Show 1 JUST HISTORY i 1 iBy By ALB ALERT ALBERT RT F F. PHILIPS I II II II I I 4 disclosures at atthe atthe atthe I IH In view O tl the oil oU the national capital and the ef efforts er- er forts torts of ot the senatorial dragnet to bring in all connected with th the scandal most moat people are are led led to be- be that t this scandal d l Is ig the first gt t t one fi IIi In officials of the government have been Involved To the tho credit of the be it said Eald since th the form formation ti n of ot th the thO government govern ment there l have hWe been but six sit cabInet cabinet cabinet cabi cabI- net members that have ha been In Involved involved involved in- in in official scandals Not on one of this number has been impeached or c convicted of criminal acts Their Own conscience h has s b beeh n their tormentor tormentor tormentor tor tor- mentor and It has has- out their punishment It t w wits vas s in iri 1872 whorl when the great scandal in which the names of ot prominent g government officials were involved became becam public This scandal took in in- inthe the the- vice president the secretary of the treasury two senators the speaker of the house housend and nd si six congressmen and the amount involved in the scandal was 9 Incidentally it might be bes s said fc the he placing Of this nine million dollars where it would do dothe dothe dothe the most good was it was said to protect the the- great railroad which developed the country in which we now life Ufe from hostile legislation that railroad being the Union Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- but but it was seen seen that it did die not ri need ed corrupt protection DISTRIBUTED CASH Oakes Ames then a member o ot of congress from Massachusetts for whom a monument was erect erected d by bythe bythe bythe the Union P Pacific ci le railroad at Sherm Sherman Sher Sher- m man n. n wh where re the Union Pacific crosses the continental divide between between be be- tween LaramIe and Cheyenne wag vaS the distributor of ot the millions H Hd HO was assisted in the distribution by J Jame ir s Br BrOoks Broods Rs also a member o of congress from the state of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York the latter receiving the stock stoel ot the of the he Cr Credit below o dit much muth be ow its its value knowing that it was to influence his action as its s a congressman congress congress- man and as government director o ot of the taI railroad The expose came through gh the c lU s of M a N N Nw w Yo York k h newspaper and a congressional investigation followed which resulted in a recommendation rec rec- l that both Ames and Brooks Brool s b be e from the house but this was afterwards modified by th the two Vv members Two months after the thEl house had cen- cen cured them both passed away joining the great majority The two t members had handled st stock S ck then worth around per share The scandal came about abou through the work worl of the Credit a corporation formed for forthe forthe the tho purpose of ot constructing the Union Pacific railroad and was composed of ot a crowd of or stockholders ers era who were in the inside of a deal dea by which th th other stockholders were be double-crossed double anc and andr r robbed obed of their holdings while the gang were likewise to break their contracts with the government The Tho scandal which resulted in m the tho investigation invest est by congress was with the exception of the one which now 1 Hates the country the inQ ll sire siVe in th the history of the con COIl I PENNSYLVANIA CON coCE RN The Credit Mob Her ler of ot Ara Am Ai was waa a corporation chart state of ot Pennsylvania un er the name of ot th the Penn l Fiscal Agency Age The contrO rf Of l corporation passed to par parties es in the building of Union Pacific railroad Tar a whom Oakes Ame Ames a and andO d o Ames of Jt Massachusetts II Id Xu U 1867 the Credit Oakes Ames contracted d Union Pacific railroad to b bill l it miles of road load at t prices es 47 The t vali tJ I Ithe the Credit l sh share re f I mated on the Advantages f to tobe rived from this contract was per cent in December 1867 in an anor anor or per pei cent in February Fearing rearing that legislation adv advert adver r the ro road d might be he enacted tt Ames pl placed eed 9 w s stock ock among members O of t con cong coni His plan planS which was c carried rrie December of 1867 was tO to into contract with various men me of the house to sell to them s stock of ot the Credit M b lIer I merely Orely stating that it ft waSal investment and in some case tse answer to te a direct question ac ing that no embarrassment LOi fb could flow low from it a as aa U tha U Pacific had received all tile tho that It tt wanted from ft-am the i i rn Some of the members that bought stock paid fox for it thai tarot t ot Ames advanced the moneybag a al alIng ing to apply the dIvId Of if stock to the payment of edness Two dividends re received eved n a the entin S sufficed to pay for I of the latter class of or members left a small balance balan du Among these members WaS wasl JI JIA 1 In 1111 I A A. A Garfield of t Ohio and presidential campaign In 1880 1810 L Lc c connection with the tM n tf tier r brought brough against hi hi t up amount of ot money that he be l b n 0 1 ived was vas and the cry W of t. t De Dein Demo DemoIn was common among the thein in th that t year Jear charges harg I Going back to 1872 against Oakes Ames Aines and J 1 Brooks resulted in the r t t of ot a congressional comm committee five two t of th the m members b rs t t to be d an n Democrats publicans two Uber liberal l Republican an The motO mo r r appoint the c committee wa was rna mao James G G. Elaine Blame who r was aS i had tempos temporarily and who fr Id In or order X th q ishM the ch chair I committee might aught b bo boa appo a D Democrat m cr t In that Huit the the h aC Tn The c ci cOt cOttee were till all n R Republicans tee report aft after r the mended the expulsion from hous of ot Ames and Brooks Brook iP bU report sva was wM modified a ana d Subi the them in td tO th tho absolute lute f bf ot tile the hous house cy f Then The again i Ii in came caine the f dal In tho the whisky ring in In- W f conspiracy y was 10 toe 0 the government tho the two P government Officials ln ol In ing John rohn McDonald collector colleCt revenue in St St. Louis S a personal l yule Mile E E. Babcock tOry t to President S. S d' d The government was waso de iU o ut practically 3 in tI the first Yea liquor and e y-r y ii amount of ot the steal w S t i The Tho con conspirators pIr tors were gOre in all numbering p Ier o and t It cock was acquitted landed in Jail as did a an others rs Who ho were ere found gUilt |