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National Republican., 1876-01-31
Ths Great Monopoly.

tFrom the st. 1 ouis Journal, Jan. "a.
A few days since an order came from San
Francisco to st. Louis for lot of feathers,
and the best terms for shipment were ~
cents pound, or Sl50per ton, equal to 81 500
a car from this city to the Pacific coast.
Every day passengers who are willing to run
the risk Of snow blockade, pay SIG for q
ticket to San Francisco, less than one twen-
tieth of the amount being allowed to st. Louis
railroads to transport these passengers from
st. Louis to Omaha, more than one fifth of
the distance.
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific COM
pauies constitute the most grinding monopoly
in America, if not in the world. Having OBJ
tsined from the Government more than hun
dred millions in money, and an empire of
landed estate, they refuse to pay even interest
on the Government bonds, the principal of
which they have used, and now, having OBJ
tanned the management of the Pacific Mail,
they control everything in the shape of trans
continental trade and travel between the Mis-
sissippi Valley and the Pacific coast.
Not content with their present monopoly,
which costs the country from five to six mil
lions a year in exorbitant charges, these
Credit Mobilier gentlemen propose to secure
exemption from competition In the future,
by promising to construct another line of road
from Southern California to the Rio Grande.
Such q project, whether carried out or not,
would make the monopoly perpetual, and,
grower richer every year by systematic rob-
berry of the people, its power would become
irresistible, and not only the West and South,
but the whole nation would have transporta-
tion charges measured by the greed of selfish
and soulless corporation.
To save us from such q calamity, the West
ard South have united to demand Of Congress
charter for the Texas and Pacific railway,
containing no subsidy, but such guarantees as
will enable the company to construct great
highway through the Southwestern States
and Territories to the Pacific coast, giving
immediate accommodation to 12 ,O00, 900 peo-
pie, developing 100, 900 acres Of good
farming land and boundless riches in the
National Republican., 1876-01-31
MISREPRESENTATION CORRECTED.

Some writers have complained Of a
wat Of ilcxibility in the English language,
but We occasionally see articles written in
it that tend 10 make US doubt whether the
complaint is well founded. In most in
stances slight examination or previous
knowledge of the sources from which
such articles emanate shows that they are
the result OF 4 jndicious application of that
plaster which blinds mems eyes and
silcnccs their conSciences when those
eyes and conscIences are Of the kind that
can be thus effected.
Notable instances of this character of
writing, all bearing upon the same subject,
can now be seen in several newspapers
that are either published or read in Wash
ingtoD, and the simultaneous appearance
OF so many of them bearing generic marks,
indicative of common parentage, would
induce the thoughtful man to believe that
money was being freely expended to ac-
complish or defeat some specific purpose.
Analysed properly, with the unnecessary
verbiage eliminated and the grammatical
construction of the sentences rendered
plain, the object seems to be to maintain
the monopoly now existing in trans. conti-
mental transportation. This fact being
arrived at, the conclusion very properly
follows that Jay Gould and his associates
furnish the media which causes the elas-
ITCHY Of language referred to, and that it
comes in the shape of legal-tender notes,
or, possibly, Of shares in the Union Cen
tral Pacific or Nevada mining stocks
One of theIarticles alluded to pretends to
give the figures of what it calls subsidy
asked for by the Texas and Pacific railroad.
1t reminds us Of Falstaffs description of
his encounter with the men of buckram on
Gads Hill, and in the language Of Prince
Hal we say: mark how plain tale shall
put him down." In the first place, the
Texas and Pacific Is not asking one dollar
of subsidy, as can be seen by the bill now
before Congress, and in the second place,
the figures given are totally false, as we
shall proceed to show.
The Texas and Pacific asks Congress to
guarantee the payment of the interest on
lis fifty-year five per cent. bonds, at the
rate of thirty five thousand dollars per mile
for the main line and thirty thousand for
the branches, or so much thereof as may
be needed TO construct the road. To secure
the payment Of this interest it proposes to
leave all moneys earned BY the road for
the transportation of troops, supplies,
mails, &C., in the Treasury, and to give a
first mortgage on the road and its equip
ments. twill not be denied that with this
guaranty the bonds will at once command
their par value, SO that no sacrifice of Sc
curities will be needed to raise money for
construction. The entire amount of the
guaranteed bonds can be easily ascertained
by any one who desires to arrive at the
truth The main line is 1,94G miles long,
which, at S3J, 900 per mile, makes $685.
100, 600; the branches are 63j miles long,
and at $50, 900 per mile, this is $19, ,050. 900,
a total of $s7, $50, 600, and not S117, $50, 900.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

The interest, at five per cent. on this sum.
is "a, 357, 500 per annum, or, taking the
whole Of the lines, one thousand six hun
dred and eighty-eight dollars per mile.
As to the necessity and propriety of the
road being built no one disputes that ex-
cept the holders of the present monopoly
and their paid advocates. The only ques-
ton sensible men ask is whether the Gov
eminent will be secured from loss in the
event it gives the guarantee asked for.
That question is easily answered.
In the year 1874 the United States paid
the Union Pacific S., 429, ,52S for transpor-
tation of mails. troops, supplies, &c, which
was $1,000 per miie. More than half the
service performed by that road was for trans
portation of needed supplies to the distant
sections through which the Texas and Pacific
road will pass, and General Sherman, in
his report, shows that the cost Of transport
ing these supplies from the nearest depots
on the road was greater even than the
railroad charges. With the Texas and Pa.
cific built, these troops, supplies and mails
would be transported over it, and the
amount due from the Government for such
services would be more than sufficient to
pay all the interest, without taking into
consideration the other means provided by
the road to secure the Government.
These facts are plain to the comprehen-
sion of all men not blinded by the glimmer
Of Jay Gould's money, and We shall show
others, and perhaps give some evidences of
the manner in which this grand monopoly
is striving TO defeat every effort made to
free the people of the country from its ana
conda like hug. All the talk about the
Southern Pacific building a road is the
merest bosh, and not worthy moments
consideration. That is known to be one Of
the monopoly's tricks.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

QTE foreign news is touchingly interest
ing just Gow. The Associated Press caterers
abroad are certainly highly intelligent
and practical class of correspondents They
are perfectly well aware that the American
people are lying awake o nights to be the
first to learn what Don Carlos and King
Alfonso did yesterday; what the Porte will
say to AEdrassy's note, and what he will
say to Montenegro, and what Bosnia and
Herzegovina are going to do about
L. And then. after ali this, after
having told us the best possible
stories al NJ 2ht, and fixed us up so that we
may feel able and willing to hazard an
editorial paragraph on the Estate Of
Europe" without making a laughing stock
of ourselves, these ever-vigilant news
mongers take all the specials in the
London morning papers, full of all con-
ceivable contradictions upon every conceiv-
able subject which is Of no earthly interest
upon this side of the water, unless it is a
.fdit Gcc0mph, and cable them to us, knock
ing the spots out Of our paragraph, and
rendering US cock sure that we do not know
anything at all certain after we have read
the whole batch. Why cannot we get
some matters of fact by cable, instead of so
many Of Tom. Dick and Harry's specula-
tions ard surmises: 1t is not likely that
there is a dime Of the English, French,
Spanish, Turkish, German, Austrian or
Russian funds held on this side of the
Atlantic. One would suppose, from a
perusal of the stuff cabled to us, that all of
our immense capital depended upon the
varying fortunes of mob-leaders in Spain or
Turkey. A little stock of practical sense
would do these cable press correspondents
heap Of good.
National Republican., 1876-01-31
HIT EN- AGAIN.

The House Of Representatives has Just
passed very questionable bill in refer
cnce 10 the prosecution of claims by any
ex employee Of the Departments-the
penalty attached being fine and imprison.
ment. The bill in question provides that
lapse of two years shall follow the resig-
nation or discharge of an employe before
he shall be allowed to prosecute any claim,
andi has the very singular adenda to it
making any clerk who aids in or allows
the prosecution of claim by an ex-em-
ployee a participa crinaini and subject to
immediate discharge from Government
employ. While the matter OF using the
knowledge or acquaintance gained by
an employee Of a Department for his own
advantage is upon the face of it dInger-
Gus risk, and one which long since should
have had remedy, it is very doubtful
if this loose and unjust set does not swing
10 the other extreme and Inflct o more
serious wrong than it obviates The at
tempt TO limit the business Of any citizen
is always dangerous matter. Especially
is this so when the business followed is
legitimate and is prosecuted openly and
above board. Within certain range the
acquaintance with the details of Depart
ment is made fair capital in business just
as much asa lawyers reading or a do;tor's
attendance upon q course OF clinics is their
fund, but just as they are required to use
their knowledge in legitimate practice, so
it should follow that the eX-employee
should use his-and Just here the restrain
ing hand of the law may fairly interfere.
But when it says in effect that however
pure his motives may be, no ex-clerk shall
go into the business of collecting claims,
and, on the other hand, does not show that
the business in itself is violation Of any
law, it is so apparently not only an in
justice to the individual, but violation of
the rights of the public that 1t should shock
to the very marrow the strict Constitu-
tionalists who are so numerous in the
House just now. But the clause
in the bill relating to the punishment of
Government clerks, because some one else
has been an employe and has seen fit to 20
into the claim business and has happened
10 approach them on the subject of claim,
National Republican., 1876-01-31

ROBERT TOoMBs declared himself a
'trebel'' on the floor of the United States
Senate in the winter of 1S6O-61. He knew
that a majority of the Senate was opposed
TO coercion and would not expel him. He
boldly declared his treason there and asked
Republicans what they were going to do
about 1t. He ranked JEFF. Davis then, and
we do not object TO his pairing with him
now. But that he was ashamed of his
speech and afraid to let it go upon the
record, the fact that he took the stenogra-
piers (Alr. Sutton's) copy to his house,
ostensibly for revision, and never returned
it, abundantly proves. Itnever appeared in
the Globe. 1t was q favorite trick of his to
suppress his speeches. He pursued this
course with regard to several of his most vio-
lent speeches, thus not only falsifying the
record but cheating the stenographer of
his dues The latter had done the work,
but could only collect pay for the number
of columns that appeared in the Globe
That is the kind Of rebel Toombs used to
be, and he is said to be just as much worse
now as whisky can make him.
National Republican., 1876-01-31
Hold the Fort.

When war o'srspread our noble land
And treason relgned supreme,
When traitors dared to show their hani
And boast aloud their scheme,
When Union men were driven from
Their homes, nor dared remain;
Twas he who fought their battles, boys
Wen stand by Grant again!
Throughout the land let all unite
And march unto the fray;
Our country's good demands that we
Should strive to win the day.
Let all our troubled waters calm,
And peace and friendship reign;
United-North, South East and West
Wen stand by Grant again.
Then, gather round the campfire, boys.
Throw on another rail,
And send the blaze up heavenWard
To guide us on our trail.
Brave Union men-yes, ev'ry one
Our duty in the main
We've sworn to do. With courage true
Wen stand by Grant again!
Col. JAMES FRANCIS KEEGAS.
D. c., Jan. %, 1876.
National Republican., 1876-01-31
EDITORIAL GOSSIP.

There are three notables at present stopping
at nobody knows where-Tweed, Winslow and
Ross.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

Probably the strongest evidence we have of
the hard times in this country is the sight
of billy goat gnawing lamp-post.l
National Republican., 1876-01-31

The Northampton Bank robbery is the largest
on record. It has been ascertained that ST.
600 900 are missing, and further investigation
is expected to develop further losses.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

The West is shrouded in a mantle of snow,
and the trains are delayed for many hoars on
the Union Pacific railroad.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

Mr.. Randall, who now fayors the reduction
Of the salaries of Congressman, once said ::
"The man who isn't worth $500 per annum
to his country doesn't deserve seat in the
House,
National Republican., 1876-01-31

covered gold on the premises of Gen. Sutter,
in California.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

precious metals. To this enterprise the great
monopoly Is bitterly opposed, and Is doing all
In Its power TO prevent favorable action In
Congress.
It Is time that the Western and Southern
press should speak out on this subject, second
ing the views set forth In the National Rail
road convention held in St. Louis, and de-
manding some share of justice, not only to the
West and South, but to the people of the
whole country.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

A Canadian boy has six grandmothers and
three grandfathers, all of whom are living. A
boy with such an ancestry, placed in a con-
spicuous spot on the Centennial grounds, would
make the exhibition sparkle with interest.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

One Tooth is matched for foot-race in New
jersey. Wonder how he'll 'come out p
Commercial Advertiser.
Steady by jerks, and ahead, of course.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

The Ohio Senate has settled the matter now.
1t has passed bill providing for divorce in
case of drunkenness of years standing.
Any person who win consent to be continually
reveling in Bacchanalian riotousness,, for
three hundred and siIty-ive days and frac-
National Republican., 1876-01-31

The Alfonsists are striking some effective
blows at the Carlist cause. Severe fighting is
now in progress, which, up to the present
time, has resulted strongly in favor of the
Madrid Government.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

SOMETHING NEW IN WASHINGTON.
THE NATIONAL HYGIENIC INSTITUTE AND
DINING ROOMS,
Just opened at 1l0i street. where the best FIRST.
GLASS BOARD can be had at reasonable rates,
permanent and transient.
uovIs-Sm ". +. ROSS, NJ D., Proprietor.
National Republican., 1876-01-31
FOR RENT.

TOh hEN l..
N| EooMS.
616 sIxTa STREET NoETawEsTsa
ssss$$ss:ss party: s oas square from Patent M sfS
EOR RENT-A VERY HANDSOMELY
rss c1%Rsts Ss
new and desirable in every particular.
j.sI.a No. sii Ten h street.
EoR RENT-Two OR THREE UNFUR-
q aea Ssy
dow, closets and other conTenionces House
pjisns j.sis. ana sen'eei No III ii fenth Street.
600 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NV
GE6 For rent-A nicely furnished ,S.a CHAN. A.
1902 ~ MAssAgHgsaSEs Iss a5s
gentlemen preferred. tanes-4t
GOA EAST CAPITOL STREET. SOUTH
OOf Fk0NTl.For Ient-A beautiful suite OF
ne mefein sonTenienees. % VIZ Kent eHesedfns%iy % iSS AL
OOI TWELFTH STREET = DELIGHT
a.o Sf 1hIid aoof
Yerylow. janis.
EOO FIFTH STREET. BETWEEN AND
so ss 6ss I5f rent
11OS NEW YORK AVENUE NORTH.
AIOO WEST.-For rent-A Suite OF Hand
omely:Furnished Rooms. Modern convenience.
cox IsrREET-FoR RENT-CoMFURr.
OOC ABLE ROOMS; near all railroad lines.
FoR RENT-eNE LARGE FRONT ROOM,
Terms Moderate. Cali or address ilss Ninth street
northwest. jan26-Sts
1I1S STREET.-MEMBERS OF UON-
1flc GRESS and others desiring . floor OF
three rooms, psrlor and TWO bedrooms, furnished
70 tult. VIII please apply as above. tas5-it-
QUO PENNSYLVANIA AyENUE-FOR
OOO rent, large n mt ROOM, for business par
'' Ap''' y : -' ---A ~ jaes-st
100 THIRTEENTH STREET NORTH.
nZO MEST.77FOR RENT-NeWly-f furnished
ENOR RENT-TWU LARGE, ELEGANTLY
on sPees aSa P9nn
MA svenue, Army and Ssvy MsTtet. 1 jsi-tf
T0R FIFTEENTH STREET NORTH
dFrg sore Rent the upper a2SEi over
O01 FOURTEENTH STREET, OPPO-
OOf site Franklin Park-NIcely-furnished
ROOMS, with Board. deI-n
611 ThlRrEENTh STkEET NORTH:
sSG Rooms ash or stRSSu, Soas esn Be
suited Sy applying as above. References ] e
XIII SEVENTH STREET, UPPOSITE THE
Oil POST 0FFICE.-FOR RENT-Two com.
several handsomely flrpished apartments ia an
elegant house, with without board. Apply at
Room No. 2, Sill Seventh street. de2-tf
National Republican., 1876-01-31

Private Dalzeil is qniet, and, being quiet, it
may safely be said that he will soon electrify
the voters of America with the following an
nouncement: "For President, Private James
NJ. Dalzell; for Vice President, General VIII
liam Tecumseh Sherman
National Republican., 1876-01-31

All the employees of the Pension bureau
have signed card denouncing the attack of q
morning contemporary on Commissioner Atkin-
son as being scurrilous article, and without
foundation, decency or a semblsnce of truth.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

ENOR RENT OR LEASE-"EDGEwOOD
y the elegant suburban residence of the late -
Chief Justice Chase. Partly furnished, elgh-
teen rooms, and every modern convenience; ~
beautiful lawn and grounds, stable, carriage.A4
house. barn, &c. This Is one Of the handsOmest sa-
burban residences around Washington, and will be
let to responsible private family only. For terms
and permit to see the premises, apply to WN. NC
National Republican., 1876-01-31

ton deserves divorce, and the Ohio Senate
has shown great wisdom in legislstiny in his
favor.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

E,OR SALE-Two-SToRY AND MAN
II ssrd root Prcssed-brick Front HOUSES, -
with basement and bay window; Ohio stone H.
trimmings; ten rooms; situated on and ~
Sixteenth streets northwest. VIII take onesAse
good building lot in part trade. Also, tive OF
Jersey avenue and First and II and streets. Very
IL" anu CHAs. p. PUsHAw. Broker,
iai5tf go and 632 street.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

When the West Point bill reaches the Senate
it will receive the check which it deserves and
which the people demand. They have too
high an appreciation of the national and last
ing benefits derived from that great institution
to quietly submit to having it crippled by the
wild and parsimonious legislation of their
servants in Congress; and, should this bill
pass, the odium will fall upon the Democracy,
the results of which will be materially felt by
that party when the public will is expressed
in the great campaign that is coming on apace.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

The "summing up in the Lands trial COM
merces to-day. The friends Of the accused
are confident Of his acquittal. But, after al,
it seems very hard that even in these degen-
crate days an editor can be cornered in his
own composing room and shot like wild game.
If such things are allowed TO 60 unpunished
the time will soon come when longevity will
be unknown in the profession of journalism.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

The Cowric'-JouTndI says Louisville has
the prettiest girls in the country" OF course
that blue-eyed, white headed, fair-skinned
paragraphist is genuine in his belief; but let
him come to this city and walk from the
Treasury to the Capitol, by the Avenue route,
about p. M, and he will go back home and
make faces at the Louisville girls. You have
not Travelled, young man. Come East
National Republican., 1876-01-31

TIREMONT HOUSE, COR. OF SECOND
Il STREET AND INDIANA AVENUE.
Rates; per day, e. 50; per week, we 90; per month,
has recently been impSHXsd; newly furnished sSs I'd
house to and from the Capitol. No liquors sold.
de29-tf +. p. HILL. Proprietor.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

1927 Fl EqR sAIE1aE SALE i1i,tsd Res
within short distance Of the Executive Man 5.8
sion, the state, Treasury, War and Navy De- md
paItments. WIN be sold furnished unfurA-@
nished, as desired. For terms, apply on the prem
ises after O'Clock d, m. ji5-tf
National Republican., 1876-01-31

Now they say that if tie poor mans home
was made more pleasant he would not spend
his time in the drinking saloons. We have
always insisted that the wife should fix up
lager-beer garden in the back yard and secure
a troupe of ballet dancers and music and
Chinese lanterns if she expects it is possible
for the husband to stay st home away from
the evil influences Of the restaurant
National Republican., 1876-01-31
FOR SALE.

BILLIARDS. SPLENDID NEW BEV-
for sale cheap. Inquire 1t 81 PennsylTanla ave-
nue., up stairs. jae9-3t'l THOMAS j. DUFFY.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

0NE LANDAULEr. CIRCULAR FRONT,
~ lined In satin; one Coupe, cir @9
cular 'front.'; one Coupe, square
front; two Coupe Rockaways, but EsS
little used and in good order, and 5O-XZ "
''H'' -O P. d. SCHMIDT & CO.,
ia6-1m No. 30 Twelfth st.. bet. G and d n. W.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

Liberia has exhausted her resources in SUP
pressing her miserable insurrection, and will
have to withdraw from the Centennial because
of her poverty and distress. Where is the
philanthropist who will aid this patriot people
to secure the benefits of the great Exposition :
National Republican., 1876-01-31

EOR SALE, CHEAP NEW BRICK
II House-Terms very easy; eight rooms, zeS
bath, cellar, range, Latrsoe, hot and cold ~
water: concrete sub-hOOr: modern improve ms
ments: three squares east OF Capltol fark:
one square from cars. GEO. Il. MILBURN,
Ial7-AWFi0t SIS Seventh street.
National Republican., 1876-01-31

"Has your husband got an Ulster:" said
Mrs. Mix to an old lady acquaintance. "No,
he haint got no ulcer" she replied; "bu. he's
got the whackenest biggest wart on his nose,
which is verging on a cancer every day OF his
life" and she sighed like one without hope in
the world.
National Republican., 1876-01-31
BOARDING

c00 TWELFTH STREET N. W., NEAR
OOS F..Boerding.-Newly furnished rooms,
with TABLE BOARD; pkrlor and bedroom On
first floor. References exchanged. iaeS-Its
DeARpING-GoopB BOARD AND ROOM
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-01
Her Sweetheart.

The Jackson (Tenn.) Sun vouches for
the truth of the following: During
the war there lived in the vicinity of
this city solitary maiden of sixteen
summers, who hal no one to protect
her against the rude buffets of the
world. If any flower of affection had
ever warmed and beautifed her maiden
heart, it bloomed in secret and vast
ed its sweetness on the desert air. At
that time which s'tried mems souls
she continued to live alone, unterriied
by the evils Of civil war. One day,
while this city was occupied by Fed
eral troops, soldier went into her po-
tato patch and commenced helping
himself to the potatoes.
She soon discovered his presence,
and, rushing out, she screamed in a
high, sulky key:
sect out of my potato patch, you
vagabond !"
Soldier-ssI shan't do it !; your sons
are in the army fighting against us
now, and I am going to have all the po-
totoes I WANT
Maid-s'You'r liar
Soldier-s.Well, if your sons ain t
your husband is, and I'm going to have
these potatoes"
Maid-''You're liar, sir; I've got
no husband
Soldier-'sWell, if your husband
amt your sweetheart is
Maid-''Well, I declare (softening),
who told you 1 had a sweetheart g.
Soldier-s'Neverm ind.''
Maid-"Wel1, I reckon you can have
few potatoes, but don't take more'n
you want for your own use.''