The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-07-15
A Summary Of Garfleld,s Record.

"A SUMMARY VI UarHolu1S hcCOFus
Garfelds character is as dubious as
his talents are unquestioned' 1
His hands are stained and unclean,
not by mere rumor but the evidence and
testimony of prominent Republicans, by
the official record of Congress.
He took twenty shares of Credit Mo-
bilier stock, that Is twice as much as
most o the other Senators and Repre-
sentatives- and retained every penny of
the enormous cash dividends though he
had never paid one penny for the stock
never paid for it except In votes.
He was member of the Boss Shep-
herd District of Columbia ring. In one
case he could not deny having, received
IS, 600 for putting through, as chairman
enormous appropriation for the swindling
De Golyer pavement Compelled to adj
NIT the receipt of the money. he tried to
excuse himself by the assertion, under
oath, that the money was fee received
as an attorney This led to the proof
that he never uttered one word or wrote
one syllable or did single thing in the
matter except to put through the appro-
priation; that he never had q case, never
received fee, never acted as an attor-
ney in his life while at Washington.
Precisely as in the case of 5Colfax, the
attempted explanation made tie thing q
| thousand times worse. 1t added to the
proof of bribery that of perjury. -
He was o leader in the salary grab, and
| again, unlike many other members,
never returned the 81 900, the taking of
| which was SO unanimously condemned
| by the people thatt the very next Congress
repealed the law by an almost unanimous t
| vote. T5sa
He voted for every one'of the many
| jobs, land grants, subsidies to railroads,
| etc., that were granted since 1867.
He and Sherman and Stanley Mat
thews were the three Ohio friends of Mr..
Hayes who went down to Louisiana and
managed the returning board. The
electoral vote of that State was, in reality,
not stolen by the returning board, but
by Garfield and Sherman, who furnished
them with the inspiration, the courage
and the temptation to commit that crime.
| The returning board rascals were only
tools in the hands of Garfield and Sher-
man, who spoke, promised and acted as
the personal and Immediate agents OF r.
B. Hayes. 81 1
Garfield made speech Of great power
against the Electoral Commission Bill,
upon the sole ground that it compelled
an investigation of the returning board
frauds, compelled to go behind the re-
turns. I, But, the bill passed, Garfield
became a member of the commission.
He took this oath: at, James A. Gar
field, do solemnly swear that viii inn
partially examine and consider all ques-
tions submitted to the commission Of
+ which I am member, and a. true judg-
ment give thereon, agreeably to the
Constitution and laws, SO help me God. "
This oath Mr.. Garfield also signed Yet
he voted at least hundred times with
the other seven Republicans against the
very and the only thing the commission
was created to do-to /" examine and
consider the questions of fraud-voted
that the commission had to be deaf,
blind and dumb, could not go behind
the returns and, In fact, could examine
nothing, consider nothing, except to
count In Hayes.
Garfield, though formerly protesting
to be revenue reformer, turned out to
be a servile tool of the. Eastern protec-
tionists This present Congress failed
to reduce some of the most unjust and
oppressive duties largely through the
efforts of Garfield, who as a member oi
the Committee on Ways and Means pro
tected the interests of the Eastern man
ufacturers.
Garfeld's vote on the Electoral Com.
mission counted in Hayes, after his voice
and hand had managed the Returning
Board steal in Louisiana. His election
would mean not only the complete pop
! ular Endorsement of the theft of the Pres
idency, but practically the continuation
of 1t in the same political family.
Garfield is a regular machine politi
clan. He has had no income than thaI
received from office. He has made hi:
living out of politics for twenty years
He needs Office for a living, and is, ac
cording to Republican evidence and the
, evidence contained in the Congressional
{ Record, notabove etemptation.-St Loud
) Post Dispatch.
> The De GOlyer Matter In Nutshell
One of the most notorious of the
many corrupt contracts made by Bos
l Shepherd was that awarded to De Golye
1 and Mcclellan, of Chicago, for laying
t wood pavement. This contract covered
> 200, 900 yards, at $3.50 yard, which the
+ superintendent of the, contractors swor,
l could be put down at 81 so, every item
of cost included. So there was a clear
! profit of $400, 900 to be. divided. To fur
t ther this job, which was preliminary te
l others to follow, the sum of $97, 600 wa
$ expended. It was given out in tn
spring of 1872. At the time Richard
l Parsons was Marshal of the Suprem
g Court and had converted that office int
4 headquarters for the lobby. He wa
t known to be an intimate friend of Gar
y field, and the ring wanted Gartield's aid
@ as chairman of the appropriations. The
; agent of the contractors employed Par
sons. with fee of $15, 900, as counsel,
although there was no cause TO argue, NJ
It contest of any kind and no tribunal K
" appear before. It was sham to throw
d dust in the eyes of the public. Parson
Il paid Garfield S., 900 as his share July IL
II 1872, for which he was forced to adml
), before the investigation that he made n
IL argument, oral or written; had never ap
% peared before the Board of Public Works
y and had only once spoken to Boss Shep
8 herd on the subject. The ''fee" was
d bribe out and out, and nothing else, a
was subsequently shown. Garfield be
3. came the agent of the ring, and throug
Q his influence and activity SO, 500, 000wer
I voted to Boss Shepherd and his confed
n crates in less than sixty days, betwee
70 the 9Th of January and the Sd of March
,e 1873. ""a#
!, # The Garfield Credit Mobilier Matter
TO "I never owned. received, or agree
a toreceive any stock of the Credit Mobile
or of the Union Pacific Railroad, nor an
f. dividends or profits arising from eithe
Is of them.-GagJfeld's s,oorn testineo,a
er before the Poland Committee, Japuar
er IA, 1873. s
u The facts in regard to Mr.. Garfield, &
,e found by the committee, are that /