The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-01-09

relative to the land grant OF Congress, al
lades to Hon. Jas Thoringtcn, forme
member Of Congress from this District
in connection with the Iowa Land Grant
Inssmuch 10 the organ Of Gen. Jones
in dialogue, h.s recently been claiming
Rreat credit for its owner on the securin.
q this land grant, We make an exsrac
from the 1riture'ssfticie, reminding ou1
readers that this very article is intended
% iujure Mr.. Thoringtons influence II
she North Of the State, to prevent hin
receiving any support there for the Sen
~. Il opposes Mr.. Thorington fol
using, as il says, an influence to cut of
Ne McGregor railroad. 1t then says:
We happen TO know, intimately, all The
circumstances connected with the intro
QUESTION and passage of the Bill granting
land to four RAILROADS in this State, and
We know that the influence that cut Of
the MaGregor Road, came from a pcr'
ton Of the State far South Of Dubuque
from a quarter, indeed, from whence the
In.egigencer would have Us believe the
people Of the north desire our next Sena.
Tor 10 b. taken The father and CHIEF
engineer Of this land grant bill was the
Hon. Mr.. Thorington, who resides in
Davenport, and not in Dubuque, and it
was matured, reported and passed through
the House and sent to the Senate, before
even Mr.. Jones, the Senator from Nor
thern Iowa, knew anything about it.
We are anxious that such q state Of things
shall not again occur. We are DESTROYS
tina, Northern Iowa should be represented
by one whose interests are the interests
vf Northern Iowa.
Now we have before US an extract from
the Dubuque Republican, of the 18th of
May, shortly after the passage of the
same Iowa Land Bill, which we respect
fully recomm mend to the perusai OF our
Tribune friend. The Republican, which
has since merged into the Tribune then
said
THE Iowa LAND BILL AND Hon
JAMES TuoRrNGTos. There can be No
doubt that Iowa owes debt of gratitude
which she can scarcely ever pay, to the
Hon James Thorington, for his efforts,
which were crowned with complete sue
cess, TO secure the passage of the Iowa
Land Bill-by far the most important
Bill ever passed by Congress, relating to
Iowa. Particularly do the citizens Of
Dubuque stand under obligations to Mr..
-horington, for cur city will reap the
greater share of the almost incslculahle
benefits which will result from this bill.
We say gratitude is due Mr.. Thor
ington, and in saying 20 We do not wish
70 detract from the merited praise of any
other gentleman, but there is evidence
10 show that Mr. Hal, the Democratic
Representative from the first District,
,ras opposed TO the bill. A letter from
this gentleman, putlished in the Vernon.
(van Buren, Co., Mirror Of the I'd e
May, and addressed to d. Peddington OF
tho Keokuk Post, contains the following
statement:
Iu the meantime, however, you can
ASSURE Jour readers that no. only n'ysey
but Senator Jones, fully Intend tina; no
bill will receive oar FINAL sanc,ian, which
does not do full justice to Keokuk and
the Hemoines Valley"
New az neither Keokuk nor Fort Mad
ison are in The Bill at all, Mr.. Hall can
rot be presumed to have given bis sane
ton to the passage OF the Iowa Land Bill,
and consequently cannot claim any credit
for its passage. Further than this, Sen
ator Jones, while advocating the bill in
Senate, referred 10 Mr.. Thorington BY
name, a. the gentleman who chad the
management of the Bill in the House.
For years Iowa has asked for this jus,
,ice to her interests, and for years, while
a Democratic majority in both branches
Of Congress, aud Democratic Senators
and Representatives FROM her own prsi-
ries, she has been denied. 1t was reser-
red for the first Republican member o.
Congress from this State to accomplish
the labor of passing the bill through
House with Republican majority, aud
right nobly has he done it. Look at the
facts, here are four grants for four great
roads, all commencing in Mr., Thoring-
ton own District, and their course ST
shaped that they ali tend to enrich the
cities Of his District, and to pour the
wealth Of the Far West into their laps
What Democracy in all its power has
failed to do, Republicanism has accom-
VIVA. Democratic Repre-
and Senators could not do,
Mr. Harrington, the FIRST Republican Rep
-esentative of Iowa, has achieved. All
honor to him
The Upton Advertiser, in abiding to
he Senatorial ques.ion, says:
Mr.. Ihorington has done more to make
Iowa n Republican State than any two
nes in it, and We think the Republicans
hould bare this iD mind, as well as tina |
Ie and not Mr., Jones, secured the passage |
# the Iowa Land Bill The Contra
'ortion of Iowa is strongly and reliably |
"of seventeen counties. |
the central portion of the
tate, fifteen ar. Republican, and gave
owe majority Of s,7s3, while only two
re Democratic, and gave ssmuels a ma.
GRITTY Of IT. and yet this part Of the
tate ia to be ignored by Republican
.islaturc, and the North and South are
0 have all the important Offices
Tue idea Of giving Gen. Jones credit
Or the success of this land bill, is ex-
remely ridiculous Mr., Thorington not
My carried it through the House, but
s.d more influence in the Senate tseI
an To, lana. ar ,.,,f / ,,o NJ, /