, 1873-02-16
Ben Holladay's Oregon Road, and
His Attempt to Reach the
Senate.
The Goat Island Fight" IA Lobby
ist On the Floor"
The Union Pacific Railroad and
Senator Edn1und's Amend
mcnt.
: A Fearful P1ot--Motto for the "Be.
tween-Puddles.

tween-Puddles.
From Our O,cn Correspondent
WAsHSa7oA, Feb. 9, 1372
Dare Congress assemble and organize on'th'
4th Of March?
No, it dare not. Receiving fixed sum for th'
round year, instead OF 80 much per diem. al
should be the case, it would be indifferent, IN
der ordinary circumstances, whether it gave 1o1
days work or 200 da- >: york. But now, fearing
to put the cha1acte1 n is membership-yea, o.
q amajority Of the ea,ne-to the test, it has AZ
added incentive to fly. j.
4 resolution will be introduced to restore the
bill calling Congress together On the 4th o1
March. Mark who votes for it. and who
against it There ia no good reason against
this early convocation; it will cost
no more money; it will merely
p Congress, instead of recess Of nine months
II We can get the work out Of that recess under
the present stimulation Of public feeling, we
shall hare perfect and wholesome examination
Of all the evils since 1861. ~
II it be not accorded, and corrupted Congress
sneak away, afraid of the explosion Of the rotten
eggs which have been laid by it, be assured that
there is one legislative body which will sit with
open doors all tho recess: the Public Press
There is afatality about exposures; once started;
theE roll down 3 declivity in daylight by the
force Of gravitation, ali the world gazing up.
At present there are no rarty Necessities to, be
pleaded before the public constituency.
Farmers householders, mechanics, all moral
people Of every grade and profession, this
:o& s,.k .nJxa 1.I
ters to your Congressman and your journals, and
demand that the present Congress restore the
Inv BY which its successor can reassemble on the
4th Of March next.
:. SCARE IN THE FOREIGN BOND MAREET
The prospects multiply OF hearty scare in
the matter OF our railroad bonds, which have
been sold abroad in such vast quantities under
the stimulation Of great 1and-grants. A low
estimate makes the quantity Of our securities Of
all sorts held in Europe to be 81, ,500, 900 600.
Besides, We have placed An enormous quantity
Of mining bonds-many Of which represent no
real value than than the late diamond-fel hoax
upon credu1ous German bankers, employing
for this purpose the unscrupulous services OF
one Of the great banks Of the Pacific Coast.
ZEN 1oLLADAY
IS nov in this city, the President OF the Oregon
u 1dA4O444E& AtoAAt AoA nnCA 4El1e4 IL EQuEHL
from Congress. His road is completed for
200 miles, between Portland and Roseburg,
and is designed to connect, across the Coast
Range with a California and Oregon road. But
the mountain-r.nge which interposcs is for1nida-
b1s, and immigration and money do not keep
pace with the enterprise. A great lawsuit hangs
over Hollnday'g head, brought BY the original
Holladay unceremoniouely elected after his mode
Of "driFing things" and the mighty Ben. who
had believed that there Was no limit to hib great
ness, found himself redrced, last year, to tie me-
eessity Of craving advice. The big men on the
Pacific Coast answered:
s'Ben, you must elect yourself to the United
States Senate in order to establish your credit
That's the way to make things jump in the rail-
way line now-a-days. The Senate is getting to
be Board of Railway Presidents or their attor-
.neys, and, if you arc not represented there in
pergon or BY counsel, you won't appear abroad
States"
Holladay conceived that this must be an easy
task There was nobody in tho way but his
lawyer, Mitchell, and Of course lawyers we're
of no account when their employers wanted them
to hop down. But Mitchell had SGT up
that place in the Senate for himself. He re-
cursed, and made his wall in vain Mitchell was
Elected, as lesser alter ego,; and Bon ia only
outside in the lobby.
LOBBYIST on THE FLOOR.
nented here. OF late. bv its ercat Ainr Tefsed
Etandford. ex-Goyornor o. Cal;fornia. Ha IL -
nlow-moying man. Of slow circulation and IN
prospective, the richest man OF America. His
PROSPECTS are beyond which Vanderbilt nossaases
lie las this much railway: Main ine ra centrai
Pacific, 878 miles ,CaUfornia Pacific. an m;Ias
San FIancisco North Pacific. so 1n;1es. stocb,
ton d Copperopolis, G. miles; San Jose Branch,
n miles Fisaiia Divisiou. 167 n1es. f1reonn
Division, ITO miles; Alameda aud Oakland
Branches, 20 miles. Total, above 1900 miles OF
railway, besides all the steamers il, the rivers |
and bays Of California. The entire stare and
mail system of the coast is tributary to tbis |
corporation, which is to Pacific Amer |
ica tho venous and arterial system.
and all this practically under The |
control OF three men: It is the !
s.e 80, -. "ao put nttle while
nento, to declare where the the city of the Pa
cihc Coaat shall be, and also to become the ms
SCISSOR OF the nearly bankrnnt Hn;o, p.p;Ga
Railway. when TIA reao1uf;nn .,oa.a1 = "eshs ah