The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-20
Bopo DlscIosurSa of the Huntington
... .annOd 900 0ouId. Ring. lll 'nl 1901


Tint this eppllnGnl gloIdy,n ,gnn
"proHideni ~ the Genlfel ihalio RHllioAd'
notwithstanding the confirmation
0f our worst fears ~ Hfrlosed III llip
above most Important admlhsloli VIZ
gtIll have hopes of Congress dong
something 10 head or the Central Pa-
oAo lllllroad RING, md thus hayefF
from one OF the most OdiOlls ana or
presslve mopOp0lies that wah ever M
ilIotod upon any people, either IN mn
oIont or modern times. one rehsOn
for this hope X, the proper committee
i. of tho llousefu 10 which IN ralerred he
various schemes Of the Union and the
Central l'acIhc people, hnn promptly
rejected the lHtcst device laid before "
for further ruhiing tho people and rob
bling the government by Huntington
aud his c0nfedcrNtcs.
IL H. well known 70 our readers thhl
the Different railroad corporations IN
part owned and wholly represented ny
or. Huntington have, during the
last few years, received by aGt OF Con
gress froo gTauts Of tho best public
lnnds, equal ia area 10 all OF New
England, aud worth to-day more than
one hundred aud iny million dollars
ia gold. These 00nlpani0a have also
received from the United States IN lls
bonds, equivalent TO gold, loans
amounting ht maturity, with Nix per
cent interest, TO oven Aeventy-l MIL
lion dollars more. by Wtlplly CON
triyed legislation Interpolation, per-
haps, these fellows got II 30 liked that
II N held they are not bound TO refund
"A cent, nor indeed, to pay the simple
aixp0 cent, interest Oh their loan M
I'll the expiration OF the full period n
thirty years-of which there are some
twenty yet 10 run. lt..t aIHl l" ft'
Accommodating lender! happy, oh,
most happy borrower! Jg4.na mHI
Well, during the Inst ton or more
years. In which Huntington md his
0Onfod0rAtes have been luNuriating In
Government clover they have sold for
cash many million dollars worth of
lands given them by ......, .....,,
AN ovER'CoNFIDINq GOVERNMENTS,
Did, these fellows apply,these moneys
to the payment or the som iIntnnnl In
tcrest on the bonds loaned Them Not
n bit of A.. Along with nil the other
stealinps they quietly robbed The
whole, and, being themselves mainly
the holders OF these same bonds, cut
Oh thDronpoBs AZ they matured, dee
manded and received payment thereof
from the United States Treasury. ....
An this IN addition TO s0udry MI
LIONS In rash subsidies from me state
Of rculifornin nud,uthe counties. and
towns of TINT, State Iuereasod stlll fur,
thrr by the iss,le nnd sllr of mortgage
honda or the cdmpnHv lo M almost
6,bulous nmountl lila rosh ,leunutls nj
some eight per cent ON n fictitious cam
ilnl representinp, five times the nctunl
cosl Of The road md ~ 900 600 OF
whicl, stack VIVA dMi,led among tho
members of the ring, u6li.aGun'1 lln
We refer of course. now and intend
doing so very d lintedly, To the Central
Pacific, of TaIifornn' Up. Hunting
ton. tl,e great dictator. nnb his fotIr
co,,fedprates IN their grand sohpue of
vilIiany. I'I-'.t' ~, '',-,., ,,-..,'.I.
Wall the highest ninnacle of cheek
the' very subllmity ~ imni,Ienre II
rrncheT when tlnse NOR Men. With n
brigade Of blowers md strlkel,s.o present
themael Wa ~ the' door If Xxx present
Congress, little petition IL Hand, BRO.
posinp no, ,re.conyev md aell hack TO
Ina jJnited Sfntea f1r tweIyeo and n hnlf
mil,inn Jo,l,rs i've million ncres If
theidentioaI lands vivian 40 the com.
nanv some tom vears 1 a,,' no. form n
ai"tS ~ s s,nd st 4, 49, NJ, i's in
,,.hsh,iS asa :, bnnd w Ppy U "a i Id,ar
s,,Sarann ~ ~ " rn,,s lanSs III" Io,, Az az
os,on 5aI"n a. S Suon' s"s ,"" ave
' .9i , Je,ns se'eo'ou ii"n ~ epn Ssa'e
au,l Wnmn INV Vo,nt'isp ,ia'niy tusS
snu 'ou .,,,",,', am s',,'ie 'ny
pa,n, wnoso onny p,ouuo.s "se inou,',
o"i ua rs saseu,us S"aa u
s"prus inSH N n uipiiyl',YLmp
would no dear 4 At one 1c4,Stt II; aafa
the.e monopollsts oooIly proposetop Nut
otio the Government at the price of
first class railroad lands, namely, two
dollars and II halt per acre.
OF course there was no alternative
for the eom,njtfee hut to reject and
kick out the audacious proposition, AS
anoimposition md aniinsuitto tI,e an