Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30

iui 1ot-Eess, ME AlHS0n, Their last n,au~
liesio arpeass ~ the shape Of sixteen rare
pamphlet esoHaod with .alschoeds. The inest
81 which lave already boon Repeatedly ais,
proved. he only possible chance I'll their
eisc''nE their purpose TO any ex,ent arises
from the fact that lie can always be sent
inrsher Than It's RECITATION cnn follow, nn,,
tha, some may be found 10 believe that
where so much is said some portion Of \,
must he truc. II is difficult To comprehend
that any class ut mon, even III palilical
campaign, would venture 10 deliberately in>
vent and propagate falsehoods of snch rnnr.
niiude and unblushing auiacity without some
Slight foundation in fact: yet this namrhlc.
shows that such men are TO lie found.
Mr.. Allison and aemilroad matters.
Oac half Of the above mentioned ram
rhles is d.s oied To MIR. Allisoas connection
with the Sioax City branch of the Pacific
Railroad, endcasorng 10 nroye that he has
been Instrumental ii divertines tina, rad
from lis proper route. Nearly six pares ara
devoted to q syncf.sis Of tho original ac,. 4
discussion Of the merits Of the rival routes
glowing pictures Of the wealth of the MINER
Missouri, etc. All this is 10 throw dus, in
the rves OF the reader and bewilier his mind
with multitude Of
IRRELEvANr QUESTIONS.
II is doubtless fact that an airs line road
from Sioux City 10 the nearest point ON Tho
Pacific railroad would he preferable Ia ali
others. were il practicable; tina. road up
the Niobrara would greatly develop the re,
sources OF that se-don also tina. the road MS
built y nron 1.-THE shortest practicable
route + bu, these are not the questions at
issue as edecting Mr.. Allison.
These and other irre,evan, questions harp.
ed npoa BY the opposition, have already,
some o: them frequently, been incidentally
answered.
l.. A. Thomas, in memorial urged thro'
the Iowa Legislature in 1861, expressed in
very strong language the imrrac.icabli,y Of
an air>line route southwest from Sioux Civ.
Engineer Ainsworth coIroborates his stase>
ments. SAVING: The country in that di>
rcctioa is very broken, crossing the streams
at nearly right angles the valleys narrow
deep and very crooked he blufs or ridges.
high, steep and narrow. / considered a line
in Ibis direction imprac.icahle. | made an
instrumental survey Of the county aud k,.osr
whereof speak"
Regarding Mr. Thomas favorite Niohra,
IA route. Judge Williams has shown-what
any msn Of ordinary intelligence might have
known from the study Of common geogra>
ply and nap-.hat road up the Nio5rara
could not eiieo, a junction with the Pacific
road short OF running nearly or quite thou>
sand miles, over route not favorable to tie
construction O. railroad, where There il
not mill, farm, or even foo, ,psi. =
with 10 land grant beyana the le9sh NERD,
ian OF longitude. This woud effe-,a4i,y /
preclude The construction Of road br Tia, /!
route until the country was we'll settled. Or
a more favorable law enacted.
To show the immense advantage, as re-
CARDS speed and cost of construction and /
operating The road as actually built upon a /
cifcai,ons route with moderate grades. over /
nm air line road, with the heavy grades tia,
would be Inevitable BY the southwest route.
Judge Williams has given valuable aud in
ieresiing statistics. Engineer AinswoFth
corroborates bis testimony.
Ba! the opposition raise the crv, :. Mr.
Allison has injured Northern IosalH and
then tndeavors 70 prove that the roai as Ut
pre- CIT located is an injasy to Northern To-
va. Intelligent men may differ rs TO whe.h-
or it has yet been proved that il has: but
eFeE il j. were proved. tina, fact, too, is ir.
relevant TO tie question.
For, sar?os'ng thai Judge Williams ard
Engineer Aiusworh, and tie whole Io.s
Legislature we're Ia error, asd that a route
across the coad;sy from Sioux CITY to Coz
Iurnbns we're practicable surrosing that
Thomas lavoriie route mp The Sionrara.
orer the Ills and far r~ay," lces1 possible
md preferable snpposing she road as &C.
tally built had utterly rained Nor;hera To-
va how could censtre attach to Mr.. Ali.
son fUr all or ans Of these errors and ouira,
yes, worieiea he Ind nothing 10 d. ritA he
'ocrsioa ef'tte rad.
50 al those six pages devoted to raising
lie Indignation Of Tie public on account Of |
these things are wasted paper and labor un.
less II finally succeeds ia proving that Mr.. Il
Allison has been instrumental in
III DIVERSION or THE s. car. m.
Has any cviicnce Of this been aadueed ? /
-. . line. - much powder bad been vast. |
u npea The preceding iFrereiant issues that
4 WIS supposed thar, anil the smoke ard I
thunder, iAe reader .oall Gil IL observe |
hat nei particle of HTo8f waz nsiiaeed ut
TIE YfTy Paini upon which The whole charge /
hiaEts. Tie pamphlet does MT eeen eo 81 |
'r - Ir. Thomas. who, IN bis letter 10 tie /
ne al. acknowledged he had no proof, bit |
thei il be were permitted access 10 the pa /
pers Of the company be had no doubt be !
could find some.
Mr. Allison. when assailed by Mr. Mill. /
10 public discussion. upon this point, assur> |
ed bis tradaeers that the books Of tie rail- !
road company were open 10 public inspee |
ton st ang time, and every facility afforded |
any one who desired to examine them. Blu. |
with all tits, aud with the added advantage
Of basiHg surrerisionsly oserhaaled his pri /
vaic correspondence upon this subject. no. |
particle of evidence has been unerrthei to |
PROVE lLe charge tina. be las been instrs.. |
mental III any al version oil The rsste 6. .l.@ |
Sioux City aud Pacific Railroad
Or the ceG'rarr--fhough neither law nor
common serse demands thar nan shall |
prove himself innocent-Nr. Allison has |
completely reiatsa This charge. III Lis /
speech a; Julien Hall, September 9Th. be |
said: :. do mol know whether the route
selected BY the engineer, aud approved by |
the government is the beet possible route |
lind no sotes w.iafere5. iafie selection II tn |
rott<.'' And Il ,gineer Aiasworsh. Fl his |
letter TO Jadye Williams. cor.ob8rates ills |
statement. He SAYS In the s-eino az
1866 was employed By tie Sioux Cay 4 |
Pacific Railroad with distractions i, find |
the most practicable route from Sioux Cny
to d convection with The Ti.ion Pacific Rail. |
read At any poiat cast Of the l00th mer;iis |
an. crossing the Missouri River at Sioux /
esiy. or - near that piate as nossille. ] |
Was not Instructed or advised to shor prsf.
ereaee 70 rHg particular route. hut 10 ind
tte messdire~t and practicable. Z When The
engineer had decided upon t'.e mos, al.
ret and practicable route al ~. Allison,
or any one elsr, = dise-t" the rad as ncsr-
sly butt from the route recommended by
tile engineer No, for Faals Nr Ainsworth.l
"the road. a. now located ard Icing bu5if,
II the route selected and recommended In
mr. report Of November ii. lsGC, 10 tia,
cempaiy. As ! sid then. link il lie
most df,ecf pracsicoJ1e route Wbee now
Is Mf Allison's bandimork manifest iii i.li-
vertinga the s. G. 4 K Il. L.? yot IL H.,
sirucsifg er advising the engineer 10 show
preference % my particular roule--nos ii
:. iivettiHg' The road after the engineer had
reported upon ,lc most direct practicable
rouiee-so. anywhere The road Is tuiIf
inst where tie eng.seer, aud Judge Viii.
iains, end all other intelligent men not prfi.
nliced bf questions II locality or taesirous II
making Iloiiit against a political opponent,
must acknowledge that Il ought to be- on
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