The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-08-28
gLAINE rnn roOL On JAY GOULD,

tool, 10 ala In any bcnenle noWeNer ulh'
reputable.
The public speeches, public acts and
the votes In Congress Of James G, Blaine
arc on the side of grasplng, schemlng
monopoly His labors In opposition to
tho Thurman bill are we'll known. II
will be remembered that this bill WAS
10 compel the Pacific railroads to pay at
least a part of their colossal indebted
ness TO the government. II was long
hard battle and, as everybody knows,
Thurman and Edmunds were the lead
Ing supporters of the bill and were active
and ylgilant In It's behalf. Stanley
Matthews, afterwards rewarded by a
place In the Supreme bench obtained
for him through pledge made by Gar
field In return for campaign money, and
Senator Blaine were the conspicuous Op'
pOnents OF the bill, The Pacific roads
had a big lobby in Washington and jay
Gould was there In person and was frO-
Quently seen in close consultation With
MIR. Blaine,
One provision Of the Thurman bill
declared that nothing In the act should
impair the right Of Congress to at any
time make any new legislation that
might be necessary to secure the results
intended TO be reached by the act. 10
this Mr.. Blaine proposed the following
amendment;
"But 20 long 40 said Central Pacific
and Union Pacific Railway companies
shall faithfully comply with the pro
Visions OF the said acts Of 1852 and 1864
and Of this act relating 10 payments 10
the United States on account OF bonds
advanced and OF the sinking fund to be
established as aforesaid, such COmpl
ance shall be deemed and taken as SUN.
Client 10 meet the obligations OF said
companies on account Of such bonds
prior TO the maturity thereof"
The object Of this amendment was
just what Jay Gould wanted, II that
amendment should bo adopted the hands
Of Congress would be tied for twenty
years, and the government could not
compel these,greody mOuopOles TO pay
q cent Of their just obligations Said
Senator Thurman;
'll such an amendment a5 that OF tho
Senator from Maine should be Inserted
IN this bill N would bb the best bargain |
these companies ever mode, The IDEA |
will not do No all Mr.. President, lel no
one deceive himself about this; let no
one imdglne he can DO q friend Of the |
judiciary committee bill and nj the Same |
time friend W tho amendment Of lhu |
Senator from Maine. The amendment |
OF the Senator from Maine is prussic
acid 10 thia bill, IL cannot survive u |
day, not an hour perhaps, after that |
amendment ie adopted, II Is q stab at |
the very heart Of the bill; II is ~ fatal
stab ~ any stab could possibly be.
Senator Edmunds, the Republican
Senator from Vermont, said:
II Is reserved, Mr., President, TO the
Senator from Maine TO be the llrst mau |
aud NJ this late period Of time, TO pro-
pose In any act regulating or creating u |
corporation or any part Of lta operations |
the sovereign power OF the great tribunal |
that imparts 10 lts gifts, that creates for
II lts mOnopolloa, that IL bound 10 stand
between ~ and those dangers that mo.
n0p0lles always threaten tho people
with-ior the frat time, | say. II has
been proposed than an act Of adminls'
tratiye jlatice which calls for the aGcll'
mutation OF % sinking fund and which
IN nothing but an administrative act for
the future that changing events may
change the aspect Of from day 10 day,
Are we going 10 throw away our power
In that way, Mr PreddontI Have we
any right to throw away our power in
that wayY Are we doing Justice w the
poorest creditor there Ia Of these COfpos
rauunaf Arc we dOing Justice 10 tho
public iutHreat3Y lpn cannot toll, Mr.,
what viii happen, 1Ou onuuOt tUll who
will malAfe these corporations, You
cannot tell how long there viii be any
net income, depending n0t upon the lar
progress OF natural resources OF develop.
ment nud natural competition, but do
pending upon the OYll ddyltry Of stOek
bOarda aud private Jobs, There IN tho
trouble about oil these corporations,
Aud yet my honorable friend FROM
Maine In that sweet innocence which
characteflgeg his character, that sublime
faith that everybody ia M ylrtuous 10 no
IL, IN willing " fold up hia arms and bp
tied up in bag by The Union Pacific
aud Central Paelllc Railroad Companies
for twenty-five years, morely because
wo require them tO establish sinking
fund
These are the words OF the distin.
guished Republican Senator Of Vermont.
aud tho man his stlnging words were
aimed NJ was James q, Blaine, the same
James q, Blaine now asking 10 DO madO
President OF the United states. Through.
out that celebrated contest with these
gigantic ana graSpug monopollOO, Mr.,
Blaine wae with jay Gould and tho mo,
n0pOlists. lle laOored early aud late to
defeat tho Thurman bill and voted
against II, and his action lod Senator
Edmundo 10 aay In letter Oftetward
written that !
1T IN my deliberate opinion that Mr.,
Blaine acts ~ th0 attorney OF jay Gould,
Whenever Mr.. Thurman aud have sot
tied upon legislation 10 bring the Pa.
ciIlc railroads 10 terms OF equity with
the government, up has jumped James
q, Blaine, inusket Ia hand from behind
tue brcastwofks Of 6ould'e lobby to fire
In our back"
Here, Republicans Ia tho portrait of
your candidate drawn by the hand Of
Hon. George II, Edmunds, Senator OF
Vermont, aud ono OF the ablest as ho Ia
one Of the most honest Of living Rcpub-
llcan statesmen. And you expect honest
people 10 vote for this champion Of odi.
nuu IN an annIiaa "A ,,a. ..ha ..,hlI. la A.. |