Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-29
NO CHANCE FOR THE TExAs PACIFIC
RAILROAD.

A special Washington telegram to the
New York Tribune, of date October oath,
contains the following news:
A Western representative, who is op-
posed to substituting the Texas Pacific
railroad, and who has taken some pains
to canvass the house of representatives
on the subject, says that the project is
weaker in the present congress than it
was in the last. He does not believe
there is the least prospect Of the passage
of any bill extending further aid to that
undertaking.
The South, as q whole, be says. will
not favor any bill likely to be proposed
either by Colonel Thomas A. Scott or
Mr.. Huntington. Representatives from
that part Of the country do not consider
the Southern line as one from which
their constituents are to derive any sub.
s~tantial benefits, and they have little
taste for being used to promote the inter.
ests Of Northern spectators. In speak
ing of the actual strength Of the scheme
in the house Of representatives, this gen.
tleman said that in the Democratic party
there would be more against it from the
Southern States than in its favor from
the North. Only two of the Texas
Republicans are really interested in
securing further government aid for
the road - Messrs. Throckmorton and
Culberson. All the others are as
likely 10 vote against any bill that
may be proposed or reported, as in
its favor. They are pretty certain to
oppose the scheme if it contemplates
substituting q great number Of branches
leading to New Orleans, Memphis, Vicks-
burg and St. Louis. From other South.
ern States such a bill would probably,
according to the same authority, secure
the votes Of Democratic representatives
from Arkansas, q portion of those from
Missouri, and a number from Kentucky,
Tennessee and Virginia. 1t would not
get a single vote from Wisconsin, Illinois
or Indiana, aud none from Ohio, unless
Messrs. Sayler and Banning, Of CinciH.
natl, should give it their support. The
Democrats Of the Pennsylvania delega.
ton are by ne means united in favor Of
Colonel Scots undertaking. Among
those who are said to be opposed to it are
Messrs. Clymer, SteDger, and several
others. New England, New York and
New Jersey are believed by the gentle
man already quoted to be unanimously
opposed to any further subsidies.
To sum up, he said that the bill, in
his estimation, had no chance whatever
Of passing, unless the votes OF fifty
members should be purchased outright,
and that be does not contemplate as
among the possibilities. The friends of
the Texas Pacific railway scheme assert.
but on what authority it cannot be as.
certained, that Speaker Randall intends
TO construct the committee on Pacific
railroads in such a manner that il will
report in favor of their project. Mr..
Atkins, of Tennessee, who introduced
the bill on the subject into the last con.
gress, is said to have asserted that as.
surauce of this kind have been given.
Speaker Randall has been SO careful
however, TO avoid disclosing his inten.
tions 10 regard TO the committees thai
there is good reason to doubt this re.
port, and this doubt is strengthened by
his unbroken record in opposition TO all
railroad subsidies.