Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-15

TO the members OF the present II HOT Mot md as
aned that tney were aware OF toe Obi - a'SEe
Ames' or that they had any osher uurn - "a MI.
ing This stock thar TO make a prod,ahSse N tax
nent Tney have not been shls =, =, sst.
.na. any OF these memben OF Congress hsva ~ nhd
aueeteu IN their official scion IN cons.Ha,e oeen
interest Itere In the Credit Mobllier stc,k OF
Ihey 90 not hrd that either of the shove -
senueneh IN contracting with Mr.. Ames bss NED
SSottupt motives or purpose himself or sa sLy
Mr. Ames hal any, nor did either n, vas aware
rose ne wac guilty of any iu.propriety ~ sup
eaey an becoming purchaser of this .tootl,
And finally, that the Committee flnd ms sloek.'
the conduct or motives OF either OF tbSsoA.hg IN
men in taking this stock that calls for seaL
ommendston by the Committee of the NJ ~ Fs
4 [See pages s, and lOl noQse.'
| In Mr.. Ames' first testimony he r.,,.
! sixteen members OF Congress 10 VIII -. es
| offered the stock, aud says That elsvaI NC
! them bought it, but he sets Mr. Csrso,H
/ down among the FIVE who did mot Nv, !.
/ He says: "He [Garield1 did no, NJ IL
/ 1t or receive It. He neve-
any money on that stock nor racafvaS
4 money OF account OF IT," Let me add tbat
/ the LIST grant ic the Union Pacific RAJ
] road was by the act OF July, 1894 sn5
| that Cakes Anes had nothing 10 do wi,S
the Credit Mohilier till more than two
years after that date.
| The pollt TO which took execution n
| the report OF the Committee was this tbs
/ report held that Mr.. Ames and Mr. ca.
1 field did agree upon tue purchase of tbs
/ stock and that Mr.. Gnt field received s290
! on account of il. | insisted that the svi.
| dence did not warrant that Conclusion
and rose IN my place in the House and
announced that | should make that state
! ment good before the American pubic.
/ that | held myself responsible to demon
| strate that the Committee was wrong
! that, although they charged me with no
| wrong, they still had made mistake of
! iact which was against the evidence snd
unjust to me. Soon after | published a
! pamphlet of twenty.eight pages, in which
| carefully and thoroug lilly reviewed s
the testimony relating TO me. have now
| stood before the American people sine,
, the Slh day of May, 1873, announce.
that the following propositions were
/ proven concerning myself Thst ! never
! agreed even to take the stock of Mr..
Ames; that | never subscribed for it,
| never did take it. never received sny
/ dividends from 1t, and never WAS in any
| way beneficiary by if. Seven
/ thousand copies of that pamphlet have
! been distributed throughout the United
! States. Almost every newspaper in the
/ United States has hal copy mailed to if.
Every member of the Forty Second Con
/ gress-Democrat and Republcan-had a
copy, and there is not known to me a
man who, having read my review, mas
denied Its concluslveness OF the PROPOSE.
| tons II is for these reasons that a great
! public journal, the Neao York Epenlno
Post, said a few days ago that on this
! point Gen Gartields answer had been re
ceived by the American people as satifac.
tory. Applause understand that
MIR. futile, of gainesville, said here on
this platform few lights ago that either
the Committee of Investigation of the
| House of Representatives or Mr.. Garfield
had committed perjury IN regard to this
! Credit MObllier matter. | think that
gentleman is Probate Judge | wonder
! II he ever heard Of two men maxi ing their
statement Of a case differing materially
H0Re fRf8Re 4'e s bbqgl one we he 2'FS he
ha0lt OF calling names II would not be
difficult to find name for @ man whose
Intellectual vision leads him TO such
conclusion. Ii there is any gentleman in
this audience VINO desires to ask any
questions concerning the Credit Mobilierj
| shall be glad TO hear it, No response
modify the talk on that subject hereafter
Applause.
THE SALARY GRAB.
The next thing | shall mention is q
question purely OF official conduct, and
that is subject which has grown thread.
bare IN this country, and yet / desire your
attention to it for few minutes | refer
to the increase of official salaries one year.
and half ago. First whist are the accu.
satons concerning meY
There are several citizens in this tow
who have signed their names TO STATE
mems In the newspapers during that d.
cusslon, declaring that Mr.. Garfield hi
committed a THEFT, a robbery; thst, 10 G;e
the plain Saxon word, he was q thief. In
one OF these articles II was argued In this
wise: "lf ! hire clerk in my bauk on
certain salary, and he, having the key
to my safe, takes out $500 or s. 90 more
than we agreed Tor and puts II 10 his
pocket 1t is simply theft or robb cry. he
| happened to have access TO the funds snds
he got hold OF lnem; SO did Congress
! y on can't gloss 1t Over," says the writer i
lit is robbery"
! Now, fellow cl,lz4ns, | presume yG
/ will agree that You can wrong even ts
( Devil himself, AID that II Is not right
manly 10 lie even about satan. / take II
for granted that we are far enough pss
the passion OF that period to talk PLAINLY
and coolly about The increase OF salaries
Now, In the first place say lon!gl'
what | have said all through tins tempes"
that for a Congress to Increase It's OWL
/ pay aud make II retroactive is not thr.N
is not robbery, aud you DO injustice tos
/ the truth when you call it so. There Is
ground enough in which TO deuounce u
without strainiug the tiu,h, Now, II Con