The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-03-24

stated BY the Claiborne Guardian.
WIN, taking its cue from Mr.. Blan-
chard, flies at it in this fashion:
/ "This wholesale agreeing among Con-
Rressmen and railroad magna!es is pointed
with most instructive aud significant
moral. 70 say the least, il Is very qres-
tionsble kind, OF business for Legislators 10
engage in. There are other land grants IN
winch the people (of LoAisiana) are inter-
estrd. (Honder If there his been . similar
agreeing aud bargaining az 70 these gra"tsf y
We knl 10 see anything pointed or
significant in the moral, An agree
ment, ii it be proper one. is none
tue worse for helrg ratified by whole
sale, that is. unanimensly concurred
in. 1t is rather suggestive Of obvi-
Gus exceilences when it meets the APP
prova Of so many intelligent. pstri-
otto aud honorable men. Nor has
Mr.. Blanchard or an, body else. SO
far, been able to point out one single
reason. or part of one, why oar dele
gates shonid not have used their
very best endeavors to have this
WHOLESALE agreeing result in bene-
TT to this State.
Not many years ago this State and
city rushed to subscribe literally to
every inchoate railroad scheme that
was broached. Millions Of public
money, principal and interest, have
been sunk iii trying to build high
ways OF egress and .ingress of the
commerce Of New Orleans. The bulk
Of The money was hopelessly sunk. Of
conrse. aud such OF the projected
works as we're finished at all. bad to
be taken in hand by private parties.
The N. y. Pacific people saw their
way to avail themselves of the boun-
~ offered by Congress for the con-
struction OF a great road from here
to Shreveport, BY way Of Baton
Rouge. aud our members OF Con-
gress very properly lent their power
lful assistance to them. Had they
refused to do THE. it is difiicnlt to
| think what satisfactory, or even plaus-
| ible excuse they could have Offered
their constituents for their unfriend-
! ly action toward one OF the most inn
| portant enterprises in this State. 1t
! is impossible for rs TO fathom the
reasons Of AR. Blanchard and a por-
4 ton Of the North Louisiana press Tor
their fierce opposition TO 60 excel
lent q disposal of the public lands
But that is Of secondary Importance
Their opinions are their own. and as
they hurt no one. they are welcome
them; but We protest against their
arraigning Msssrs Gibson. King, Ell.
lis, jonas and Kellogg for going in
! for Wholesale agreement to do al
they could in behalf OF the State
they SO ably represent. We should
be glad to have another great road
built in Louisiana on similar terms
Il IN. O. City Item.
s The foregoing simply shows tina
the writer is voefully ignorant Of th'
issue in controversy among the pa
. pers of North Louisiana. and also :
sea in the relation Of several impor
: tant facts. IA the first place, our or
4 position to the forfeited land gran
/ lbeing confirmed to the N. O. Pacii
com ,,any dates anterior 10 the lat
. announcement that The Secretary {
:, the Inferior had decided to con6rr
' the Backbone Land Grant to tina
Il company. The matter was brough
Z out by our comments upon the grea
!; railroad land steal being engineere
: through the hate Congress. in the il
d terest Of various companies. viz: ID
II, Texas Pacific, N. O. Pacific, Orego
3 Central. Southern Pacific. Atlantic
s Pacific. Oregon 3 California, Caiifol
e 6ia & Oregon and Northern Pacif
'e companies, in which these roads q
, given the nice little plum Of CO
" Hundred Million scres Of land, aft
= it had already been forfeited to q
re government. 1t is very well to ta'
le about peculiarly local enterprise
= So it il, and 80. doubtless, there we
apeculiarly local enterprises" to
r fostered in half dozen other State
G It was bv the concerted action Of q
ne Represen. atives Of peculiar" loca
q ties, together With others 'pecnlis
a. "" or otherwise interested, that 4
a. measure was put through. But Z
OF Item. in it's zeal to abuse our Co
gressman for daring TO oppose I
g balance Of che delegation, seems