The daily gazette., 1880-06-23
SECOND EDIT ON
From the New ork un.
Gen. G0s1ieId and the FIOe~
thousand Dollar Bs9be.


When the Washington Ring was in
the full tide Of successful experiment,
in the early spring of 1872, one @. II.
Chittenden turned up in Washington
as the agent of the firm of De Golyer
u Mcclellan Of Chicago, to procure
large contract for laying wood pave
ments. He began operations, as de-
scribed by himself in letter to his
employers, dated Feb. 26, 1872, as fol
lows
''fhe first act was to capture Hunt
ington and the Governor next. to
paralyze the paving companies. This
has been done eifectually alliance for
the future is entirely complete.
Huntington was the cashier Of Jay |
Cookies bank, and the Intermediary |
for most of the Ring corruption. The
Governor" was Boss Shepherd. Sub
sequently Huntington died, and on the
Sah of April, 1872, Chittenden tele-
graphed to Mcclellan as follows:
"Gov. Shepherd is my right bower
now in place of Huntington. Don't
whisper word but one soul knows
it."
Having secured this influence, it was
necessary to enlist support in Congress
for the proposed raid on the Treasury.
At that time r. G. Parsons was the
United States Marshal of the Supreme
Court, which Office he had converted
into a headquarters for The lobby. He
was known to be the next friend of
James A. Garfield, then Chairman of
the Appropriations. Chittenden
brought Parsons to Washington, and
in letter to Mcclellan he speaks i'm
this language
"Tuesday afternoon Parsons ar
rived. We shall get 100000 yards,
and how much more is problematical
The influence of Gen. Garfield has been
secured by yesterdays, last nights,
and io-day's labors. He holds the
purse strings of the United States, is
Chairman of the Committee of Appro-
priations, and the strongest man in
Congress and with our friends my de-
mand is to-day not less than 100, 600
Yards more-200,0 900 in all. The con-
nection is complete. l can hardly re-
alize Gen. Garfield with us. 1t is
rare success, and very gratifying, as all
the appropriations must come through
him."
Garfield did not appear before the
| Joint committee of 1874. But
when the subject was revived
before the real estate pool CON-
mittee, in February, 1877, he came
to the front. B. r. Nickerson, the
owner of patent process used in the
DeGolyer pavement, had made some
damaging revelations, and Garfield
cross examined him. They had some
tils, and finally Garfield undertook to
reveal his own connection with the
De Golyer job, and to explain his
$1,000 in these words:
Gle said he should face his foe unless
the brief OIL the morits of these pave
ments was made, and he asked mo Il
prepare the brtef. He brought me his
papers to my house, and models of the
pavement. When Congress adjourned
| sat down to the case in the mos
open manner, as l would prepare
brief for the Supreme Court, ant
worked upon this matter.
81 went over the whole groun6
carefully and thoroughly, and prsparet
a brief on the relative claims OF thes'
payements for the consideration of tn,
Board. That soGs all l did. l ough
, TO say here that never saw Mr.. Chit
J tenden until about the time l made
the brief that is, after Chittender
had hired Parsons and Parsons haC
agreed to ''share" his fee with Gar
field.1 When l made the argumen
[no brief now1 went home to Ohio
and some time in the month of July,
: think, Mr.. Parsons deposited in bank
Y to my credit, $4,000"
According to his own story, CARTEL
: received So, 900 for preparing this lit
= tie "brief," and he says, "Tha' wa
all did," 1t now came Nickerson'i
Y turn to cross-question Garfield. Thei
: positions were exactly reversed, TO
D previously Nickerson had been sub
D iected to that ordeal regarding hi
E testimony before the joint committe
J. in 1874. He asked him
"O.-Gen. Garfield, did you file wit
. the Board of Public Works of thi
: District brief, or opinion, writer
4 printed, or otherwise, upon the sui
y ject of the De Golyer patent pave
\ ment?"
Garfield attempted to evade direc
:, answer to this probing question, an
J shuffled. But categorical reply wa
demanded, and then he said: sl
al could not say did
: "Q.-Did you at any ime appea
before the Board and make any argu
ment whatever?
}. "A.-I do not remember that did
r but did speak to Gov. Shepherd O
lhe subject, giving my opinion in it
e favor"
a 1t thus appears that he never file
: the pref ended brief nor made the a
y legged argument. Boss Shepherd test
|, fed, "Mr. Garfield spoke to me ono
r about it," and for that, it is claimet
e he was paid 5000!
Garfield earned his bribe, in dew
" ton to the interests of the Ring. ID
= y was the faithful champion of Shephert
Cook, Babcock, and The rest OF then
II in the Committee of Appropriation
, and ON the floor of the House. II
n falsified the record, distorted the fac
% and abused his position to carr
y through the most scandalous appropr
J atiops' He reported and finally Cal
Ii ried S192, $50 81 for work dor
opposite and around many OF tn
$, Government reservations" and wa
II n member of the conference committe
T. ON that item. and yet he swore in th
l. Glover committee, deliberately, "rht
g. was put on not in the House, but
- the Senate. | was not on the comic
a. 80, 7 had nothing to do with it.