The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-06-25

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ship, he moved that the House resolve itself
into committee of the whole on the special
order. Suspicion had been awakened, and
adjournment had been voted down previ.
ously, Dawes was put in tho chair. and
the door was opened for tho grab. Garfield
had assured members that the bill would
not be called up that night, and the House
was thin, except on the stealing side which
was in the secret Of Garfield's trcachery.-
A special vote was demanded on the Butler
amendment, now moved as "ridcr" to the
pending bill. 1t was defeated by fifty.two
majority, Butler himself voting against it
But no Immediately moved to reconsider
and to adjourn. Nothing was now want.
Ing to rivct the vote but to refuse to adjourn
and then to clnch it by refusing to recon
slider. The issue was clear, but right in the
.sSs q :ss large @sjSFIsX qss EseeEasS sAs
leaving the reconsideration alive and kick.
ing The next day Buffers motion to re.
consider was first in order, and when Farms.
worth moved to lay it on the table and finish
the business majority of thirty nine an-
sNercd in the negative.
| THE DEGOLYER FRAUD.
| The next vote fixed the Congressional
pay, and the bill, with this graft, was sent
to the Senate, and thence to committee
of conference. On the last day of the scs.
sion Garfield reported the bill back doubling
the Presidents salary from the 4th of March,
instead of the end of the fiscal year. aud
raising the pay of Congress from 5 5 900
to 81 800, retroactively for two years, with
long catalogue of augmented salaries for
public officers. He pretended that there
was danger Of an extra session unless tho
report was adopted and told the House,
sit may be an unwise expenditure in some
respects, but IN most cases the increase is
proper and ought tc be made" 1t was e.
nally driven through by a majority Of six
Garteld's connection with the Washing
ton ring is also well known to the country
One OF the most notorious of the corrupt
contracts made by Boss Shepherd was
that awarded to DeGolyer e. Mcclellan,
of Chicago, for laying wood pavement
This contract covered 200, 900 yards at SO
30 yard, which the superintendent of con-
tractors sworc could be put down at 81 so,
every item of cost included. So there was
a clean profit of 100000 to be divided
To further this job, which was preliminary
to others to follow, the sum of S97 900 was
expended. 1t was given out in the spring
of 1872. At that time Richard c. Parsons
was marshal Of tho Supreme Court, and
had converted that Office into headauart.
ers for the lobby. He was known to be an
intimate friend of Garfield, and the ring
XWaptSa tGagGsld.s- aid chairman of Tho
1neAs NJ .c0dt tfscl5ls employed
Parsons, with fec of SIS, ,OOs as COUNSEL y
although there was no cause to argue, no
contest of any kink, and no tribunal to ap.
pear before. It was a sham to throw dust
in the eyes of the public.
PARSONS PAID GARFIELD $4,000
as his share, July IL, 1872, for which he
was forced to admit before the last inves.
tigatiou that he made no argument, oral or
written, had never appeared before the
board of public works, and had only once
spoken to Boss Shepherd on the subject
That "fee" was bribe out and out, aud
nothing else, as was subsequently slown.
Garfield became the agent of the ring, and
through his influence and activity three
millions and a half of dollars were voted to
Boss Shepherd and his confederates in less
than sixty days, between the 9Th of January
aud the Sd Of March, 1873.
It would be easy to continue this discred.
liable record, and to show that in almost
every instance of venal legislation Garfield S
name is to be found on the side of robbery
stealing and fraud. These facts cannot be
disputed, and they withstand to his dishonor
whether he remains in public life or goes
into enforced exilc.-Fron, the Ncw York
Sun, Nay 8.
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