The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-17

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and IL is unnecessary 10 say that his
efforts nj corruption proved successful.
Scott vainly resorted To tho same
tactics. Huntington was unqncstion.
ably his master in intrigue.
A careful examination of tho letters
show TINT Gwin. tho California mag.
nate, who was II Southcrncr was hired
to go through the South dcnouncing
the Texas Pacific NJ subsidy scheme
that Senator Gordon, Of Georgia, who
posed rs tho representative OF every.
thing that was highly respectable in tho
South was servant OF tho corpora
ton; that many Southern Congressman
opposed to tho Texas Pacific wero
brought into the Huntington camp by
some sinister influence, md TINT tho
entire delegation In Congress from
California, with tho exception Of Piper
and Booth, were tho stanch friends Of
the monopoly. Sargcn, il repeatedly
referred to i'll complimentary terms for
his valuable services, and there arc two
letters which, when read together,
show how these services were repaid.
Billy Carr was the man to whom all
coin was paid, and he only received his
compensation on condition that he
would sign mn agreement to control his
friends in the interest Of the monopoly.
Who those friends were the letters
make M clear rs MONDAY.
The frequent illusions to the Sinking
Fund bill make il clear that large sums
OF money were expended to prevent its
passage. When II was found impossi
Bile to defeat the measure in tho Senate
bill which Huntington alludcs TO rs
"our bill" was gotten up in the House.
1t received the sanction Of u packed
committee, but tho pressure was SO
great that the corrupt servants of Hunt
ington did not dare to press ii, but were
forced to accept the Thurman Sinking
Fund hill. 1t was this overwhelming
defeat which caused Huntington to cry
out in the bitterness oil his soul that
the Congress which had beaten him was
the worst agrarian crowd" that ever
existed and to denounce in round terms
all its members, NIL because Congress
had dared to pass mn act which had for
its Object tho securing to the Govern
ment some prospect of payment by the
Union and Central Pacific railroads of
the money advanced to them.
HOW SENATOR JONES WAS "CRrsHEp. J"
Perhaps the most astounding part of
the whole exposure is tho treatment Of
Senator Jones, of Nevada, who Mt one
time conceived the idea of building a
railroad from tho panamint mines to
the Pacific seaboard. The project went
by the board, and Jones was so serious
L. A1~t la. L.
terms offered him by tho Central
Pacific folks. Huntington says plainly,
in one Of his letters, that no only
bought out Jones because he did not
wish to cause him to he IN enemy in
Congress. and because he desired him
to be useful to him in the matter of tho
Thurman Sinking Fund bill, which
was then agitating Huntington rs much
or more than the Efforts Of Scott to
secure help for the Texas Pacific. In
another letter Huntington rebukes one
Of his partners for his shortsighted-
ness i'll suggesting that the sum Of
$4,000 owing hy jones should be de-
Quoted from n payment of $4,000 on
account of the railroad purchase. You
forget" says Huntington, "his posi-
ton" And then the astute manipula-
tor Of congressman goes on to say that
n mere bagatelle like $4,000 should not
be permitted to stand in the way Of
securing the friendship Of n United
States Senator.
II is not difficult to perceive what was
accomplished Ivy all this corruption.
The money expended in corrupting
Congress has placed the Central and
Southern Pacific in n position to ward
of all rivals from the East. They
have shown their power by making the
Atchison and Topeka stop ut the bor-
der of Arizona. They have been able
to dictate terms to the Union Pacific.
and their wealth is so great that no
combination of capital has yet deemed
itself strong enough To run amuck with
them. Of course no one can speak Of
Scots methods except to denounce
them. He was unquestionably rs much
disposed to resort IL corruption as his
antagonists. and he was rs ready to bc-
tray his friends as tho most faithless
man could have been. The letters
show conclusivelv that he stood ready
several times To sell out tho people Of
San Diego, to whom he had made tho
most solemn promises that he would
stand true to them and build a rival
road.
50 TER CENT. PROFITS.
The admission of Huntington that
the earnings Of the roads of the Cen
trail Pacific monopoly in january and
February were -, 600, 900. and that one
half this amount was profit, shows that
tho employees Of the road have several
times submitted lying reports designed
to show that tho net earnings
of the monopoly We're only moderate.
But here We have an admission that
they are fully 5u per cent. This add
mission also reveals another fact, and
that is that tho returns of the gross
earnings of the roads have been per-
sistently misstated. In 1877 they were
given rs Sl6. A., 900, Yet if We take
the earnings Of January and February
as given hv Huntmgton~-and they are
two of the ichtest months in the year
then they should have been at least
| -, 0oO, 900 more than represented. This
extraordinary disclosure. the San Fran
cisco Chroaicte contends, would be
sufficient warrant for a reduction five
times as great as the sham recently pu,
through by the Commissioners. The
Chronicle also suggests that the Com.
missioners might examine into the lues
| ton of the dividends fraudulentlv de.
clared ON borrowed money, to which
! Huntington alludes, and that Congress
/ would not do bad thing if it would in
vestigate all the matters touched upon
in the correspondence, SO that they
might obtain light which would enable
them to act intelligentlv upon the fraud