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JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD 181 1879.) The result of it was that the Democrats finally voted $44,600,000 of the $45,000,000 of appropriations orginally asked a great party vic tory, to which Gen. Garfield largely contributed. His arguments had the more weight because not partisan, but supported by a clear analysis and statement of the relations between the different branches of the government. His last speech to the house was made on the appointment of special deputy marshals, April 23, 1880. At the same time he made a report of the tariff commission, which showed that he was still a sincere friend to pro tection. He was already United States senator- elect from the state of Ohio, chosen after a nomination of singular unanimity, January 13, 1880. Where there is government by party, no leader can escape calumny ; hence it assailed Garfield with great venom. In the presidential canvass of 1872, he, with other Republican representatives, was charged with having bought stock in the Credit Mobilier, sold to them at less than its value to in fluence their action in legislation affecting the Union Pacific railroad. A congressional investiga tion, reporting February 13, 1875, seemed to establish these facts so far as Garfield was con cerned. He knew nothing of any connection between the two companies, much less that the Credit Mobilier controlled the railway. Garfield