The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-05-17

on which considerable amount of work has
been done without foot of land to aid their
construction.
We submit that tais Grant was made, not
with an eve single to the promotion Of the
interests of Iowa, and to aid her Railroads,
/ but with more direct reference to the promo
ton of the interests of eastern Roads, and Of
spectators in Railroad stocks and bonds.
And in that view of the matter the Justice
and liberality of Congress should be moved
to render efficient aid to other Roads mpor-
tant to the interests of the people Of Iowa,
! now in process of construction, by additional
/ grants of lands to the State for their benefit.
The KANSAS CoANTrEE-Gov. REEpRR-
I The Border Ruffians are very fearful of the
/ effect Of the Investigations now being made
bythe House Committee in Kansas, as, judg-
ing from the testimony they are gathering,
they well might be. The proceedings of the
Committee are denounced rs partial and pre-
JUDGED the majority of the Committee are
charged with seeking merely to make politi-
cal capital, and every possible embarrass-
meDt is laid in their way. Finally, finding
all expedients yet resorted to awaited but lit
tie, they undertook holder game, and at
tempted to get Gov. Reeder away from them,
to withhold from the Committee the advan-
tages of his knowledge of the subject-matter,
and his services in calculating the facts.
! They got Judge Lecompte to issue subpoena
for his attendance on the Grand jury at Lee
compton. He plead his privilege, aud the
Committee sustained him. Then the Judge
issued an attachment for him. The Commit
tee q. e. a majority considered that he was
exempt from obedience if he chose, but
thought perhaps it was best for him to obey
the attachment and plead his privilege before
the Judge, and, if it was allowed, return.
The Committee say that the knowledge and
services of Reeder and Whitfield have been
OF great advantage to them, and, rs they are
armed with power to arrest all and every per-
son who hinders the attendance of any Wit
ness they may desire, probably if Judge Lee
compile does not allow the constitutional
privilege of Reeder as his plea, they will COM
pei his attendance, under their authority.
Whether Reeder obeyed the attachment or
not, we are not yet aware. The Rufhans are
4 playing bold game, but they cannot intimi-
date nor seriously embarrass the Committee,
and the desperadoes will find that their infa-
nous conduct tends defeat it's ownaim
A RAscALLY CONCERN are sorry for
the man who trusts himself unwittingly to
the tender mercies of the American Express
Company, managed by Livingston, Fargo &
Co., of Buffalo, n. y, for he is liable to be
desperately drawn in. Such has been our
experience, and as we have exhausted all
amicable efforts to obtain justice from the
sharks, we deem it our duty, as it is our
pleasure, to warn the public generally, and
especially every reader of this paper, to be-
ware of this company--at least that part of
it represented by Livingston, Fargo Co..
as they would shun pirates and scoundrels of
every grade. We, Of course, are far from
duplicating the agent of the company at this
place. lie is not only not responsible for
their rascality, but, in our case, upon their
reference of our claim to him for examina-
ton, he reported to them that the claim was
] Just and correct, and advised its Immediate
payment. And this honorable action of the
agent here only aggravates the cnormity of
the me0aness of the Principal rascals al
BuiIalol We had often been warned against
the rapacity Of this overgrown monopoly.
We have now had practical demonstration of
the fact. And as it is highly probable we
shall be able to get no other satisfaction, we
, intend to use our best endeavors to prevent
others from being caught in their villanous
\ gull-trap.
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