Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-05
OPPOSITION TO SCOTT.
Leading Northern Journals Upon
SeOtt's Texas Pacific Railroad
Movement.
e. c. News and Courier.I

n Leaning Northern Journals Up1
SeOtf's Texas Pacific Railroad
Movement.
Charleston e. C) News and Courier.l
Up to last winter, Tom SEQ
and his friends did not pretend to as
for consolidation and q guarantee as a
act OF justice to the south, or for the Der
eft of the south. The south was opI
named as the east was. And when th
friends OF the south strove to change Tia
Dill 80 as to give the s)uth some advan
tage, they were opposed and voted dowr
Further, while no attempt was made +
prove that specis benefit would accru
TO the south, infinite pains were takel
to explain the special advantages q
the eject to st. Louis and Pennsyl
vania. Why was this? We az,
constrained t. believe that Mr.. Scot
and his friends saw, at that time
no chance Of playing profitably on To,
| sympathie5 OF the northern DeopJe
Tom Scott d Co. loved the south then a
much as they love the south now. Thei
motives then were what they are now
But the hearts Of the people had not
been warmed toward each other, and IS
! the Texas Pacific road had no otner aim
thsn Inc development Of northern intel
esss, Tom Scott & Co. ran on that line
exclusively, and made no pretense of pc
! cullar friendlints5 to the southern peo-
pie. They were more honest then than
they now are. But the easily duped
southern people have lent a ready ear to
the airy nothiDg5, whose local habita
tlOus is Philadelph and whose name
Tom Scott. To tell them the truth, and
10 arouse them and their repre- sentatives
IN congress to realization OF the actual
injury that Tom Scott's project will do
the south, Is the object, and the onIy
object, we have in view.
TOMS HANDSOME APARTMENTS.
Evening Post, Dec. IL
Ordinarily the announcement that
"COlOnel Tom" Scott had taken sIhand-
some apartments" at q Washington no.
tel, would attract but little attention
and would not be a proper subject OF
public comment. Mr.. Scott has RIGHT
TO go where and when he pleases upon
journeys Of private business or personal
pleasure, and SIS he goes he may stop at
the most expensive houses, may engage
the finest rooms or hire the whole estsb-
lshment, and his proceeding will be of
no concern to anybody but himself and
the landlords whom he pays for his enter
tsfnment. His present visit to the ma
uOnal capital, however, has a much
wider significance, and his intended
movements are matter in which the
people of the whole country have the
Ilveliest interest. Mr.. Scout will be in
Washington about the time of the
meelng OF congress, and there is no
c0ncealment whatever of the object of
his visit. The convention" which has
been sitting in st. Louis makes known
this purpose. Mr.. Scott is the chief
protector o! the scheme for a
Texas Pacific railroad. The necessity
for this work, and the magnificent |
results which are to flow from il. |
have been set forth glowingly by Mr.
Seotts delegates" but they have made |
no impression upon capitalists. 1t is |
evident that there is no more "demand,n |
Ia any legitimate sense, for the Texas
Pacific railroad than there is for liz e of |
balloons to the moon. So, with q frank
which in other circumstances
would be charming, the "conventionn
appeals to congress for help. OF course
does not ash for money or lands; it
"ould scorn to do that. 1t only asks for
OF interest on bonds. We pub
lshed the other day an estimate of what
his guaranty would amount to, Here
2 the table;
! lies OF road main line, branches
AMOUNT of bonds to be issued SS az
hole interest for forty years 1.-THE
term OF the bonds ............ APO OO0
No money or lands-only 1924 100. 600
I interest. That is what the govern
1ent is asked to give, and this is the
Meaning Of Colonel Tom" Scott in
Washington. He will bear watching in
is handsome apartments" and mem
ers OF congress who may be seen in
ne neIghborhood will need to be looked
fter still more closely.
SUBSIDIES.
ew York Tribune.l
Does the Democratic caucus mean to
leet the subsidy raid fairly and make
q end OF it before proceeding to NOM
latlons? We agree with the EUenia0
bst that the decision of the supreme
)urt IN the Union Pacific railroad case
a timely warning against these Eubsi-
les. That decision has laid upon the !
)uDtry al enormous burden which it 4
lust continue to bear for many years,
nd st the same time it has infamed
lie cupidity and raised the hopes OF a
rye number Of subsidy schemers
no ara Easditsting attacks of their
va. The Southern Pacific comhiraiion I
lder Colonel Thomas A. Scott is the
Ost formidable and rapacious of these.
mas an enormous sum of money at
axe; IL has effected powerful political !
lanceei and we have no doubt it feels
epaFed 10 buy up congressman enough
carry Whatever legislation it demands.
ID already boasted-we hope without i
Srrant-that the prospective speaker is
Tom SCOTS man." and there are not Q
antlDg those who believe that the
'use OF representatives is already
ked. AT any rate, Colonel Scott-who
ed TO control the Pennsylvania eeisla.
re so absolutely that, as Wendell
hllps says, members wQgl5 rise, to-
ara the close OF tbs session, and move
az 'ag luk1 scott has no further busi-
ness Tor US, this legislature do now adj
l0urh"-hss transferred his lahors to
ashlDgtOD, has opened his elegant
artAents, ls busy ''seeingn members,
10 Is ready for the transaction of bust
IS. He makes ne sort of secret of his q
Ipose 10 get from congress q guarantee
, interest ndt TO the amount of about 1884, d
o. 0O0.
Now it behooyes the people to watch
ese raiders closely, and to watch the
party in its dealings with .
enc. One would suppose that in the
lsent condition Of this OVerIaXed coun-
no politician With brains enough to /
I into congress would think of favor
g such an outrageous scheme; but it is
rd to set limits to the folly OF the De-
ocracy, and therefore, We say, r
ITCH it, Let 10 Bee how the
psidy sahemersj' fare in the
,mOcratlc caucus. 1t is there that they ID
Ii probably make their first demon
alton, There they can be completely
feated If the Democratic members
We shrewdness enough to see what
e people ask Of them and honesty A
ough to give it. Before they proceed
the nomination Of speaker, let them
edge the party by resolution to oppose
suRsides wnateVer-erants for rail-
VS. steamships, telegraph lireJ, all
anner Of private enterprises; We have
d enough of them. The county has :
It patience ~ ghis continual -
ain upon the treasury and the corrup- i
n which Inevitably goes with it, and
e general voice demands that 1t shall il
70 right here, Let US see whether, at
e open1ng OF the session which is to
ciGe the Presidency, the Democrats
3 able to hear that voice, or whether
lionel Scott has already stopped their
rs. Their caucus will tell the story. :