The New York herald., 1870-02-28
RAILROAD J0D; AND LAND sly,.DIIs.
The Sharks Swimming Around the Treasury
Money, GOyernn,ent Credit and I..ad tar
BRit-How j obs Pass Through Caazr.as--
senator Thurman ON the Subject rhe Jobs
Hand.

Bait-How obs Pass Through Caazress--
senator Thurman the Subjsct-rhe lob.
ON Hand.
WAsHINGroS. Feb "a, 1870.
Ex.Secretary Usher, OF the Interior Department
is In Washington, the chief representative outside
ol Congress, OF the Kansas and Ii Paso Railroad
ball. senator Pomeroy the pious woman rights
temperance man. being the chief representative
inside OF Congress The bill proposes TO gobble up
an enormous amount OF land ana money. The
records show that senator Poneroy, who happens
TO be chairman OF the committee on Puolic Lands.
has presented during the present Congress large
nomDer OF bills asking for land subsidies
Each one OF them ID job and has
special LOBBY behind II. rhc country looks
with confidence to Senator morrill, of Maine
aud Representative Dawes, OF Massachusetts chair
men of the two Committees on AppropriatiJns ia
guard the Treasury against grants OF money or the
loan OF the government credit With equal 40 lei.
lude DO the people look TO sucl men as Sprague or
Rhode Island; Cassery, OF California; julian OF In.
diana, and Ketcnam OF New York, representing the
Public Land Committees OF the two houses, To make
athorougb egpose OF every attempt 10 transfer the
public domain from the people 10 corporations
They should see TO II that corrupt com,
oinstions are not made between Senator'S ana
Representatives whereby millions OF acres OF ina
best lands belonging TO the government are sacri.
N>oN 'sesiouu t0uu RiAuls duu olucr Stealing
measures are sometimes passed by an exchange OF
votes between New E1giaad senator's aud Western
senssors or between Southern senators and North.
ern Senators, or between Senators representing one
sectional or local interest Min senators represent
ing another sectional or locii interest neither oi
which bills would pass ugon its own. merits
but, by corrupt combinations upon the prln.
cple that III you Will yoe FOR my btt, | VIII
vote for yours" they become law The .aear
that III Ia ail right that cfeap and rand trans
portation would soon follow, ''and thus tho ropbsry
u contaminated aud another anu monopoly IL bori
TN saturday the Senate passed OF these rail.
roau land grants TO corporation IN Oregon
Senator Thurman opposed u vigorously, on tho
netting 10 20 too common; that the best lxnds were
gSner9ilf Obtained under shest grants aud removed
beyond tha reach OF tho people at cheap prices TO
The possession OF corporations at Increased prices
millions OF acres more OF and to the Uaion pa
clac Raiir0ac; seven or eight millions more to the
Centrai Paclnc aud ~ east w enty millions TO
the Northern flc,ic Knilr0ad. And there are now
dozen bri: pending oy wMchlt is proposed W grant
subsidies 20 railroads. running Ia every direction,
whlch VIII, II they pass, withdraw from tho public
domain one nuudred mllonsOf acres more 5ena.
TOR THURMAN trnly said 10 believed that tna
conntrys great source o' prosperity was ln
her cheap lands, which enabled the Ameri.
eau people 10 become owners oil real estate
ana )uStlficd man IN Saylns, .'rns cabin IA my
owns this lAnd Will leave to my children after me-
and fney to0 viii be landowners In the land or their
birthn ON account OF these subsidies, every year
made Il Is more aifilcult for poor man to get
farm or poor mechanic 70 get tenement He
showed that vast tract Of the public lands between
Nebraska and California could not be occupied by
tns lgrIcutuVist They sts only NJ for grazlug or