The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-09-20
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From the Iowa 1rlbl,ur.i
Tic Republican leaders arc frantic
with alarm on account vi ten. Viewers
outrageous exposure ~ their shameless
jobs, wholesale land urals mud merci.
less prosecutions Of poor honieste ,dcrs
N Iowa, aud they are moaning, whining,
roaring, lying and DENYING, in n manner
to excite tho mirthfulness of the public,
il il did not arouse their contempt and
Indignation. The RcVi-ter Of tho 3Oth
Ut August devoted II whole pnHc To the
defense Of Mcssrs. Allison md Wilson,
and gives what il calls the whole his
tory Of the transaction" In mn editorial
entitled Viewers SANDERS exposed"
and still another entitled "Weaycr's lie
stamped out
The Register says, "Gcn. Weaver
made lin his Dcs Nloincs speech, Mr..
Allison responsible for voting lands and
bonds IN nil Of the Sioux City branch
Of the Union Pacific railroad That il
the basis of the whole charge, and yet
there is not one grain Of truth in il.
The act granting u subsidy Of lands
and bonds in aid Of the Sioux City and
Pacific railroad was passed and NJ.
proved July !, l.c2'"
"Every dollar that was paid ont for
the Sioux City branch OF tho Union
Pacific railroad every acre OF land of
the public domain given to that com.
pany, was given under grant for
which Mr.. Allison was not in the 70.
hottest degree responsible.
The Revis'er then admits That vii.
son, Allison and Hubbard, NIL three
then members of Congress from Iowa,
did form n company to build this Sioux
City road, but says that did not add
one dollar of subsidy or one acre of
land % the appropriation. It didn't lay
feathers weight Of additional burden
upon the opc."
Now this makes the issnc complete
between the champions of Mr.. Allison
and Gen. Weaver the champion Of the
people. We nrc willing to let the whole
case rest right here. Now to the law
and testimony.
Section II Of the net approved July
!. 1862. authorized and required the
Union Pacific Railroad Company to
construct road and telegraph line
from Sioux City, So as to connect with
the Union Pacific Railroad, upon the
most direct and practicable route. the
pont Of junction to be designated hy
the President Of the United States.
lnls net granted a subsidy Of Sit. 900
per mile Of iirst-mortgagc Government
bonds. and granted lands to the amount
OF five alternate sections per mile on
each side of said road. The Union Pa.
cific never built this road, nor was there
ever any organization effected tn build
TIL road nnder the act of July |. 1862.
- Rited States Land iurs, loi. 2.
pages zoe and nos.
On the second day Of July, 1864,
Congress passed an act To amend the
act 81 July |, 1862. Section 1 of this
amemlatory act increased the land
gran. from five sections to ten sections
per mile on each side of the road, and
further provided that the mineral lands
reserved to the Government in the
former act should not he construed to
mean coal or iron land. SEQ See. /.
page VII Id.
In addition to this. Section Id auth
ori2.d the sariouspaciiie railroad and
their branches to issue first mortgage
bonds 10 the amount IT $1,000 per
mile III add to the $1,000 per mile
of Government bonds, and expressly
made the lien IF the Government hoads
sub, rlinate TO the lien created by the
bonds issued by the company. See
same vol. page 9l3'
IL there no additional burden lore of
money and lands?
Section II Of this act. expressly re-
leased the Union Pacific from its oblig-
alton To build this Sioux City road, and
granted ten sections OF land to the
mile on each side of the road tho same
amount Of subsidy bends per milo, and
the right Ia issue like amount of it's
own first mortgage bonds. Same vol.
page ali,
Now 10th Wilson and Allison were
memlers Of Congress when this net
If July :, 1851 was passed and voted
for MI the scanda,ous provisions
contained in ii. AMI under this latter
act, they and six other men organized
the Sioux City and Pacific railroad.
The grahhers Incorporated them.
selves mdnr the act of July ,, 1854,
just twsntv-ninc days after the act
passed. Tho corporation was to com.
mence Aug. l, 1854 and to continue
for fifty wears. The articles were filed
with Secretary Of State nj Des Moiacs,
Aug. Is, lSii. ut 10 o'clock n. m.
These sharks were members of Con-
gress public eryants-drawing high
salary for their services $. and yet took
this occasion Of voting this subsidy into
their own Golfers rs incorporators of
this Sioux City ami Pacific Railroad
Company. There were only eight men
Wilson. Allison and six othcrs--con.
cern.d rs the incorporatars of this
company. Sec certificate Of non. Ed
Wright, Secretary of State. page - Of
Clouds Work on Monopol'es.
Now let us foot mp the items of swim
die pertaining to this one little road Of
s,yenty-si> miles in length.
Government bonds, Sl,al6.O 900. -.
First Mortgage Company bonds, 81
alG,0Oo.
Land, l.5ao sections, or a7a, 500
acres.
Now. the road, instead Of running
west, as WAS supposed it would, runs,
in fact. southeast, down the Missouri
bottom. which only has fall of one
foot to the mile the whole distance,
This is almost water level ms the nat
ural curvature Of the earth is about
eight inches to the mile. 1t could not