The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-08-20


PACIFIC RAILROAD.
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''Mr. Donnelly's allusion to the Northern F
Pacific Railroad is an unfortunate one for
himself It necessitates tho raking up OF
some disagreeable facts in regard to his
record on that measure. When the first
for 4 land grant to! thlteepts
prise was before Congress in FMay Of jane,
l99Arviss issMell. knoun. and Gnu. .ha .ploIed
hyIseAtlepaR Nh9 swers ;ip Washington, a a i
III time-and Who wsre .1pstrhhe1tsr Id
ACQUIRING the final passage Of the grant
Pstste spesohIhat & as.sy s iSs as
IhS one under consideration Disguised |
the House. that he aceaAn5 kiAstrths meas4
observation-disclosures Isteaswetds; substaHlttyiAtl
y S Fss RfsS 'sSa Ss a3r
lly'stsaynasn word, 3as oasiisd,-7e itol6 9S" a
: Yt1 ashna,R the ..ataR9ent IL trpp! Low
,, . Ss N5;,S.ts :s AgSs az ss
somdd I'm IJsnuary, 1885, which Tina;
I became PRECEDENT of the read. ,FOf The an; an
tecedent history Of the enterprise am
therefofe entirely 'ignofsnt except t3asf u
learnlit fromJthe published proceedings Of,
Congress- in its official paper, the Globe.
In ne spring of 1866 The enterprise wss
1befors fongrezss ask,ag, for cid. and from
that time to the present its friends have
lie en- and still are seeking the assistance Of:
the government lin the.form Of a subsidy;
the same as granted to thy Uni 9Ita and cen n5
b Since my codnection with the sroad Mr..
sDeupelly has laboyed aenrpestly With y its y
tioh5! sH5f MTst CnT .3d2t! bsa yfl,tas St
+, Ea,le66; ,heimads ;an able speech favoripg
The BILL, and, with the exception Of the Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens, it had no warmer or
jealous isupphrter Ihap he. .oyrs1a9oitG :.
F At every succeeding session Of Congress,
The has been and Is Strongly relied upon by
tho friends of tho Il measure ITO urge: it,
.laims, both in Gomlnittee On Railroads, Of
which he is member" and before the
House,: .aai,ggyH Of; .7tffo.t 90, aa,Ey
while / am therefore unable to speak
| froilhh 81 personal knowledg of what transpir-
led iu1the} House gin 1854 case re CARDS Mr.;
Dopnelly, yetI find nothing in his speech
on that occasion as published, that justifies
! the assertion of the Tribune, nor have; j ;ey-
er heard either from tho friends of the en-
terprise IN Congress-, OF from those; who
|swefe'ite outside friends and managers, any
;butexpressions; of, confidence and reliance
upon him as one of its warmest friends and
supportsAsuch at any rate eeI has proved
himself to be, since I have been connected
with the management Of the road. "S"" Il
+ S5'''H@ am very truly, yoars,!T I'9n't
l. ~ yH6 4s;5 J.GREG0R9:Y1, X, iliMll
r auIErrER FROM HON. JIM. GILMAN.
|; gatg :aIa + ST. PAUL, Aug. sth, 1868.
Mr.; ". B. Mitchell, St. Cloud, MINI.
+ DEAR Sinh answer to your inquiries
as to What tr,ainisppifed vbeno1e was present
at Washington last spring, before the House
Committee on Pacific Railroad. when the
Northern Pacific Railroad bill was under
consideration, before the Committee, ]
would state, that. when Mr.. Branch and
myself reached Washington we found that
Mr.. Donnelly had offered and got the com
mittee to agree to-. IN amendment to the
Northern Pacific bill; to tho effect that the
road should start from The head Of the Lake
in Minnesota and run t'ria the city Of st.
Cloud" The Northern Pacific Railroad
men we're il New York at the time, or most
of them, but al soon as they heard Of this
amendment to the bill,a they came back to
Washington: in force, protesting againsl
the, amendment, and insisting that it must
be stricken of; The committee was con
sfveaed TO give them hearing upon the sub.
ject, and At that meeting il, Tie committee
i room, Mr.. Branch, Gen! Ia Due, Of Has
tings, Gov. Marshall and myself were pres.
cnt, and many others. Mr.: Doonelly :ex
planned the amendment, and! gave his rea-
sons why he had, offered it, and; why he
Thought it should remain. the matter was
|discussed at great length, most Of The
time being occupied :By The Northern pa:
| ci6c men, who: insisse4 31tAhat che amendment
would prejudice the success and perhap.
defeat the entire. enterprise. Mr.. Branch
and myself were heard in, support Of the
amendment, but np}en the. vote being taken
Fit was stricken out, Gov. Marshall CO.
4 operated with tie Northern Pacific; men il
the matter, upon the ground that he con.
sidered the road Of 60 much importance to
the State, that its success should, not be
jcop"rdized by forcing the company to any
PARTICULAR points against their =, wishes.
I That Ar: DIonnelly acted in perfect good
faith in The matter, and from q desire to
carry out the wishes and promote the best
interests of his constituents; lean hayegno
doubt. q %;1:ETGe !; .at:ia .f9-gt9 e.sl;
| Respectfully yours, &c., ~5us.:.
L ..: E., r, 81: J.. Nj. GILMAN