, 1878-02-08

tlch to their Adoption and PRONUNCIATION,
uatDre another month rolls around you
will lin thn Northern Pacific Railroad
Company through their friends in Con-
yrr.SS ready 10 craGtHle other conditions
which they are now 50 StreuuouSiy OBJ
iecttug to. and which they now say In
their Judgment are fatal 10 their uegotia-
ttonS: such n Sttpu!atiOnS for the COM
mnn,ement OF work OIL our coast, some
kin | of protection 10 settlers, etc.
Anl. | here must b. permitted to SAY
that were the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company gtven emphatiraIIy to under
stand that 4 general extension Of the grant
aS asked tor by them and rs recommended
| by the Portland BolrI of Trade would
not be granted By Congress under any
circumstances, have 10 hesitation what
ever in believing that company would in
less thln one weeks time be Begging for
the passage OF the bill have introduced,
or something OF Il similar nature, and
against which they are now 50 lOully pro-
testing.
| Lam lahoring for what | believe to be
the true interests of Oregon rs we'll aS the
whole Northwest. am and have been
from the first ready 10 wave my indivtd-
ual views on certain points where snct
waiver will not amount IN 4 total aban'
dnnment OF the Interests of our State lnd
peop'e 10 the unreasonable demands q
corporate power. II in the position have
taken, am overS'aughed by such recon-
nenditions as those contained in the re-
Iolutions OF the Board of Trade, then as {
matter of course [ will submit. trusting as
shall tor vinhicltion OF my course not
In the near future. not in the history Of tht
present year. to which many suppose
am looking, but to the more distant future
when six or eight or ten years shall have
demonstrated rs believe they will. the
Justice and right of the course have taken
and Ofthe course am now advocating.
You will permit me to add, however. il
conclusion. that the action OF the Portland
i Board of Trade in the resolutions referred
to, or rather the action OF the very smal
minority of that Board, might have q
tendency to discourage me IN my effort,
were Ii not tor the fact that | have thi,
day received from Portland petition IL
the following words:
TO the Senate and HOnse of Repre-,
sentativeS OF the United States of Anerica
In Congress aSSemb ed:
We, the undersigned citizens of the
State of Oregon, would most respectfully
and earnestly memorable your honorable
body to pass what is known as the Nit
chell Railroad Bill, providing for til,
building of the Portland, Salt Lake ant
South Pass Railroad, and for the location
ot the Northern Pacific Railroad on the
south side of the Columbia river to Port
and, and for the extension of time for thC
construction Of the same. IA provided il
said bill. Aud your memOrialiStS will eve
pray"
Which petition is signed by severa
thousand of our best citizens, not only o
Portland but OF different portions of TN
State, including the names of about three
tonrths of the present members OF the
Portland Board of Trade.
And now to the end that the people o
Oregon may correctly understand IN,
position occupy, as also the position o
the Portland Board OF Trade, respect
fully request that you authorize the i'm
mediate publication OF this communira
ton with great respect am your ODE
dlent servant.
JOHN III. MITCHELL.
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