The Hartford herald., 1880-10-13
DessOLYER GARFIELD.
4 convention OF his own Party tu 1879
ta the Asistubuia Dtssrtet. De
nOunees Him.

vi tne itn uay Oh SeptemDer, 1910,
the Republicans of the Nineteenth
Congressional district Of Ohio opposed
to the return of James A. Garfield to
Congress met in convention at Warren,
Ohio, and organized by electing DIR. G..
w. Ensign, of Lake, for chairman, and
l.. ID. Brown, Of Portage, and George
+. Pain, VI Lake, secretaries.
On motion, q. n. Tuttle and J. B.
Burrows, Lake, B. +. Perry, of Ash
tabula, l.. ID. Brown, of Portage, and G..
ID. Crafty, of Lake, were chosen Com
mittee ON Resolutions and III. III. Hine,
William Il. Hullett, p. Bosworth, J. =.
Easement, B. +. Perry, and II. Murray,
were appointed Committee on Con-
ference for Representative.
This Committee on Resolutions after
long whereas, said:
Therefore be it by this independent
convention of the Republicans of the
Nineteenth Congressional district of
Ohio, resolved,
First-That dishonesty, fraud and cor
ruptiOn have become so common, motor
i0us and obvious In the adminitration
Of the national government as to be not
only humilating and disgraceful i'm the
estimation of every honest and intelli-
gent citizen but to imperil the life of
the government ITSELF
Second-ResOtrcd that this deplorable
condition Of the administration of our
national government is largely due to
the election to Office and continuance
therein of corrupt, dishonest and venal
men.
Third-ResOired, that it Is useless and
hypocritical for any political party to
declare for reform in its platform, pa
pers and public addresses while it in
sists on returning TO high official place
and power men who have been nOrtor-
iOusly connected with the very schemes
Of fraud which render reform necessary
and urgent that to send those to en-
forming to make them honest is worse
than setting the blind to lead the
blind.
FOurth-ResOtred that there is no
man to-day officially connected with
the administration of our national gov
ernment against whom are justly pre-
ferred more and graver charges of cor
ruptiOn than are publicly made and
abundantly sustained against James A.
Garfield, the present Representative Of
this Congressional district and the nom-
inee of the Republican convention for
reelection.
Fifth-ResOirei, that since he first
entered Ctngress to this day there is
scarcely IN instance in which rings and
mOnOpolies have been arrayed against
the interests of the people, that he has
been found active i'm speech or vote up
on the side of the latter, but in almost
every case he has been the ready cham
pion of the rings and m0nOpOlies.
Sixtli--ResOtued, that we especially
charge him with venality and coward
Ice in permitting Benjamin +. Butler
to attach to the appropriation bill OF
1878 that -tO-be-remembered in
fanny, the salary steal; and I'm speak
ing and voting for that measure upon
its final passage. And charge him with
corrupt disregard of the clearly express
ell demand of his constituents that he
should vote for its repeal and with
evading said demand by voting for the
Hutchinson amendment.
Seventh-ResOtred, that we further
arraign and d'denounce him for his cor
rupt connection with the Credit Mobil-
ier, for his false denials thereof before
us NOhctttoChtot tOt lis DtiJuICu OCtfidti
thereof before "a committee of his peers
In Congress, for fraud upon his constitu-
ents in circulating among them a PAM
phlet purpOrting to set forth the finding
of said committee and the evidence
against him. when in fact material pOr-
tions thereof were omitted and garbled.
Eighth Resolved, that We further ar
raign and charge him with corrupt
bribery i'm selling his official influence
as chairman of the Committee on Ap-
preparations for 5000 to the DeGolyer
pavement ring to aid them in securing
a contract from the Board of Public
Works of the District of Columbia sell
ing his influence to aid said ring i'm inn
posing upon the people of said District
II pavement which is almost worthless
at n price three times its cost, as sworn
to by one of the contractors; selling his
influence to aid said ring i'm procuring
a contract, to procure which it corrupt
ly paid $97, 900 for influence :" selling
his Influence I'm a matter that involved
no question Of law, upon the shallow
pretext that he was acting as u lawyer
selling his influence in u manner so pal
pable and clear as to be 50 found and
declared by an impartial and cOmpe-
tent court upon an issue sOlemnly tried.
Ninth-ResOired, that we arraign
him for the fraudulent manner in which
he attempted, i'm his speech delivered at
Warren, ON the 10Th day of September
1874, to shield himself from just censure
I'm receiving the before-named 5000,
by falsely representing, i'm said speech,
that the Congress of the United States
liable for the debts created thereby,
when In truth and I'm fact, as he then
well knew, the said Board of Public
Works and the officers of said District
were the agents and instruments OF
Congress of the United States was re-
sponsible for the indebtedness by them
created.
Tenth ResOired, that we arraign
him for gross derelictiOn of duty as a
member of Congress in failing to bring
to light and expose the corruption an
abuse In the sale of post traderships, fol
which the late Secretary Belknap was
impeached, when the same was brought
to his knowledge by General Hazen, in
1877, and can only account for 1t upon
the suppOsitiOn that his manhood was
debauched by the corruption funds then
by him just received and i'm his own
purse.
Resolved, that the law o
1873, known as the act demonetizine
, silver, was enacted in the interest o.
gold rings, bond holders and capitalist.
and against the interest of the tax-pay
ers and without their advice or knowl
edge. That this act, by single blow
has seriously crippled our power to re-
sume specie payments or pay our ma
tiOnal debt I'm coin. That no sufficient
reason has yet been given for this legis
lation, so dishonest and palpable i'm it,
discrimination In favor Of the small
creditor class and capitalists and agains
the great debtor class and the Industrial
interests of the country. That jaime.