The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-02-27
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Rouse, on the evening" OF enc zUhh INST.
lie published. From it We extract a. fol
lows. He accepts the ..lucrssiye' position
of Chief Executive off poor but respect
able people in proper manner. and con.
graduates them upon tbs wisdom oftheir
choice Urges an increass of the Gov
ernor's contingent fuad, as during the
absence, in SO many instances. of the
Paeer .familsaa, it is desirable that the Gov
ernor ehould travel great deal in order
to be come thoroughly acquainted with
the wants of his large and promising
family. Recommends the appointment
of an Rmigrant Commissioner to be To-
Gated at Limerick or Schleswig Holstine,
Thinks the number of District Judges
should be reduced one-half, and 'vacu-
UNI" created on the Supreme ''bench."
Thinks 1t would be expedient to reduce
the salaries of public officials, especially
Read Supervisors, Constables, Township
Clerks and Local Editors. Ito this last
see would beg leave to recommend that
he be allowed to regulate his salary in
his own way, subject only to the Consti.
tuition and Union, or some other good Cop
perhead sheet.) His Eecellency then
| referred to those prosecuted monopolies,
''our railroads" and argues so manfully
and eloquently in their behalf that we
give his own language:
You have been complimented, I sup
pose, with free pass over every railroad
in the State. / must honorabiy confess
that have not. What say, therefore,
upon this subject must not be attributed
10 a sense of obligation ! am under to
those companies. don't think | owe
them anything. and should regard free
pass.as a beautiful piece of card board.
Railroad companies are foremost in
the rank of Humane and Charitable In
sti:utiohs. Finding people living upon
IL bleak and barren frontier, their sym
pathies are at once aroused, and Like
philanthropists, rs they are, they rush
tFyith untold treasure and pour it upon
the virgin soil. Their fir t study is to
know what the people most need. and
without a selfish thought the need is
supplied. 1t is an oil and true adage
that God helps those Eho helps them
.elVes." My individual opinion is, from
the manner in which the railroad com
panies help themselves, they don't stand
in need of much help from God. But as
| was going to remark, these monied men
come here from disinterested motives
| they build railroads us acts of charity to
| the people. Their conduct is unmarked
| by either selishness or oppression. They
| build roads, equip and run them. per-
chance into a snow drift, or down an
embankment. They do SO, however,
with charitable intent. They run their
roads at an immence pecuniary sacrifice,
| simply to accommodate the people. Un
der such circumstances, | believe the
| time has come when these roads should
receive the fostering care of the STATE
| |, therefore, recommend the passage of
law placing them upon the same basis
| with our Asytums for the insane. blind
and deaf, and dumb. that by law they be
recognized as among the fast Of our
charitable institutions. and that they be
supported in the same way, that is, by a
special appropriation from the Stale
Treasury. Before acting upon this prop
osition, it might not be anliss to enquire
| if it would be agreeable to the wishes of
said companies to so iegislate. / con-
graduate the people Of this State, and Of
Kansas and Nebraska, Of the prospect of
! the early completion Of the several rail-
roads running East and West. As have
| before said, SO | again say, that the ma
terial interests OF our people have suffGr'
ed terribly from scarcity of Aborers.-
Notwithstanding the extraordinary in
ducements offered by these benevolent
corporations. they have been unable to
secure hands to prosecute their work and
extend their roads as rapidly Us they de-
sired. Still they are entitled to our
gratitude for the energy they. have dis
played. ! understand that since your
| last meeting, the Dubuque and Sioux
CITY Rrailroad Company have made four
separate and distinct contracts for build
| ing of 40 miles of road each. making l60
miles of that road now under contract
| But a very short time must, therefore,
elapxe before the citizens of Sioux City
will hear the snort of the iron horse
The B. 4 NJ. Railroad company have ex-
hibited a like spirit of goahendatIvenesS
I am unable to learn that they have en-
tered into any contracts, but they are
making great progress in securing the
right of the way. the attorney OF the
road having for some time past been en-
gagged in notifying BONA eide settlers to
faava their homesteads and other i'm
nroveuents. In many instances learn
That these settlers have compromised by
the uayment, to the company, OF from
two dollars and q halJ, up, per acre. LOT
the land improved.
n.anaS,,I d;snosifions of those settlers! in
F;aw nf the fact that said company hasn't
= shadow al : title to said lands. The
other Land Grant companies are also