The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-19
National Notes.


Adjourned.
National Notes.
WAsHfSdroH, jan. ls.-At the meeting OF
the hous. committee on public lands q. 7.
Huntington appeared In behalf OF the Cali
fornia & Oregon company. The hrst init
m tion the members OF the committee had
Of his presence was when no was introduced
by Chairman Cobb. He came, he said, as
representative Of q corporation thai had
aly yH performed its contract In the time
T,ouire1 aud had never ASKED additional aid
nor len,enc For this reason he thought
congress ought not 10 interfere In this one
ins,auos A general outline OF the work on
the California n Oregon road was given.
He said the rIa1 was supported because the
line could only he built 20 the oregon state
line, where II was TO connect with the Ore
ron & California. Work on the latter,
however, h q been suspended, making the
building Of the road ne represented mex
p.dient.
Before the public lands committee Hunt
ineton anid he should not endeavor 70
touch upon the legal questions, but lie hnd
somsihing almost personal TO Say
about his associates and himself.
a. the law, and this Is the first oonsiders-
ton we have asked IA the way OF extension
OF time. We think We are Quilted To more
from the government than any other class
OF people, for there has been no conserYa'
tion OF tho public peace
and prosperity In the largest sense
OF The word like the railroads. We our
selves we're the first people who com.
menced the Central Pacific When mat
bill passed IL was considered great thing
to do. and we did IL notwithstanding the
won break M. When We
commenced To hnild ra Is we're S3S per ion.
The went to Sl25 before we rot through
buying, but we asked no more from ihe
government, on that account. Before me
war six, seven, o ght, or ten dollars was
spou, the minimum rate OF ship tonnage
around Cape Horn. We paid $3i during
the war instead two anu nslf per cent IN.
sursnce around the cape. The time the aci
passed Wa paid as bign as II per
cent. We did not ask tho govern
%ss' IS, sss 500 ,ddi'G for r iooomOtiyss
In war iimes which could have been bought
previously for $4,000. We crossed the 81
ezra Nevada against the predictions and adj
vice Of ali our friends. Because
We stood BY our work honestly aud
maniully and cared Tor every interest
we had In charge, wa endorsed the paper OF
tbs Central Pacific when It had no credit
and we personally had finished this work
in the time required by law. ! mention
these things to show that we
have worked hard and honesty, ask
ing no favor but accomplishing what
depended on ourselves, and In he present
case Wa we're stopped from carrying out our
purposes, though no fault or misfortune on
our own. We built l52 miles Of road from
the Central Pacific line westward ut ire.
mend US cos, and effort We were on our
way through to the boundary and pl opposed
10 20 right up there, but when the other
link failed Of com etioD, we knew there
was no local interest 10 compensate us ana
the road to the state line, as me
terminus yielded no return WE we
cur sister company was about to go 10 vor x
we got every man we oou d raise ann
put him ON our line. The 100 miles
we built from Reading to
Noun. Shasta were the most
difficult work weever did, embracing heavy
cuts, fills and tunnels. We did the
best we coud, and there ar, no
grounds, eauii able, moral or financial upon
which this land can be taken away from
us. Some political reasons may exist. ~
so they are reasons have no interest IN or
influence over"
Atiorney. General Brewster said to a
Star reporter this morning: IT there
is or has been any. wrong.doing
am entirely ignorant Of II and desire
the fullest investigation. l know the re-
suit will be most complete Waterman.
When l took office | intended TO do my
duty and l feel that l have succeeded.
Surely to unearth and rec,iiy irreRuiari
ties in the offices ofth United Stats mar
sbals cannot be classed rs breach
of duty. II Springer does not summon me
before the committee l shall make COM
plant. intend to be witness in my own
defense. The compensation Of the special
attorney was fixed by my predecessor, and
had refused to pay him the amount prom.
ised ne would have dropped the Case ana
the charge gone through the land that the
attorney general was in league with the
star. reuters. II there is anything wrong IN
this department in Heavens name let 1t
come out"
The hovse committee on commerce is by
no means unanimous concerning imrned'-
ate rstsliatpry measures against France
and Germany. The Townshend Dill was
defeated In the COMMITTEES room torasy sna
the whole matter postponed until Tuesday.
The house COMMITTEES on commerce dis'
cussed for two hours the proposed measure
retaIiating against the prohibition OF Amer.
lean hoe products BY France and
Germany. The subcommittee, consist
ing Of Clardy. Long and Davls.
appointed TO consider the subject. reported
isvcrabiy, with several amendments, the
Joint resolution OF Townsend, which author
ICES the president ct his discretion TO pro-
hibit importation OF goods reported by ex-
perts Injurious, when foreign countri' 8
have prohibited the Importation OF Ameri-
can goodsss,d to be injurious 10 health;
Reagan, Dunn and swart opposed &C.
ton in the absence OF the communication
from the secretary OF state.
Dunn insisted that sufficient information
WNs not ct hand to properly consider the