The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-24

brought into accord with these railroad enter.
sns @S Sesyee BY
Samuel Hooper and Eastern capitalits, until
finally the railroad interest brought man , from
ton, and the belief is q growing one here that
Mr.. WILLIS DRUNMOND, OF IOWA, LAND COM
is nearly as much OF railroad fundamentally as
Hubbard, or Allison, or Wilson, or Harlan.
Meantime the state OF Kansas iouna 1ss way INTO
road, whose attorneys afterwards occupied the
same relation to the Northern Pacific Railroad.
The State OF Kansas has suffered even more
than Iowa frsm railroad rapacity and corruption,
and the horrible sensations aroused by Caldwell's
and PomerOy's elections were the legitimate de-
auctions OF the Kansas Pacific corruption and three
or four other railroad jobs In the bleeding State.
1t Is ont OF the power OF any caucus or party Or
by any mere recess. The next Congress win be
called upon to take the positive step OF disbanding
some OF these railway companies and confscating
tne property they have acquired from the govern,
ment unless meantime some one OF these bloated
corporations should fail OF Its own r0ttenness or
absurdtty, and SO precipitate
GENERAL PANIC
IN wildcat railway securities. The like view
is entertained by some shrewd observers, who
West as probably destined I'M to 'coiapse. Many
critics believe that some wholesome panic or
calamity Of this kind is essential to purify legisIa Ia
careful principles OF government. Inc pouhteous
THE OLD FEDERAL PARTY
which took advantage OF the earhestness OF the
country at the outbreak OF the war HAS clutched
1t ever since, like horse leech, and must be chas-
tised II we are to have any COMPREHENSIVE 1nstl-
tuti0ns and preserve the character OF the republic.
President Grant who is not q politician, has been
led into OF such schemes as the James
and Kanawha Canal aud the Tennessee and COOsa
Canal Company. 1t is well known in this city that
both Of these enterprises are In the hands OF two
or three INSCRIPTIONS CLAIM agents. some OF whom
were formerly renegade Ofice-hOders, and their
scheme Of securing an endorsement OF bonds
triAntlOn nInn0Gr AROUND
Transformed into a depot lor claim. county,
are numbered by hundreds and have
been recently recruited by some OF the most
peops make Corrupt
the Capitol and through the departments and
other influences extend to what IS called
which during the past Winter has been at the
same time unusually brilliant and equally hollow
and corrupt. Women have come to adopt the
business of jobbing agents, and many Of these,
with the consent Of their husbands, use society to
obtain an influence over public lie, which is rap
idly undermining the whole fabric OF public splr-
itedness and statesmanliness. 1t is not an I'M
common thing 70 walk around Washington and
s or that oSpSe out Where's
the successful attorney or conspirator entrenches
himself or herself as durable feature IN social
lie, and must pursue the same line OF business
hereafter In order to support the extravaganza OF
the social establishments.
II all the points which impugn official character
and refined society here could be related in
journal OF the circulation OF the HERALD, they
would either be regarded with Indifferent unbelief
covering our public life to the plane which We have
fondly believed 1t had attained. Not even
THE COURTS OF JUSTICE
have escaped contamination, Tor the lObbicS OF
those Courts approach IN dishonesty the Obbles or
the Capitol. This remark is not confined to any
particular Court it embraces the commissions as
well as the Courts and has taken the form even Of
International scandal. This Is
NO FANCY PICTURE,
md OF a Mt nf
what is admitted daily and hourly In Washington
city. Crude, open lobbyists, in the yearly pay Of
Die Considered to be of the highest social conse-
quence, where can be heard descriptions OF last
nights game Of poker, OF the shrewd tricks played
freely made between men and women upon the
success Of their neghbors and acquaintance In
operations scandalo1s to good morals and true
patriotism. The Credit MObilier exposures were
requisite to show that not even the lobby was per-
fectly aware Of the height to which rascality had
reached during the last ten years OF almost univer-
sal speculation. tF
TIE LAND OFFICE RECORDS
show that about 10000 square miles OF the best
land In the public domain have already been prom
ised away TO private corporations, equal in extent
to the six great Western States which are to be
REPRESENTED In the next Congress by twelve Sena-
While the Pennsylvania Railroad is alleged to
control, directly or indirectly, in the present or
represent above $500 900 OF stock, the Central
Pacific Company OF California threatens to become
the sole carrier for oil that coast, and the Union
Pacific Railroad must inevitably fall into its hands.
unless anticipated by the PENNSYLVANIA road,
which may u.ndeIfaks e build from Salt Lake to
ENORMOUS OPERATIONS IN LAND
and railways, inevitably concentrate in tim0into
very lew hands, and the Central Pacific may he
o. Oa Ave- o co E
MANUFACTURERS q if6K and corrupt railroad specu-
iatofs divide equally in these schemes, and the
bonds precipitated upon the domestic and foreign
mari e by the stimulation OF the land grant system
make perpetual carousal at the capital city,
where portion Of the Runder is divided ana the
vast speculativeness the integrity Of parties has
been b.otted out, and for years past q portion Of
cratic plunderers may be traced into almost all
the States-to Kentucky and Wisconsin, to New
York and Indiana, to Missouri and to Alabama. The
National Convention Is mere farce, manipulated
by these jobbers, who undermine both parties; and
It appears probable IRON recent devei sIs
well as the Baltimore Convention OF liberal demo-
Gratis were both controlled by agents or principals
OrEnATIONs OF THE RAILROAD RINGS.
Ipropose to make portion OF this description
plain by detailing some OF the railroad operations
which apparently emanate from Iowa and are
traced to the Land ONCE in this city.
1t has been frequent boast among railroad men
and their agents that both Secretary DclanO and
Commissioner Drummond were put in their present
positions through railroad influence because that
interest was determined to control the Interior De-
unadJusted. 1t was known that they were both
more or less connected with railroad enterprises,
and the railroad interest had confidence in them
and used its influence to secure their appointment
The opposition to Secretary Cox, which ultimately
resulted in his resignation, Is said to have come
from the same quarter. Repeated efforts were
made to manipulate him in their interest, but in
vain. Hence they determined to get him out OF
the way His action In the McGarraghan case was
q mere accident and perhaps pretext to cover the
conspiracy which had already virtually secured his
removal.
whether it was vain boast OF toe railroad men
that they would control the Department needs no
answer to those who are acquainted with the ad
ministration OF the affairs OF the General Land
ONCE since Deano and Drummond were placed in
charge 1t would seem that nothing has been
wanting that was calculated to make good their
prophecy. No demand made by . railroad COM
pany Is denied be 1t ever so ABSURD anu unlawful
Their agents and attorneys have full sweep Of the
Department, with free access to its 1les and
records, while the attorneys for settlers are In
conveniently restricted In the privileges OF the
office. The utmost diligence Is used to despatch
the business Of the railroad companies, althou III