The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-28
THE TEXAS PACIFIC.
now THE LOBBY 10 WORKING TO DE-
FEAT THE BELL.
The Agreement Proposed Between tIse
Texas Pacific and Central Pacific
Railroads, and the Raa Faith
of tine Latter.
Especial Correspondence OF the Democrat.J
Rfees HousE.

Wb s1G bHtAEK*
Especial Correspondence OF the DsmocratJ
Rfees HousE, I
Washington. December 3D. tS7T.t
THE TEXAS PACIFIC CAMPAIGN
will begin with the reassenbng Of Congress.
It is the determination OF Col Scott and his
lieutenants to make their final effort this win
ter and II they fail the project will be dismissed
probably for this generation. The readers oil
the DEMOCRAT are sufficiently familiar with the
general features OF this scheme to render
description of 1t Unnecessary, SO that the only
points upon which information would be Of
interest are the methods to be- employed and
the probabilities OF success. 1t may be stated
at the outset that Scott and his friends reeog-
nize an opponent Of their scheme In the per-
son Of
spEAHER RANDALL.
who. adroitly as he may have disguised his at-
titude ON that subject during the canvass for
the position he now holds. was not slow to-
manifest hostility after his election had been
secured by the votes of Seott's friends In the
Southern delegations The first development
of the Speake ers hostility was naturally enough
in The organization OF
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMMITTEE.
the facts concerning which were duly laid be-
fore your readers by mail and telegraph as Their
transpired. After q tedious period of uneer.
| Carkson N. Potter, of New York. to serve as
! chairman. and aggravated by some curious dill
| ly -daying on the part Of Mr.. Randall. the COM
mittee itself solved the riddle of the chairman-
| ship by eleoting Mr. Threekmorton. Of Texas.
who, as the second member ON the committee aH
named by the Speaker was In the regular line
of promotion. its chairman de facto upon the
| declination Of Mr.. Potter.
This leaves the committee substantially as IL
was originally organized by Mr.. Randall 80 far
as the procivties of Its members are con-
| eerned-that Is to say. with
MAJORITY OF ONE ADVERSE TO THE SCHEME.
but with the important modification that the
chairman OF the present committee favors the
| scheme whereas the chairman named by MIR.
Randall was opposed to it,
| But In speaking of the proclivities oil the ma
1ority of the committee as being against th8
scheme / must not be understood to indicate
that the bill will be reported to the House un-
tavorably. The opposition in the committee will
| not unite upon such action but will allow the
chairman and his friends to handle the meas
! ure In their own way until 1t gets fairly
before the House. This is not the usual
method, but in this case at least
two members of the committee who
will vote against the bill whenever 1t ig put
upon Its passage. hold that 1t deserves at least
the fair play OF an unobstrueted report, In view
Of the strong current of popular sentiment In fta
favor manifested through the press and other
channels of public utterance In quar- ters impor-
taat to the Democratic party.
In his operations hitherto. Col. Scott has sed@
ulously avoided all appearance as well as all the
substance OF
LOBBYING
He has chosen to depend upon the legitf-
, mate forces of popular pressure, and has Of
a
port. He now states his Intention oil adherinG
p this b sa and d w nj mr19 81 big ara g9
erto, upon the strength of his popular backing.
The members Of the lobby have made most
| persistent effort to force Scott into comp lance
with their demands. which are. stated blunt1y,
that he shall place in their hands fund Of
the bns TIE 9noHea
| has been steadily discountenanced by seott,s
Southern friends in, Congress. under the Lead
! ership Of Lamar, who has all the time declared
that at the first sign Of lobby work in the inter-
ess Of the measure he would abandon IT,
Under these circumstances
THE LOBBY HAs DETERMINED TO DEFEAT THE
This was to be expected and Col. Scott told mo
some time ago that be would be glad to know
that every professional lobbyist in Washington
could be depended on to give the Texas Pacific
the benefit Of his open opposition.
THE METHOD OF THIS ANTAGONIST
,, Is developing, now with some definiteness and
may De readily unHeTSgODQ from bUB IOtLpWIuGx
which is printed in one of the Sunday papers
What Is it the Texas Pacific L. agking2 II de-
4 mands the Endorsement Of the United States on
fifty million bonds for fifty years. at per cent.
with which 10 prolQng the Pennsylvania system
1 OF lines from St. Louis westward clear to th8
t Pacific ocean, This would virtually be giving to
8 one interest, controlled BY q single head. g
i monopoly, the like q which has never been M
. be giving to this combination preferences over
e. e. other lines which It's dealings with the public
9 the pretext urged for this unprecedented and
Il forgiving partiality 1t is claimed that the gov
ea se rod e ar the the seahese saFhe &
q demand it as conn eting line. to the Pacific,
and that having proyidad sns . line {, in 2 part e
= now to give one to the South also. "a,
In regard to the first END q ast propositions R
y . {. road which would facilitate the government
. and accommodate the Southern transportation
but it does not Of the @ a as
e the second pretext, 1t Is sufficient answer 10
T. say that II the government is 70 De called upon
It will never be done providing competition.
There can never pc an end to tn tpoliey;
public interests are IN danger here are eener.
d ally opposing interests, step in to help rescEe
the peoples rights and to rally the friends Of
= honesty and integrity togeiher These eorpo.
vsrase are 80 nons ba
asp 2 ses ahsr %Se the dsh h
q longingly looking for a Southern Pacific
e road from some source, trom Congress
II from other, it seems as If the Texas Pacific
{, SCOTS road or none They well knew thas
scofts interests lay north Of the Ohio. bat they
g half trusted his promises of Southern termf-
d nus. and they thought it might perhaps be bet-
% ter than no road as all. HENCE .z the degree of
Il Of confidence Scott In order to get his line from
/. ocean to ocean. has to build line across Call
= fornia parallel to one already in oDeration and
IL hence hag encountered somewhat formidable
an agonist This California company. called
q the Soatbern Pacific, has constructed 726 miles
|, Of road terminating at Fort Yuma. under an
J. agreement to meet and connect with the Texas
IL Pacific at that point. Arrived there Ends
d SCOTS road no nearer than Fort Worth. 1860
~ = Rather than wait till Scott gets through be-
!, sfeging Congress- and rather than have It's road
~ a.ross California bilt with private eapitaI par
lcla Cd kx.c hztilt Gslt Of the ETsited AtafGa