Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-09-08
OUR CANDIDATE IN 1900
Models BRIEFLY Sketched.
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During the civil war it was deemed
of great Importance that the west and
east should be more firmly united by
better means of communication. For
this commendable object an empire of
the public lands was appropriated be-
side nearly 800, 100000 in government
bonds.
By authority of an act of congress
making these munifcent grants of
money and of lands, company was
organized and incorporated to con-
struct line OF. railway from Omaha
to San Francisco, the United States
having first mortgage lien upon the
road for the money advanced. The in
corporators at once proceeded to or
ganize contract company within the
incorporates, with view of exploit
ing the government out of additional
Millions. Cakes Ames, New En-
gland congressman was placed at its
head, and he proceeded to organize the
Credit Mobilier, which issued vast
amount of stock which was placed
among members of congress and 9TH
ers, ."where it would do the most
good" the recipients not paying any,
thing therefor, but simply using their
position and influence, to aid the in
corporators to rob the government.
The profit from the construction Of
the road under the exorbitant prices
paid, was such that the dividends up
on this stock, in very brief time
more than paid the face of the stock
issued, leaving the stock in full force
for further drains on the public treas
ury. The Tobberies ,cere so ertensire that
the incoaporotors had to made a loa,, from
themselves, to continue the cork, and that
their security might be ample, by act
of congress the United States first lien,
was made a second lien upon the road.
Our model Senator Allison, who car
ried block of the Credit Mobilier
stock voting therefor. Granville NJ.
Dodge, another ssmodel" from Iowa
was chief engineer of the road, and
made the fraudulent estimates upon
which these contracts were based, and
when wanted before the congressional
investigation of the Credit Mobiler
fraud, was securely hid away out Of
reach of subpenas issued by the gov
eminent. Schuyler Colfax, vice presi-
dent of the United States, and the
subject of an eulogy by one of Cresco's
clergy. was member of this band of
conspirators to rob the government,
was found to have large block of
this Credit Mobilier stock upon which
he had been paid dividends, aggregat-
ing more than the face of the stock,
every cent of which was wrongfnlly
and unjustly taken from the govern
ment, of whose interests he was a
chosen protector. The concluding act
IN this drama of fraud, peculation,
rottenness and official corruption,
came, when the United States by vote
OF the United States congress, released
its liens upon that line of railway for
less than half its claim, though the
road was ample security for the entire
debt. principal and interest. JohnH.
Gear, United States Senator, instead
OF representing the interests of the
government voted with, and for the
railroads, thereby aiding to defraud
the United States out of $3.50, 1000, 900.
And he is the ''model man. which
both the republican papers of our city
asks to have returned to the Senate
for another six years of rotten work
for the corporations. How do the
people feel about it?