The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-30

humilitating and disgraceful in the esti-
nation of every honest and Intelligent citi-
zen but to. inpsrH the prosperity Of the
people if noe the stability OF the govern
ment itself.
n Second - Resolved that this depiorabIe
condition of the administration of our ma
tional government is largely due to the
election to Office and continuance therin of
corrupt, dishonest and venal men.
Fhird-Resolved that it is useless and
hypocriticals for any political party to
declare for reform in it's piatferms, papers
and public addresses Ewhile it insists on
.returning 10 high Official place and :power
men who have been VIGOROUSLY connected
with the very schemes Of fraud which rem
der reform necessary and urgent; fhas TO
send those to enact reform who themselves
ueed reforming ato make them honest
IL worse than setting the blind to lead the
blind. ..
{ Fourth -Resolyed that there is no man
to-day officially connected with the adj
m;nistration of our national government
against whom are justly preferred more
and eraver charges of corruption than are
publicly made and abundantly sustained
against James A, Garfield, the present
representative of this Congressional dis
trict, and the nominee of the Republican
convention for re election.
Il Fifth-Resolved that since he FIRST en-
tered Congress TO this day there is scarcely
an instances in which rings and monopo-
lies have been arrayed against the inter-
ests of the people, that he has been found
active 10. speech or vote upon the side ct
the latter, but in almost every case he has
been the ready champion OF the rings and
monepelies.
AZ D sLnA a. all
charge him with venality and cowardice in
permitting Benjamin +. Butler to attach
to the appropriation bill of 1873 that ever
to-be-remembered infamy the Salary
Steal; and In speaking and voting upon its
FINAL passage. And charge him With COR
rupt disregard of the clearly expressed
demand of his constituents that he should
vote for its repeal and with evsding such
demand By voting for the Hutchinson
smendmenk
Seventh Resolved that we further ar
raign and denounce him for his corrupt
connection with the Credit Mobiher. for
| his false denials thereof before his con-
stituents, for his perjured denial thereof
before a committee OF his peers in Con-
| gress, for fraud upon his constituents il
circulating among them pamphlet pur
porting to set forth the finding Of said
committee and the evidence against him
when 10 fact material portions thereof
were omitted and garbled.
Eighth-Resolved that we further ar
raign ana charge him with corrupt bribery
| in selling his official influence % Chairman
of the Committee on Appropriation for
$4,000 to the DeGolyer pavement ring to
aid them 10 securing contract from tht
| Board of Public Works of the District o.
| Columbia, selling his influence to aid sale
| ring in imposing upon the psopla of sale
District q pavement which ls almost worth
less, at q price three timesaits cost. al
SWORD to by one of the contractors; selling
his influences to aid said ring in procuring
| q contract, 10 procure which it corruptly
paid $97, 900 ''for Influence :" selling hi:
| influence in q matter that involved nt
question of law. upon the shallow preteX
that he was acting ss lawyer selling
his influence 10 manner so palpable ane
clear as to be so found and declared by at
impartial and competent court upon az
issue solemnly tried.
Ninth-Resolved, That we arraign hin
for the fraudulent manner in which he at
tempted in his speech delivered at War
ren, on the 10Th day of September, 1874
to shield himself from just censure in re-
ceiving the before named 5000. by false
ly representing. in said speech. that the
Congress Of the United States were moi
responsible for the acts of said board, mol
the United States liable for the debts cgs
ated thereby, when in truthjend Ia fact, al
be then we'll knew, tho said Board of Pub
lio Works and the officers of said district,
were but the agents and instruments Of
Congress-, and the Uelted States was re-
sponsibie for the Indebtedness by them
created.
Tenth-Resolged, That We arraigu him
for gross dereliction of his duty as a
member of Congress 10 failing to bring to
light and expose the corruption and abuse
in the sale of post traderships fo- which
the late Secretary Belknap was impeacheo
when the same was brought to his know
ledge by General HazeD, in 1872. can only
account for it upon the supposition thai
his manhood was debauched by the corup
ton funds then By him just received and
in his own purse
Eleveuth-Resolved, That the law Of
1873, known as The act demonetiziDg
silver, was enacted in the interest Of gold
rings, bold holders and capitalists, anG
against the interest OF tax payers, anC
| without their advice or knowledge Tha
this act, by a single blow has seriousl,
crippled our power to resume specie pay
ments or pay our debt 10 coin. That d.
sufficient reason has yet been given feI
| this legislation, SO dishonest and palpable
in it's discrimination in favor OF the smal
creditor class and capitalists, and against
the great debtor class and the industrial
interests of the country. That James A
Garfield during the last session of Con
gress was the conspicuous defender of thii
crafty attempt TO sacrifice the interest of
the people to ssoud holders ant
foreign capitalists. fhSt when i
was proposed to restore the old silve
| dollar 20 the place it he'd held during ou
history as nation. as legal tender TO
all debts, public ADD private. he denounced
the attempt as "swiEale On go grand ,
scale as to mike The achievement ill1stri
| ous," and as scheme Of vas. raseaiit:
and colossal swindling"
Twelfth -Resclved that neither erca
I ability and experiences or eloquent o ir'i
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