The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-01-16

r lhe YcFmoat Cenaal. Tah decree
VS. regarded a. m9nttrous in law ana
fagrAu'1f partial An8 aHfast
Foisud bemf y adJaas. through this
transaction, lbai g vas deemed expell-
eai Cor bin 10 esve l5a bench. SmHb.
who was then Governor aud who. with
baluef1, controlled the legislature. got
law passed confirming poAud- decree
snd als1 bad sufficient influence iu tie
state &c secure Polauds's nomination and
election 90 Congress. Smith afterwards
became President % che Northern Pacific
Kail%aa Company, which Office be lately
resigned IN consequence Of Jhc noiofla,y
he had gained So connection with hls
operations ia the Vermont railroads. It
was feared his presidency Of the road
might iajure the sale Of the bonds OF that
concern, he retains, however, as much
of the aciual management 81 the Northern
Pacific A. before, aud this road is Just as
much inicrcsted as the other Pacific road
ia any investigation touching matters Of
railroad legislation 10 Congress. Smith
has therefore as much interest ia the pre-
sent inquiry into the operations Of the
Union Pacific road a. Oakes Ames him.
self; aud as Smith aud the railroad In.
forests are represented by Poland, the APP
polutment @. the latter as chairman oftho
committee ms rather a suspicious look
IL would be difficult to crowd more
false and Inaccurate statements into as
many lines. TO pick out only the main
misslatemeuta made above, Lawrence
Brainard never owned the Vermont Il
Canada road, which ia not twenty, but
forty-seyen miles in length. We believe
that BrainaTd and Smith were never d..
reetorS IN The Vermont Central: 40 any
rate, ID was under no management of
theirs that the Vermont a Canada was
leased TO the Central. That lease was in
effect made before the Vermont & Can
ada was bult and when Gov. Paine was
the controlling spirit of the Central. The
funds for The construction of the Yer
mont and Canada were secured by the
Centrafs guaranteeing that the Yer
mont Il Canada stock should pay not ten
but eight per cent, the Central at the
time taking lease OF the Vermont &
Canada. The transfer Of the Vermont
Central 10 the Vermont Il Canada, was
not by sudden seizure, but by due legal
process, in accordance with the terms Of
the lease. Judge Poland made no decree
of the Kind described, or that was regard .
as "monstlous,' etc. OF course he did
not become Odious through any such
transaction; nor leave the bench in con
sequence thereof. On the contrary he
was never more popular aud respected in
the State, than when he left the bench. /
Gov. Smith never got law passed con-
frming such decree, nor did de "secure
Polands nomna ion aud election to Con
gress," Judge Poland went to Congress
first, as United States Senator, by APP
pointment of Gov Dillingham;, TO fiji the
vacancy occasioued by the death of Hon |
Jacob C)llamer. The contest in regard
to his return to the Senate at the expira- |
ton of the term, and the way in which
Mr.. Poland and Mr.. Morrill, changed
places, Mr., Morrill, succeeding Poland in
the Senate and Poland succeeding Nor
rill in the House, are familiar to all Yer
who have yet to learn that Gov
smith 'ssecured" OF tried to secure these
results, or either of them. ...
The concluding paragraph of this pre-
cious piece Of malicious laundering, con-
tains the solitary fact to be found in the
whole article, viz: that Gov. Smith be-
came president of the Northern Pacific.
All else is fiction. GOV. Smith, il is well
known, resigned the presidency Of the
Northern Pacific, against the wishes of
most of his associates, because the YER
mont Central naedep his entire time and
efforts. The Northern Pacific bonds, we
believe, have never sold better than they
were selling when he resigned bur
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