Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-07

Last week we published an item,
to tile effect. that Judge Porter had
got his "pricen for his interest in u
paper Railroad, running from Alex
ley into the Boreal Regions some
where. We gave it merely as 1. news
Item, and thought no more of it
Judge of our surprise, then, when
we found, on our return from Gruu-
dy, on Wednesday last, that Judge
Porter had made pilgrimage all the
way. from his home in Hardin coun-
ty, oour sanctum, for the express pur-
pose of giving us particular Hts. Our
partner knew nothing of the author
ship, and consequently had to keep
quiet, and let McDuff Porter "lay il
on" Well, we should have been ell.
tirely willing 10 have had Judge Porter
vent Ills spite ON Ia I'm any way that
might suit his taste Except shooting)
Ii he had confined his shtnderous
abuse inside the sacred wallis of
the editorial office. But wien lie su
far ignored eUerything that belongs To
IL gentleman, as To go around the
streets, and brand Us as II "liar,n aud
the entire article in question, a. u
"falshood.n We are at a loss to know
whether the poor creature was drunk.
ur whether he is insane. But we
will give the item, in full, as We
clipped it from recent number OF
the st. Paul Press:
Tie Freeborn County Standard
says the fierce conflict which has
been going oh for some time in Iowa
between Judge Porter representing
the interest of the ST. Paul and st.
Louis road, and Mr.. GiIlem [Giiman1
OF the Iowa Central, has been finally
settled 10y reference. and 10y the de
cision OF the referees a purchase Of
the Porter interest was effected So
that that gentleman has now 40 con
nection with with the road. 1T is
also asserted says the Standard
THAT the line for which Judge r.
has SO long contended will lie
the Chamberlain road formerly
known as the Minnesota Central.
viii he made Mt the nearest point
possible. IL is certain Chat North.
wood will lose it, and fears are enter
tai.ed that Mason City will be left
out III the cold"
Judge P0rter's line was the one for
which our Minneapolis friends were
induced To subscribe twenty-five
thousand dollars, on condition that
the name of Minneapolis should Ee
labelled on 1t. They seem to have
paid, if they did pay, pretty dearly
for that whistle.
Now, our readers can Judge wheth-
er we 'Hcd" about it or not. The
Standard, above quoted says, "a pur
chase of the Porter interest acds
eBecfed." Did we say more? We
did not say that anybody had p0ck-
eted S25. 900 of our Minneapolis
friends hard earnings, aud then al
lowed the cline" to he changed. !"
But does Judge Porter answer, that
mo referees have been appointed,
and consequently no decision has
been made" We reply. that we are
not to blame for publishing the fact.
as we had reason to believe il was
tree. And what is n ore, we stW BE-
!ere eucry aeord Of ii, Judge Porter's
bottled wrath, to the contrary not
And as the Judge
lays considerable stress ON the idea
of His Price, we will be frank,
and state that we still remember the
"Woodruff Letter" aud some other
things i'm connection with the race
towards Washington, a few years
since, i'm comparison with which,
the above transaction, If literally
true, would form no counterpart.
And in conclusion, for we don't i'm.
tend to waste powder on dead duck,
we will just say that no ex Judge, If
he is full of ''rat gut" whisky, can
intimidate us by threatening innuen.
does. Judge, we don't scare worth "a
cent, therefore you will appear TO
better advantage, not 10 play the
part Of IA Bullying. druleing bachanal.
the next time you invade our sunc.
tum, and we shall feel legs like writ
ing up IA part of your RailroaG oae.
rntiOus.