The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-06-30

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was coming to him? A. Yes. sir.
! Garfield sought to tamper with
and suborn Ames, and the at
tempt ended in his claiming lar
! ger share In Credit Mobilier
! than had been allowed to him,
after having solemnly sworn 3
fortnightpreviou that be never
owned, received or agreed to
j to receive any stock of the Credit
MobiIier nor any dividend or
profit arising therefrom.
THE CLIMAX was CAPPED
: when Ames produced his diary
with the original entry against
Garfield, dated Tuesday, Septem
ber 80, 1868, setting forth his &C.
count for ten shares Of Credit Mo.
bilier.
These terrible revelations were
allowed to pass unnoticed. Gar
field did not dare to 90 before tie
committee and confront Ames, be-
cause be knew there were still
other proofs in reserve. He waited
until Ames was in his grave: and
then, with Schuyler Colfsx and
others who had been bribed, be
attempted to whitewash the in
fanny.
But, passing from that period
to more recent times, let US ex~
anime his rtcord after be became
chairman of the committee on ap-
preparations, and, as one of his
purchasers said, 'held the purse
strings Of the nation The Forty
second Congress, in which the Re-
publicans had large snajorities in
both houses, has gone into history
as memorable for scandalous leg
islation. Among many disgrace
full acts was that authorizing
THE INFAMOUS sANBoRN CONTRACTS,
by which informers and spies were
enabled to seize the books Of NOR
chants, and, by connivance 10
blackmail them, and at the same
time to plunder the treasury Of
immense sums. That law was the
result of a corrupt combination
between certain mem bers Of Con-
gress certain treasury officials
and one Sanborn, with one Jayne
as the master work man. Some
idea Of the magnitude Of their op-
erations may be formed from the
fact that Sanborn drew from the
treasury nearly s175,oOo for three
months service.
But for Garfeld's direct COM
plicity, that infamy would never
have disfgured the statute book.
The Job was done in this way ::
Sawyer, then carpet-bag senator
from tie South, atterward assist
ing secretary of the treasury, and
confederate of Sanborn's ring,
introduced an amendment to the
legislative, executive and judicial
bill, authorizing the contracts to
be made. It was a rider and not
in any way germane to the bill.
But the Republicans then had the
chronic habit of mounting their
rery. worst legislation as riders
on the regular supply bills. The
bill, thus amended, was reported
to the House April 8, 1872, and
the job was badly beaten.
Then came the fine hand Of
trickery to play it's parc. Mr..
Garfield, instead Of allowing tho
bill to 60 back to the Senate,
where the action of the House
might be concurred in, moved d.
rectly for a committee of confer
ence, so as to let six men Eegislate
coercively for three hundred, with
himself as chairman on the House
side. Of course the job WAS put
back on the bill, and it passed
the Senate, where it had orlglna-
ted. But the House stood firm,
and again, by majority of one,
refused it's assent on a call OF the
yeas and nays. Twice defeated,
the bill was recommitted to the
same conference, and when next
reported the job had long tail OF
verbiago, attached to deceive some
and to operate as an excuse for
others whose prejudices had mean
while been conquered. Mr.. Gar
field then applied the previous
question, and drove the bill
through by ten majority. Addl'
ton, division and silence won the
day.
THE SALARY GRAB.