New-York tribune., 1878-04-18
BOUND TO KEEP THE SORE OPEN.
WHY THURMAN DOES NOT WANT A SETTLE.
MENT.

MENT.
TIRE PACIFIC RAILROADS A HANDY THING TO HAVE
IN THE HoUsE-PoLrTCANs FIND THEM con-
vENIENT TO SQUEEZE WHEN MONEY is NEEDED.
From the debate IN ne Senate ADrH9.
Mr.. Thurman-I tell the Senator would not
agree under any circumstances TO suspend the power
Congress these corporations for one day. and ne
would make the amount be paid into the si1ng iund
3. 100000 year, or $lO,OOOo0O year. would not
agree @ H5naSSt TS Sre3asf oVer tHe PGseL e debt G
Mr.. Thurman-No, not over anything. .,-,,..-
companies would bring all the money here tomorrow
that owed TO the Government and Oher II ID pay
would be still insist on the poweri
Nr Thurman-Certanly. We are talking Of the roads,
Mr. Blaine-OyeF the debt was speaking solely OF
the debt The senator says that tney wOud agree 70
paw $4,000 900 year he would not make conclusive
bargain respects the debt It seems to me taat weak
ems, If does not destroy the whole position OF the SEN
ator U does seem 10 me- with entire respect for the
Senator that he has seemed TO place himself n Ie 20 So
stIOn OF the man IN the story WHo was 80 eonsS iaV
he would not allow himself TO do as ne had nhhu 20
The senator SAID the e1hpanes Mou , & eos y ~
offer S0O000OO year he would not pnt piy}vlsOnIH
and saw We wiz not legislate on that as concluslyoa
tbe debt: we win not that We will not denana
81 GOO 600 next year" That is the spirit OF this egs'
loton That is the whole spirit OF the Senator from
OHIO He brings bill here eaborately studied, thor'
0ughy pared demonstrates to Us that ITS prOyis
ions III pay the debt within the time Nay more; ne says
run TINS far and far beyond linen say to the Senator
do not let us have these railroads here perpetuay IN
which so dsurhs the dreams of the Senator from Ner.
mont Let us say the railroad companies that II you
ii shall be final on that point. The Senator from Ohio
declares that there no case where ne " Ill make sneh
conclusion. Lest should have possibly misunderstood
him in the original argument he tels ns now that the
railway companies come here and offer to pay SlOOOO-
600 year. he would not agree TO accept the oher as
final ANA conclusive respecting the de0t ne would not
agree tnat we should not Immediately demand 81 0OO
600 per annum from the companies, though $lOOOOOO0
per annum would pay the entire deOt at least Twelve
years before Il Is due.
such then the spirit in which this measure is offered
aud when they have prepared II and We are Wiling TO
make fray II the companies will obey 1t ana faith
seems To me that the Senator puts himself In the attitude
OF simply not being willing TO make any oner that be
Senator Mr. GOrdoD suggests that should address the
Senator from OHIO question as TO neither ~
cause that would take away the Immense prNnege oi
punching and worrying the railroad cotnpsne @ pen.
privilege OF punching and knocking. ana harylnS ahi
pounding, and twisting railroad Tor the pttanee& & o.
$40 COO 900 year be paid into the Treasury OF the
United States Not he The Senator says ne would
rather lose It an he would rather los dollar Oh e St oe
than surrender the power OF oyerhsung these railroads
ge S ssF % aye On As hs ss the Ss
eud TO tins tamperng with the subject! Let US Stop
said he then and not ea Tf this T6 x ina a. oeSoS a
us have no kgamoers here myssIHs aSSut ,hs
railroads to make p cents clear profit; there
should be an end TO all "tamperng OF that klhd 'He
And now the Senator declares what he said then
does not apply TO this proposition, but tnat n the ran
lions on the top of 1t he would foregO the pleasure OF
punching the railroad through legislative channels al
iHtendmeSt and the Inference to be derived from the
Senator's proposition. That Is consistent leg1slallOnl
We who offer to take the Judiciary Committee at us
word are accused of being wiling 10 give the pow
ers of this Government When the Senator from Yer
had pictured tremendous disaster, catastrophe
i'm the shape OF destruction OF the securities OF the
road. default OF all the bonds; and finally the nrst
mortgage in peril and hands were thereby tied,
simply made amendment, ana provided after they had
paid all that was due under the per cent anu All tna,
due under the half transportation tnat thee should
also be a minimum OF 100000 per annum Ior eaeh com
pany Then the senator sald IN answer 10 tne Seor
frOnSIowa, believe that hu put 100 harH
on the roads First was going to allow To 80 WITHOUT
any sort OF security ana when maAe ~ P1rgcS ~ ~
parent that could not be he says that place 700
hard condition the roads. Now nave come 10 tue
conclusion that so far as my humble aoii,y lies es d hS
not the power either to please the senator from ONO @
tue Senator from Vermont, for would not vote iof
twenty millions year. Even that would not please me-
aud could not vote for II to please then
saw with due respect MI President, that II this eg
ation bc intended in good faith, from my standpoint
IN ne intended these roads shall 20 about their DuI
ness and quit the lobby aud discharge thoir duties ana
nav their debt To the Government and 10 Their OlheI
creditors the way do It is TO say that they shall not -
terms aud conditions laid down by us. Tbs glyanuSS
| railway company is a pet corporation. What would
Senators fluid in the whole of the United states
dwell on as to tue oyershadoviDg danger and mon
oly of corporations II 1t were for the Union Paehe
| Railroad | asked Yesterday IL there another 10
the whole United States asked the honorable sehan
| from Vermont whose knowledge Is so minute OF al
laws pubtc and private statute and common and CIVIC
and criminal aud ecclesiastical, and he mas not n oia ny
that we could ar onr vocabulary upon What other one
is there that can be trotted here the specimen
monopoly II let 20 this cOmpanyl II we LEI 90 ~. Va
company their simply paying their honest dep.s,
will be rs bad as the young man IN LONDON % Nho tNe
ceeded TO his fathers chdncery practice ana Wien "
father asked the about the famous case OF
Jones' the said settled that yesterday aus hes.
and fairly TO both parties" On, you Young 20
head" said he have lived on that slt ior iS =, % me
twenty years" IL Is proposed 10 make cdpitu srs
agitation OF this railroad for the next twenty }i
This is to he agitation always handy tOr p. he
| PURPOSES always TO be drawn and always ~ ,n,
dragged in, aud tO the extent that the Senator nre
| that he would give up
| cous privilege II they would offer 10 pay SIOVVV'V
/ per annum 10 the Treasury OF the United states.