The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-10-29
THE PEOPLES iESD..


vored its readers with some comments
on the lettor by Mr.. Wallis Nash IN
vindieation of the statements published
in the Prospectus of the Oregon Pacific
Railroad against the indictment Of that
document by Mr.. Sol IIirscb, Of Port.
land, the President of the State Senate.
on the floor Of the senate. II would Ie
difficult to condense into one short par
agraph = greater sum Of sncers, misrep-
reservations and insinuations than
those few words contain. Here is the
paragraph
"AIr Wallis Nash, Of Corvallis, in n
letter printed to-day, criticizea certain
remarks made by Senator IIirsch. Of
Multnomah, on memorial presented
by the so.ealled Oregon Pacific Railroad
Company. Whether Mr.. Nash quotes
Mr. Hirsch corrcctlp or not, we cannot
say. Our own report states that Mr..
Hirsch 'aontended that the memorial
was most transparent fraud. The
passage he referred to, il appears, was
ono in which it was stated that on the
estimate made by competent persons,
based on the crop Of 1878, the amount
of wheat thot would seek an outlet
through Yaquina Bay upon eonstruc.
tion of railroad from the Bay to Al
bany, would be six million bushels an.
nually. Now we think there arc few
persons whose information qualities
them to form Judgment who would
not agree with MIR. Iirsch that this es-
innate is very greatly exaggerated. The
entire Willamette Valley has never
produced anything Ike nix million
bushels of wheat for export. We do
not here discuss the possibility of max
ing Yaquina Bay a harhor Nor the
probability of n road being constructed
from Albany TO Yaquiua Bay. But
we do not think there is much present
prospect of either. Private capital,
however, could do the one, and govern
ment should,if practicable, do tho other
But il appears only just to say that this
Haquina Bay Railway scheme, in It's
present hands, docs not seem to have
much of anything in it,"
First-No memorial whatever was
presented, 80 FAR as We can learn, by
the Oregon Pacific Railroad, nnd Mr..
Hirsch lad not the slightest ins,i6ea-
ton in dragging it into discussion.
Second-Mark the word "so.eullcd"
Has not the Oregon Pacific as much
right to its name as the Oreyo,Gasl il.
self, Or the Oregon Railway and Nayi.
CATION Company, or any other Of tic
corporations doing business ia the State
to the titles under which they are in
corporatel
Third-Notiee the shield Of tie Ore
goaiaa thrown before Mr.. Hiraeh. lie
was charged, not with the fair criticism
of a published document, but with yio.
lent and disgraceful language, unbeGt-
ting the matter before the Senate, aud
unworthy Of bis o@n position. But
there is no censure for him only an
agreement" with him.
Fourth-And last for tie present
See how the Portland paper treats the
improvement of the Valley harbor and
the construction Of the Valley railroad.
"Tberc is not much present prospect Of
either-this Iaquina Bay Railway
scheme, in its present hands, does not
seem TO have much Of anything in it.
MOI Then why and how was the ap-
preparation Of $4,000 obtained from
the general government against the op-
position Of these same folks, who arc
still sneering at the harbor and all in
teres.ed in it3 "Not much Of anything
in it - Then how comes it that the
very sight Of the Oregon Pacific Rail
way prospectus throws Mr.. ilirsch and
his friends into paroxysm Of rage and
excitement
Too many people were present at the
exhibition in the State Senate for these
tactics CT contempt to answer.
What there is in tho Oregon Pacific
Railroad scheme. time viii show.
May it prove the Godsend to the
Valley which we have looked Tor and
worked for and expected for years past.