The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-26

DfS Nv %CR-Ne 49,
rsSerd Of aman vhteh has bssn proved 90
~ re.erse Of aaisirss il - tessImcsy q
hs parry friends can be Believed. E't0e.
lame. a. Garfield is = criminal in the eyes OF
liz. lsx. or he is the worst slaDdered P'lohe
,..p IN America. If the former, he Is un-
softly Of the support Of . single voter III tue
Uuiou. II the latter, bis parry press shonld
h. held smenable to the law and some Of ms
,.,s, friends should be ostracized from the
..,c:eiy Of gentlemen.
T,,.txpaffeld has been tried 1t the bar OF
public opinion, and found guilty Of deeds
= h.cl should ~disquaiify him, in tue Judgment
Il An unbiased mind, tor the high position to
with, he asp rs. is runc!us.veiy shown by
the following ext-ac /, which We take from
republican journals. Sparkling in reference
10 Mr.. Garfield's connexion with the Csed't
M.biii.r affair. the indianapolis Journal said'
.4Gsr6e,d rot Only handled the stock, but Led
sbyu, il. Is he not tunworthy OF future
confidence p
TIE New York Times, one Of the most
s,a,wart of republican sheets, during the lime
Of ;ie investigation Of the matter referred to,
said:
.Nessrs. Kelley and Garfield present .
most distressing figure. Their participation
in the Cre.l;t NObilier affair is complicated by
lie most unfor. innate contradictions of test.
mony."
In his testimony before the committee, the
late Congressman Ames implicated Garfield.
Colfax, Kelly, from Pennsylvania, and 9TH
e., in tie swindline concern. This is wsat
the New York Tribune said Of it:
M. Ames very c:eaiiy establishes the
Do;n that he was not aiOue in this Ofiense.
il lie is to be expelled tor bribery, the e
Who we're bribed sh uIi 60 with him."
After the conclusion of the investigation
the committee made 4 report, Of which the
following is an extract. 1t must he borne in
mind BY the reader that 4 majority OF that
committee we're republicans. Here is what
they said:
.sThe facts in regard to Mr.. Garfield, Is
found by the committee, are that be agreed
With Nj. Ames to take ten shares OF Credit
Mobilier stock, but did not pay for the same.
Xr. Ames received the eighty per cent. diyi-
dends in bonds and sold them for ninety-sev-
en- per cent. cash dividend, which, together
with the price of the stock and Interest, left q
balance Of $500. This sum was paid over to
Mr.. Garfield by a check on the sergeant-at-
arms, and Mr.. Garfield then understood this
sum ,cas the balance Of Dividends after pay
ing for the stock"
After the publication of the report Of the
committee the indignation of the people
knew no bounds. Republicans joined with
democrats in denouncing the perpetrators Of
this huge swindle upon the government and
the people, and called for their expulsion
from the seats they held in congress. The
following family expresses the feeling enter
tanned by the press and the people in regard
to these wortbies, of Garfield in particular
The republicans are not only in favor 81
the expulsion Of Ames and Brookes, but Of
severely censuring, if not expelling, Kelly
and Gayfeld.-Utica Herald.
James A. Garfield, Of Ohio. had ten shares;
never paid . dollar, received $500, which, af.
ter the investigation began, he was anxious t.
have considered as . loan from Mr.. Cakes
Ames to himself. Well, the wickedness oi
all OF it 10 that these men betrayed the trust
of the people, deceived their constituents
and by e~vasions and falsehoods confessed the
transaction to be disgraceful. New Yorl
Tribune.
The prominent congressman whose name
were first used in connection with the Credi
Mobilier were Blaine, Dawes, Kelly, Soho
field and Garfeld, and besides these, Vice
President C0lfax. Mr.. Blaine comes out o
it without q stain upon his record. His col
leagues certainly did hold the stock and lie,
about it.-Bufalo Commercial.
Tsa,sS no ksoo ora s,oNoaaopv t0 OONosavs,u~o ~
bribery, and If Mr.. Ames Is to be expelle
for bribery Messrs. Garfield and Bingham
should bear him company In punishment
That these two men should be summaril
elected from the positions they have disgrace
is most painfully apparent.-Manchester, n
H., Minor.
Inthe face Of the above evidence against hin
in the face of the position that he occupie
In the estimation Of the people, in the face {
common decency, Of right and of justice, I'll
Chicago conve ntion nominated him tor til
highest Office in the gift Of the people. Doe
the reader imagine that Mr.. Garfield VI
nominated on account of his statesmansh,E
Does he think lie was chosen for his purit,
his honesty, and his uprightness of cha
acter? Does he even conceive that he DIV
sesses a single qualification that recommend
him 10 the favorable consideration of an e,
lightened and christianized people? Neithe
the republican press n o the people thought
six months ago. Murat Halstead, in III
paper, the Cincinnati Commercial, (rep
vented his opinion after the following styl.
"The most contemplate thing thus far
Chicago IS the clatter about Garfield. He hs
not a record to run on tor president, and
IL extreme foolishness to be wasting time o
him."
And yet he was nominated over such me
asl Grant. Blaine, Washburne, Slerma,
Window and others. What inference ca
we draw from this fact? Does it appear tn,
the republican politicians wanted an hone
man for the presidency? We think not. w
believe that the majority of the republica
party are ashamed of their man, but n
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