Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-13
Tom. Scott.

1t is pleasing to see what in terest
HoUGHroN's hackers take in Tom.
SCOTT and the 32d parallel Railroad
route. 1t seems the people might have
confidence enough in Mr.. WIGGINToN
to believe that he would support that
road before Congress, as he is ssolemnly
pledged so to do by the platform of his
party, which he solemnly accepted be-
fore the Congressional Convention
that gave nim the nomination. The
Texas and Pacific Road has now the
same subsidy that the Southern Pacific
has and besides has a noble subsidy
from the State of Texas; to be sure
Tom. SCOTT has squandered this, in
great measure, and in a reckless Mo-
billier project and finance and con-
struction ring, swallowed up these
bonds of Texas and carried to the verge
of bankruptcy the confiding gentle
men who furnished him iron. 1t may
be of doubtful propriety for Mr.. WIG
CLINTON to support any bill introduced
by Mr.. HoUGHToN whom he has
convicted of back pay steals and 9th.
er plumbers, or to say in advance that
he will vote that the Government
shall endorse forty thousand dollars
per mile for Tom. SCOTT when eigh-
teen thousand per mile will build 1t.
This would be simply an outrage and
an evidence that the twenty-five thou
sand dollars per mile additional would
be used to purchase such men as were
capable of voting themselves extra
pay and back salary steals. Tom.
SCOTT is we'll understood to be keener
lobbyite than NAP. BRoUGHToN or
ZEKE WILSON. He has more sins to
account for in demoralizing the people
of Pennsylvania than Boss TWEED
ever had in demoralizing the citizens
of the city of New York. So indig-
nant did the people of Pennsylvania
and New Jersey become at the public
plunderer, that it is still fresh in the
memory of us all when he was threat
ened with a ride on wooden rail,
and coat of tar and feathers. Seehis
treatment of the people of San Diego;
he got them to subscribe $1,000, 1000
worth of property, taxed the poor peo-
pie to this end, and many had to
mortgage their little places to pay
their pro rata. The moment he gets
this he swings himself round to the
San Gorgonia Pass says he will give
them instead ofa direct route on the 32d
parallel circuitous route round the
coast by the way of Santa Anna,
sends few loads of ties to San Diego
as a make-believe, get CRAWFORD and
EVANS to scratch little there, sells
out the ties to the Southern Pacific,
pays nobody and now comes before
Congress for $40, ,0OOp per mile. HoUGH-
TON is just the man to carry out this
swindle. What a patriotic set of fell
lows we have, how simple we are, and
how easily well intentioned men can
become interested in schemer like |
this. A man who never built mile |
of road with his own money, a man
who has bedeviled the people of his
own State, and adjoining ones. Were it
not for the honesty and honor of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany he would by his combinations
have ruined the commerce of the |
South and West. If we ever get a
competing road it will not be through
Tom. SCOTT. This man had the au-
dacity to say in his address before the
committee of the House that he was |
not at work for the Pacific coast, that |
he wanted to tear from us the COM
merce of the adjoining Territories and
the Republic of Mexico, to build up |
the cities of the East at our expense.
HoUGHTON is fit tool for this job.
What say the people to this indict-
ment? 1t is every word true, and a mat
ter of history. Let us find some new |
organization or an old one like the |
Baltimore and Ohio Company, that
has some moral h onesty left to build us
a competing line.