Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-13
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THE oREGoNIAN AtsAIS.

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And now on this day comes the
Oregonioa in his own proper person, and
by j. CASTOR as, Of counsel, and denies
our statement that the people Of the
west sids had been bilked % the~ail,
road question, and says:
y We hara,s q, sdiGerent timas. hoen
at some pains 70 explain the state of
affairs relatiee to thsproposed west side
railroad, and to detail some of the prin-
cipaItranMciions that have taken place
iu this cir, whereby the affairs OF that
l4rojected enterprise have been brought
into their present condition. twill not
be amiss, Therefore, for US tonakc some
renIark K IA. the following paragraph
which appears IN the Dallas. Polk
county RepRtiiraa::
Aud then wonders where we obtained
our infura,ation. The editor thinks re
could not haye Obtained ii from any
newspaper publlahei at Portland. That
may be very true, md undoubtedly is,
but We can assure the Orsgonioa that
if We had nosother source df obtaining
information except from Portland papers
we might. u particular cases, be in a
bad predicainent We do not undcs>
stand tl,at. II Is immaterial wl-cre or
how wo oLtdn oui information 50 that
nc have It correct And how does the
Ortgoaiaa answer Us simply BY saying
ii is underslood in Portland that The facts
arc Different. Il may be 50 understood
BY some, hat We clam that we have
given the facts. The 0regaaiaa says
tho people should understand the facts
and moi be raislcd. That is precisely
what We are trying to d. keep the
people from being further bilkcd on this
subject. The article then undcr takes
to eivo>the contract N ,de with the
Philadelphia ca.Apaas, and gives it just
IS we gave IL, but the further offer oil
the agent Of the Philadelphia company
while here 10 furnish everything, the
editor says, is new in Portland. Web
| If he knows nothing about it be should
not deny it or undertake to ealigh.cn
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the people in relation to it.
It is said H0flady hal made state
ment iii regard 10 TIE west side road
Simply the opinion of Mr.. Holiday, We
suppose, as there is no prctention tha,
Mr HI had purchased the franchise
nor docs he sosay in the statomen,
referred to, but ihc Oregoniaa thinks
the people are unwilling to accept the
said statement, but VIC tell The Oregon
ian The people are not willing to be
bilked any more by such irresponsible
statements. That paper says the as.
sumption on our part that the, road
would not be built vas entirely gratai,
tous. We said, and say now, that Reo
Holiday will never build tho west side
rail road, and this is the opinion Of q
large majority Of sti,e west side people,
and We say now As VIC have heretofore
said, that in our opinion Holiday i
operations in railroad matters on the
vest side arc solely for the purpose ol
humbusgipg the people into bis support
at the.next session of the Legislature.
Mr.. Scott says there iscertainly chance
for q rallroad now, but We say we had
at-ehancc fos q road before Williams
defeated the Pengra route, and before
IIolladay, through man of straw pur.
Ichased the west side franchise. Let the
people judge and sbor. time will teach
who is correct. In the meantime lc,
l1hc people guard well their interests,
Why dem Holladay operate in his own
name !? Let the people notice that the
Oregonidn lodges every irnportan,
Epoint We make and every direct question
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