Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-11-05

That the passage of the Bill would have
enabled the City to secure the terminus
is entirely overthrown.
That ,paper has great concern about
the int rests of the West Side Railroad,
but, before the interest tf the Eaet
Side had been well secured, and when
the West Side was 10 death struggle
to maintain its just and equitable rights,
and while the West Side franchise was
controlled by any man but Holiday.
and while it was being robbed of its
rights by monopolists, the Orego"ion
could discover no rights of the West
Side which it was bound to respect
but now, since Mr.. Holladay has willed
to .coetrol the West Side franchise, our
cause has suddenly become very dear
to the ORGY on;aa, and now it comes to
the people with its wailings, while the
crocodile tears are rolling in quick
succdssion over its rosy cheek, and says,
"if now the West Side road fails, the
people who are interested may thank
Governor Grover and his very Demo-
cratic advisers for IT," What twaddle !;
Holiday or any one else has never
pretended that the passage of the Bill
woul make any difference whatever in
| relation to the West Side Railroad I;
the only pretence, as we understand it.
is, that it would terminate it at West,
instead of East, Portland The people
of the west side will not be affected by
that arrangement, no matter which
side Of the river it terminates If they
get the road, their demands will be
satisfied. But the Oragonidn brings to
view, not Intentionally we opine.
twinkling star. 1t says: Had the
subsidy been granted, the construction
of the road would have been guaran>
teed.' Aha ! is that so, Mr.. Oregonio"!
Aud are we now to be cheated out of a
road, because Mr.. Holiday could not
compel the people, by an Act OF the
Legislature, to give him money enough
10 build il. so that he would be enabled
to levy any tariff he desired upon them
after it was built! What has become OF
your loud proclamation, and that OF
the Bulietia, that Mr. Holiday would
positively build the West Side Road if
be got possession of the franchise, and
| that, too, without delay, and without
asking aid from anybody? Where nov
are your croaking boasts Of his great
ability and willingness to build the
West Side Road? And where now is
that portion Of his great wealth, amassed
in other countries, and brought here
for the special beneGt Of the people Of
the West Side You denounced US
when, few weeks Stree, we told the
people of the West Side that Mr.. Hol>
laday's operations here was humbug.
unless he could make another grab by
bringing corrupt influences to bear upon
the then coming Legislature. You
denounced a. when we, in all honesty.
told the people of the West Side that
Mr.. Holladay would never build their
road, unless he could rob them FIRST of
money enongh to assist him to build 1t
And now, with the auda.ity of the
Devil. you intimate to the people OF the
West Side just what we then pre-
dicted, that Holladay will build no
road. We do not feel that in this
article we have given the guilty par>
ties what they justly deserve for this
damnabIe outrage offered in open day
light to the people OF the West Side,
but we will, for the present, forbcar.
In justice, however, to Governor Gro
YER. we desire to say that, in our opin
| ion, no other course could have been
pursued by him, without violating his
oath of Office; for there is no plainel
proposition than that the Bill in ques'
ton was Unconstitutional, both in spirit
and letter. The Act contemplated is
strictly and positively forbidden; and
to saw that the words corporation Oh
company is not used in the Bill, bu
instead thereof the wurds person ol
persons, and that such phraseologJ
would steer the Bill clear OF constiu
tional breakers, 10 an argument fitting