Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-03
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICAET.


G~ARFIELD's OFFENsE.
Garfield, in accepting the De Golyer
fee and the Credit Mobilier stock, vio-
lated the law Of Congress passed in July,
1852. As Garfield is a lawyer, and the
law was passed about the time he entered
Congress, he cannot claim to have been
ignorant of its existence. He has not
made the plea of ignorance, and the at
tempt to evade the consequences OF his
acts by falsehood, proves that he fully
understood the nature of the offense of
which he had been guilty. 1t will be
seen that under the provisions of this
law he made himself liable to the penalty
of two years Imprisonment, as well as a
fine of $4,000. The law as published in
the Revised Statutes, Section l,78l, page
3l6, is as follows:
every member of Congress, or any
officer or agent of the Government who,
directly or indirectly, takes, receives, or
agrees to receive, any money, property
or other valuable consideration whatever,
from any person, for procuring, or aiding
to procure any contract, Office or place
from the Government, or any department
thereof, or for giving any such contract,
Office or place to any person whomsoever,
and any person who, directly Oh indi-
rectly offers or agrees to give. or gives or
bestows any money, property or other
valuable consideration whatever for the
procuring or aiding to procure any such
contract. Office or place, and every MEM
berof Congress who, directly or indirectly,
takes, receives, or agrees to receive, any
money, property or other valuable con-
sideration whatever, after his election as
such member, for his attention to, SER
vice, action, vote, or decision on any
question, matter, cause or proceeding
which may then be pending, or may by
law or under the Constitution be brought
before him in official capacity, or in his
place as such member Of Congress, shall
be deemed guilty Of such misdemeanor,
and shall be imprisoned not more than
two years, and fined not more than $l0,-
900. And any such contract or agree
ment may, at the option of the President,
be declared absolutely null and void; and
any member of Congress or officer con-
victed Of a violation of this Section, shall,
moreover. be disqualified from holding
any office Of honor, profit or trust under
the Government of the United States"
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THE Philadelphia North American is
the oldest daily paper in America. It
thus cautions its contemporaries "Re-
publicans are very foolish who try to
make capital for their party by assailing
the character Of Gen. Hancock. They do
more harm than good al the time. They
are friends of the bird from whom intelli.
gent Republicans will pray to be saved.
A good many foolish things have been
said about Gen. Hancock's letter to Gen.
Sherman in the winter Of 1875. Now
that the full text Of that letter has been
published, exactly how foolish those
things were is made apparent. Jealous
but indiscreet adherents of Garfield and
Arthur cannot be impressed too strongly
with the fact that Gen. Hancock's record
is simply u~nassailable. They waste
powder and shot when they train their
batteries against IL"
JOHN SHERMAN's chief objection to
Gen. Hancock is that he was educated
'sfree at the public expense" The whole
Sherman tribe have Toasted and fattened
on Government rations from the time be-
yond which the memory of the oldest in
habitant extendeth not. Unfortunately
n Of John Sherman's brothers is no
longer sled at the public expense"
Charles Sherman was a Federal Judge in
Ohio, but he De Golyerized, and hastsned
to resign lest a worse fate should come
upon him. But it is the general impress
sion that he was not the blacklist sheep
In tne sherman h0ck.
The Wall Street News of August 26th
has this item, which shows that Gen.
Hancock is willing to do the fair thing
by the silver mines Of the West-he is
willing that their silver and gold shall be
coined as fast as produced, and all that is
produced.
A letter was published here yesterday
morning from Gen. Hancock, written some
months before his nomination, in favor OF
the unlimited coinage Of gold and silver,
and the use OF coin notes as q currency,
and to be employed in paying of the inter-
est bearing bonds due in 1881. BY doub-
ling the present volume Of currency, $780,
900, 900 to 81. 400, 000, 900. he holds that the
greater part of this debt could be paid of.
JOHN w. FoRSEY says ~ ask the
election Of Winfield Scott Hancock to the
Presidency because he comes to me
~ the apostle Of peace;" aud
with the dawn Of perfect peace
and the hushirg Of sectional wrang.
les m prosperity to every interest Of
every region of the country.
The Elko Independent alleges that DIR.
j. ]. Meigs, of that place, one of the
delegates to the Republican National
Convention at Chicago, comes back a
Hancock man.
The great principles Of American liberty
still are the lawful inheritance Of this peo-
pie and ever should bel WINFIELD Soorr
HkNoocx.