The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-20

some three hundred per cent hlRlef
than lhe average Of al others u ne
United Sintes, he proceeds 10 HeplAls
that "such results from suGh lnHfHli
nepts have never before been leanl
of MOI oven Id The East India COM.
pany, There has never been hlt ln'
stance where such properties nave
sprlug up niidlp0wrri ul sAgll nlAglll,
tilde nave been acquired aud eNerelsgd
In 40 short time II IL absolutely
wonderful, and whore such enormous
wealth has been accommodating ~ ~
short a period, um not surprised lhAt
the GOrpOrntlOns desire Ia escape ltHlp'
latiye action. aIu not surprised mat
strong efforts IRE made here ~ pre-
vent all such legislation, but J shhll ns
much surprised Il the people OF Chil-
FORUM shall much longer silently sub
nit, while
TuE MFE BlOOD on rHE COUNTRY
il being drawn NY these corporations
The power b. IN our hands hul NE TO.
sponliblity rests with M, II we should
III regnrd the trust and do not properly
perform II, we damn ourselves ANA "
we do II from any unworthy motives
we deserve 10 damn ourselves 80 deeply
That the hand of resurrection snail
never bring us forth, The slronBeHl
principles Of human nature nre
! Inc love Of power aud the love OF
money, and where a hearlless monop'
oily In possessed Of both u h more thnll
ever desirable aud necessary that The
people should be freed from their IN
| iluenCo,
'Shall we permit such h monopoly
to debuuch the people, Disgrace oar oi,
| fees, control our conventions, ana
spolinte the entire public ?"
Other members rise In their places
aud address the Legislature In Ian
guage az follows ......
"Look NJ the height OF prosperity
aud power NJ which this corporation
Central Parihc) has already arrived.
Not satisfied with It's single road and
IT, immense landed domain, II II con
tinunlly stretching out itS arms To
grasp more roads aud additional lands.
No sooner II "a new railrOad com
monced or completed than IL Is forth
with swallowed up by this all'devour-
ing monster. lts network OF branch
and dependent roads already covers
the Pacific coast. The corporation has
not confined itself to liz legitimate
business, II aspires 10 become an tDipG-
riam IN mpc'f0." ........ ....y..
These few extracts, along with the
almost unanimous vote Of condemns
ton by the Legislature only a month
ago, sufficiently attest the popular
Judgment Of Huntington n Co., where
they are best known.
Goaded TO desperation, California
has vi last risen IN her might, thrown
of her shuckles, cast the monopoly
forth, and given relief to her people,
Condemned and repudiated ut home,
incredible IA II may SEEM the Same
men are now daily seen beseiging
Congress with deceitful petitions aud
lying tongues, begging to he granted q
forty years lease Of Texas and the en-.
tire Southwest M fresh field Wherein
to renew aud fasten their old Central
Pacific atrocities with all their latest
improvements. .....
Yes, Messrs. Stanford and Hunting
ton, you may well acknowledge that
you are playing deep and desperate
game "for the biggest stake that the
Continent atibrds.n II was an Ameri-
can Congress that set you up In bust
ness, aud has riveted upon the neoks
Of the people your most damnable mo-
nopoly. The people now appeal tot the
same power for relief from its own act.
Chn any member who expect to return
to Washington or be able to look a
constituent square IN the eye, ever vote
to perpetuate such o record rs the fore
going? Next 10 foollng Congress into
legislating for them, these men are
bent on checking Colonel scott and
killing of that really national enter
llrlse, the Texas and Pacific, and any
and all other lines that shall ever com.
pete with their hideolls monopoly
Thus In order to accomplish the one,
or prevent the other, those boosted ten
millions are to be used by placing it
'wlere 1t will do the most good"
We are now more than ever fully
convinced that the only system otla
new Pacific Railway that will serve
and satisfy the public must be u postal
and military road, built, equipped,
fairfield and operated at the lowest pos
sible rates aud strictly under Govern.
ment supervision, in combination
with none, but In competition with
all. This railroad question il now as
summing such Importance and shape
that, inithe Interest of the people, we
intend to watch, Argus-eyed,, the
movements Of all parties in the play
from ihis time OUT New York Adj
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