Show L BRIBING congressmen to tho IN New tow Tork world imPel kelles mr s intelli intelligence gerica or boritz sty in biscon li ilcin lection with ahe the it 1 iiii cl anti inti inal kitei th thi ot t lewt lt w nit t wani by bj DA lia ito liot n ot kl n now 5 W that alio llio tiling a ho he bought binh tn a pir par had baenen ari I 1 iga and due jIe cl pd ed ilver dv divi overly ver pet per neho I 1 11 it gifol onar 0 nr agthe dk allie jirld ld D urnel lef lc alitt it it i phi br tho b beok oka that lint th lenir erato er nto to ri mufit in Mit frodent on the th cAm I 1 am rind dw woos wn w n ji at nd or 20 pir per pill 1 tic 3 I 1 I 1 par cent on tha iteck e tho tha credit crait rn and i ilithe li ire ma mia la in n tho as lot kne if g ali lot 1 j vr 50 as pr cont ll 11 tho the hulder of if on conr share of credit stock flock recco in dividend or from Di cember 12 L to de cj bior 1863 in U r R 11 tock lock la 15 in culpp ra id ond and SOO 90 in 6 ch c it h i the th curit nM tit bl imir pir as 54 hut the declared in isca b anve ave bothin to lo liu di i in this Z alcue it don As m colfax bought th lh B c acci cli in december 1867 7 mr colfix Colfo ax in tt te a cin estion nya under aith that the ides idea of immorality had riot not W him 11 tile the world in allem attempt pling ins to di credit this dol ha be not learn in hia big inquiry at n to tile tho object and value octh credit Mo bilier that the interests inte resla or of the nelion ho he tt as bound to dayna were antigoni tic to the cintr vf of tle co manny bloc stock ho be WH nebout cabout to T he coulden couldn have learned that because it so the chief object of tho company was to raise the hie money to build the and that was also the chief object odthe of the notion durant testifies thit if the stock odthe of the credit Mo bilier had foot iven been sold fold the railroad would have gone to tar tb llie e wall the nim tied lod interests of oaths the comp iny and of the nation were exactly identical identical find it WAS the most natural in tile the orld fur for colfix t bid aid by taking nt par and interest inte 20 barc cof the construction st Com panya tock flock in the conquist con quirt littion of rn undertaking to chidi chii li lie ho hod had given years of effort ns a C nareman an editor mod A 11 lecturer it win not worth ICO or when lie engaged en aged to take it but only 97 as a mr bushnell delige te liGe find nd we note agree with him that members of congress or anybody else who bromhed to take credit or it in the aprin or 0 ought to bo be proud of oath their ir action 1 I 1 it wn three yer years subsequent to the lol InA important legi alaton and yet before the fuches ces even or of the buiU hig of of the rud road ern assured congreso 4 win was not I 1 lionly bollian ti anything to 4 di with hl 1 t and r chero wai lin deavy ah i t 1 agis th v world says ay it jernark A p ly to 16 all tho do corf ca 6 who or though or buying said aid stock what bare liflie they to tny say on this thi i point orn t alLun dir mind j pd S dh aigro gree e to rell fell to several te vernl anti lid did deliver to ooin oi of Oin gr without as much hs ats a wrong or r cor lauto oc on my part nr henrio he irio i john balley aalf ille boop r want in I 1 at the fame idine nj nd oil oi ill the portia gr did it byver 0 his big mind as aidt t 11 t did not mine that was any corruption n anit ts pa olar maine pays 1 I beg to pit my be chiw W ever eer anju to mr bir ames amen but bill more moron aspeci all in justice to mykel lint it il rier one cecil occurred ark d to me that lie wm wait frying to t briba trip or in in any wily inGue nce my vote or nc ac liv liun n no 18 ii L dawrs dawes says during this thi nor bafo lic firo ro it il nor anee ir ion clou close libel ae I 1 nicy thought or in connection with it nor wt wait anny anything Fugg estrol to mo me in that connection in any esy u ry directly or indirectly hav ing to any official conduct of min in or out of congre nor did aneti ing in connection buith it il pit ab between nio me and mr A amos mes or a any ny other no othe than would naturally rilly hava lone done hold lin I 1 burchi hied il of or him the lonn railroad rail roRd bind I 1 ende mored to get or ld bad I 1 T ur chaPpi ony any abart or nit HH stock lock orn corn U S bond cilker or of him bina banker out ouaida ide or of congles Con gres G IV says laye 1 I do do not cecilt recI Lt of aty legislation pending or in prospect tot nt that time that IM mr r ames aires vim unit interested in tho the legislation that came up tiro or three years after was based upon fuels ly devo developed loped and could not therefore have hit ve been anticipated by me nothing wm WAIN laid about legislation and certainly it was WB not thought of by me 11 senator imaye 1 I have been thu implicit explicit bee beckus I 1 have been misrepresented in respect to this thin and shingi not bevaun n I 1 too 00 oo any broach breach of propriety or personal ty tr in a Cong purchasing pur chaing or holding this ehlt more than paper noo logal tenders bonds bank notes bank ban k stocks stoc kii or ft any n y other of property liable to bo be affected by legislation that As not anticipated at tho the time tima odthe of the purchase tv I 1 Soi donator wilton anyo II 11 1 I feel on traced at ate ht charges made upon me and I 1 with wish to SAY ay to this committee that I 1 believe no greater wrong has ever been perpetrated in abil countr country jr than ha bas been open perpetrated upon horo rabla gentlemen in connection with ith charges whom I 1 here havo known fur for twenty or livo years yeara and aboto integrity tile te eucide R and all the iho rall rond rondii it the tha cou country could not buy or swerve r fl hir bair 10 in i t joan jobi n it B beghin abarr bl fr rt at twity t ity ihor beld them nebout thorois years baars and drew the iho di wid iiii on oil them and ho he says 1 I contract rd wilh hini him anft ames in good laith no I 1 then believed and upon his aurance auran airence cB teft the in ve 60 me ma largo prot tot I 1 aind no question sti oai of my mi tight to contract tro fo r at block ock 0 or r ta t takis tak I 1 bo procopi pro codi of my Coat contract fUto whon when aach C charge aro appeared eared ae in alno the publio aumic press I 1 nosier never supposed 31 mr rAmes ame contracted fed with ario ii for corrupt purposes pur poc or on recount account of tiny person but himi li himself elf I 1 knew that I 1 had no co corrupt irrupt P burpoe in con r tr acting with and I 1 never gave a vote vole forbrag finot any measure io congre 3 but hi as I 1 believed to be just and right and in in accarda accordance ca with my sworn dut duty 1 I never made or autho authorized any publication denying or eipl nuy of these granac I 1 lions ioni I 1 ba done nothing blat 0 at in me mant nt requiem ed aither pip apology or explanation tion ll 11 writ wm D ke izo ay iy ry that lait ho be agreed to take tenth krCS of f th 5 takk ii mr lit ames at an iivo ement only but bill dij did not loo caus he be euit lAnt draw hit hi chck ch ck fr 1000 if he bad thit thil abe cydia win was fur for tit th of the lh U P 1 K R li it firtl d not hive have felt any il or nr doubt its to li bit lii right or anny doubt rig i to trie the propriety big in nutting ill tint it hold hil lif lie had ill ahr ability he would vituld no doubt linie ninde nado more marr do d finite and bought biU Klit the stock 1 11 I no glit hai dihe e wt f lt I 1 by tile iho a hryc since fince bau inner but in devion ing file I 1 lie whole bole field I 1 nc n c a that a congreso uns froin milking fi pur lour iline chafe ilin e stock iny iloie than lie he would be from buying a flok oft beep the value vitrue ot of would ho be acted by tile tho on wool or woolen ganji general garfield pay 1 I probably should have taken the stock if I 1 he ha I 1 been anti fird io in regard to the extent of pecuniary per foral ll 11 anil and again nothing was va s c tier er md faid tome to mo by train or mr aina to indicate indic nto or imply that tho the credit Mo bilier atai as or could be in iny fifty wily way connected with the liri legi lation of congress for the iho pacific railroad Rail rond rund or fur for fin any y other purpose clr ames never gavi nor offered to me any stock or other valuable thing thine as 3 a gift sir boutwell thought of taking ten shares han of the stock so did speaker blaine and neither of them hot has intimated that tho the reacon leaon he ha was because he ha doubted its it propriety properio proprio ty tile the wo lato senator 0 ime and old 0 id man hooper of boston limong nanon the bc t m men en of thedtis along alone with ames ame find and ally vo ere original sub bribers allison and wilton of lown iowa abose es have long fillol filled to mouths mouth of wisent co cen nuro tou to lo loit u it the ante ti greeley newspaper new paper quadrilateral both hail had tto kand wilon retains it and has hi dramn ft all 11 the tha dividends on it and justifies lid with his other support of the IAci lic Hail liall rond I 1 as in dince with the iho wi vl lic he of I 1 ln constituents and with wilh the interests of tho the bhelt as hole country when ivhon ft biad ked to subscribe un by ames ame linfa and artor ward it ans wa only through much he baj wrinkled 1 ln get ft 1000 worth rr mccomb slocomb nor anyone el ele e attempted to influence his hi action lie he ik it member of nf congre s con gressmann boyar ilac of pennsylvania r C nn sylvania took 75 lf arrs shares in liis fis 0 own n name and 25 as treace ini lib for hit big atily ik and held it regarding it no ai a leili in site clion I 1 with vo aci hichi the he public has no mr corcorn cerry there thera was no 1 while in be was wai in n 0 digre o the ihn gr tind fob adies bere bitle beevre fyre nt kw the thee temon inn are amongst tile in the world they ahry havo have gene been kimg in jn ill and Blid fearce carco one lie of them rank to HS s W eni tny indeed tor for their ngn ago find and econ do on mit kilobit of living bivin they are mila all d downright buur both igent and upright up rihl if thare are tiny any ruih nut not one or of cheril whether ho he bought tile the stock or not on their huorn orn tn tit have lind hold tho thit corruption was w m tnt or nr involved not one or of tham hy d di edini clinard d to lony liy d for thiet rolson nut one of chrin who did huy buy refold re fold fur flint reston the harge of corruption of giving or accepting epting bribes liri bep on either fido id it ab nb blut ly I 1 pomp tei chi by by that menn t n ail tuii ni botn eraitt orb of ilumin natura envy ohp desire to pull d wn vii and trample upon Poi which we ke f evl pl li it be better than lliran ue e re ac a R e c to ti tho the or of blit difre to the occupation of a bow fit and mal mali ninus titus falsify r mis mi and g guyral gny ral d trudi r or of aind men reputations a great portion ol of the hie public pros deems to have itself i |