The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-05-20
The snnbury. and Elie Railroad Bill.

The bill giving this company THREE MILL
IONS OF DoLLARso Of the proceeds of the sale Of
the public works, in the event that the Penn.
syfvania Railroad cempauy should buy them,
has finally passed The House Of Representa-
lives by majority Of six voles. This result
was totally unexpected 10 persons at dis.
lance, but not so 10 those who have watched
the outside msneuvres Of HE men who have
fire bill In charge, and who are deeply inter.
esied in the passage of this infa nous scheme.
The bin has been bored through the House
by such men as John A. Gamble, ex.Causl
Commissioner; Israel Painter, ex.Canal
Commissioner; James Burns, ex-Canal Com
missioner; James Jack kman, and few others
OF like stamp. These men have over one
hundred miles of the road under con,ract.-
This contact, which amounts 20 FOUR MILL.
IONS oil dollars, was obtained by no very hon.
orab!e means, at rates so high that il is con.
ddenHy asserted, by men who are acquaint.
ed with the making of railroads, that they
will make ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS CLEAR
MONEY by The operation, and tha, ii eau be
made by sub-leltins, without even turning
hsnd.
We shall not attempt 10 censure the mem.
bers who have taken an active part in the
passage OF The bill, particularly those whose
constituents are Immediately benefited by The
road; but we do think that those who live
remote from the road have taken bold step,
and brought upon themselves responsibility
which We would not like TO incur.
reasonable amendment was offered 10
the bill, providing that all the ,pressn, con.
tracts should be rescinded, and that The work
should be re.let 10 the lowest aud best bid.
DIR; but this was moi acceded to by the
friends Of the road, because il would defeat
the object Of The present borers now at the
capital. ". ,--a...
We are friends of the Sunbury and Erie
Railroad, aud want il made; but when such
nen as We have above named are engaged
in The project of turning the making of the
road TO their own individual advantage, then
let us pause and reflect.
We annex the vote so that our readers may
know who voted 10 squauder the peoples
money:
YEAs-Messrs. Babcock, Backus, Bail, Bish-
op, Brown, Benson, Carly, Cleaver, Dickey,
Dock, Eys,er, Gibbouey, Hamilton, Hancock,
Hies'and, Hue, Hoffman (of Lebanon }
Housekeeper, Imbrie, Jenkins, johnson,
Kerr, Lebo, Manear, Mausle, M'Cslmont,
M'Ilvaine, Mumn,a, Nichols, Nicholson,
Penrose, Peters, Pownall, Ramsey, (of Phil.
adelphia), Reed, Shaw, Sloan, Sirutbers,
Thorn, To!an, Vail, Vanvoorhis, vickers,
Wasonseller, Walter, Warner, Wintrode,
Wright, and Yearsley-4s.
NAYs-Messrs. Anderson, Arthur, Back.
house, Beck, Bower, Calhoun, Campbell,
Crawford. En,, Foster, Gildea, Hamel, Har-
per, Helms, Hill, HilIegas, Hoffman (of Berks),
iunes, Jacobs, John, Kaufman, Knight, Lsis-
enring, Longaker, Loveii, Moorhead, Nuune-
macher, Pearson, Purcell, Ramsey (of York;,
Reamer, Roberts, Rupp, Smith (of Camb-ia,)
Smith, (of Cenlre), Stevenson, voeghlley,
Wss'brook, Wharton, Willsion, Wiherow,
Zimnorpoa Aad Ga,S. Sr-.kL---.s,I -
We have been living al The seat of Govern.
ment for twenty years past, and have been
about the legislature yearly, but never before
have we observed such set Of corrupt bor-
ers. We would rather see the sale of the
Public Works postponed another year, until
The amendments of The Constitution are adop-
ted, which will prohibit The Stale from SUBJ
scribing 10 any project of this kind, than 10
see this bill pass. 90.
II becomes the duty of the taxpayers at
once to arouse in their might, and stay the
progress of the bill 10 The Senate. We have
an abiding faith IN that body, and look 10
them to reouke corruption and fraud. But
if it should pass, we have still another hope,
and that is the Governor, who will never.
ner1 afIix his signature to any bill, il he can
be convinced that 1t is wrong in principle,
and particularly il he is satisfied that corrupt
means have been used TO effect lis passage.
Harrisburg Telegraph.