The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-11-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.



WASHINGTON. Oct. 81. 1878.
Among the most startling develop
meuts here in the many crooked ways
of the Central Pacific ring. in its effort
t6>Asndcuff the Government and trans
continental commerce. il that Of it's
combination with the Atchison. Topeka
& Sante Fe railroad company. the con-
ditions of which are that the so called
Southern Pacific railroad is to make
connection at Sante Fe with the other
road. The grand profession OF this
riug Of regard for the interest OF an in
dependent transcontiuental line Is thus
once more proved false 10y its own acts.
This arrangement is simply calculated
to bind still closer the. interests Of
Huntington aud Jay Gould to dictate
terms 10 Pacific trade and travel, and
t. increase the power of the present
monopoly to suppress any effort 10 con-
s,ruct competing lines. 1t will fall with
special weight upon the South, many
Of those representatives. have been de.
luded by Huntington's promises to
build a truly Southern Pacific road
Having by these promises induced Con-
eress to delay favorable action relative
tn the Texas & Pacific road he now
proposes not only TO abandon his
dupes, but to make such powerful alli-
anc IS rs to make relief almost hopeless.
II Congress Las any power over the
slbiect it certainly should be used to
check the march of this monstrous mo-
nopoly; otherwise before many years 1t
will not only dictate terms TO Congress
aud 10 commerce, but directly legislate
for the robberies OF the communities il
pre,ends to serve.
at never rains but it pours, pathet-
ically remarks the Democratic tiger
while striving TO make head against the
tide OF public sentiment aroused
against it by the Tribune's cipher dis
patch revelation, and aggravated by the
apostay OF their chief witness. Jim An
derson. His testimony was 10 have
served as the basis for their fraud"
campaign in 1880. aud 20 have been
used as justification for Mr.. Hayes
eiectment from the White House ia the
meantime. should the exigencies Of the
marty seem 10 demand The full consum-
nation Of the revolutionary programme
! adop.ed last spring. The party mana
GERS show unmistakable symptoms OF
! overwhelming trepedation, not to say
panic. in the face of the possibilities
! probabilities. indeed-of the present
| situation. The responsibility for the
gigantic scheme Of fraud. perjury, and
| corruption 20 secure the Presidency,
seems % have been satisfactorily traced
10 their late Presidential candidate and
other conspicuous party leaders
Nothing has been offered IN rebuttal OF
the eveidnce of their guilt that must be
regarded as conclusive till positively
( disproved. save the denial of the
parties implicated. The statement Of
I Anderson that he was bonght fer a
| prise. 20 enact the role he played be-
fore the potter committee, is, u is
claimed. susceptible Of ample conobo-
ration. II go, II is further intimated,
the penitentiary is liable TO receive a
reinforcement OF its Involuntary in
mates, ia the persons OF an uncertain
number OF eminent reform" states
men. The uncertainty as TO just how
much Anderson knows that would
criminate distinguished leaders, and
how far he may he induced TO give
them away" seems the most disturb
ing factor in the present pitiable
Bourbon dilemma. IL certainly looks
COW A. though a goodly number OF re
formers are soon destined To fall be
tween the upper and neither millstone'
Of proper indignation.
About every material allegation o
recent Democratic outrage In Soutl
Carolina, Louisiana and other pacific,
portions OF the late Confederacy, hsv'
been verified by official dispatches rea'
IN Cabinet meetings. Aud the disre
gard OF the most solemnly-glvel
pledges which they read, seem 20 hsv
been the one thing needed to disabus
the minds OF those deluded by th
syren song Of the typical Southern
politician; 10 heal the back-slidings @
members Of the Republican party; {
cure them Of their apathy aud disser
sions; to make them indifferent to ID
"bloody shirt" sneers; TO reunite tn
party as in the time Of it's youth, an
10 make every issue subordinate to tn
great one of enforcing the equality
every man before the law by appropr
ate legislation, backed up by the mil
tary arm Of the Government IL necei
sary. till IT shall be peacefully concet
"a all over the land. Excluding a
questions Of the right or wrong ipvol'
ed, the course taken by the Souther
politicians who pledged the SoGrher
whites to a strick observance OF eveI
right aud immunity, guaranteed IL
freedmen under the amended constiti
tion, Just at this time OF all othei
when the generous North had throw
9 aside tho weapons 20 defend its frienC
in the South ia its efforts to succor at
save thst section. has shocked the mo
al sense Il the whole country.
MILToN.