Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-30
THE WEEKLY HERALD


hAAt the beglslaGuTe OF Jnat state
is filed with just such characters
as Senator ShOup of the Missis.
sippi Legislature. Charges Of
corruption are boldly made by the
newspapers representing both par
ties. It seems as il the Legisla-
ture Of Texas Is afflicted with the
presence of some railroad ring in
nuence similar to the man Rich
ardson, who has parsithically
chung about the Legislature Of
this State. The San Antonio Elk
press, Radical, Of the Sd inst,
says Of the charges connected with
the International Railroad Com
pAny:
"This combination is powerful;
they haze not spared money, nor
have they scrupled ct any misrep.
resentatiOn ; they have played up
on the sympathies of the Republi-
cans openly, and made bargains
tOith the Democrats secretly"
And in the issue of the Express
Of the 9Th inst, the same writer,
thus speaks about this road and
another.
1.-THE railroad fight wakes
warm. The prospect now is, that
the Southern Pacific will come TO
grief and the international "
will fash in the pan. 1t is not
possible any enterprise can pros
per that smells as foul Of cOrrup.
tiOR as these tlpO above named. II
Is one Of the ,UOrst features yet
developed IN the history Of our
Legislature, that the peace and
real prosperity 0fhe State are
set aside, to entertain gigantic
privdte enterprises"
A Radical Senator named Priest
in a letter published in the TRUE
Index" q Radical paper, makes
the following charge:
Railroad companies are almost
invincible here. They are hover
ing around the Capitol in force to
over-slaugh the Executive on his
railroad policy. He is fully aware
OF their purpose, and were it not
for him this State would wake up
at the end of this session, bank
rupt. Indeed it would have O debt,
contracted for the benefit Of rail.
road companies, of millions. But
Davis is q trump, and herein is our
Safety, as an ultimate resort. Rail.
roads will run the State or the
State must run them. Deny them
aid. but give them liberal charters,
is the word.
1t would astonish the constitu-
ency of Texas, were they here to
see the profuse liberality Of many
oftheir representatives, In voting
away money. This progression
Ito try to save the peoples
money here, is old fogyism. They
get so rich here that hundreds are
scarcely worth saving"
Would not this be q rich field
for Shoup9 Would not he fatten
and flourish and grow pie
thOric upon his favorite ali.
ment, fraud, corruption and
dishonesty It is charged that
certain Congressman caused cd.
vertisements to be inserted in the
New York daily papers, that they
had West Point and Annapolis
cadet warrants for sale. If Shoup
was a member Of this Texas Leg.
stature we doubt not he would
cause 1t to be published that a
vote could be had by any ring for
consideration. The probability is
that he would have secured similar
publication here, but that he soon
realized the fact that it was unnec.
essary since all the lobbyists knew,
without declaration Of Of his, that
he was for purchase. In fact his
reputation was so well establish
ed, that the business showered
upon him became quite oppressive,
since he was engaged to vote upon
every question, and his attendance
in the Senate was constantly de-
handed. 1t is thought that be has
at least a trunk full Of stock in
Wild cat schemes of every charac-
ter-stock given him for his vote.
The HEATED TERM.-We have
heard much complaint Of the ex-
treme heat in this vicinity in the
past few weeks, and many NUT
tered regrets that the grumblers
could not fee TO more northern
ATTITUDES in search of colder air.
1t is true it has been oppressively
hot for some time past, yet the