The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-09-18


That our party is party Of statesmen, prin.
ICIple and purity.
And could never steal or tell he.
We offered you Grant, you have gwen Us
Garfield.
Now, what in thunder arc vc expected Ia
do in this Garfield campaign
| That's what bOthcrs US.
Eight years ago there was u tremendous row
about Credit MObliersm.
IL was an awful thing that C. VI.
1t was whispered pretty loud, that some OF
our hoys, our big fellows, our leading men, our
Christian statesmen had demonstrating.
And our republican congress ordered u re
publican committee to investigate the thing,
and old Judge Poland of Vermont, An old.
fashioned perpendicular republican, was made
chairman Of the committee. The Judge called
the roll of Christian statesmen, beginning
with Schuyler Colfax, Vice President OF
| America and warhorse in whom there was
no guile, TIL he came TO James A. Garfield of
Ohio, asking all sorts of questions as to wheth.
er they had received as Il gratuly or other
wise, or were in any way interested IN Credit
Mobilier or Union Pacific stock and they all
kind o. blushed and sand no.
| When Jim said no, the old Judge looked
him square in the eye and repeated, What
ncvcrY'
Pinaforc had not got around then, SO that
instead of answering in the short operate
style of today, jim having first solemDy IN
vOked the eternal God to hear HIM witness
replied;
II never owned, received or agreed to re.
Ceive any stock of the Credit MOblier or of
the Union Pacific railroad, nor any dividends
or profits arising from either of them"
Now that is about as plump as it could be
made, but 1t didn't satisfy Judge Poland's
rpI nj nd
having been sworn on the Holy Evangcls 10
tell the trnth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth reported to congress IN about these
words:
THE facts in regard to Mr.. Garfield us found
by the committee, are identical with the case
Of Mr.. Kelly to the point OF reception of the
check of $500 He agreed with Mr.. Ames to
take ten shares of Credit Mobiller stock, but
did not pay for same. Mr.. Ames received the
so per cent dividend IN bonds and sold them
for 81 per cent and also received GO per cent.
cash dividend which together, paid the price
of the stock and interest, and left balance of
1929. This sum was paid over to Mr.. Garfield
by check on the SergeanLatarms, and Mr..
Garfield then understood this SUN was the
balance Of dividend after paying for the
stock
And the republican congress accepted the
report Of the republican committee rs repre-
sented by its republican chairman, Judge Po-
land, of Vermont.
What will we do or say when the unprlnci
pied democrats refer to that episode in Jim's' ?,
life?
We would like to know
Shall we tell 'em this was little family
affair among ourselves that we've fixed it all
up, and that 1t is no darn outsiders business
any how.
How would that do2
Or shall we touch the sympathetic, and tell
them how Jim WAS poor, little orphan, and
went to Sunday school, and then drove mules
on the tow path OF canal in Ohio, and then
he went to be a sChOomaster and had only one
pair Of breeches, and had to lie III bed while
they were being mended, and that he is the
typical American ?"
Wouldn't that be pretty good?
That ought to fetch the grangeTs sure.
But we do not profess to know what would |
be the best course to take-ior you know we
must stand by the ticket"
And we want to get in our best licks on
them corrupt democrats.
S.-WOnldnt it be a good idea To say :
that Judge Poland was an internal Old liar,
and that his committee were internal old liars,
and that con ress was nothing but pack of
Internal old liars.
How would that do?
Echo answers-noby.- Sentinel,
l'ep.