The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-07-02
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are already throwing up their hands
and begging for .'quartei' in this cam
paign. At the outset they walled to
heaven their hypocritical eyes and fer
vently thanked God" that they had
got Presidential ticket against whom
nothing could be said-GarGold and
Arthur were spotless lambs labelled
from the cradle with n free pass to
Abahams bosom But now already
they find that almost everything vul-
nerable, mean and contemplate in the
tricks Of public service can be charged
against their Presidential span-and
with absolute proofs can these charges
be truthfully sustained,
The worst that can bc said against
Arthur is what has already been
charged 10y his own Radical journals
and sustained by documentary evidence
from Hayes own official lotterfles-all
Of which show him to be an unscrupu.
lous, dishonest and shameless robber oil
the public funds while in the New York
Custom House, and Il ring politician of
the lowest aud dirtiest stamp.
Against Garfield perfect flood of
charges are made all Of them of n
more or less damaging nature. One of
the worst of these is what il known as
the ABE Golyer contract fee, trans
action which stamps the Radical Presi-
dental candidate as an unfaithful pub
lie servant, an INSCRIPTIONS triclSster
and dangerously corrupt man "A man,
notwithstanding bis hypocritical cler-
ical cant, wholly unfit to be trusted
with any position where honesty and
fidelity are required as safeguard
against corruption and plundering.
The Orcgoaian IS about the only pa
per which has had tho tcmerity to essay
denial or defense of this De Golyer.
Garfield business, aud that paper most
sigaally fails in its puerile efforts The
only excuse or palliation that it can Of
fer, after column 6f wilderness track
ing in order to throw the reader Off of
the true scent, il that Garfield only
took this money as an attorney for the
pavement contractors. Let us look at
this affair in its true light, and then
see il the Oycgoniaa's ilimsy excuse
viii hold d~water: 1t is well known by
any student Of recent public history
that one Of the most notorious Of the
many corrupt contracts made by Boss
Shepherd WAS that awarded to DE Col
yer & Mcclellan, Of Chicago, for laying
a wood pavement. This contract GOV
cred 10000 yards, at $3.50 yard,
which the superintendent of the con
tractors swore could he put down At
Sl.50, every item Of cost included. So
there was 81 clean profit of 100000 TO
he divided. To further this job, which
WAS preliminary to others to follow.
tho sum of $97 600 was expended. IL
was given out in the spring Of 1872.
At that time Richard c. Parsona was
Marshal Of the Supreme Court, and
had converted that Office into head
quarters for the lobby. lie was known
to be an intimate friend of Garfield,
and the iing wanted Gatiicld's aid MS
chairman OF the appropriations. The
agent of the contractors employed Par
sons, with salary Of $4,000, as
counsel, although there was no cause
to argue, no contest Of any kind, and
no tribunal to appear before. It was n
sham to throw dust in the eyes of the
public. Parsons paid Garfield $4,000
as his share July l., 1872, for which
he was forced to admit before the in
vestigatiou that he made 10 argument,
oral or written had never appeared
before the Board of Public Works, and
had only once spoken 10 Boss Shepherd
on the subject. That 'sfee" was n bribe
out and out, and nothing else, as was
subsequently shown. Garfield became
the agent Of the ring, and through his
influence and activity So 100000 were
voted to Boss Shepherd and his confed-
crates in less than sixty days, between
the Sth of January and the 3rd of
March, 1873.