The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-18
The SACRAMENTO REPORTER AND
RAILROAD SUBSIDIES.

f4dedl IN sentiment on the question of
granting subsidies { corporations FOR
building railroads in that State. and
lodges the question raised in the fol-
lowing ingenious manner. Referring
10 our article. it SAYS:
at assumes that there Is a division
IN the Democratic party in this state
thGt one wing = opposed 10 railroad
subsidies, and that the other is i'm ia
Neg OF them. This is wrong. There
IS NOS ! n this state a Democrat who be
licVs> that the General Government,
should give another acre OF land or
mother dollar in aid of railroads: nor
= there J4s who believes tina, the
state should llt railroads: nor i Their.
a DeiAOeEt- vino believes that any
county should he compelled to give
subsidies 10 railroads."
Our article, as the Reporter well
knew, had 10 reference 10 granting
lands 10y the Federal Government, 20
railroad corporations, neither did II
include the question Of STATE ail, and
a no proposition bad ever been made
10 compel" the counties TO grant aid
10 railroads, the assertion by the Re
porter that no Democrat fayors the
policy Of compuision, does not meet
or controvert the statement made by
Us. We referred, rs tie Reporter
must have known. to the live issue in
that State ms To- the policy and cousti-
tutionality of authorizing counties, by
a majority vote, to tax the entire prop
erty of a county to aid the construc
ton of railroads projected within their
limits. While, therefore. the state
ments of the Reporter are not in an
swer TO what VIC charged. and do not
controvcr. the position we assumed.
'hat the Democratic party OF California
are divided on the question Of grant
ing county aid I railroads. vet even
in this assertion it is not borne out 10y
the fac.s.
It is well known that Congressman
Johnson, of that state, i 4 prominent
candidate for Governor, and will go
into the next State Convention with Il
powerful support from the Democratic
party, and vet it would appear that he
- III favor OF more land grants TO aid
in the construction of railroads. In a
late speech delivered ia the House Of
Representatives, on the bill to grant
lands in aid Of the Bayfield, and ST.
Croix Railroad, he said:
"Mr. Speaker, / am not frightened
away from these railroad grants bv the
baglboo that j. constantly presented
to members OF %wrongin@ the actual
settlers. We have now public domain
enough to make tvs hundred and nftv
states of convenient size. We have n
California nearly ~ hundred million
acres of vacant lands, lands thas will
DC Vacaut - long a. the sun shines
uuless we have railroads in that coun-
try TO carry settlers To the lands and
TO enable tlem To get their produce To
market. Ia addition 10 tins We have
my million acres in the Southern
States, exclusive OF Texas"
What then becomes Of the statement
made by the Reporter that no Demo
crat in California flvors granting an
other acre Of land to aid railroad cor
p~orations? If the Democrats of Cali
fornia are unanimously opposed to
granting aid 10 railroad corporations,
then they are unanimously opposed
TO their Representative in Congress,
from the Third District, which We DO
not believe, nor do we believe the Re
porter will So assert. We therefore
reiterate, the Reporter to the contrary
Notwithstanding, that the Democratic
party in California is divided between
subsidy and no subsidy To railroad
companies, and the contest in the
STATE Convention this wear will be
based largely on this n question.
The people so understand It, and will
so o;c Should Gov. IIaight he the
successful candidate in that conven.
ton, the masses Of tho people VII,
are opposed 10 subsidy Will rally Il
his support in the canvass with mex.
ampled enthusiasm, and in many in.
stances without regard to party
Should a railroad candidate, however
succeed in that convention, it will b,
n difficult task TO hold The Democrac,
10 party obligations.
The Demo acy Of Nevada are watch
, ing this contest with an interes
l scarcely less than that of the party j,
our sister State, as upon its success.
> depends our main hope of carrying
this STATE for tho Democratic standar,
! bearer for President in 1872. Gu
neighbors over the mountains vii
; thor fore pardon Us for the interest ",
manifest IN their affairs.
A letter from Gen. Stoneman, @
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