The Van Buren press., 1870-08-02
REASON NO i.

| the cause of the delay III granting AID TO
the several roads, and he informed me
that it was on account Of the unsettled
state of the country and that he believed
it would be injurious to the credit of the
State to declare aid at this time.
THE HORTICULTURAL SECRETARY.
then went to Secretary White, anoth.
er Commissioner, and inquired ofhim the
reason and he asked me il we had "any
large Pears in Clark county," and if 1t
was :" good section for fruit" Laugh
ter.) | replied by saying that it was an
excellent fruit country and that | have
seen sixteen pears on one limb, weighing
thirty-two pounds. ("Bnllyp) lie then
went on asking about the soil, climate,
timber and general products of the coun-
try; all his question being answered
seemingly satisfactory. After lila ex,
'hausting the subject in relation TO cur
country, recalled his attention to our
Railroad matter.
WESTWARD GOES TIE STAR, )" Erc
"Oh yes" says he, " Railroads com
mcncc in the East and 90 West. So does
civilization, and in fact all improvements
When | left him | think he was about
one half through cnumerating the differ.
cnt matter going from East to West
then waited about three weeks and
called on the same Commissioners and
obtained from them about the same un
satisfactory replies And in about a
month | again called on these gentlemen
for some explanation, and the third time
they told similar story. | then went
to the officers Of some of the Roads and
asked them why the Railroad aid was
withheld, and was quietly informed that
they could not get aid unless they turned
their Roads over to Mr.. Clayton and his
friends,
TIE EVIL REMEDlEp.
Thereupon bill was drawn up and
passed in the Senate, granting aid direct
to different Roads. And notwithstand
ING the Governor had sent for some of
his travelling Senator'S to hurry back to
their seats, the bill passed the Senate aud
we had it passed to its second reading in
the House and ordered printed, and day
set for its passage, when the Governor
seat his pets around to have members of
the House call on him but he found but
few of them disposed to visit at that time
Mr.. Denckla, the agent of the l.. K. d
+. S. Railroad, was invited to help us in
carving the bill, but he being an honest
man and poor politician said the Gov
ernor and the other Commissioners had
promised aid TO the /. r 4 7 :. Read
and he did not care TO incur the displeas
ure of His Excellency, the Governor. etc.
His Excclency finding he was about to
lose the whole of the golden egg, sent
his Private Secretary into the House,
who, in substance, said as follows Mr.
Speaker am instructed by His Excel
lencv. the Governor, to say that the Rail
road Commissioners to whom was en-.
trusted the granting aid to Railroads,
have declared-a aid to the Cairo and Ful
ton Road for three hundred miles. And
the Secretary then went on to name va
rious other Roads and finally wound up
by further informing the General Assem-
bly,, that the Commissioners had deferred
declaring aid to the l.. r. d L. 5. Road
as il was uncertain which side Of the Ar.
kansas river the road would be construct
ed And that ended the fight and Mr.
Dcnckla and his road was "sold out.
And | am credibly informed that the
Governor, the Hon. T. NJ. Bowen, OF the
State Supreme Court, & Co., received
two hundred thousand dollars worth Of
bonds for the aid. (At this time the
speaker was corrected by gentleman
present-one of the officers of the road
who said it was two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
WISE CONCLUSION.
Gentlemen, we cannot afford to carry
such men rs representative men Of the
Republican party. Neither can we afford
TO have the press Of the State muzzled as
il now is. Neither can we afford TO have
the paper on which is bestowed the pub
lie patronage Of the State, controlled by
the Great | Am to abuse other men,
unless they bow to his nod. We,
the Republicans Of Arkansas, do not pro.
pose to have Triumviratc governing
US, much less one man. loud and con
tinucd cheering.
Imagine Gov, Clayton in the United
States .Senate-bargaining the votes Of
Searle in tho 81 District, and one OF his
progressive men from each Of the other
Districts, and one or two Congressman
at largc--l say, gentlemen, imagine what
they would be worth and il you should
guess what they would bring, you should
guess high, Tor continued experience in
any business, especially where il is the
forte Of the gentleman, always commands
the highest price.
Imagine, then, Governor OF his own
choosing and under his own control and
then see If you can make up your minds
to assist iii putting snch men in power.
| think you will not {" No, no"--loud
chocrs).
A NICE LITTLE GAME.
was at Arkadelphia a tow weeks since
and was informed then by the Moguls
handy man, that unless quit my opposi
ton to this Lunatic Scarle, His Highness
proposes to run, that of would come my
! head-politcally was also informed
very seriously, that the Governor has
eight thousand muskets and he was q go.
ing to carry the District, if they had to
register down to five votes. (Groans for
Clayton.)
informed the gentleman that those
muskets would look queer with no person
/ A hat / al ,..t Il