Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-24
SATURDAY, OCTOBER II, 1857.
IOWA ELECTlON...REP
VICTORY!

! Wv VIZ
Tho additional returns received to "a
enable US to speak with confidence OF tn
result r. P. Lowe and OsAN FAvllLE ar
elected Governor and lieutenant Governo
by respectable majority. The Legls'A'1'
is also Republican without doub,
sais =s1Ass Gal!e as 90 I0o Rankin, the Re
publican candidate for Senator, il howcve
elected over Thurston by 80 majority Thi
is glorious gain in old Democratic Lee.
Wayne. A letter from Thos VI. Bowen
from Corydon, published in the Gate Gty
sets down the majority for Samuel, at less
than 100 in this strong Democratic county
Daris, one Of the strongholds of Dcmoc.
racy and Know Nothingism, is reported SO
for Samucls.
Linn elects two Republican Represents.
tives AID gives Lowe ard Faville from 800
to 4O' maj
Keotnk, two Republican Representatives
Zone in connection with Washington and
100 for we. A Republican Senator also
secured.
jefferson, as We le.ru from the LeAgsr,
elects the ,lant Wilson and Norman (He-
puhlican>) to tn. Legislature and gives low.
ard Favile over 200 mjority.
Enthusiastically (.ep.) elected to the
Legislature and l. wa 200 majori y.
Muscaiine and St. Paul Railroad.
From our exchanges in the Cedar Valley,
we learn that this project (alluded to by us
some weeks ago. is ga ming favor among the
people. Meetings have been held at most
of the towns along the line of the road, ut
which resolutions pledging aid for its con-
struction have been passed unanimously.
The Importance and feasibility of connecting
Muscatine hnd t Paul by rail in the man
ner proposed every one admits, and the only
question in regard to it is one of time
The p esent is the most unpropitious time to
undertake an enterprise Of this kind. We
presume nothing more than the preliminary
arrangements will be made until the prevail
ing financial storm has passed. hen we
may expect the work to progress in real ear
nest. The Muscatine and St. Paul Railroad
may be regarded as one of the ''f1ed facts"
of the no very distant future.
Below we copy from the Linn County
r gi<ter the proceedings Of meeting held
at Mari on to consider this project:
RAIiHoAD MEETING.
MARION, Oct Sd, 1857.
At a meeting of the citizens of Mar on,
held on the a ,ove date, to take into consid-
Grafton the feasibility and expcdiencv of
building railroad from Muscatine via Tip
Ton, Ht. Vernon Marion, Center Point, Ma
rysville and Waterloo, to the northwest
On motion, VIM. Smyth was called to the
hair, and j. R. Gibson elected Secretary.
After due consideration, the following reso-
utions were adopted:
Resoluet j hat we. as citizens of Marion,
linn 90. Iowa, are in favor of the [. and
II. n. W r. R., and believe it to be for the
BEST inter sts of the whole country.
Hesolrel, That we heartily endorse the
resolutions passed on this subject at previous
meetings of the citizens of MuscatIne, Tip
ton and Mt. Vernon.
Reulrei, That we b.lieve this Railroad,
if built, will be second to no other project
now in consideration IN Importance to the
number of citizens of this county
Rtsol.e That we pledge our hearty sup
port to the /. and NJ. N W. r. R., and will
give the enterprise every encouragement in
our power.
On motion, the Secretary was instructed
to furnish DR. Brice with Il copy of these
proceedings, and alse copy to The Lin"
County Rrgi': en- for publication.
On motion, adjourned.
WILLIAM SMYTE, CA'n.
J. X. GIBso Sec'u.