The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-06
Correspondence from tho Capital
TopEKA,Jan. 28th, 1864

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TopEKA, Jan. 2Sth, 1864.
The agony is over, the great monster,
the Henderson Amendment has passed
both branches Of the Legislatures The
vote 10 tho Senate, which is as follows
For-Ford, Lowe, Clark, Valentine,
Leonard, Woodworth, Elliott, Sherry, Ba-
ker, Maxson, Bennett, Miller.
Against-Wilsoa, Pierce, Fitzwilliams,
Potter, Strickler. Foster, Wheeler, Oursler,
Grew, Brockway, Fishback, Spaulding.
shows that it was tie vote tho Presi-
dent, Lieut. Gov. Osborn, voting in the af:
irmative, decides this much abused and
misrepresented Henderson Amendment, +"
and leaves Atchison, which was only wa
ter station on this branch of the Pacific
Railroad, cut of the question.
Under section l3 of the Pacific Railroad
Bill, the road had to start from St. Joseph
Mo. and run via. Atchison, unless the H..
& St. 10. R. r. Company could get the
consent of the Kansas Legislature, in that
even, they can build the road directly west
fron 81: JosepA, Mo-; they nave now got
that consent, and you need not be surpris-
ed to see 100 miles of this road completed
by the 1st Of January, 1865.
There has been a bill introduced in
Congress to amend section 13 Of the
Pacific Railroad bill by striking "Atchi-
son" out of the bill entirely, and will pass
without doub. when they hear from the
Kansas Legislature. In the Senate Of the
U. S. Pomeroy always represented that
Atchison was on the direct route west, and
by his representa- tions-when the Pacific
Railroad bill was under discussion-that
st. Jos ,ph was disloyal town, and that
running the road west from St. Joseph 1t
would be building up disloyal town in
Missouri, while it would irjure Atchison,
q loyal town in Kansas-and thus, by ap-
pealing to the prejudices of the Senators,
had his town, Atchison, made point on
this branch Of P. R. R. But the Kansas
Legislature has said that Atchison shall
not be wafer station on this branch of the
Pacific Road. Atchison had lobby mem
bers here 'button-holing' members to vote
against the Henderson Amend ment," but
j, would not win, and since the measure
passed the House not one can be seen
They saw the "hand writing on the wall"
and left
There bas been but few bills passed both
branches yet, owing to the members let.
ting of the usual amount of gas before
proceeding to business. Quite number
Of bills ta7e passed the House, and to-day
q bill came up providing for the sale of the
School Lands, which elioited considerable
the bill finally passed after
,undry amendments. ftprovides that there
,hall be vote on the question next fall.
md if majority are in favor of selling
be School Lands, they shall Be appraised
md sold. If il passes the Senate will
end you a copy 70 publish, a. it is of geu.
raj interest to your readers. Nearly two
hundred bills have been introduced in the
House already, how many more will be in
reduced before the Legislature adjournS
his deponent saith not.
If the Editor was ever on jury when
,ey could not agree, hsean form some idea
sw difficult it is 70 get majority of the
Members Of the Legislature to agres e =
". Every bill whsn it comes up in thsI
oumittst ATFsNSeH ,visSe Whole, that is 10
.shputd ~ Raea t'aas6m !