Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1872-11-30
gullibility,

donations of money, under penalty that
if they refused, he would 50 construct
the road as to ruin or injnre them Fl
naucially lie has used the very mons
led power, put into his hands by the
magnanimity of the people, to impose
upon and opprcss them. He has torn
down laid waste their towns and villages
which were prosperous upon bis com
ing, and has commenced new ones.of his
own, and compelled the people to
contribute largely to his Golfers, for the
privilege Of doing business along the
line of the road. He has manas ed so as
to evade the law of Congress, made for
the benefit Of the landless; and to day is
compelling the poor to pay him from
five to fifteen dollars per acre for the
land given him by the people, instead
Of two dollars and fifty cents per acre
ss required by the law. He has exer-
cised unwarrantablc power, in imposing
tariffs, too gricvous to be born, up
on the very people from whom he has
received his wealth. lie has employed
unconscionable means TO accomplish his
schemes and designs against the fnan>
cial growth and prosperity of the
people, by charging such prices for
feights, between our commercial mart
and San Francisco as would sweep the
last dollar of profit realized from the
labor and sweat of the hardy y"omanry
of this valley aud State, into his own
! pocket; and wheI any man or set Of
men mas attempted to place upon the
high seas between the points last named
an opposition line Of steamers for the
bene At ct the people lie has universally
managed to drive them of or buy them
out at his own figures, so as to continue
to carry on his schemes for the subju-
CATION financially of these people.
In .he third place, he has under.
taken to demoralize the people by
using the very means they have put
into his hands, for laudabIe purposes,
to interfere with and control their
elections, and has actuall} and
unscrupulously attempted to dictate to
/ the sovereigns of this couatry WHO
should hold Office in city, county and
state, and who should not and it has
come to pass that whenever the dom
inant party in Oregon, desires to make
sure their political schemes, they 20 to
this man, as child would go to hls
father, and ask his assistance aud
Influence, in considerations of viii ch
they submit to any dictation of terms.
In the manner shown above, the
people Of Oregon are governed and
controlled by one man or company Of
men. who are making rapid strides in
their cncroachmcnts upon aud in their
abricgment Of the peoples most sacred
rights. And for proof Of the power
exercised by this man IIoIladay, We
have only to refer to the operation Of
the last Legislature. A few instances
will suffice, We drew bill with our
OWE hands regulating the rates Of fare
and freights on railroad lines and
steamboats,, limiting them to about the
same figures now charged, which are
FAR above what they ought to be, and
Republican House with majority
of thirteen, which Holiday claims to
have elected by his own exertion,
voted it down two to ono, leaving bin
unrestricted in his tariff powers. \
bill was also introduced for the pur-
pose of compelling Holiday and
company to fence their road for the
protection of those through whose
lands the road run, but that could not
be passed, nor could any measure be
passed which tended in the slightest
degree to weaken the power this
railroad monopoly is excrting over the
people of this State, or toward pro-
tecting the rights of the citizens. The
simple truth is the last Legislature
squandered lis constitutional term,
ignoring the wants and rights Of the
people, and spent their whole forty
days ether legislating for the special
benefit of Holiday and company, or
in preventing any unfriendly legl8ls>
ton to him. The HolIaday members
spent their time on the stump in the
June election, screaming against the
Swamp Land swindle, and when they
were elected and took their seats, on