The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-02
Vol. XLlIL-N0. 263.
TOM SCOTTS BIGGEST JOB.
~yr soBEsE TO CONTROL rHs rWo
szTJONAL CONVENTIONS.


, "a. Candidates for President Tho
v....rce. Of the Adreit Manipu'ator'
,v,,,,,xoroS, June 1.-The announce
-. nv puE SUN OF the purchase OF
ne", uard by Tom Scott, and the diseuised
,..Y,o 'no Of ia truth by the World ITSELF
- sxcited good deal OF feehng here
~. mart Of Democrats and elliott
"a considerable comment. That this great
,,Il,oad magnate had previously ihNes"
al enough money to secure coh"o""s
int.-est In two other newspapers OF consuera-
1;s seuty and influence In two Eastern c'ies
wa. ver,, veil known. 1t had also been as'erlea
on good authority that the friends OF scott VINO
arc largely interested with him In the rex
Pacific Railroad scheme, were neaou ullnR ior
the Chicago Times. hese fiots were sumo'en'-
ly welghty to make public men al the osp'n
nsu.s and wonder what all this meant, ani
whence came all the money necessary 70 enao,e
the railroad king to venture into this new nsld
OF speculation.
IL WA the general belief that SCOTS private
fortune was seriously impiared by the panic of
is,a. and the heavy load Of the protested paper
Of the California and Texas Construction Com
pany-the inside Credit Mobtier Of the Texas
Pacinc--which he has been compelled to carry
ever since. Ii must be rcmem bered however, that
Scott Ia now President OF the great Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. and is the absolute con-
troller Of nearly 900 miles OF railroad operated
By that company. There are thousands Of con-
tractors, bankers. spectators, and business
men who look to him for opportunities to turn
an honest penny IN serving those great corpora
uons. 1t would only be cesssry for Col. Scott
70 ssy TO some OF the weatlhiest OF these men (:
"I want you to invest few thousands In order
to help me control three OF four great newspapers
to be used In manufacturing public sentiment
for our great Southern Pacific Railroad enter
prise, which will make ~ Az very rich II we can
got the Government to supply the credit for It's
bonds" and the money would be forthcoming.
This doubtless is the way the money has been
raised for the pure hase of the World, and Its
tenders in the East, and from the same source
the cash will certainly come 70 secure the Chi
caro- Times, u Scott wants ". OF course there
are political ends to be accom- plished In this
way. and there are plenty Of Democratic pol
iticians ready, in order to advance their own
plans, to enter into Scotts scheme to levy on
the public Treasury.
II Is well known fact that a combination OF
some kind has been made between Scott and
the Democratic National Executive Committee.
The Epenin0 ErpreS Of New York, q controlling
interest In which was recently purchased by
Augustus Schell and hts friends, has been zeal
oustv sunnnrtinv tha 'rex q Pacific iob ever nj "a
4, oassed into the hands Of its new owners. But
,his 4, not all. The National Executive Com
n,,,ee has had besdounrtsr. in Washington ali
u,ntsr-. thing never before beard Of. Itm,,n.
t,,,s ,hIs hsaaou.r,era M an sxnen.e ~ naariv
xn) n month. the greater p,rt of which ooes "a
nav ,he shsries Of two men. vho.e only busi-
mas. here IA to adj yoc,,e on tho floor of the House
of Representatives the Texas Pacific Job. One Of
these men. Kinesbury by name. Ia the net OF San.
stor Wallace. who endeavored 10 seoure him an
appointment in the Clerks once OF the Houss OF
Representatives. He was, OF cour,s, wanted
there for the same purpose for which no ,s now
kept here BY the Democratic National Execu-
tive Committee-to lobby for Tom scott's lob.
He would have aimed the ofacisl position ne
sought h ad he not been so indiscreet as to offer
Clerk Adams SO for the appointment. Thii
cooked his goose with Mr. Adams, who is ar
honest man. and above suspicion. either In ths
matter OF accepting oribes or appointing lobby
lists. II he knows them.
The ticket this combination OF Jcbbers intend
70 impose upon the Democratic party at st
Louis is Hendricks and Curtin. The former
always supported, while In the Senate, subsid,
legislation. and the latter has already had I
profitable connection with tho hemphis-El Pase
svindle-the lineal ancestry Of scotts Texas