The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-02
Tom scott and the Dem ocra,ie Prsss.
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1t is known with what zeal Tom Scott
worked ST year Tor his Texas and Pacific haii-
road, and especially how, after the comedy per
could obtain from Congress the desired gu ran
tee Tor the interest upon two hundred or more
millions Of bonds.
But IN this session IL could not be done, on ac-
count of the Presidential election standing at
the door. Neither party dared to enter upon
measure would have imposed; aod with all the
aid of the lobby, Scott was not able To obtain "A
the House or that Of the Senate, although il is
notorious that in the FIRST named committee, II
not Ia the second, majority Of the members
look with very favorable eyes upon Tom and his
bonds He was allowed To withdraw, with the
friendly counsel to be patient
Tom mad to make the best Of this, aud, with
his colossal energy, set TO work to pursue his
chances. One needs to look around only a
little behinu the curtain to ind him now every
lions In his interest, and he Is not lazy As jay
Goulu once said before committee Of our
Legislature, " In Democratic districts, | am a
Democrat; In Republican districts, a Republi-
can In doubtful districts, doubtful, but every
where an krie man :" so Tom Scott Is Demo
crat with Democrats, Republican with kepub-
leans, but everywhere Texas Pacific man.
Like Jay Gould, he knows how to estimate the
value OF the press, and he has recently been par
ticulMly busy in making sure Of the services OF
prominent journals
Scottish leading articles now appear In all
SORTS of papers, disguised and undsgulsed ac-
cording TO circumstances. with noble audacity
he has been seeking for a few days past to
with the refusal of the Union aud Contra Pacific
roads To fulhl their obligations toward the Gov
eminent, by proving in his organs that there Is
only one remedy against the monopoly OF these
roads, and that Is the support OF the Texas Pa.
clnc road by the Government. According tc
this, after the national Treasury has been plum.
dered by one, we must help ourselves by allow
ing Il to be Just as badly or worse piundered b,
another. To cure yourself Of scarlet fever, take
the smallpox.
Tom appears to have confidence In the ch ance,
OF the Democracy. We have latterly met witt
his articles in the special Tammany organ. tn,
Express. Of this city, and IL has now been statec
In lHK SUN that In the recent sale OF the H0rlc
Tom was able to assure to himself an essentia
interest In that organ OF the Democracy. All Tho
answer which the World has 10 make to this II
that, IL II were correct, scott would have Sctec
very prudenty-Just as prudently, In fact, MS III,
gre nnanciers who AT another time lent help
Ing h nj To the editor OF THE SUN. In this way
the Word admits that Scott Is to be counteC
among It's owners, and we may accordingly b,
prepared To see the World performing for scot
the same service which the Tribune renders Il
Gould. since the Empress also IL working TO
scott, II Is not risky To conclude that there IL
great intimacy between Scott and Tanmany
Iammanys Intimacy with Gould wss proyeC
last autumn.
This union OF Tammany with the railroad
kings Is not new. Every one remem bers ne no
bic alliance OF Tweed and Fisk The prospect
that the Democracy, N II should come int,
power, would In this respect also follow tn,
footsteps Of the Republican party and take tn,
Texas Pacific road under Its protection, il no
especially calculated 10 render tho people ell
thusiastiO for the Democracy. The corrllptiOI
OF parties could not he more fully revealed thai
ny tho one presenting In Blaine a tool of tn,
Union and Northern Pacific speculators, and tn,
other nominating some servant Of Tom Scott
But for the present we will hope that such in
nuences WI pot triumph either in Cincinnati o
In -. Louie, but that the GOulds and the 5cotu
Will be equally disayowed at both places.