The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-08-20
Ben Holiday.

made the burden of their howl "Ben Hol-
laday." He was the rock against which |
their ocean rolled. He was the Ajax,
Hercules, or Sampson, who sat "upon the
bosom of democracy" and bore their cause
down with leaden weight. Like a hideous
nightmare he kept them in fever heat and !
their nerves. All that was bad
on earth was i'll this man. No story of I
corruption or fraud but what was laid to
Holiday In this reckless way they
that Holiday had more |
brains than the entire democratic party
in Oregon. They feared his bold straight
forward, business-like way. They knew
he was no child-no weak, womanish
creature in fine, he was not of the clay
they had been handling in Oregon for
years. He had anglo-saxon back bone
He was no wishy -washy democrat so they
dreaded him. He went to Oregon and
found her without a railroad. Instead he
found two or three poor, sick1y corpora
tions, ostensibly chartered for railroad
companies, without money, credit, energy
or ability. lie bought one of them out
and within six months had twenty five
miles of road built and equipped, and the
wild woods along the Willamette echoed
He controls and is building the east-side
road, called the Oregon aud California
Railroad He sold the bonds necessary
to build the road before spade struck
the earth In the European Mail, of
April 7th, 1870, we notice that Messrs.
Richer Il Co., of Berlin, state that as the
subscriptions for stock of the .. & G. K.
r. amount to much more than is required,
a corresponding reduction will take place,
subscribers up to $4,000 receiving the
amount of their subscriptions, and all
above that sum ten per cent less" When
we consider that less than ten United
States loans are officially quoted in the
printed lists of the Berlin Stock Exchange,
our readers can at once see what charac-
ter Holiday has given this heretofore
bankrupt railroad company, aud what
business capacity can do toward resusci i
tating a dead body. Every species of
black -guardism, every delicate bit of filth
and morsel of obseenity, which find such
ready place in democratic journals, that
could be found, were thrown at and shower
ed upon this nan. For five months past
the political contest in Oregon was not
/ Democracy VS.. Republicanism, but Bri-
/ die path canal boat pack train slow devel-
] opment vs. Ben Holaday's Railroad. The
iudolent class above mentioned, and be
! ing on a platform Of anti-progress, forgot
! the the battle and were to run Uolladav
out of Oregon. The telegraph of the
ith and 9th informs US u their success
Holiday has just bought out the West
Side Railroad lock, stock and barrel, and
owns a controlling interest in the Port
land, Astoria and McMinnville Railroad
So he controls the railroad system of the
State of Oregon Iice Ii HoAhrday! Now
Oregon will take new start and have
some prospects of being a fair sized State
in population. When Holiday came tc
Oregon, instead ut receiving him Will
kindness the democracy attempted to snuf
him, and why? because they knew his
energy, feared his brains, and knew they
couldn't get his money by any game Q
draw in the back room, but would have
to earn it. W hen the leaders of tha
party have to earn money it is terrible OF
them. In fact they said. q Holiday viii
buy us" Week after week they kept VI
this, ''IIc'll buy US - but he didn't, h
only bought the railroad /; and now the,
hang their weeping, hatchct faces, ant
say, "He wouldn't buy us !. Query
Where will their fall and winter suppl,
of gin come from Would to God NOR
men like HolIaday would go to Oregon
and ''just half one come to Idaho
We might have chance for railroad
Mr. Holladay honors the city of Portland
by residing there. His house Is Away
open to gentlemen Of all political parties
aud they find in him whole soulded
pleasant host, The democrats had bette
make a contract with him to take charg
of the state government during theI
: administration, as he would run it witt
one of his clerks in the interest O
progress and the people better thai
: Grover and the entire party will. lie an
their party, as compared to the state
would be like the clerk who came to hir
: to steamboat captain Have you
watch, chain diamond pin, ring, sieeS
buttons, fast horse, buggy, etc enquire
the captain Yes. Well, Ill take yur
then, for you won't have to maze ther
: out of me. So with Holiday he ha
all these trinkets. The democratic part
in Oregon has not, as the people will fin
out 10 their cost If the democrats don
/ stop making such fuss over this bus
ness man, thus showing what power h
| is in the commonwealth, the people {
the other states will learn to caA th
e state of Oregon 'Ioladaysburg.