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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16

the whole 97,OO0 was paid for influence"
The Credit Mobilier Congressman were
practicing law in the same way, for the
Credit Mobilier Co, when they received
from Cakes Ames the stock of that Com
pany, paying for n in influence 1t is q
alander on the legal profession, and an in
suit to the intelligence of the voters of
this District, to call this "practicing
law"
1t is the same sort Of lega practice that
Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold were
engaged in when they sold their influence
for silver and gold. Garfield, for 5000,
betrayed his country, was recreant to his
duty, and disgraced the name of Congress
man.
If there was ever any doubt about the
falsity of Garfeld's defense and excuses,
that question has now been settled.
The Attorney General of the United
States has decided that the General Gov
ernment is liable to pay the entire bonded
indebtedness of the District of Columbia,
principal and interest,
And Gen. Garfield, since making his
Warren speech, and informing his constit-
uents that Congress had nothing to do
with the improvements Of the city Oh
Washington, reported bill in Congress
for the payment in gold of the interest on
the entire bonded indebtedness OF the
District
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16
CONGRESS PROMISED TO PAY
GOLD.
Garfield VS.. Sherman, Payne, Cox
and Chase.

In the House, July 13, 1876, Mr.. Garfield
said; when Congress promised to pay in
coin it was promise to pay gold coin or
silver coin Of equal value to the same nom
jnaI sum in goId"
But Mr.. Sherman said, at Marietta:
The relative value of the two metals has
often varied before and still the right re-
mained to the debtor to pay in either dol
lar and therefore in the cheaper dollar"
Mr.. Payne said, in the House, July l3,
1876; II believe, myself, that, legally, the
Government has right to coin this silver
dollar and TO require the bond holder to re-
Ceive it in payment of his debt"
And Mr. Cox said, at the came time
II agree that even the bonds should be
paid in silver as we'll as in gold"
Chief Justice Chase, in the case of Bank
VS.. Supervisors Il Wallace, 81 says:
"The coined dollar of the United States
is certain quantity in weight and fine
ness of gold or siluer, authenticated as
such by the stamp of the Government"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16
DESTROYING EVIDENCE.

Mr.. Jenkins did not tell all he knew.
Although Shepherd and Cooke expressly
placed the breaking of DeGolyer & Nc
Clellan's contract upon the ground that
the material was worthless, the work
bad, and the terms unfulflled, still in a
few weeks after that official declaration
they renewed it with the condemned
blocks to the extent of $4,000 on the
urgent demand of the Hon. @. B. Far
well, member Of Congress from Chi
cago, who went to Washington for that
purpose, after having first notified
Shepherd by letter that the contract
ought to be carried out or the money
which had been paid to retain it re-
turned.
When Mr.. Jenkins got this concession,
his ardor against the Ring relaxed, and
he destroyed the letters. Whether that
was condition of the bargain does not
appear; but it squints that way in view
of all the facts. He held them to COM
pei fulfllment of the contract. With
that secured, the motive no longer ex-
listed.
1t is thus seen that the statement Of
Parsons in regard to the employment Of
Garfield was deception, intended to
conceal his true relation to the Ring
and to the contract. He was hired by
Chittenden, just as Parsons, Brown,
Kirkland, and the other lobbyists were,
who divided $4,000 among them.
Shepherd and his confederates were
anxious to have Garfeld's influence as
Chairman of the Committee on Appro-
priations, and hence they favored a job
by which he would pocket $1,000.
That proof of his venality was power
in the hands, of the Ring, which they
used with effect subsequently in de-
manding his cooperation and debating
their terms for it, when the raid was
organized on the Treasury by which
nearly five millions were actually stolen,
and debt Of twenty more imposed upon
it, which has been assumed by the eff
forts Of Mr.. Garfield and others like
him.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16
THE SILVER QUESTION.


In 1873 Congress could strike down the
rights Of the people in the dark, not deem
ing it necessary then, to appoint "com-
mission of experts" to examine the vast
question of demonetizing silver. But now,
when asked to restore the old silver dol
lar, they take no thought of the great dam
age done the people by the act of 1873, but
consider only the interests of those who
have already profited vastly thereby.
When the people fully understand the
great wrong that has been done them for
the benefit of bond-holders and capitalists,
they will demand of their servants in Con-
gress the immediate restoration of the old
silver dollar, as it was in 1873 and had
been since 1892. And then, when Con-
gress has restored to the country one-half
the means for paying the public debt and
at the same time made specie resumption
possible, Congress can, If it please, ap-
point commission of experts" to exam
inc and report upon the evil of having
two kinds of dollars silver and gold.
But the people will see to it in the future
that the old silver dollar is not again de-
monetized as it was in 1873, without their
knowledge.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16
OUTSIDE CONDEMNATION.
RepudiateI ON Every Side.

The supporters of Gen. Garfield are
greatly alarmed, and with good reason
at the departures from their ranks. A lead
ing journal outside of Ohio says
Garfeld's nomination in the face of his
glaring venality is an insult to the moral
sentiment of Ohio without regard to party.
He was caught with the Credit Mobilier
scrip in his pocket, which was the price
paid for his votes on that and other joh,
berry. And it was proved before the in
vestigation, not only by Cakes Ames' tes-
timony and diaries, but by his own hand
writing, that he committed deliberate per-
jury. He Swore positively that he had no
interest in the Credit Mobilier, and that
the bribe which he received was only
.oan. Yet while the Investigation was ac-
tually going on, he went to Cakes Ames
and claimed that he was entitled to more
money than had been paid to him for his
share OF the corruption, and made a de-
tailed statement of the dividends and
cash to establish his demand That pa
per was produced before the committee,
and Cakes Ames told how it came into his
possession.
Garfield, as Chairman of the Appropri-
ations, carried through three and half
millions of dollars for the Washington
Ring in six weeks, and was rewarded no.
only with fee of 5000 for corrupt con-
tract procured by his influence, but with
other substantial tokens of Boss Shep-
herds partiality This man, thus noto-
rious for venality, for the sale of his pub
lie trusts, and for fragrant jobbery, is nomi-
mated again for Congress by the machine
which he has hitherto controlled through
the power of the Administration.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16
THAT TRANSIT ACCOUNT.

My transit account, showing a dispo-
sition of $4,000, is as follows: MAY
20, Col. P.," meaning Colonel Parsons,
"$5,OOO;" July IL, bills payable, 1872.
p" meaning Richard @. Parsons, $780,
600. July II, W. @. B." meaning the
Rev. W. Colvin Brown, $4,000"
Q.-Does that show the date of those
transactonsP Alt shows it as "it
was represented to me-"
So these lawyers" j" were disguised on
the books under initials, which was one
way of illustrating their professional
standing and proving what sort of ser
vice they rendered.
Mr.. Parsons has spoken for himself
and told how Mr. Garfield was engaged
by him. The other side is now entitled
to be heard. DeGolyer died. his interest
in the contract passed into the hands Of
G. e. Jenkins, Of Chicago, with the pa
pers and correspondence on the subject.
After the Ring and their friends had
squeezed $97, 1000 out of the contractors,
they stopped the work without notice,
with the evident purpose of repeating
this profitable game on some other
party.
Mr.. Jenkins did not relish that way
Of doing business, which left him out
in the cold. He went to Washington
armed with some of Chittenden's cor
respondence to DeGolyer, and notified
the Ring chiefs that unless they came
to terms, he would publish letters that
might make things lively at the capital
for all concerned. And by way of earn
est in this good intention, he exposed
some of the letters to the correspondent
of the Sun and Mr. Hood. When Mr..
Gibson was on the stand this point was
raised, and he referred to it thus;
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16
DROPPING THE SILVER DOLLAR.
Garfield VS.. sherman, Payne, d Cox.

In his speech at Cleveland, Aug. "a, 1876,
Mr.. Garfield said: Three years ago, af-
ter full examination and report by the
Treasury Department, Congress adopted
the single standard by dropping the coin
age of the silver dollar" And in the
House, July 13, 1876, he said; 1--WE always
sought to avoid the evil OF having two
kinds of dollars, one worth more than the
other" Congress saw a few
years ago that it was going to be difficult
to keep up the equality, or equivalency of
the dollar in the two metals, so it dropped
one of the metals, except as n subsidiary
coin, and left the national standard of val
ue embodied in the other, namely, in
gold" The above language would indi-
cate that Congress demonetized silver in
1873, after full consideration Of the ques-
ton, TO dvoid the evil Of hdring ttuO kinds
of dollar" when, as matter of fact, that
question was never publicly discussed in
or out of Congress till 1876.
On the other hand Mr.. Sherman said, at
Marietta Aug. IL, 1876; II have given the
subject the most careful consideration,
and was the first to propose the re-coining
of the old silver dollar. That it will and
ought to aid us greatly in the problem Of
specie resumption have no doubt"
Mr.. Payne said in the House, July 13,
1876: "My individual opinion is that sill
yer must be made q very important in
strumentality in regulating the future
currency of this country" And Mr.. Cox
said, on the same day: "silver should not
be demonetized."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16
THE CLEVELAND LEADER AID.
MHTB HIB GUILE.
And says that he Bought Credit Mo.
bil1er Stock

The Cleveland Leader which is a warm
partisan for Gen. Garfield, in its issue Of
July 81, in lecture to the Plain Dealer
says
ut has exhausted its whole vocabulary
of abuse again and again upon Gen Gar
field, who bought few shares and drop
ped them at loss when he found out the
nature Of the concern"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16
EXPLANATION NEEDED.
Will the Cleveland Leader Rise and
Explain the Following Editorial
Of 1873.

At the Republican County Convention
held at Warren on Wednesday, March
26th, for the purpose of nominating mem
Der of the Constitutional Convention,
a resolution was passed censuring Gen
eral Garfield for voting for the bill increas-
ing Congressional salaries and request
ing him to resign forthwith, This is plain
language; and, as the resolution received
but two dissenting votes, it may be accept
ed as representing the ruling sentiment
that prevails in the most populous and
important county in General Garfeld's
district. This, therefore, is the verdict Of
the people upon the salary grab, a meas
ure which in itself was without justifca-
ton, and which has left a stain upon the
good name of its perpetrators which they
can never outgrow. Such of General Gar
fields friends as were disposed TO defend
his vote for the retroactive clause of the
salary bill on the ground that as Chairman
of the Appropriation Committee he was
responsible for the general Appropriation
Bill, have been silenoed by his subsequent
failure to appear among the yirtuous few
who have refused the back pay thus Sc
cured. Had he, like Messrs, Monroe and
Upson, spurned it, and remanded it to the
Treasury in such way as to bar all fu-
ture claim upon it, his action in support
ing the bill would have been so far atom
ed as to have spared him the present re-
proof from his constituents How he will
treat this summary demand to vacate his
seat remains to be seen.-Gepeldnd Leader.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16
GARFIELD ON MIs CRITICS.

Mr.. Garfield Is thankful for thO
"FFee Criticism" OF Constituent
But says he has, in his own judg'
ment, always followed "the limo
OF duty and the line Of honor"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16
HOLDING THE PURSE STRINGS.


The witness--I will state that in the
letter OF Mr.. Chittenden to Mcclellan,
he stated that he had a large influence.
He mentioned, among other parties, who
are interesting themselves for him, Col,
R. @. Parsons and Gen. Garfield, Chair
man of the Committee on Appropria-
tions, who, to use his own language,
"holds the purse strings of the United
States Treasury, and through whose
hands every dollar of money appropri-
ated by Congress must come"
Mr.. Jenkins fully corroborated this
testimony when his turn came to speak:
Q.-Mr. Jenkins, / want to call yout
attention to some quotations here, l
will refer to a letter dated about the 1st
Of June, 1872, written by Mr.. Chitten-
den to DeGolyer & Mcclellan. Do you
remember any such letter? Al re-
member reading a letter written about
that time and addressed to the firm. 1t
was written by George r. Chittenden; I;
| know his handwriting.
Q.-Can you state the substance of it?
Al can state some portions of it. " {"
All those letters bear date before the Isl
of June, 1872; they run along say frolL
the middle of January or perhaps IT,, !
1st of February up to the 30th Of May,
which think was the last date; after
that | have seen no correspondence
whateWH. This award was made on
the 25th of June following that last let
ter of the 30th of May. In that letter of
the 30th, he commences by stating that
Col. Parsons had arrived, and goes on
to say that things are looking better
that he is sure he will get one hundred
thousand yards, and very probably an
other hundred thousand, making two
hundred thousand in all He writes in
a jubildNt vein. He says that " the in
fluence of Gen. Garfield has been Sc
cured, " and goes on to make some state
ments in regard to his position in the
councils of the nation, and then passes
off to other matters. Now, that is about
all recollect of that letter. y :" "
The day following the time when l
showed that letter to Mr.. Gibson, | left
for Chicago the following evening. l
saw him in the evening, and he re-
quested me to let him have copy of the
letters. l told him that l had had copies
OF those letters myself, but that they
were safe in my keeping. y ~ #
Afterward, in thinking the matter
over, | concluded that great many
wrong inferences might be drawn from
statements made in those letters in con-
nection with parties in Washington, ETC.,
in connection with Col. Parsons and
Gen. Garfield, and destroyed them"
l destroyed the letters and copies
which had"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16
EIaurY-rouR DOLLARS A MINUTE.

So, for being "kept two hours" Mr..
Parsons pocketed $4,000, or $84 min
ute, which is good pay for even Con-
gressional advocate. Then comes his
connection with Garfield, which is re-
lated with the same adherence to the
professional dodge;
Before the board had finally made its
awards, 1 was called home to Cleveland
by matters of a pressing private nature,
and feeling great solicitude as to the re-
1T of my labors, and of course desi-
rous of securing my fee, called upon
General Garfield and gave him history
Of the case as it then stood, and asked
MIN, as Congress would adjourn in
few days, if he would act for me in my
absence, and give the subject careful
investigation. Vt | said to him |
had fee in the case of importance to
me, and would be glad to share it with
him. The same day or day after | left
for Cleveland, and when l received my
fee, some considerable time after, from
my clients in Chicago, deposited Gen
eral Garfeld's to his credit in bank, and
so wrote him.
In order to show what kind of cease"
Parsons and Garfield were engaged in, a
brief extract from the testimony Of Rob-
ert Mcclellan, one of the contractors,
who paid the money through Chitten-
den, is in point:
Q.--Now, when Mr.. Chittenden came
to Chicago, what was it--I want you to
state now, as nearly as you can, what he
said to you with reference to furnishing
money. / would be glad to have you
now, in a connected form, state the con-
versation between you and Mr.. Chitten-
den on that subject. l do not want it
interrupted by any question, il / can
avoid it. A.-Whtm Mr. Chittenden
came to Chicago, he said he wanted a
hundred thousand dollars, but that he
had arranged so that he could get along
with ninety-seven thousand dollars. |
asked him what he wanted with ninety
seven thousand dollars, and he said he
wanted to pay his expenses and "part of
the national debt"
Chittenden was the man who hired
Parsons and Garfield, too, as will soon
appear, but he charged their "fees" to
the extinction of the national debt, fol-
lowing the old precedent of importing
voters from Philadelphia to New York to
lay pipe"
John s. Cooke, the attorney and busi-
ness man Of DeGolyer & Mcclellan,
through whose hands the accounts
passed, testified as follows;
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