gsrfcld's daily associates.
and majority OF them bis personal sDd
political friends. who would frarc him
as far as possible. Aud yet Hsrpcr's
Weekly nov says "Tbc authors Of the
report may lave thought it bcccsssry 20
show their inpartialiiy BY sacrificing
some oi their own party iriendk" This
suggestion II o. stupid IS IL IL diskobor.
able 20 the nsmbcrs u that Connsittsq,
aud shows TO shat desperate straits
an uncoumouIy decsnt newspaper may
be driven BY the exirencies Il q polite
al esmpsizs. Thi< Journal also ssys:
~Th. whole csse. e. Ear a. Mr. Garfield
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