Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19
STARTLING CHARGES.

1uo IOIlOW1DS special dlSpatcn TO the
Chicago Times from Washington viii
fall like bomb shell into the republican
camp, and il the charges therein con-
tanned are not promptly and completely
refuted. the republican party will soon
discover that it has an enormous load to
carry through the coming contest. The
dispatch is dated Juae 9th, and is as
follows: 'a" 7-."-
It,ls believed that Jas: A. Garfield can
now be driven from the head Uf the tick
ct, where a blind panic among a lot of
crazy delegates placed him. A calm, uu-
preJudiced gl;tnce over tile official rec.
ords shows that he stands convicted as :,
perjurer and bribe-taker. In the Creliit
Mobilier case he swore positively that he
never received a dollar OF the stock or
dividends OF the Credit AIobilier compa-
ny. The committee investigating him
fOund unanimously that this was PERU
~. The committee was composed of
Judge Poland, of Vermont; Judge Nib.
lack, of Indiana; Judge Merrick, of
Maryland; Judge McCrary, of Iowa. and
n. p. Banks, of Massachusetts. Gen
Garfield said the money had been
PAID TO HIN BY OAKES AMEs
as loan, and since repaid, and after he
had made that sworn statement TO the
committee he inclosed the money in an
envelope, without any letter, and sent it
back to Oakes Ames This is what law
yers call confession OF judgment. Old
members who were here during theCred-
1t Mobilier days call TO mind how unman-
ly was Gen. Gartield's conduct at the
time. He wept and pleaded with fellow
members to stand by him that he was Il
young man, and must be pardoned for
his first great error. His lack Of nerve
and babylsh pleading at that time incline
members to believe that Garfield will not
10 .- HAVE THE NERVE
to stand up in the face of the fire that
will be opened upon HIM. Republicans
have been asked what they will say when
they are met upon the stump with the
official record of bribery and perjury.
They say with a shake of the head that
they can only reply that his reputation
had been rehabilitated by the stamp OF
the great seal of the state OF Ohio; but
1t can be shown that Garfield has sue
ceeded in getting back to favor there by
the most humiliating means. His orig
inal ma ority in his district was about
1000. 1t was reduced To little over
1000 in the canvass following the Cred
1t Mobnier investigation. and he only
then succeeded in getting through by
the most piteous personal appeals to
spare him because he was Il young man
who had made his first serious mistake.
he also circulated pamphlet giving his
version Of the testimony, carefully omit
ting any reference to the unanimous re-
port OF the committee convicting
him OF perjury. The stubborn tact
of this report of five men, three of
whom are to-day upon the bench. can
not be overcome or avoided. 1t is GER
tain that the entlre Credit Mobiiier tes-
timony will be reprinted. Sam Cox will
ask in the house that the report OF the
Poland committee be reprinted upon the
ground that copies are becoming very
rare, and that it is too valuable public
document to be lost from general circu-
iation. He does not believe that repub-
iicans will care to tilibuster against such
proposition. The testimony taken in
other cases will probably be ordered
printed. The greatest amount of com
nent, however,is upon Garfield lack OF
courage III II tight. One member recall
ed an incident bearing upon this point.
short time alter the Credit Mobllier in
vesti9ation, he involved in some
controversy with Ben Butler. That old
heather turned suddenly about and said
he felt ike making sume reply to Gar
held, but he was restrained by the max
IN OF ''De mOrtuiS nil niSi bORum."
At this terrible thrust in open house.
Garfield turned first white, then red.
and then covered silence in hisseat Gen
Farnsworth, OF Illinois, who was Il mem
Der at that time, ran over to Garfield
and said: Don't sit silent that way re-
ply something. Butler is vulnerable;
don't let Il man like him slap you in the
face like that. and you make no reply"
But Garfield could not be persuaded to
say Il word. He sat silent = few mo-
ments, and suddenly lett the house, and,
as one member remarked at the time,
he went away TO weep in the cloak
room