The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-10

All the Democratic newspapers need do Is |
to turn to the files of the Re publican papers t,
find the ammunition with which to fire int,
Mr. Garfield The following extracts vii
show how the leading Republican press re
garded him while the scandals where yet fresh
Messrs Kelley and Garfield present a mos
distressing figure. Their participation IN The
Credit Mobilier affair is complicated by the
most unfortunate contradictions of testimony
-Neu York Times, Feb. 20, 1878.
The character of the Credit MoblIer was nj
secret. The source Of It's profits was very vel
known at the time Congressman bought it
Though Cakes Ames may have succeeded in
|conceallng his own motive which was to bride
Congressman, their acceptance of the stock
was not on that account innocent The dis
honor of the act and rs a participant in an
obvious fraud, still remains.
Some Of them have INDUCED in testimony
with reference 20 the matter, which has been
contradicted. The committee dtstinctiy reject,
the testimony of sereratof the members. Tn,
ran only be dome on the gr0und that IL is untrue
But untrue teStim0Ry gtCen under oath is NOR
auA if net LegatiN perjury.
1t is the clear duty of congressman to visit
with punishment all who took Credit Mobi
Ter stock from Cakes Ames.-Neu York Times
teb 20, 1878.
James A. Garfield, of Ohio had ten Shares
never paid dollar received 1920 which, af
ter the investigation began, he was anxious to
have considered as loan from Mr. Cakes
Ames to himself.
Well, the wickedness of all of it is, that these
men betrayed the trust of the people, deceived
their constituents, and by evasions and false.
moods confessed the transaction to be disgrace.
ful-NeD fork Tribune, FEB. 10, 1873.
Mr.. Amcs establishes very clearly the point
that lie was not alone in this Oifense. Ifhe is
10 be expelled for bribery, the men nho were brib.
ed should 60 Oih him.-NeU York TriJ,me,
FEB. 20, 1878.
And Garfields noble soul was sadly perturb.
ed. He looked upon the scenes with grave
apprehension, and regarded this unseemly per.
secution of the righteous with such horror that
his soul was sick within him. He came near
making fatal blunder once. After Ames
had testified the second time as to the guilt of
Garfield, firing ii upon him Clearly and uamis.
takabty the general at once notified them that
he would come before them and refute the
ISLANDERS that the mendacious man from Mas.
sachusetts had poured out against him. The
cs,t s%S no. Va %5lSsrhea ne &aa" heard kst Xmes
(who was then reluctantly producing the re-
celpts that Patterson had slgned) had IN his
possession other such documents TO prove the
correctness of his testimony In respect to 9th
ers, and the gallant General whose flashing
blade was wont TO CLEAN adown the line, in
the CORY days of the past decade, found that to
stay away was prudent, and he never appeared
The compliment committee forbore to question
Ames further as TO Gartields statement and
his own, and the papers were consequently
never produced. "-Cmcinadh Commercial,
Narch 81, 1878.
SO long as the files of the leading republic
can newspapers contain this sort Of testimony
there Is no need of the organs trying to ely
down democratic attacks on Garfield