Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-12-28
Senator Dodge, OF Iowa.

Sena' or DoDaE, of Iowa, is known as . bold, ,
straight forward man. and equally straight-
forward democrat al,0ays. He has never, du-
ring all the slavery agitation, bent for a mo-
ment to the demands of the free soil faction;
and it is evident that he will not now bend to
the purposes Of any other faction. Immedi.
ately after the election of Printer to the Senate,
the other day, in which certain democratic sen.
ators formed coalition with the wings and
and free soilers to defeat Gen. ARMSTRONG, the
democratic candidate, and elect man who was
an open, mouthed whig in ls4s, Mr.. DODGE cx-
pressed himself thus:
Mr.. DoDcE, of Iowa, said: wish TO give no,
tice that will on to morrow, or some .,hso.
quent day, move the repeal Of t,e 9th rnle
which provides that tie Elections Of officers by
the Senate shall ae by ballot. 1 want those
electionsfo &c oira -voce. consider that cast
u.e vote Of the people Of Iowa when vote
here upon any question, whether in relation to
the public printing or any other matter, and
think that my lord and masters have a right
to know how, and for whom, cast that vote
A certain ection has been held here to day.
the result Of which regard as anything but
complimentary to the democratic organization
Of the Senate. make no reflection upon any
one who has voted here to day. But l want
my vote known to the people Of Iowa, so that
they may know how cast theirvote. l voted
to day for Gen. Armstrong, the defeated can.
didate for public printer. and the proprietor Of
the Union. Detroit Free Press
Pacinc Railread..The new YORK
Scheme.
The attention of the Press throughout the
country is turned towards the company organ.
lied under an act Of the last Legislature of
New York for the ostensible purpose of facili-
tating this great and benefcent enterprise
This charter was obtained solely through po-
litical influence. Capitalists had nothing TO
do with it in it, option, though subsequent
ly men of means were associated with the
FIRST named corporator The principal srb.
scriPtions, however, were made by men whose
means did not constitute an infinitessimal Dor.
ton of the sums subscribed Ore gentleman
opened with $lO,0OO,OOO subscription. 9th.
er parties. never heard of before in :he fpap.
cial world as men of CAPT al, subscribed several
millions each. Lew s. Chatfeld, a practising
lawyer of limited means in Otsego Co. sub
scFibed sum which We presume he must have
made out of his services as Attorney General
OF the State for two terms, namely THIRTY
NINE MILLIONS OF DoILARs He was the cleo.
ted President of the company. In the mean
time. the men of capital prudently withdrew
Messrs. Corning, Dudley, Gregory and other
gentlemen OF capital declined to act as Com
missioners.
A call on the stockholders to the amount of
one mill on dollar was agreed on, but as most
OF the stock was held in trust company with
ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS commenced
operations on the hope of obtaining $780,.
00O
The political share holders holding from one
third to one-half of the stock, expect to pay
nothing. The capitalists are to advance moneu
the politicians, influence at Washington.-
This influence is expected to obtain a land
grant. Small deficiencies in cash are to be
made good by appropr atoms from the public
domain. 1t is said that FIFTEEN MILLIONS of
the stock have been set aside for Cosgression.
al dOeeurs, and FIVE MILLIONS for editorial
brides.
If sufficient public land can be secured. the
nctitlous, capitalists who now constitute a
majority Of the corporators. can afford to sell
out the stock; upon which hey have paid
nothing, at handsome profit. This is nm.
doubleday the sole object of their incornora.
ton. And it was simply to facilitate this oh. |
ject that they adopted the circuitous southern
route they did. Southern political influ.,ce
was sought after in the location of the road
through Southern territory.---Milwaukee
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