The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-08-07
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The ons-nan Dsnssrasy Of the First Con-
gfsssional District, nominatins - candidate
for Congress one @. @. Cola, made ~ fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the early construction Of
Psci6o kAilroad, 10 connect By its eastern
terminus with the railroads fhrpugh Iowa, y
much desired By the people, sa1d that the
Democracy OF this Congressional District
| pledge thsmseives 70 the election 81 N o.
oisnt and practical msmbsf of Congrsss,
who will use oil his powers 70 secure the
early passage OF favorable bill, without :
waste Of three years. time In useless post
ponements, in order to secure . re-slsstion.
That resolution 10 evidently made 70 in
duce the people OF the district to believe that
our present Representative, San'i r. Curtis,
who is . candidate for reelection, 10 nm
worthy to be reelected because he sDostsd
three year, Tins In usslsss postponsmsmts
In order to sscrse rs-sisctiom. The Hon.
Sam'l r. Curtis 10 thereby accused Of neglect
Of duty and premsdisased corropsion. Ian
sorry that my townsmsn, who was shAirnan
Of the committee on resolutions, 10 accessory
to such an act, and il only proves how dssp
the one-man Democracy has fallen, and how
impossible it 10 to remain . working mem.
Der Of that miserable tsil-snd OF onos
honorable and national party, without being
drawn into the miro Of the most abisct
slandsr, only for the purpose slsvsting one
Of their number over the head OF . trust
worthy ssrvsnt Of the people.
Al ono OF the people nuch desire the
construction Of Pacific Railroad, and boz
| ing this summer several weeks ct Washing
ton, made il special work to investigate
how it stood with that railroad. The result
Of my observations were, that bsosms fully
convinced not only that our Representative,
Ssm'l r. Curtis, - chairman Of the select
committee on Paoias Railroad, had used oil
his power to secure the early passage Of :
favorable bill, but that unlsas, he had bssu
ct the hsad Of that committee the whole plan
would have been buried in oblivion.
/ The Pacific Railroad il not considered in
Congress a. party or sectional measure,
but partyism and sectionalism have had in
Aoenoe upon the course Of tho prosssdings
in Congress. The real national stand taken
BY our Representative, and his honorable and
manly course in Congress, have convinced
! Southern members that Sam'l r. Curtis ID
not sectional partisan, and be could Ind .
bearing by Southern members who would,
without any shadow OF doubt, have turned !
deaf eAr snd contsmptuous smile towards
such men ~ @. @. Cola, whose Democracy
is for the present swallowed BY the name Of
Stephen Arnold Douglas. l havs bssn .
personal witnsss that instead Of wasting
time in useless postponement Of bill, our
Representative has worked early in the
morning and late at night 90 - to get the bill
in suoh shape before tho House that be
could work out its consummation before his
present term expires.
The conviction of tho faithfulnsss OF our
Representative induced me 70 write from
Washington to one our proninsat candidates
for shas.oihce before Tho .Rspublioan Con-
grsssisnal Convention, and 70 induce him
not TO press his claim for she present., but
70 support the denomination Of Hon. Eam'l
r. Curtis.
SO a. the case now stands, then, the pro-
posed bill will come up next December,
and il the members Of tbs House will then
rot occupy themselves too much with thu
result OF the November election, the bill can
DO passed before the 4sh Of March, 1851,
and our Representative ought 30 rsssivs shsr
oil the credit due him for his faithfulnsss.
i II, however, factious opposition shall
prevent tho passage Of said measure, and ID.
case BE- referred to the next Congress, %
nsS msmber, and certainly not q. O. Cole
Dan DO Of more and better service than Mr.
Curtis. He 10 scquaintsd with every par
ticular 10 reference 70 said railroad, whiol
no new member can BE-. He has already
standing in Congress, - chairman u th
committee, which can with NO shadow o
propriety be refussd to him il ths next Con
grsss. II Mr.. Cole should present hinssl
- new member, be would experience tha
however great and prominent hs may fss
himsslf st Dss Moinss, hs would not DO DON
sidsfed directly 20 y Washington. And i
Ne shall have in the next Congress, q il
probable, again Republican Speaker, Mr.
q Q. Cole nast mot inagiss shas his inpor
tsnes would be 90 pondsrous - TO incline Ii,
Speaker of the Hoass 70 place On unknowl
and untrisd nav member Of the tail-snd o
the Democracy 81 the head Of sush CON
missee. Whstsvsr may b he sonplsxio,
Of The next Congress, We know already tha
the so-oAllsd Douglas Democrats viii hAv,
pisiful show in the House Of Rspressnts
tives.
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