The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-28
WASHINGTON
Whit the Galveston News IN DOiDg for
Martin Trxns- Does the my cay Ak
p,ci tho Trade or Decd wishes ~
Thonp whom she opposes?
wAsuIN0ToN, February 90, ISL

Th0ap whom shc Oppos"SY
wAsnINGroS, February 90, 1873
To the Editor Of The Herald
There is very little being done in
congress now Tor the good OF the coun'
Try, especially Tor the south. To perN
SON from the rural districts il appears
that the iortySiilth congress had assem>
bed for the sole purpose of giving some
Of its members M opportunity to e%
plain their connection with the cleo
lornl count or any other issue that the
country is not Interested IN,
The bitter fight between Scott and
Huntington still continues The Argu'
ments ol those gentl men AID their re-
sprcrivr friend, before the Petite rail-
rond committees have been full and e%>
ten,lyr, aud have developed the tNct
beyond all Il uOt tina Mr. Huntington
anJ hIs agsucnt,s Of the Union and
Central Pacific railway companies dn
not want 10 build their Southern Pdcl-
hc railroad, If they can in any other way
prevent Colonel Scott from building the
rcxa, and Pacific. What would You
think, Mr. Editor, if some gentleman
would tell you that the Houston and
Texas Central railway company pro
posed to build another line OF railroad
across Texas parallel with their present
lne2 You would simply say that thai
man was an idiot. The same argument
holds good with the Southern Pacific
railway company. Suppose that these
gentlemen, Aho seem to be making
money TOO fast, and are so anxious to
to build another railroad across the
continent to compete with their road
which is already built, do build their
so called Southern Pacific railroad,
what would be the consequences? why,
sir it would perpetuate and tasten on
this government one of the most glgan"
tic and despotic monopolies in this
age, or that could be produced by any
future age. To quote from az article
recently written by Mr.. Reayes, of ST,
Louis, the official representative OF the
Central Pacific road after the governs
ment has voted millions of money into
their treasury, and after they have
played the tyrant beyond endurance
with the American people, come with
the money voted by the general gov,
eminent, and ask, like the leeches OF
solomon, for more. What interest, let
it be asked, have these men OF the Cen>
trail Pacific to come into the valley OF
the Mississippi, save as tyrants, and ask
for iavOrs Is there man in the sou.h,
who is not bought, who will countenN
ance or in any manner aid in fastening
on this the monstrous monopoly that
Mr.. Huntington and his associates OF
the Union and Central Pacific railway
companies have so much zeal to per>
petuate? Surely there is not, for whats
ever is the interest of the south Is the
interest of the whole country. On the
other hand, the fact has also been de-
yeloped beyond all doubt, that Colonel
Thomas A. Scott proposes to furnish IN
the Texas and Pacific measure just pre-
clsely what the people need at this time
to check the putrid and avnrlclous
Union and Pacific railway companies IN
their powerful efforts to tighten their
grasp on the industries of the American
people, that is genuine competing line
OF railway, connecting the great Mlssis-
slppi valley with the Pacific ocean, an
open highway for the commerce OF the
country, the rates on which shall be
forever under the control OF congress,
road that would be free from climate
difficulties at all seasons OF the year
The benefits that would arise from the
building of one grand competing line
from some point on the Mississippi river
to san Diego, in California, are beyond
The power of man to calculate. Its IN
MIGRATING effect would be felt from
Maine to the gulf OF Mexico, and would
extend throughout the whole western
hemisphere.
The genuine friends of the Texas and
Pacific bill are willing to dispense with
the branches at first contemplated, an
are IN favor of our great trunk Inc
giving every city and town fair Ano
equal sho ing to tap it. ST. Louis yield
"a all claim for branch, but | regret
70 say that our own seaport clty-Gtl'
FeS'on-is still clamorous for a branch
atleast the Galveston News is doing al
u can to aid Mr.. Huntington, and there
,9,y and in deiea ing the best interest o
iexas aud the whole south. Galveston
nSd better employ all of her energy II
having her .harbor deepened and en-