1873年2月18日
Horace Greely
During the latter half of the nineteenth century, America's railroads heeded Horace Greely's call and headed West. However, companies often resorted to bribes and corruption to fund the furious construction of the nation's transcontinental rail line. The Credit Mobilier scandal typified these practices. One incident stemmed from the Federal government's decision to grant land and building rights to Union Pacific Railroad for the construction of a rail line that stretched west from Nebraska. Union Pacific farmed out the construction of the line to the Credit Mobilier Company. Enterprising Massachusetts Representative Oakes Ames had hastily formed Credit Mobilier in the wake of the government's grant to Union Pacific and then proceeded to dole out bribes to various officials to win the construction job. Simply winning the lucrative assignment was not enough to sate Ames; he also charged the government $100 million for the job, which was double what the rail line had cost to construct. The government soon got wise to Ames's swindle and marshaled an investigation into the affair. On February 18, 1873, the House found Ames guilty of charges of bribery and recommended his expulsion from the House. But, perhaps swayed by public opinion or fears that the scandal would expose the shifty dealings of other high-ranking government officials, legislators opted instead to censure Ames. The case against Credit Mobiler lived on, eventually making it to the Supreme Court, which ruled for Ames's company on the grounds that the government couldn't marshal a lawsuit until Credit Mobilier's debt matured in 1895.
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