Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-02
Harfleld and Credit MObilier.

NDn the 14th of January, 1873.
u. A. Garfield, Republican mem.
bsr of Congress from the Ashtabula
District, Ohio, and now the Repub-
ljSan candidate for President of the
United States, made statement to
tre Congressional Committee, in re-
| ord 10 the Credit Mobilier expos
uke, to this effect: I never owned,
r1osived, or agreed to receive any
stcck of the Credit Mobiiier, or Of
lhe Union Pacihc Railroad, nor any
dividend or profits arising from
either of them"
sOakes Ames was at that time a
member of Congress from Massa-
cAusetts-a Republican, as matter
of course. He was man of re-
puted great wealth, a large owner of
ufedit Mobilier and Union Pacific
Hailroad shares, and heavy opera
ttr in schemes of the kind. Ho
Knew the use and power of corrup-
tipn fund to move legislation in the
Republican Congress, and he was
lshgely engaged in the appliance of
such fund in that body. TO quote
hiaeown well-remembered phrase,
hs new where to put Credit Mobi-
liz hnd Union Pacific shares, which
wse then yielding enormous profit
anp under favorable legislation at
the hands of Congress. where it
would do the most good" On the
2W of January, nine days after Gar
field had made his statement
quoted above-to the Committee,
Oakes Ames was summoned before
the same Committee. to tell what he
knew in respect to Representative
James A. Garfield. He submitted a
detailed memoranda of the transac-
tions between himself and Garfield.
Subsequently it was learned that
General JAS. A. Garfield had visited
Oakes Ames and endeavored to pre-
vailupon him to materially modify
his testimony, so FAR as it affected
himself, Garfield. Accordingly, the
Committee again called Ames before
them January Goth, 1878, and here
is the official report of the examina-,
ton which then took place:
Question-You may state whether,
insepnversation with you, Mr.. Gar
1ahimsd, as~he claimed before
us. that the only transaction be-
tween You was borrowing $500.
Answer-No, sir; he did not claim
that with me.
Question-State all you know in
reference to it.
Answer-I told him he knew very
we'll that there was dividend. l
made out statement and showed it
10 him at the time. In conversa-
ton he admitted it, and said there
was 81, 400 due him i'll stocks and
bonds. He made a little memor
andum of 81 ,0O0 and 81 400, and said
there was 81 200 OF Union Pacific
Railroad stock, 81 900 of Credit Mo
bilier stock, and $500 of stock and
bonds.
Question-When was that memoir
andum made?
Answer-It was made in my room.
/ cannot remember the date. 1t was
since this investigation commenced.
Ques,ion-Have you the memo
randum that Mr.. Garfield made?
Answer-I have the figures that he
made. (Here Mr.. Ames showed to
the Committee the paper i'll Mr..
Garfeld's own handwriting.
Question-You say these figures
were made by Mr.. Garfield?
Answer-Yes sir.
Question-That was his idea of
what was coming to him?
Answer-Yes, sir.
Oakes Amcs afterwasd showed
the Committee his diary with the
original entry in it, where he made
over to James A. Garfield ten shares
of Credit Mobilier, Tuesday, Sep
tember 10Th, 1868. The Committee
of Investigation was composed main
ly of Republicans, who were disposed
to be as lenient with their own party
friends rs they dared to be. Now,
let some of the Garfield Republican
organs undertake to explain the mat
ter, or exculpate their candidate.
He was not only bribed, but he de-
liberately made q false statement,
with the solemnity of an oath, to
extricate himself. H. failed in his
standardization. And this is the
moral reform candidate and stand
ard bearer of the Republican party
for President? The Democracy will
consign him to the crushing repulse
and defeat he deserves .-E.rdmine
A CENSUS of Sitka, Alaska, taken
April 25th, 1880, shows the popula.
ton to be $50. Americans by birth
SO men. II women, 81 children;
citizens by naturalizatiOu-S3 men,
IA women; by treaty-123 men, 1873
women ana children.