The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-19
Allegation Of Periurv


WASHINGTON, JUNE IA
1t is believed that James A r. :"
can now be driven from th h, oTarlie
the ticket, where a blind panic I mead
a lot of crazy delegates haS hay amor ,lno
him. A calm, unprediudiced piac
over the official records an. CLAN
Mr.. Garfield stands conyi hVWs til
perjurev and a bride taker, I H. as
Credit Mobilier case he swore nd IA t
ly that he never received n PTsl'lV
the stock or dividends of tbn oi "a
Mobilier company. The COM ,e uf e
investigating him found unS p'ii,mltt
that this was perjury. The CONN
was composed of Judge PoIaua1 u
Vermont; Judge Niblack, Of T, nd,a,
Judge Merrick, of Maryland "1 I
McCary, of Iowa; and n p D. sudj
OF Massachusetts. Gen. Garfioni5a hi
the money had been paid to iV hi SaI
Cakes Ames as a loan, and ' aI
repaid, and after he had mado SIN "
sworn statement TO the commit .l'
inclosed the money in an envoi
without any letter, and san otntiteiop
to Cakes Ames This is what ~ Dac
call confession of judgment, IVY u
members who Were here dnrino " u
Credit Mobilier days call to minSS u
unmanly was.Gen. Garfield's co 10" iiO
at the time. He went and ,,Inu u
with fellow-members to stand P P,e a..
that he was a young man and m m,ll
be pardoned for his first great t' o i,lI
His lack of nerve and ba6yisb n etlo
ing at that time incline memb p,ea.
believe that Garfield will mt pe ~
the nerve to stand up in the f. naV
the fire that will be opened nnon ,0 ~
Republicans have been asked tn l,ill
what they will say when they q w ro "a
upon the stump with the ofi Lis
record of bribery and perjury TEa
say with a shake of the head l t
they can only rely that his reput, ti,a
had been rehabilitated by the stou,l
of the great seal of the State Of N1il
but it can be shown that Garfield ho
succeeded in getting back to + fa va
there by the most humiliating m i@,u
His original majority in his l ow,
district was about 1900. # V wsi
reduced to a little over 1000 in the c "a'
vass following the Credit MobiIipr i iu
vestigation, and Garfield only th iD
succeeded in getting through by tSl
most piteous personal appeals to snara a
him because he was a young man p W6s
had made his first serious mistst"
He also circulated widely pamnhISt
giving his version of the testimonv
carefully emitting any reference !,
the unanimous report of the commits
convicting him of perjury. The suS .
born fact of this report of five men
three of whom are to-day upon tIs
bench, cannot be overcome or ayOidJ
1t is certain that the entire Cradit
Mobilier testimony will be reprinted
Sam Cox wi ask in the house +.
morrow that the report of The Poland
committee be reprinted, upon the
ground that copies are becoming verv
rare, and that 1t is too valuable !,
public document to be lost from cen.
eral circulation. He does not believe
that the Republicans will care b
filibuster against such a proposition
The testimony taken in other cases
will probably be ordered printed
The greatest amount of comment
however, is upon Gartield's lack Of
courage in a fright. One membI
recalled to-day an incident bearing
upon this point. A short time after
the Credit Mobilier investigation
Garfield became involved in some
controversary with Ben Butler. That
old heather turned suddenly about
and said he felt like making some
reply to Garfield but, he was restrain.
ed by the maxim of "DG mOrtuis ait
nisi bORUn,." At this terrible thrust
in open house Garfield turned first
white, then red, and then covered
silent in his seat. Gen. Farnsworb
of Illinois, who was a member at that
time, ran over to Garfield and said.
"Don'tsitsi eiIt that way; replysOme
thing. Butler is vulnerable; don't
let Il man like that slap you in the
face like that, and you make more
ply.n But Garfield could not be per-
TO say word. He sat silent
n few moments, and sadly left the
house, and as one member remarked
at the time, went away to weep in the