Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-06
TIE RAILROAD Fight TERMINATED
Complete Victory of the Tracy
Party.
The .M am IN osm Cave" Ossdsne.

The "Mnm ,nolh Cave" Ostdsne.
After severe campaign Of five months
duration, the great Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific Railroad war has bssn brought to
4 happy Termination. During tha. period
there has bscn continual "shirrnishing al
along thu line, and several pitched battles
in which the entire forces on either side
.ido were closely engaged, and in which the
asgressors invariably suffered isnominious
defeat.
Til. war was declared in New York by q
ring OF Wall street stock gamblers in De-
csmbcr last, who determined to punish
Tracy for the $4,000 share corner-take
the road into their own hands, put the
funds accruing under the sale quietly into
their pockets, bottle up the road at Des
Moines for the present, and eventually
make il feeder to tho Northwestern Rail
road.
Mr.. Tracy was not prepared to be punish
ed; neither to surrender the heavy surplus Of
the company, nor to have the road stop
ped at any place this side Of Council Bluffs.
10 this determination he was sustained by
the Iowa Legislature and the board Of d.
rsctors, and the sentiment of nearly every
man in the State who had any interest in
the extension and successful operation Of
this great central line Of travel. To break
down this tower Of strength the ring made
most desperate efforts, both in and out Of
the courts, but were promptly met at every
point by Mr.. Tracy and his legal advisers.
Sanitary legislation Was secured, and in
spite Of persistent efforts to prevent il, the
laws were accepted by the company. In
functions rained down from every quarter,
but nobody would stay "injuncted." Me n
we're put at work upon the road by the
thousand, and for some weeks past it has
been Difficult. to tell whether the fight or
the road WAS moving fastest.
Tho last grand effort Of the ring was to
hold an election at Chicago on the 4th inst, !,
which move was checkmated. as our readers
have b,en apprised, and what TO do next,
was the question. The laws delay would
let tho road through to Council Bluffs any
how all efforts TO obtain receiver had
been thwartsd every attempt at mastery
strategy had been out generaled-then
what to do, Some of the mere sensible Of
lhs stockholders determined TO cut the knot
At blow, and SO Mr.. Appleton and some
others, upon their own motion, came TO
Davenport to see Mr.. Tracy. They were
stock holders, but not stock gamblers,
hence determined ON forcing . peace. That
consultation which took place in the Burtis
House, laid a sure foundation for what fol-
lowed yesterday in Chicago complete
blck down ofthe Wall street clan, and .
complete vindication of every step Mr..
Tracy has taken from the beginning. They
conceds the legality Of tho sale Of the 49,-
GOO shares; conceds to the building Of the
road straight through to Council Bluff
within twelve months; concede the e1-
is,ence Of the ssme board that was
elected at the time Of the consoi-
dation of the road two year. ago, Of which
John +. Tracy is presi ient-in short, con-
ccde every point in the case without an ex-
cepticn.
Tho Board Of to-day is the Oh 3oard-no
changes whatever having been made except
70 fill vacancies which have occurred from
time 10 time since The consolidation cf the
two reads. Tie res gnations Of the past
few days have been filed with Appleton,
Do~s. and Hurt, and no election q
. new Board will occur until next June.
The interests OF the people Of Iowa hare
been most gloriolsiy yindicated. The ex-
tension and speedy completion Of the line is
fixed fact, and to crown tho whole, the re-
tractory members Of the ring do the mex.
thing to rendering John F. Tracy vote Of
thanks for the unyielding character Of his
opposition to their schemes al the way
through.
Concluding, We may say that it is . most
complete and thorough victorya perfect
Waterloo defeat Of the Wall street stock
jobb.rs. They got up this igh, confident
in their ability to b,nd everything to their
will they have had time to got good
taste Of western pluck, and We hope they
are satisfied. The three hundred thousand
dollars they haue expended in fooling
around the managers ami advisers of the
company is nero trif1s Of course bu,
We may as we'll remind them that they can
do the same thing 'out West every time
they fes like trying it.
Finally-the grand object has been
achieved, The only interest Iowa folks
have had in the matter was the extension
Of the road. We congratulate them upon
the perfect success Of the "Trscy party
and the brilliant prospect Of speedy com.
pletion of the line-this filing in the grand
link of connection between this point and
the Pacific Coast.
state Eclectic Medical Assocla.
tlOn.
An adjourned meeting Of Eclectic Physi-
clans for the purpose of organizing State
Medical Association, met in Dss Aoines