The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-12-29
TE3E pEyyGEEeE&G SCFEEEES FnE
TYzzS WINTER

SeYer1 immense grab games are 70
come up lii " a=alnston this winter, and
to ihtiict their Loaf hsome selves on the
country in the shape Of bills for the en-
dowment and subsiC!izng OF different
concerns around the country. The Sau7h n
ern Pacific railroad wants a grant Of 50,
000. 900 acres; and the Union Pacific
Branch from Atcn;son to Fort Kearney
asks for a piece Of land oue hundred
miles wide aud one hundred and fifty
long. Several Of the Southern States are
pushing forward with open palms To-
money. Besides these. Cyrus iiele! wants
subsidy 81 $4,000, $50 Tor constructing
Il telegraph irom San francisco to China
Then 9. Z. Nashburne has "a scheme
Tor running American steamships to all
quarters OF the earth, and he asks for
$1,000, coo annually as a government
Subsidy. Pennsylvania, the swine among
StateS, Is to start a Steamship comRany
III Phiiadalphii and Of course Congress
Is to be asked VIE; ali the persistent
iHgudcuee thar has been shown in the
matter Of pgotectingc1al and iron, TO snD
silize the lac. ali Southern penn~yl-
vania. intending forney, VIII be tulrow-
lng holes III the earth under the Capitol
this winter in behalf OF this monopoly.
Congress IS to have its stomach pumped
out, as It's conscience has already been,
by these amocioGs Pennsylvania doctors.
And whe:. they and ali the other begsars
from d,lircut parts Of the country. get
thoroughly at work. I'll ere IS going TO BE-
a fight for plumber such rs would make
Chicago Common Councilman blush
The c0Lntry will be sick enough Of all
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eyes, and there Is danger that hy reason
Of weaviness aud fatigue, something may,
III tine, be relaxed OF the energy which
every public man needs to use TO fight
of these plGnderers OF the Treasury.
Already The public money and the public
lands have been drawn GA by private
monopoiles to an extent unparalleled in
the history Of the world,
Bat the subsidies which have been
fought through Congress III the past are
but sklrniIsbes at the opening ri the bat
tie. the onset OF lobbyists, this winter
viii be that Of an army. The courage
that Is 30 risist their charge must be
sturdy and unflinching, and interchangeable,
and the people must themselves work
hard to keep Congress up to the mark.
They must watch every new bill, 30 detect
III IL IL case Vi VI i3Sfy. Haf E5uSL DC
ready to raise an overwhelming cry Of
| Shame when some enormous job
comes up, introduced and defended by
prominent members They must, in
short, keep such a sharp, continuous, and
urenlittiag watch upon the National Con
gress, that every one of the subtlest
schemes Of these skiittui robbers may re
detected and nipped in the bud
10 this end, we intend to keep our
readers thoroughly informed, that their
cooperation may be intelligent and fear
less The land-grnbbing schemes now
before Congress involve the hnging away
to spectators Of a hundred and sixty
millions Of acres of the people domain,
and have already taken shape in fifty
eight bills in the Senate and House We
believe that this land ought TO he held
inyiolable as the sacred property OF the
poor OF the nation, and the poor who
may yet come from other lands; and, so
beiieying, we shalt resist the schemes Of
private piunder to that end. Chicago
Eceaiag Post.