The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-10-04
JUSTICE TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION.

DELEGATION.
We chserfnlly give place to the follow
ing communication from Col. N. s. Goes.
President Of the Union Pacific, Southern
Branch Railroad Company. We will
merely remark that it was the fsrthest
from our intention to do injustice to Mr..
Clarke or any Of our Congressional Dele
CATION 10 the article alluded to. We merely
meant to express the idea. in saying that
''nOne of our Congressional Delegation
felt very deep interest ia it success, -
(the HsOshO Valley Railroad. J that they
did not naturally feel that interest in the
matter that members directly interested
would have done. The injustice done
must be attributed 70 a careless use of
language, and MOTTO q desire to wrong
any of our Congressional Delegation.
We know they have done good servics for
as. and Mr.. Clarke, especially. at one time
worked SO hard for other interests as to.
call down dsnuuciations from the people
of bis own town aud lay himself liable to
the charge of sacrificing home interests.
HUMBoLDr. Kan, Sept. 23, 1867.
FRIEND SToTLER: Referring to your able
aud we'll timed article in the News Of
August 3Oth. 1867, headed "Our Rail-
road" would respectfully call your at
tsntiou to the fact that, in giving a brief
history of the U. p. r. w, S. B., aud
in speaking of the surprising progress
the great enterprise had made, noIWith.
standing the many difficulties the compa
nv hal to contend with, that you have
fundamentally done injustice to our Con.
grsseional Delegation, in the following:
IN THE eompany) lOas unknO1On at Wash
ton and none of our Congressional Del
cation felt very deep interest tn ats sac.
cess" Having, for the past two years.
been one of the representatives. in the
interests of eaid company at Washington.
l take great pleasure 10 saying that, with
the exception of Gen. Lane, our Congress
! sional Delegation have. from the first,
proved themselves true and fast friends TO
the enterprise, as their acts will show.
To Senator Pomeroy the company are in
debted for The transfer and assignment
from the A. T & S. F. r r. company
of the lands granted TO the Neosho Val
ley Branch ofsaid company. and TO tie un,
tirirg interest felt. and the energy of Sen
ator Pomery aud Representative Clarke
are the company indebted for the passage
of the act of Congress. approved July
26 b, 1866, the most liberal grant Of lands
for its Uidth on record, and one withOut
a precedent The company are also un>
der obligations to Senator Ross for as
slslauce rendered The being on the com
mitlee Of Indian Atfairs) IN the making
of the treaties with the Kaws, and the
Sac q Fox Indians, which he, with the
i other msmters from our State, struggled
SO lard TO have ratified, and pledge US
shall be ratified the coming session of
C.ngress. As to The Government Bonds
/ will say that our company was not
alone in asking for, and in failing to ss
cure Il Q Bond. TIE Norti s5n PIcifc, the
Southern Pacific and other railroad com
panies were pressing Congress for the
| same aid. Bat. friend Stosler, IL 1VaS use
less. Congress had Reconstruction and
! ConfscatIOH on the brain. All matters,
I care not hol0 important, tOere made sec
oRdary. Was it, ;ben, strange that our
road. pointing as it does south. should be
put off. and for the time refused the aid
! 1t so Justly demands? Bat the Bond
question Is not dead. lis friends through
out the nation are preparing. with renew
ed vigor, 80 press the coming Congress
to action, and all that / have written to
and couversed with, say that they are
more than hopeful-dre confident Of sue
cess. Then is it not clearly the duty of
the company, and to the interest of every
citizen along the line Of the road, as well
as 10 the contractors, that we all continue
to keep our eyes open and our shoulders
to the wheel, and not leave a s'One IN
turned to accomplish the great object, for
the contractors deserve and need all the
aid aud assistance possible for US to rem
der, and if successful in securing the
Government aid. our citizens are to be re
IseVed from paying the County Bonds
AS our Congressional Delegation are, and
have been from the first, solid for the
Government Bonds, as veil as every other
move that tends to promote the interests
of our company, and believing that you
so visw it. and that you will take great
pleasure in not only publishing this, but
IN correcting a sentence that does not ex-
press what you intended to say, sub
scribe myself, with high regard, yours
truly, n. S. GOSS.