Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-06-24

have gonc," Certain shares to different
Statcs,) tho fifty per cent. incronso l want
for distribution here aud soou." A few
days after, ho was still moro urgent. lie
wrote again: "In view of Washburne's
move here, 20 in for making our dividend
in full. want tlat $l4,00 increase of tho
Credit Mobilicr to sell here. We want
moro friends in this Congress As he
himself said, it was to put The stock where
it would do the most good. The stool; was
of 500. 1t wus issued in blocks of thirty,
twenty aud ten shares to members Of Con-
gross at par, aud tho so-called purchase
was po!re orc, than extinguished bv accrued
mado in the San during tho summer of
1917, duplicating many Of tho Republican
lenders. a Presidential election wos then
pending and they all vcbcmcntly denied any
connection with tho fraud.
GARFIELD's STATEMENT
was more explicit and colder than that Of
any of his confederatcs in the crime. An
Investigation wus ordered by the House
soon after tho meeting Of Congress; tho
examination of witnesses began on Dccem
Der IL, 1872. At first Oakcs Amcs de-
clincd 70 make any exposure; but whom tho
lncsiminatcd mcmhcrs combined To swear
him down and TO free themselves hy rarl,
Ecrjury, bis blood warmed quickly aud he
determined to let the truth be known.
though in the end thcro was much con
ceacd.
Garfield submitted to the committee a
prepared statement OH January II, 1878:
81 never owned, received or agreed to
receive any stock IF the Credit M.bilicr or
Of the Uniop Pacific Railroad, nor any
dividends or profits arising from either Of
them"
Amcs was recalled January 23, 1872;
and testified to the stock he had issued to
Garfield, the dividends allowed him. aud
the balance Of money paid into his hand,
which Garfield pretended was 'n,oan."
lie submitted q memorandum Of the
account in detail. 1t came to the know,
ledge of the committee that Garfield had
visited Aucs with the object of inducing
him to rctracs or modify his testimony, and
he was rc-cxamiDcd on the 29th Of Japunrv
us follows:
g. You may state whether the convcr
sation with you, Mr. Garfield claims, as he
claimed before ns, that the only transaction
between you was borrowing S3OO? A.
No, sir; he did not cluiai :.,at With me.
9. State all you know in reference to it.
A. [ told him he knew very we'll that that
was dividend. l made out statement
and showed it TO him at time. In our
conversation he admitted it, said there was
$4,000 Que him in stocks aud bonds He
made Il little memorandum Of $1,000 aud
81 400, and said there was $1,000 Of
Union Pacific Railroad stock, 81 ,OC0 of
Credit Nlobiicr stock, aud Sl00 OF stock or
bonds
g. When was that memorandum made?
y. 1t was made in my room. cnnnot
remember the date. 1t was made since
this investigation commenced.
Z. Have you the memorandum that
Mr.. Garfield made? A. | hlye the figures
that he made. paper shown in GarGcId's
handwri'irg.)
q. You say these figures were made by
Mr. Garfield? A. Yes, sir
@ ]la. was his idea of what vas COM
ing to lin? A. Yes, sir,
Garfield sought to tampcr with and
suborn hmes, and tho attempt ended in
his claimings larger share in Credit Mo-
bilcr than bad been allowed to him. after
having solcmnIy sworn fortnight previously
that he "ncvcr owned, received or agreed
to receive any stock of the Credit Mobilier
nor any diyicead or profit arising" there
from.
TIE CLIMAX WAS CAPPED
when Amcs produced his diary with tho
original entry against Garfield, dated Tues
day, September 20, 1868, setting forth
his account for ten shares of Credit Mobi-
licr
These terrible revelations were allowed to
pass unnoticcd Garfield did not dare to
90 before tho committee and confront |
Amcs, because he lncw there were a;ill
other proofs in reserve. lIo waited until
Amcs Was in his grave, and then, with |
Schuyler ColfaX and others who had been
brihcd he attempted to whitcwasll the in.
fanny.
But, passing from that period to more
recent times, let us examine hisrccord aflcr
he tccano chairman Of tho committee on
appropriations, and as one of his purchasers
said, "hc!d the pu'se strings Of the nation"
The Forty second Congress, in which the
Republicans had large mniorilics in both
houses has gone into history aa memorable
for scandalous legislation. Among many
disgracefu acts was that authorizing
TIE INFAMOUS SANBORN CONTRACTS,
by which informcrs and spies wcro enabled
TO seize thc books of mcrchouls, and, by
to blacknail them, and at .hc
same time to pluodcr the treasury OF i'm
mense sums. That law was the result of o
corrupt combination between certain mcm-