, 1882-01-28
The Attacks Upon the Northern
Pacific.

va t"c piuSitso tbc -'hili'Sth
Pacific Railroad is making toward speedy
completion, the ene.dies of Villard-Jay
Could and Cyrus W. Field-are using
every powerful engine they can control
to Cause Congress to withdraw the land
grant the Company are making such des-
perate efforts 10 earn The exertiOns Of
the. n p. to complete their road have not
been surpassed even in the days Of Union
Pacific building, when the whole United
States treasury was at the disposal OF the
builders. II the attempts OF Gould and
Field were in the interests Of the people
they would he entitled 10 some respect !;
but they are not, and are well known to
be based upon personal and selfish self
interest. They see that NJ. Willard has
proved that the great work he has under
taken can be prosecuted 10 successful
completion, and they are Jealous OF the
power and influence be Will achieve when
his work is done.
Congress cannot be So unjust as TO even
attempt such fraud as these men are en-
deayoriHg to force upon st. The men
who have invested their means To bCild Z
road which will build up this country and
make garden out OF what was 10 all n
tents and purposes worthless desert,
should be protected in their Investment,
and if need be petitions cuuld be sent 10
Congress signed by nine-tentlis Of the pop
ulation Of this Territory. asking that the
grant in its original integrity be su5
tained. This opinion is acquiested IN by
every influential Journal along the line Of
the Northern Pacific. The Pioneer Press
says: at is pretty clear that the com
binatIon against the Northern Pacific EN-
braces, besides the lobby of land grab
bing pirates, the gang OF Washington
strikers who prey upon corporations, the
representatives uf rival roads and their
paid attorneys IN and out of Congress, a
most mischievous stock jobbiug ring IN
New York, whose object Is to break down
Northern Pacific stock and get control Of
the road for a song; To wreck IT, IN fact,
as many other promising commercial en-
terprises have been wrecked by the same
gang Of financial garrotefs. The chief
managers of the scheme are that precious
pair, Jay Gould and Cyrus w Field, and
they are employing the same tactics
against the Northern Pacific by which
theT wrecked the elevated railroad. Some
months ago, soon after the Willard man
agement showed what coald be done with
the Northern Pacific, bear movement
was started against the stock by the usual
Wall street methods These failed, as
Mr.. Willard and his friends calmly bought
all the stock that was thrown upon the
market. Then this desire Of creating a
public scandal against the road was con-
ceived. The air was filled with rumors
of an impending exposure damaging to
the company, before Congress Tet I'M
mediately after two pieces of property
representing Gould and Huntington on
the floor of the House and the Senate
consisting Of Cassidy of Nevada and Tel
Ter of Colorado, introduced the resolution
Of investigation Of which SO much has
been heard. Mr.. Fields stock jobbing
organ, the MAJ Es,prsss, then took mp
the cry about railroad scandal which has
echoed through the columns oi the press
for two weeks. The game is SO transpar-
ent that nothing but the prevailing public
and journalistic appetite for scandal has
enabled ii TO deceive anybody. The press
is now beginning TO see 1t in its true
light, as a plan Of bare-faced robbery, ae-
cording TO the most approved Wall street
methods, and nothing but condemnation
is heard from decent Journals. The i'm,
portance and magnitude of the enterprise
thus attacked arouses universal public IN
dignation against the attempted wrecSirg
scheme. Could and Field might wreck a
local enterprise like the elevated railroad
with comparative impnnity. hut the
strangling of great national highway is
too bold piece Of knayery to be
tolerated