The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-05-20
SENATOR SLATER cN YaeuiEA AY.

&kNA Oh SEAiEn IN iAVVhAH sS1'
We read last week in the Benton r
Blade extracts from letter from S
Senator Slater to DIR. Alexander OF I
Linn county, which serves our cotem-
porary for pretexs for drawing alt
contrast between the view of the Q
matter taken by the Senate or, and THAT ;
taken by ehe Albany meeting week |
or two ago.
That there should he two sides 10
this question is IN no way surprising.
Naturally the Senator would like
to have his way so far cleared Tor
him that lie could say to bis COLI
leagues, appropriate the necessary
sums for the harbor, because certain
incautious people have put millions
intoo building this railroad, and we
must do what we can for them TO
prevent their whole enterprise from
proving a failure" Of course any
advocate likes the strongest possible
facts-in his.brirf. some cases are won
as soon as stated to jury But
what the people Of Ibis valley need Is
an advocate who, by force OF his own
energy of character, by the power OF
his own argument, by his resolute
pleading of their cause as hfs own,
will compel attention to the crying
needs of this seciionof the state.
| Recal for a. moment the position OF
ithose who every one knows are work
ling night and day for the success OF
the enterprise as a whole. They
have TO overcome obstacles, one OF
| the most formidable of which is the
constant assertion Of their opppo-
lnents that Yaquina Bay is not, and
never can be made, a Eort for large
sshlps, or indeed for any ships at all.
Unless proof can be given on this
head, is it reasonable to suppose that
+ capitalists can be indaced TO build
road to end nowhere? Who would
invest in plan for running TO p eat
with not water enough TO float sal
mon? Who will help to bring the
!, cars loaded to a a.sea ssde whence no
ship could fetch the cargo away?
!, Nowhere are just three arg lments
that can meetsueh nonsense as this
= The first is that the inhabitants, who
: know the place should believe in it
work for 10, aud he willing to contrib
ute il, parse and person towards th'
work necessary to.demonstrate to TIN
: worEl it's adv antages
The second is that the e. S. Engi
4 neers should, after due and careful
= cx animation, believe in and be pre-
! pared to undertake the development
of the harbor in question. TIL
! third is that Congress, by force of th
- energy and interest shown by th
,s states Senators and Representative
oel should undertake and actually CON
q. mence the work.
a., Now so far we have got with II
m. qnina Bay. It will take more @brains
!, than the Benton Blade has as "
,dI exhibited to prove to Us that the rigt
= way to forward the end it professe
r.. anxiety for, is to suggest impossibil
as ties for the managers Of this busine'
,a to accomplish. We read our dut
A.. differently. We know that ever
.e great undertaking hasto pass threase
re stages If opposition-that railroa'
,d-t have to be built on paper before I'll
.ctl iron is laid. We cannot but adm
nd that nothing that has passed hither
ON gives MS any right TO throw dbul
oh either on the earnest purpose of tho
er who have this railroad in fand to g
do Ito. actual: work at the earliest pcs
lie BE moment, or on their ability
ast carry ous this purpose as soon as t
ITO last remaining obstacles have diss
i, peared. And we shall not be dete
har ed by the snecrs cf the Benton Bla
red from again asserting our confdeu
that the patience Of the people Y
hns not be nnch longer tried.
ley
wi. Conkling has resigned his seat
hev the United States Senate. but
ers world moves on and the preside
quietly but firmly requests the g
ED frmation of Robertson's nominati'
.ra- In our last issue we predicted I
all probabilities of Conklings politi
a. death. It has come sooner than
viii expected, but is the inevitable res
IN Of bis own political folly.