The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-07-29
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Scott county, and It tine when By thos
most compe,cn, 10 jodgc, i,s prosperii
was Supposed TO be trembling in the ba
snce. Tho question Of subscribing $50
loco to the stock Of the Rock Island an
i.asalle Railroad, bad been submitted l
tho people Of Scott county and decided a
lisns,issly by majority Of l6o. AZ tbs
Iiine il was though, By men Of jadgmen
Ithnt unless the General Assembly rattle
the action OF the people. by authorizing IN
County Commissioners 10 set apart sutii
jcient revenue annually 10 pay the in'ere.
len the above smoun,, ii would delay, il nc
frastrata the progress Of the work, and
Ithis work were checked OF abandoned, lh
Davenport and Council Bluffs Road, III
cherished projsc, Of our citizens for years
lmast fall.
Summers then went to the General As
Isembly Instructed by msjori,y of loo Q
his constituents TO work Tor this object
and how did he do i,l The course he pur
sued there is well known 10 those who resi-
fed among Us At the time. Under the in
tlaenco Of few mon--who by some s,rang'
iinfstuaiicn seem 10 have come TO the con
clnsion, tia, Railroad was a vampire
which iii, bat touched Scott county woulC
suck The life's blood from its citizens, Sum
mers betrayed the interests OF his consiitu
ents, he violated their instructions by using
III the 1iles of which he Was possessed e
defeat the object which he had been sent
there 10 accomplish. OF himself he could
not have effected anything, bu, tool as he
was of men accustomed to such business.
be succeeded Even while laboring in his
aefarous work with prospects Of success,
his heart misgaye bin and he sent word to
ais masters in the language that afterwards
became proyerbial when any dirty job was
70 be done, Il nsust hare help, or ! must
resign
Two years hsve since almost rolled
away; in that time the population Of our
eitg and county hns nearly doubled. The
Railroad then at s,ake is in state Of sue-
eesslal prosecution. The city has become
responsible for the $4,000 subscribed b,
the county and all things faser all early
completion Of the Road. Now Mr. Sum
faers sgain comes before the people, this
tool Of fsw men working against The in
tefests u large majority, comes as the
Democratic naminae TO represent Scott
county in the General Assembly! Are
the seiers Of this county so blinded to their
o9n interests as again 10 east their votes
fir this msu? We trust not, and thai the
cousse pursued By MIR. Summers may be
seen 60 have been opposed 10 the wishes Of
,he citizens of this county, injurious in liz
and anti-Democrsic in its char
4cteF, below we copy portion d a letter
from one q our Capital correspondents, n
'iobby member" published al The time:
A, IN carly day in the Session Bill WIS IN.
troduced in The Senate authorizing the Board of
Commissioners Of yoaT County 10 set apart an
nua!ly sufficient OF her revefu 10 pas the inter-
Is. upon s2a, coo ofstock ia the Rock Island en- /
La.alie Railroad Company. This Bill was re-
ferredto committee, reported back and1 asseo
TIE Senate by decided majority, TO one oppos.
ing il. or voting Against j, except those who are
the enemies OF the Davenport and Council Bluffs
Road, or the Dubuque aad Keoknk Railroad,
the prominent; opposition Of course coming from
thas notorious key OF every move in Iowa, the
'.Cigy Of Darlington" TIE Delegation from
Besmolnss County and such others as riiey can
control, have, and will vote against al Railroad
protests Tie Scott County BIZ having passed
The Senate was reported in the House last week
and from thai time up 20 this present wiring its
enemies have been slowly, bur surely increas-
ing, until Il grieve 70 say ~ fhere il no longer
any hopes o. its becoming law.
Dc your readers ask why il Is, that matter
or this kind, purely Local IN It's nature, psopos-
iien submitted 10 the people OF Scott, dsliber-
stely acted npon o, The Ballo, Boy. sdopted Ii
a / CD majority; saoald be killed off b. The Gen.
eFal Assem- ", and consigned 10 the tomb of ob-
isioa! lftae inquiry arise in the mind OF any
one, sememher what now tell you; RsBem-
Der that your immediate representative in the
person 81 Laurel sur mers, has betrayed Won, re-
member that he, no with mouth stretched
from ear 70 ear, his yes ns b e as horse chssnnts
sho was wont 70 bray about D smocracv. about
'sthe greatest good 10 the greatest number
about the mrjorite ruling in 81 things, odis
walks ln;o yoAr Legislative Hall with Detno
crscg upon his lips, snnr destiny in his LANDS.
1nd co0llv. baseiY, pcekets his principles. and
batrags his constituents, and The confidence o.
hose who have eve ynBched, for his fidelity a.
a principle that both D mocra, and Wing hol.
saeFed.
NhE sir, he hes 50 indoctrinated the members
of The House with his various excuses in tn.
shape Of dogmas, some thinking i, unconsfitu-
tionsl, othersths: it would be making the MI
noriiy members III q corporation contrary 10
taeir wishes, thar be actually las made an ass
Of himself as well OF come others. Judge Grant
proposed 10 him 10 exclude The tgotownships III
he county ohlectlng toit, ffom the provision Of
the Bill, but al would not do, nothing short Of
daaih ~ the whole matter will suit this spriv al
bastard Democracy.
The Bill isnow n the hands of committee
but its fate is understood 10 be sealed. Summers
Viii endesvoT 10 I'D himself OF The o6ium by
getting the committee 10 report in such a way
az TO take the responsibility off Of bic shoulders;
but he seant come i!'' the stakes are set aod he
/: bound TO face the nusic
1 Had Summers acted consistently. had he act
81 ~ aooa faith with his constituents, az LET
/ lnswfa. did in the Senate, this Bill would noa
have been law. Itrtuajns to he seen whcib-
er tie rsopie 81 Scott County will toIeraie tlis
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